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TV ratings for Canada vs USA gold medal matchup were the highest in Olympic history to that time. [6] In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years. [7]
After an American victory over Canada at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, the Canadian Olympic team won the next four gold medals over the U.S. (the exception being 2006 where Canada defeated Sweden for gold and U.S. defeated Finland for bronze) until 2018, when the U.S. ended a 20-year gold medal drought defeating Canada in a shootout.
In the Winter Olympics, both the United States and Canada have won the medal table once, while the U.S. is ranked second in the all time Winter Olympic table, with Canada ranked fifth. In the Summer Olympics, the United States has won the medal count 19 times, compared to zero for Canada.
The United States won, 6–0. Sweden and the United States women's teams during the semifinals. The United States won, 4–0. Hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held at the E Center in West Valley City and Peaks Ice Arena in Provo, Utah, United States. The men's and women's tournaments were won by Canada, defeating the hosts United States ...
Canada shut out its opponents in the semifinals and final and allowed only three goals in six games. It was also the first time since 1928 that a Canadian team won all its games. [10] The win represented Canada's second consecutive men's gold in ice hockey, and the third time in four Olympics that Canada won both men's and women's gold in ...
The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from February 16 to February 28, 2010.Games were hosted at two venues – Canada Hockey Place (renamed from "General Motors Place" for the Olympics because IOC rules disallowed host venues to be named after non-Olympic sponsors) and UBC Thunderbird Arena.
Hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Rogers Arena (then known as GM Place, and renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Games due to IOC sponsorship rules) in Vancouver, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's UBC Thunderbirds.
Canada won double gold in ice hockey after going 50 years without a gold medal. Both the women's and men's teams won gold, beating the United States in both games. Marc Gagnon, a short-track speed skater, won double gold, and a bronze medal. One of his golds was for the 5000 m relay team.