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Hockey players from the NHL know a thing or two about pressure. But how do they stay cool when the reputation--even the identity--of their country rests on their shoulders? The solution, say Canadian hockey stars at the 20th Olympic Games, is to seek out the mundane. As the Olympic hockey tournament began its march toward the grand finale at the Torino Games this Sunday, Canada's finest sought out a little normality by hitting Torino's shopping malls and gorging at local ristoranti. Some players were "itching to play cards--friendly games," says defenseman Adam Foote...
...Other adjustments will be needed. Because the dimensions of Olympic hockey don't match the NHL's standards, the Canadians have to get used to a somewhat different game. With the Olympic rinks 4 m wider than those in the NHL, goaltending and special teams--power play and penalty killing--become even more critical. "Bigger ice surface, totally different game," says Finnish star Saku Koivu. "The NHL guys that are big and strong in front of the net and good in the corners in the NHL don't matter so much here...
...female player in college hockey. Canadians embrace the sport more fervently and play it more aggressively than any other nationality does. "They're gritty, feisty, cocky at times in a way where they carry an aura," says Granato, who will be part of NBC's Olympic and NHL broadcasting crew. "They get under your skin...
...white figure skates, they did not belong on the ice. In fact, many of the players on the Harvard women’s hockey team began their careers as figure skaters. Women’s hockey was not made an Olympic sport until 1998, and the National Hockey League (NHL)—the only widely televised hockey organization—is still drenched in testosterone.“When I was little, I wanted to play in the NHL,” Hagerman, who first played hockey at age three, writes in an e-mail...
...Price Is Right!’”In his storied hockey career, he has been a member of the Crimson’s 1989 NCAA championship team, a skater on the 1992 United States Olympic squad, and a 13-year veteran of the NHL. But his appearance on “The Price Is Right”—“that,” Donato laughs, “has been a badge of honor for me.”During spring break of his junior year, he was part of a Harvard contingent that...