MTSU Ice Hockey

Canada won the gold medal. The world already knew about that. But here is one light yet interesting story from the final match of Men’s Hockey 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The hero of the day, Sidney Crosby, lost his hockey stick and glove. And even though Hockey Canada has done everything it can to recover the items, they are still missing until now.

How did it all happen? Well, right after the winning goal, all the equipment men rushed into the ice to celebrate the victory. They started to herd all the helmets, gloves, and stick to the Canadian bench. It was definitely a mess back then. When the celebration was over, the coaches scooped out the gears and put them in the Canadian’s dressing room hallway. But we know then that there were two gears never went back to their owner.

Regarding their owner and the special triumphal moment the glove and stick have been through, Hockey Hall of Fame vice-president Phil Pritchard said that the gear have raised their financial worth by now. This of course raises a speculation that those two items were stolen. However, with the spreading news right now, Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s director of the men’s national team, urged whoever possess the glove and the stick to return it since obviously the person won’t be able to brag about them or sell them. Let’s just wait and see if this humble advice will work.

After being humiliated in the preliminary game by USA team, Canada finally sustained its national honor by winning the gold medal for Men’s Hockey after beating USA team 3 to 2 in overtime in one of the greatest game in Winter Olympics history.

This time, Sidney Crosby was the hero. The 22-year-old Canadian hottest player scored the third and winning goal for Canada 7:40 into overtime to Ryan Miller’s goal. Canada had been struggling to win when the USA team turned over the score in a wonderful comeback through Jonathan Toews and Corey Perry. Groans from USA fans were echoing when Zach Perise tied it up again to 2 – 2. It is the eight gold hockey medal for Canada, the second since 1952.

For USA team, this loss was a great disappointment to them. The team had started wonderfully by beating the more favored Canada and played flawlessly from start. This was the only game they lost in this Olympic. That record and the winning over Canada before had made them believe that they deserved the gold medal. Yet, with the new Olympic format which has been used since 1990, they must let the gold medal went to Canada due their loss in the last game. USA team has never won gold Olympic medal outside their country. The two gold medals they earned were from 1960 at Squaw Valley, Calif., and 1980 at Lake Placid, N.Y.