Tag: ice hockey
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Olympians elect Bjørndalen and Wickenheiser
Sochi, Feb 20, 2014: Ole Einar Bjørndalen from Norway (biathlon) and Hayley Wickenheiser from Canada (ice hockey) have been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by their peers at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games for a term of approximately eight years. A new Olympic record was set by the…
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THIRD CONSECUTIVE GOLD FOR CANADA
Trentino – Italy, Dec 21, 2013: Canada’s men’s ice hockey team grabbed the last gold medal at the Winter Universiade Trentino 2013. The North-Americans won against Kazakhstan in the final match of the ice hockey tournament in Alba di Canazei with 6-2. The result mirrors the total Canadian supremacy over Kazakhstan, whose players only had…