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Robert, who has helped turn the small Lennoxville school into a Canadian university basketball powerhouse, was desperate to complete a storybook ending. He made a left-handed hook shot in the paint and had a great take to help the Gaiters inch within three points. Though not known as a 3-point threat, he hit one but couldn't make the desperation 3 right before the final buzzer.

Starting with Canada's starter Cal Quantrill, who's father, Paul, pitched for the Blue Jays for six seasons (1996-2001) and is currently Team Canada's pitching coach. The younger Quantrill went five innings against Cuba, allowing just one earned run on two hits, while striking out five batters.

We got a bit of an opening from their previous shot, and the coaches saw a possibility. I threw the weight we wanted; the rock ran the way we wanted, and I was just ecstatic to make that shot.

Having previously played for the San Jose Sharks' developmental program, Landon Marleau eventually started playing for the Wellington Dukes of the Ontario Junior Hockey League before recently getting called up by the Kingston Frontenacs. During his debut, which saw the Frontenacs lose 3-2 to the Brantford Bulldogs, Landon Marleau registered two shots, with one of them being a scoring chance.

Before the puck drops, a parent must drain their pockets to outfit their child from head to toe. Skates, a helmet, shoulder pads, elbow pads, shin guards, gloves, hockey pants, neck guard, a stick, a mouth guard and a bag large enough to hold it all, is just the beginning. Even modest equipment purchases can reach $600 to $1,500 in the first year alone.

When you have guys like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Sidney Crosby, and Cale Makar all combining on a line of their own it is hard to imagine having anything better, and with a lot of fans already talking about this Canadian team being the best of all time, it is almost impossible to believe it could get any better, but it can.

The U.S. has won only two the last a long 46 years ago, when an underdog American squad upset the Soviet Union in 1980's "Miracle on Ice." Today, the Americans aren't such underdogs anymore. But this generation of American stars including team captain Auston Matthews, star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, and the Tkachuk brothers Matthew and Brady still lack a signature win to prove they belong with the best.

I've thought about it so much, Larkin said. It's what everyone wanted, this matchup in a gold-medal game. Yeah, I've thought about it a lot. Those thoughts become reality Sunday when the North American countries that have become the preeminent global hockey powerhouses face off in a titanic final of a best-vs.-best tournament with many of the NHL's biggest stars. The U.S. against Canada on the biggest stage in sports should be hard-hitting, quick-skating, must-see entertainment.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Canada's controversial men's team will have the curling power's last chance at Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games. With Canada already shut out of the mixed team event medals, the country's top-ranked women were upset by Anna Hasselborg's Sweden in Friday's semifinals. Sweden, ranked No. 12, will face Switzerland for gold on Sunday. Sweden, which has won the women's competition three times since curling returned to the Olympic program in 1998, beat Canada 6-3.

It's just about showtime for the thousands of athletes who qualified for the Winter Olympics next month in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The XXV Winter Olympiad runs from Feb. 6-22 and will include Northern California stars such as Oakland figure skater Alysa Liu and the youngest member of Team USA's ski/snowboard roster, 15-year-old Abby Winterberger of Truckee, who competes in freestyle halfpipe skiing. In all, eight Northern California athletes will represent the United States, including three from the Bay Area.

William Nylander was injured leading up to the Olympic Games, but returned for the Maple Leafs final three games before travelling to Milan. Head Coach Sam Hallam spoke about Nylander's absence, mentioning, "It's a maintenance thing." "He's done two full ice practices with us and felt after yesterday a bit sore after yesterday, so just give him an extra day. And then we'll see for tomorrow if he's ready to go. It's going to be a pretty late decision."

MILAN -- Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Canada are rolling into the knockout round at the Olympics as the best team in the tournament. They may have put the top seed out of the Americans' reach. Crosby and McDavid each had a goal and two assists in a clinical, businesslike 10-2 dismantling of France on Sunday, which included Tom Wilson fighting the player who delivered a forearm to Nathan MacKinnon's face.

Gogolev and Sadovsky arrived as co-favourites for their fifth head-to-head competition this season. The matchup marked their final showdown with Canada's one men's singles spot in February's Milan Cortina Winter Games on the line. The full Olympic figure skating team will be announced Sunday evening. Skate Canada's selection is not based solely on results at nationals, but on a body of work over the past couple seasons.

BRIAN KENNY: Welcome to Cold Call, the podcast where we dive deep into the groundbreaking ideas in Harvard Business School case studies. Today on Cold Call, we're looking at a sport where innovation doesn't come from flash or funding, but from rethinking first principles. The sport is speed skating and we're dropping this episode during the 2026 Winter Olympics. The US men's Speed Skating team is coming off years of disappointment, searching for a breakthrough in the team pursuit event. The innovation works.

"Wondering if I could get a short extension on this week's reflection," the email read. "I was competing in the Olympic Games yesterday and thought it was due on Sunday, not Friday."

USA's Katie Uhlaender, a five-time Winter Olympian in skeleton, accused the Canadian team of deliberately pulling four of its six athletes from a race in Lake Placid, New York, last weekend in order to make it harder for athletes from other countries to qualify. The reduced field meant fewer qualifying points were available and Uhlaender, who won the event, missed out on a place at this year's Games, which will take place in Milan-Cortina, Italy.

Francis Jobin in the men's snowboarding big air qualifications at Livigno Snow Park on Thursday. Jobin, in his Olympics debut, is the sole Canadian to make it to the final 12. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images via Reuters) Canadian men's downhill skier Jack Crawford missed the podium in the final at Bormio's Stelvio course. At 10 a.m. ET, Canadian Isabelle Weidemann will compete for gold in the 3000-metre speed skating final. Abigail Strate will compete in ski jumping normal hill at 12:45 p.m. ET.

📸: @tomwilson/Instagram Story Canada's Olympic hockey team spent more time bonding together ahead of their first game of the tournament on Thursday. Tuesday, the group of hockey players, which included Washington Capitals stars and Logan Thompson, attended the the speed-skating short track event at the Milan Ice Skating Arena. Wilson posted a photo of the group together and it's epic.

Lexie Adzija scored Seattle's first short-handed goal of the season in the third period to take the lead for good, and the Torrent beat the Toronto Sceptres 6-4 on Tuesday night in Seattle to snap a three-game losing streak. The expansion Torrent set the franchise's single-game record for goals (six) and tied for the most in the Professional Women's Hockey League this season. The 10 combined goals were the most in a PWHL game this season.