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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
1 2 3 OT Total Canada 1 1 0 1 3 USA 0 1 1 0 2
Date	28 February 2010
Arena	Canada Hockey Place
City	Vancouver
Attendance	17,748

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. 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.

Background

Canada and the US both have long histories with Olympic hockey, having won the 1st and 2nd most medals in men's Ice hockey Olympic history. The two teams faced each other in the 2002 Salt Lake games and at the first Olympics in 1920, with Canada winning both of the games, also marking the only times the countries faced each other in elimination games. Prior to these games, the teams head-to-head record was 10 wins for Canada, 2 wins for USA, and 2 tied games, with the US only beating Canada in 1956 and 1960.