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Women’s Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold
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Feb 21, 2002 - Canada’s women’s hockey team officially ended the 50-year dry spell that had plagued the country’s Olympic hockey teams when they won the gold medal at Salt Lake, defeating the US 3-2. As part of Olympic lore, many credit Canada’s “lucky loonie,” planted by Edmonton ice maker Trent Evans at centre ice, as the lucky charm that broke the losing streak.
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