Canada routs Belarus to advance to gold medal game
Canada is 60 minutes away from ending a half-century of Olympic frustration. Steve Yzerman started a ferocious Canadian attack with an early goal, and captain Mario Lemieux had two assists in a 7-1 victory over Belarus in the hockey semifinals Friday.

Men's hockey: United States withstands late rally to edge Russia
For two periods, this sequel didn't nearly live up to the original. Then, in a frantic and memorable ending, it almost seemed like Lake Placid all over again, with the Russians trying desperately to rally against the Americans.

Canadians come up big in gold-medal win
They don't win every game against their arch-rivals, just the big ones. The Canadian women's hockey team, losers of eight straight to the United States on the pre-Olympic tour, played its best game of the season Thursday night at the E Center and solidified its long-held status as the best team in the world.

Hockey semi an epic
Despite Russian threats of leaving the Olympics, that is still the word from Russia coach Slava Fetisov and International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel concerning today's hyped U.S.-Russia semifinal hockey showdown. "The game," said Fasel late Thursday night, "is on."

'02 turning into eerie replay of '80 — 22 years to day

What golden relief for Canadian women's hockey

Bittersweet day for U.S. favorites

Face-off fodder semifinals

Men's hockey results: U.S. 3, Russia 2

Canada 7, Belarus 1

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Hockey — the stuff of hard fights and 'miracles' Ice hockey was developed in Canada in the late 1800s and within several decades evolved into an international sport most popular in the cold-weather regions of North America and Europe. It became an Olympic sport at the 1920 Games in Antwerp, Belgium.

U.S. men's hockey going for gold — and some respect In 1980, Herb Brooks and his group of young overachievers made the United States and the rest of the hockey world believe in miracles. On top of beating the highly favored and feared Soviet Union, they also won the Olympic gold medal at the Lake Placid Games.

Hockey Dream Teams from around globe Approximately 160 NHL players from 12 different countries will make their way to the Wasatch Front next month to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics. That's about a third more than Nagano in 1998 when 120 NHLers from nine countries hit the ice.

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