where can I find a preview of the usa vs canada olympic hockey game?”
2010 Winter Olympics – USA vs Canada Men’s Ice Hockey Preview On Sunday the United States will play Canada in a game that will have a lot at stake for the two nations. Despite the game not being available in HD (because NBC sucks), the impact of the game on the Olympic tournament could be huge. Obviously, the most pressure of these Olympic games, for any country in any sport, is on the men’s hockey team for Canada. A team full of all stars playing the host country’s national pastime is good enough on paper to win the gold medal, but will have millions of people watching every breath they take for two weeks (where’s Sting when you need him?). Even with the geographic rivalry between the two nations, and the reality that there are many guys on both roster that will be hitting NHL teammates on Sunday, the game carries added importance because of how the Olympic tournament is set up.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — On the official Winter Olympics schedule, it lists Sunday’s Olympic men’s hockey game between Canada and the United States as Preliminary Round, Group A, Game 17. In other words, a routine early-round matchup. But the buzz around this city and the $2,000 scalpers are getting for tickets are proof this game is anything but routine. Canada’s national pride is on the line, and nothing but a win over Team USA and a gold medal next Sunday will heal the four-year-old scar this hockey-loving nation has been nursing since leaving the Turin Olympics red-faced, without a medal of any color. Fans here don’t just want the hockey gold, they yearn for it. The Canadian Olympic Committee spent $100 million in the hopes home athletes would “Own the Podum,” but midway through the Games, it’s the United States atop the medals standings. Canadians can grudgingly live with that, so long as they win the gold in hockey. They must own the puck. Even before Olympic visitors leave
