White House spokesman Robert Gibbs donned a Canadian ice hockey jersey, to settle a bet he lost when Canada beat the United States for Olympic gold.
Finland came back from 3-1 down to defeat Slovakia 5-3 in the bronze medal game of the Olympic men's ice hockey tournament on Saturday.
It may almost be cheaper to buy a gold medal than to buy tickets to watch the US and Canada meet in the National Hockey League Olympic final on Sunday.
Canada survived a tense final period before defeating Slovakia 3-2 on Friday to reach an Olympic Games gold medal hockey showdown against North American rival USA.
Canadian women's ice hockey captain Hayley Wickenheiser has called for critics of the players' celebration of their gold medal win to "get real."
The USA scored six first period goals as they hammered Finland 6-1 on Friday to reach the final of the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament where they will tackle either Canada or Slovakia for gold.
The IOC will investigate the behaviour of the Canadian women ice hockey players who celebrated their gold medal by drinking beer and champagne on the ice.
Canada captured a third consecutive Olympic women's ice hockey title on Thursday, defeating arch-rival United States 2-0 in an emotional final on home ice.
Corey Perry scored twice in the second period as Canada routed Russia 7-3 in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men's ice hockey tournament.
Ryan Miller made 19 saves for the shutout and Zach Parise scored twice as the United States beat Switzerland 2-0 in the quarter-finals of the men's ice hockey.
Ryan Miller made 19 saves as the United States beat Switzerland in the quarter-finals of the Vancouver Olympic hockey tournament.
Jarome Iginla scored two goals as Canada routed Germany 8-2 on Tuesday to set up an Olympic ice hockey quarter-final clash against mighty Russia.
An intense US Olympic hockey workout Tuesday indicated criticism from general manager Brian Burke was taken to heart and the unbeaten Americans will not take quarter-final opponent Switzerland lightly.
Thomas Deruns and Romano Lemm scored in the shootout as Switzerland rallied to beat Belarus 3-2 and reach the Olympic ice hockey quarter-finals.
Meghan Agosta scored a historic goal as Canada beat Finland 5-0 on Monday, advancing to the Winter Olympic women's ice hockey final against the United States.
Canada will pass the baton to goaltender Roberto Luongo for their fourth game of the Olympic hockey tournament after Martin Brodeur struggled in a shock loss to the Americans on Sunday.
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COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1st Canada 14 7 5 26
2nd Germany 10 13 7 30
3rd United States 9 15 13 37
4th Norway 9 8 6 23
13th Australia 2 1 0 3
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