Inside Canada's historic 2002 Olympic hockey double-gold

2 years ago  /  Sportsnet

he 2002 Olympics were a sequel, of sorts, for hockey — and no country carried more baggage into the Games than Canada. Four years earlier, women’s hockey made its Olympic debut in Japan, where the Canadians — the world’s leading team — were upset by the United States in the gold medal game. What’s more, the Canadian men had not won Olympic gold in the sport its country invented since 1952, marking a 50-year drought when they headed to Salt Lake City. Team Canada celebrates a goal by Paul Kariya in the first period of the 2002 gold-medal game (Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images) Since the double-gold performance in 2002, Canada’s men and women have combined to win six more Olympic gold medals....

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