Canada’s Gold Rush It is Sunday, February 24th, 2002 that Canadian hockey witnessed the glory and pride of a gold medal in their national sport.Canadian man hockey teams had never one a gold since 1962 which made this one so special to us.Canadian players such as Mario Lemieux and Joe Sakic played well and were a big influence in canada’s gold medal.Joe Sakic scored 2 goals in the game against U.S.A …showed first 75 words of 388 total…

…showed last 75 words of 388 total…the puck out of the goaler’s area and beat American’s number one line. Canadian Defensman, Adam Foot said, ”It should be a national holiday in Canada.” After all, we have 50 years of catching up. Canadians were celebrating and fans were cheering as the Canadian Flag was raise up in the Salt Lake arena. They were filled with 50 years of emotions and deception but as we say, being patient is the answere to everything.