00:00Two games in particular stick out when it comes to the rivalry in the Olympics.
00:04History was on the line in the 2002 gold medal game in Salt Lake City.
00:08The U.S. could win their first gold medal since 1980,
00:11and Canada was looking to break a 50-year gold medal drought,
00:14having failed to medal altogether in 1998 when NHL players returned to the games in Nagano.
00:20With the games tied at two in the second,
00:22Joe Sackick sniped one past Mike Richter to give Team Canada a 3-2 lead.
00:26Jerome McGinley doubled Canada's lead,
00:28and Sackick put it away on a breakaway as Team Canada defeated Team USA 5-2
00:33to take home the gold for the first time since 1952.
00:37And then there was the 2010 final in Vancouver.
00:40The U.S. had scored a shock victory over Canada in the group stage,
00:43but trailed 2-0 in the second period.
00:46Ryan Kessler cut it to 2-1,
00:48and Zach Parise pounced on Patrick Kane's rebound
00:50with 25 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
00:54But in sudden death, Jerome McGinley found Sidney Crosby off a no-look pass from the corner
00:59and buried at 5-hole on Ryan Miller,
01:02leaving Team USA to lick its wounds with silver.
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