Canada - USA 5:2 Olympics Final Game in Salt Lake 2002 | Game Highlights

Canada - USA 5:2 Olympics Final Game in Salt Lake 2002 | Game Highlights | FIRST GOLD IN 50 YEARS

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Күн бұрын

Tony Amonte drew first blood in the final game of the 2002 Olympic hockey tournament, giving the Americans a 1-0 lead midway through the first period. Paul Kariya tied the game a few minutes later on a brilliant play by Mario Lemieux. Chris Pronger passed Lemieux the puck, and he made the motion to one-time a shot. But, instead of shooting he let the puck go past him and onto the stick of Paul Kariya. Kariya had a wide-open net as goalie Mike Richter had positioned himself to stop Lemieux’s shot. Jarome Iginla put Canada up 2-1 late in the period, and the lead lasted most of the second.
Brian Rafalski tied the game for the USA late in the second, but Joe Sakic gave Canada a lead it would never relinquish when he scored another late-period goal. In the third period, Iginla and Sakic broke the game open with late goals, sending Canada to a 5-2 victory. Despite its tremendous history of hockey success, this was the first Olympic gold for Canada since 1952, exactly half a century earlier.
In almost every Canadian city, fans with flags took to the streets to rejoice in a way Italian fans celebrate a World Cup soccer win. The gold in Salt Lake City was not only a sports success. It was a win that boosted the collective spirit of an entire nation. The 1952 Edmonton Mercurys were no longer the last Canadian team to win an Olympic hockey gold medal. Finally, a drought that lasted 50 long years was over.

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@natemccollum3731 2 жыл бұрын

I remember my parents wondering why I was rooting so hard for Canada. I’m from Pittsburgh and Mario Lemieux meant so much to me I wanted this so bad for him. That no touch assist was one of the best assists I’ve ever seen

@billmitchell6575 Жыл бұрын

To this day the best hockey IQ play ive ever seen. Mario was the shit

@szahmad2416 Жыл бұрын

@@billmitchell6575 would counter with that famous 1987 Canada vs. Russia goal in the Canada Cup (now World Cup) where Gretzky elected to skate ahead rather than chase the puck, expecting a teammate to pass to him, which he then passed onto Mario who scored. But yeah, that was pretty nifty.

@NumberOneBlitz 7 ай бұрын

The open net tho XD

@benk9973 5 ай бұрын

It's one of my favorite hockey moments of all time. You guys were very blessed to have him.

@rogermettler9354 9 ай бұрын

One of the best Hockey Games all time.

@WolfHockey 9 ай бұрын

100% agree

@rogermettler9354 9 ай бұрын

😀@@WolfHockey

@rogermettler9354 9 ай бұрын

Gruss von der Schweiz;-)

@gordieparenteau6555 2 жыл бұрын

This means so much to me, not just from a national pride perspective, but from a personal one. My everlasting memory of this game involves me and my late father watching this game together on the couch in the living room of our old house in Vancouver. He wasn't even born when Canada last won the gold (born in 1958), so for the both of us, it was a moment of overwhelming joy that we'd witnessed a once in a lifetime moment and that we saw it together.

@burtmann3921 21 күн бұрын

I was watching in my house in Poco and when we won the entire block was cheering outside the front doors and on the street Oh Canada

@SpindicateAudio 7 ай бұрын

gotta say ... Mike Richter was huge in this game. Big save after big save. just couldn't keep the Canadians at bay forever

@coordinator3039 5 күн бұрын

Three Stanley Cups and Two gold medals. No wonder I keep chanting Marty

@kindrs2rud 3 ай бұрын

I was in grade 12 during this game and all I remember was Brodeur jumping in the air when the buzzer rang

@SpindicateAudio 7 ай бұрын

Chris pronger never gets any credit on the Kariya goal ... but damn he's full speed stops on a dime and feathers it cross-ice ... what a ****in pass!

@ruslannovikov8374 2 жыл бұрын

Практика последних лет показывает, что на малых площадках в финале играют Северо американцы

@RaineriHakkarainen 3 ай бұрын

Canada have 650000 hockey players today! USA have 500000 hockey players today! Russia have only under 100000 hockey players today! Finland have 73000 hockey players today! Sweden have 65000 Hockey players today! This is the big reason Canada winning they have 7-10 times More players than Russia or Sweden or Finland!

@RaineriHakkarainen 3 ай бұрын

Sweden in 2006!CzechRepulic in 1998!

@ruslannovikov8374 3 ай бұрын

@@RaineriHakkarainen I meant last years, but 1998 and 2006 that was long ago. And Sweeden played in Torino on big ice

@yaniktydetmer4153 8 ай бұрын

Sakic

@n.w7333 2 ай бұрын

I see three Canadians and one American in the thumbnail

@JasonArokiaraj-k7n Ай бұрын

As a Ranger fan, if 1994 were John Vanbiesbrouck’s Stanley Cup, instead of Mike Richter’s we would’ve beaten Canada in that 2002 Gold Medal Final, 3-2 with a Brett Hull overtime goal because unlike Richter, Beezer would’ve made those big stops that were desperately needed in that 2-2 tie.