Medallion - 2002 Canadian Olympic Hockey Teams ND

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY FINAL
CDN 3 - USA 2
CANADA
GOLD MEDAL CHAMPIONS 2002

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Made by Executive Promotions Canada and limited to 10,000 produced. Comes with small letter of Authenticity.

2002 Men's Olympic Hockey:

Canada and the US faced off in the final. For both nations, the gold-medal game came coincidentally on the anniversary of each nation's last gold medal in men's Olympic hockey. Canada last won 50 years previously at the 1952 Winter Olympics when they tied the US 3–3 (Olympic ice hockey previously only had a round-robin portion). The US won their last gold medal when they defeated Finland two days after "The Miracle on Ice" in 1980. Both games, coincidentally, were played on a Sunday.

The Canada-USA final was tied at 2–2, however Canada then scored three goals to win 5–2. It was only the second time and first in 70 years that the US men's hockey team lost an Olympic game on home soil. The first loss came against Canada (a 2–1 OT loss) in their first game at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

TV ratings for Canada vs USA gold medal matchup were the highest in Olympic history to that time. In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years. In Canada, the CBC said that the game drew 10.6 million viewers, making the game was the most-watched CBC Sports program. As the final seconds ticked away, veteran CBC Sports commentator Bob Cole called: "Now after 50 years, it's time for Canada to stand up and cheer. Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey, gold medal: Canada!" The CBC also said that the 10.6 million viewers broke the previous record of 4.957 million viewers for Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, another moment Cole himself called: “Here comes the faceoff and blare it Manhattan! The New York Rangers have done it here on a hot June night in New York! The Rangers are Stanley Cup Champions!”

During the final, the legend of the lucky loonie was born when Canadian icemaker Trent Evans buried a one dollar coin (Loonie) under centre ice and both the Canadian men's and women's teams won gold.

2002 Women's Olympic Hockey:

It was February 21, 2002 when Team Canada beat Team USA 3-2 at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Eight countries competed in women's ice hockey when the Canadian Women's Hockey Team earned the gold medal. Caroline Ouellette, Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford scored the goals that led to the victory.

The look on Cassie Campbell’s face says it all. Taking on archrival Team USA in the gold-medal game, the Canadian women’s team overcame adversity to win its first Olympic championship, getting revenge after a U.S. win four years prior. But the 2002 women’s final was best-known for the lopsided officiating by American ref Stacey Livingston, who at one point called eight straight penalties on Canada. “She might as well have had their jersey on,” said Canadian blueline legend Geraldine Heaney. Ultimately, the whistles couldn’t stop Canada, who won 3-2 on American soil.