Herb Brooks: Man with a plan
At a TV reporter's request, Herb Brooks turned his back on the game behind him. How appropriate.

Women's hockey: Canada shuts out Russia
Defending silver medalist Canada, led by two goals from Danielle Goyette, defeated Russia 7-0 on Wednesday for its second straight Olympic victory.

Women's hockey: Sweden shuts out Kazakstan
Erika Holst had two goals and two assists Wednesday as undefeated Sweden clinched a spot in the medals round with a 7-0 victory over Kazakstan at the Winter Olympics.

Men's hockey: Swiss defeat Belarus despite player suspensions

Men's hockey: Ukraine edges France

U.S. women's hockey win makes the young players grin

Chinese women's hockey team likely to get clobbered — as usual — by U.S.

Men's Hockey

Men's hockey format to get overhaul before 2006 Games

Germany beats Latvia in surprise win

Face-off Fodder

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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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Ice hockey medalists in Nagano