Canada beats USA in overtime for Olympic women’s hockey gold

                               PHOTO: Jean Levac/Postmedia News

Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada celebrates her game tying goal against the USA during third period in their Gold medal match at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, February 20, 2014.

by Ed Willes
SOCHI — Hayley Wickenheiser, who’s played in every Olympic tournament since 1998, stood there with her fourth gold medal around her neck, and tried to process everything that had just happened in the women’s hockey version of War and Peace.
Just moments before, when Canada and the U.S., were in the middle of the damnedest hockey game anyone had ever seen, she’d been the picture of composure and confidence; the one her teammates looked to for reassurance. But now, the greatest player in the history of the women’s game, gave way to all the emotion of the previous four hours, if not the previous 16 years and tried to fight back tears.
“It’s not easy,” said the Team Canada institution. “I think people look at it like you just show up. It’s the time and the effort and the hell you go through to get here...Continue reading...