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Canada Favored in Olympic Hockey Gold Showdown
21 Feb
Summary
- Canada narrowly favored against the United States for Olympic gold.
- Both teams faced dramatic comebacks in their semifinal matches.
- USA has not won Olympic gold since 1980, losing twice to Canada.
Canada is poised to face the United States in the men's Olympic gold medal game on Sunday, entering the matchup as the slight favorite. Both titans of international hockey have navigated tense semifinal matches to reach this point.
Canada staged a dramatic comeback against Finland in their semifinal, erasing a two-goal deficit to secure a 3-2 victory. This followed a similarly challenging quarterfinal where they also came from behind late in the game to advance. The United States also experienced a close call, needing overtime to defeat Sweden in the quarterfinals before a more decisive win against Slovakia in the semifinals.
