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Team Canada vs. Austria Olympic Hockey Score: Live Updates, Results

• Frank Doyle
• October 5, 2017

One game down and Canadians are still holding their collective breath about the state of the Team Canada men’s hockey team at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. As I said yesterday, a 4-1 win over Norway wasn’t going to appease the masses, so the 3-1 victory has turned the temperature up for today’s game against...

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Team Canada Sochi 2014: Subban, Duchene, Luongo in vs. Austria

• Frank Doyle
• October 5, 2017

Team Canada will have a different look when the men’s hockey team plays its second game of the Sochi Winter Olympics today against Austria. The Canadians managed a 3-1 win over Norway in Thursday’s tournament opener, but that result left a lot to be desired considering Mike Babcock’s squad went into that game as a...

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Team Canada vs. Norway Olympic Hockey: Live Updates and Results

• Frank Doyle
• February 13, 2014

Well, Team Canada hockey fans, the wait is finally over. Canada opens the Sochi 2014 Winter Games as a big favorite against Norway. Canada is currently listed as a 4.5-goal favorite (-177) and that line may grow before the drop of the puck. Put simply, Canada is expected to blow Norway out of the water...

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Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics: Games Track Worker Struck by Bobsled

• Frank Doyle
• February 13, 2014

A strange turn of events has left one worker at the Sochi Winter Olympics injured after he was struck by a forerunning bobsled before training runs for the two-man bobsled event. The worker was taken from the Sanki Sliding Cente to hospital by ambulance and his condition has not yet been released. However, his injuries...

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Team Canada Sochi 2014: Junio Gifts Morrison Silver Medal Spot

• Frank Doyle
• February 12, 2014

Denny Morrison won a speedskating silver medal in the 1,000 metres Wednesday, but it never would have happened if it weren’t for a selfless act by his teammate, Gilmore Junio. After Junio qualified for the event, he decided to give his spot to Morrison. Back in December, Morrison was on his way to qualifying for...

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Team Canada Sochi 2014: Carey Price is the Right Choice vs. Norway

• Frank Doyle
• February 12, 2014

In the end, the goaltending decision to start Carey Price in goal for the Canadian men’s hockey squad against Norway really shouldn’t have been all that difficult. Steve Yzerman and Mike Babcock told everybody that Price and Roberto Luongo would split the opening two games, so this isn’t a major surprise. However, it is the...

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Women’s Ice Hockey Sochi 2014: Team Canada an underdog vs. Team USA

• Frank Doyle
• February 11, 2014

Consider this women’s hockey matchup between Team Canada and Team USA the appetizer. It’s always intriguing when Canada and the US share the same ice, but this game might have a different feel than fans are used to. Both clubs are assured spots in the semifinals and you have to wonder whether they’ll want to...

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Sochi Day 4: Canada Hits Gold Again in Slopestyle

• Ricky Rothstein
• February 11, 2014

Women’s Ski Slopestyle Dara Howell made Huntsville, Ontario proud by winning Canada’s fourth gold medal of the Sochi Olympics and was joined on the podium by Quebec City’s Kim Lamarre, who won the bronze medal. “I don’t think it will hit me until later,” the 19-year-old Howell told reporters. “It is truly amazing. There is...

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Sochi 2014 Men’s Ice Hockey: New Odds Make Team Canada Favorite

• Frank Doyle
• February 10, 2014

Months ago, when odds were released for the Sochi 2014 men’s hockey tournament, Team Canada and Russia were listed as co-favorites. Now, with the competition’s opening puck drop looming, Team Canada is alone at the top of the odds board. Canada is set as a +109 favorite at Sports Interaction, with Russia pegged at +234....

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Sochi 2014 Events Calendar & Results: Hamelin Strikes Gold

• Ricky Rothstein
• February 10, 2014

Curling Today is the start of both the men’s and women’s competitions in curling at Ice Cube – great name! – Curling Center. There are ten countries competing in the men’s event, and eight in the women’s, making for five and four matches today for the men and women respectively. The Canadian men face the...