Sweden won their semifinal match against Finland
Canada won their semifinal match against the USA
The match for the gold medal was not today. Canada and Sweden will compete for the gold and silver medal, and the USA and Finland will compete for the bronze medal. The USA/Finland match will be tomorrow (2/22), and the gold medal match will be on Sunday, the 23rd.
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mens gold 2010 winter Olympics
Soviet Union. Canada did not compete in hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics to protest the perceived professionalism of teams from Communist countries.
The first time Ice Hockey was included in the Olympics was in 1920 at the summer games in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1924, at the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France, Ice Hockey became an official, permanent sport in the Winter Olympics. At both games Canada won the gold medal. They went on to win 6 out of the 7 first ice hockey medals in the Olympics. Women's Ice Hockey was later introduced in 1998 in Nagano, Japan where the United States women's hockey team won the gold medal.
Canada at the 2010 games with 14 gold the record breaking gold was for mens hockey against U.S
Once, at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.