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All three Team Canada Sochi 2014 jerseys leaked online?

• Frank Doyle
• September 25, 2013

You know hockey season is just around the corner when everybody starts flipping out about some photos of what might be the jerseys for Canada’s hockey team at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Reminder: The Sochi Winter Olympics begin February 7, 2014, which is more than four months away. At any rate, it looks as...

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Team Canada orientation camp won’t answer roster questions

• Frank Doyle
• August 22, 2013

When Team Canada gets together for the men’s hockey orientation camp Sunday in Calgary, it will be greeted with more roster questions than answers. Don’t expect any of those questions to be answered by the time camp breaks on Tuesday. Team Canada has invited 47 players to take part in the event, the squad’s first...

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Team Canada Sochi 2014: Don’t give Luongo No. 1 job just yet

• Frank Doyle
• July 23, 2013

Team Canada Mike Babcock has more than enough talent to work with on the 2014 Winter Olympic hockey squad, but the club’s biggest decision will likely come down to which goaltender the team will ride throughout the tournament. This winter it will come down to Roberto Luongo, Carey Price, Corey Crawford, Mike Smith and Braden...

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Red Wings’ Mike Babcock to coach Canada at Olympics

• Al Dannity
• July 22, 2013

Days after the Canadian Hockey team was installed as co-favourites with Russia, Mike Babcock has been named as their head coach for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The decision wasn’t a huge surprise but it’s still worth debating. Mike Babcock, head coach of the Detroit Red Wings and the man who led Canada to...

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Canada, Russia open as 2014 Sochi Olympic Hockey favourites

• Frank Doyle
• July 19, 2013

It may have taken a while, but the NHL finally confirmed that its players will be able to take part in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which opened up the door to announce the NHL 2013-2014 regular season schedule. Many figured it was only a matter of time before the NHL officially announced that its...

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Team Canada vs. Host Sweden at IIHF World Championship

• Frank Doyle
• May 14, 2013

One way or another, you figured Team Canada’s path to gold would go through Sweden, which is playing host to this year’s IIHF World Championship. Canada and Sweden are scheduled to square of Thursday in the tournament quarterfinals. Sports Interaction has Canada listed as the early -167 favourite. Switzerland secured the No. 1 seed in...

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Team Canada Motivated By Trash-Talking Finland?

• Frank Doyle
• April 5, 2013

Women’s World Hockey Championship If the Canadian Women’s National Hockey team needed anymore motivation for tonight’s game against Finland apart from the fact they need a win to clinch top spot in Group A, they have it now. Even after watching the Canadians down Team USA 3-2 and obliterate Switzerland 13-0, it appears at least...

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Canada's Women Win Gold at World Championship

• Frank Doyle
• April 16, 2012

Frank Doyle reports on a return to form for Canadian women’s hockey as the team claim gold in the World Hockey Championship! After three years of second-best, Canada is back on top at the World Hockey Championship. Frustrated in China, Finland and Switzerland for the past three years, Canada’s women are World Champions again after...

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Olympic Hockey Recap: Sid the Kid and Canada, Golden

• Ricky Rothstein
• October 5, 2017

Oh, so that’s what all the fuss was about. We’re now just two days removed from a tournament that featured the greatest hockey players on the planet, each vying not for personal glory but that of their respective countries. A tournament capped off with one of the most nerve-wracking and outstanding gold medal games in...

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Olympic Mens Hockey Betting: USA vs. Finland, Canada vs. Slovakia

• Ricky Rothstein
• February 26, 2010

After a thrilling tournament with plenty of surprises and upsets, we’re now down to the final four — USA, Finland, Canada and Slovakia — that will play for Winter Olympic gold. Let’s take an in-depth look at the hockey betting options for these two semifinal matches; all sports betting lines come courtesy the Sports Interaction...