Team Canada beat the Americans yesterday to in overtime to win the 2010 Gold Medal for Mens Hockey. And probably even more ironic is the fact that Sid the Kid was there to seal to deal. And there is no doubt that this goal (although nothing too fancy about it) will be remembered to many Canadians as time goes on, much like the famous goal that Paul Henderson scored during the 72 Summit series.

The teams were so close that Team USA was able to tie the game with only 24 seconds remaining to force the gold medal game to go into the extra period. In fact this game was the only game that Team USA had lost in the tournament (they beat Team Canada during round robin play) thanks to key players like Ryan Miller, Zach Parise and Patrick Kane.

Canada’s gold medal win was not really thanks to Crosby alone, the team played solid together as a team with many players chipping in and no real MVP player that stands out among the rest. Crosby did score the OT winning goal but he certainly wasn’t the best player on the team. Several players such as Rick Nash, Jonathan Toews, Jerome Iginla, Scott Niedermayer, and Roberto Luongo played just as amazing hockey as Crosby did. Yet Crosby managed to shine through when needed much like he always seems to be able to do.

Regardless of what some critics  might say about Crosby’s opympic play adding an Olympic  Gold Medal to an already impressive Hockey resume only makes it that much sweeter for the young super star of Nova Scotia in the minds of Canadian hockey fans everywhere.

[photo source: Toronto Star - thestar.com]

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