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Gold medal game at the Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
The Canadian team celebrating after winning the gold medal
123OTTotal
Canada Canada11013
United States USA01102
Date28 February 2010
ArenaCanada Hockey Place
CityVancouver
Attendance17,748

The 2010 Men's ice hockey Olympic gold medal game was the final championship game of the 2010 men's ice hockey Olympic tournament, played between Team Canada and Team USA. It would be the second time the two nations met in the gold medal game since the introduction of an elimination bracket at the 1992 Albertville Olympics, the first being the 2002 Salt Lake gmaes. The game was a tournament rematch after the US beat Canada 5-3 during the Group A round-robin.

Canada would beat the USA in overtime with a goal from Sidney Crosby in overtime.[1] This would be Canada's 8th ice hockey gold medal and the USA's 8th silver medal. The game was the most watched events in Canadian television history.[2]

Background

Path to the game

Canada

USA

Game

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Overtime

Legacy

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