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      7
      March
      26,
      2008
      SPORTS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Looking
      back
      on
      the
      Canada-USA
      Rivalry
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      battle
      of
      North
      America
      has
      been
      the
      focus
      point
      of
      every
      sports
      broadcaster
      for
      decades
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Josh
      Lewis
     
     
      Sports
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      time,
      they
      did
      it
      the
      hard
      way.
     
    

    
     
      Team
      Canada
      won
      its
      fourth
     
     
      straight
      world
      junior
      hockey
      cham-
     
     
      pionship
      in
      the
      most
      recent
      tourna-
     
     
      ment
      with
      a
      3-2
      overtime
      win
      over
     
     
      Sweden
      in
      the
      gold
      medal
      game.
      The
     
     
      same
      Swedes
      had
      snapped
      Canada’s
     
     
      20-game
      winning
      streak
      earlier
      in
     
     
      the
      tournament.
     
    

    
     
      The
      2008
      tournament
      featured
      the
     
     
      latest
      chapter
      in
      what
      is
      quickly
     
     
      becoming
      the
      best
      rivalry
      in
      interna-
     
     
      tional
      hockey:
      Canada
      vs.
      USA.
     
    

    
     
      With
      its
      top
      line
      of
      James
      Van
     
     
      Riemsdyk,
      Jordan
      Schroeder
      and
     
     
      Colin
      Wilson
      ranking
      1-2-3
      in
      tour-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “T
      will
      never
      forget
     
     
      where
      I
      was
      at
      that
     
     
      moment.
      Grade
      12
     
     
      chemistry
      class,
     
     
      watching
      on
      TV.
      What
     
     
      a
      brutal
      feeling.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nament
      scoring
      and
      and
      Pens
     
     
      prospect
      Brian
      Strait
      manning
      the
     
     
      blueline,
      the
      Americans
      entered
      the
     
     
      semi-final
      matchup
      as
      __
      the
     
     
      favourites.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Canadians
      apparently
      didn’t
     
     
      notice.
     
    

    
     
      Despite
      struggling
      to
      score
      goals
     
     
      throughout
      the
      tournament,
      the
      red
     
     
      and
      white
      put
      four
      pucks
      past
     
     
      American
      goalie
      Jeremy
      Smith
      en
     
     
      route
      to
      a
      4-1
      victory
      and
      a
      berth
      in
     
     
      the
      final.
     
    

    
     
      It
      was
      the
      latest
      episode
      in
      an
      inter-
     
     
      national
      rivalry
      which
      has
      been
     
     
      gaining
      steam
      since
      the
      1996
      World
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cup
      of
      Hockey,
      when
      the
      U.S.
      beat
     
     
      Canada
      2-1
      in
      a
      best-of-three
      final.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ~
      Brett
      Hull
      and
      John
      LeClair
      domi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nated
      that
      tournament,
      and
      Mike
     
     
      Richter
      was
      outstanding
      in
      the
      final.
     
    

    
     
      The
      next
      major
      confrontation
     
     
      between
      the
      two
      countries
      came
      in
     
     
      the
      gold
      medal
      game
      at
      the
      Salt
      Lake
     
     
      Olympics
      in
      2002.
      I’m
      sure
      every
     
     
      hockey
      fan
      in
      Canada
      remembers
     
     
      that
      game
      in
      minute
      detail
      —
      Mario
     
     
      Lemieux
      letting
      the
      puck
      slide
     
     
      through
      his
      legs,
      Brian
      Rafalski’s
     
     
      blast
      late
      in
      the
      second
      period,
      Joe
     
     
      Sakic
      busting
      in
      on
      a
      breakaway
      to
     
     
      make
      it
      5-2
      and
      remove
      all
      doubt.
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      fact,
      I
      can
      still
      hear
      Bob
      Cole’s
     
     
      call
      on
      that
      Sakic
      goal
      clear
      as
      day.
     
    

    
     
      Beating
      the
      Americans
      on
      their
     
     
      home
      turf,
      for
      the
      first
      time
      in
     
     
      Olympic
      history,
      more
      than
     
     
      redeemed
      Canada’s
      50
      years
      without
     
     
      a
      gold
      medal.
      And
      let’s
      not
      forget
      the
     
     
      Lucky
      Loonie.
      Yes,
      Salt
      Lake
      truly
     
     
      ignited
      the
      battle
      of
      North
      America.
     
    

    
     
      The
      next
      unforgettable
      encounter
     
     
      was
      at
      the
      2004
      WJC
      in
      Helsinki,
     
     
      when
      Marc-Andre
      Fleury
      made
      the
     
     
      horrifying
      blunder
      everyone
      still
     
     
      remembers
      four
      years
      later.
      With
      the
     
     
      score
      tied
      3-3
      late
      in
      the
      third,
     
     
      Fleury’s
      clearing
      attempt
      went
      off
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Braydon
      Coburn
      and
      into
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      net.
     
    

    
     
      I
      will
      never
      forget
      where
      I
      was
      at
     
     
      that
      moment.
      Grade
      12
      chemistry
     
     
      class,
      watching
      on
      TV.
      What
      a
      brutal
     
     
      feeling.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Canada-USA
      semi-final
      game
     
     
      at
      last
      year’s
      WJC
      in
      Sweden
      may
     
     
      well
      have
      been
      the
      most
      exciting
     
     
      game
      in
      tournament
      history.
      Tied
      1-
     
     
      1
      after
      overtime,
      the
      game
      went
      to
     
     
      eight
      rounds
      of
      the
      shootout.
      Who
     
     
      could
      forget
      Jonathan
      Toews’
      three
     
     
      goals,
      or
      Carey
      Price
      closing
      the
     
     
      door
      on
      Peter
      Mueller
      to
      win
      the
     
     
      game?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      See
      Rivalry
      on
      page
      8
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CIS
      fails
      on
     
     
      drug
      testing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Josh
      Lewis
     
     
      Sports
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thanks
      to
      Roger
      Clemens
      and
     
     
      Marion
      Jones,
      doping
      is
      back
      in
     
     
      the
      spotlight
      of
      the
      world
      of
      sports.
     
     
      But
      while
      Major
      League
      Baseball
     
     
      and
      other
      professional
      leagues
      are
     
     
      still
      struggling
      to
      implement
      effec-
     
     
      tive
      steroid
      policies,
      Canadian
     
     
      Interuniversity
      Sport
      has
      had
      a
     
     
      policy
      in
      place
      for
      several
      years.
     
    

    
     
      The
      national
      governing
      body
      for
     
     
      university
      athletics
      has
      followed
     
     
      the
      Canadian
      Anti-Doping
     
     
      Program,
      developed
      in
      part
      by
     
     
      Dick
      Pound’s
      World
      Anti-Doping
     
     
      Association
      (WADA),
      since
      June
     
     
      2004.
      The
      program
      is
      administered
     
     
      by
      the
      Canadian
      Centre
      for
      Ethics
     
     
      in
      Sport
      (CCES).
     
    

    
     
      Banned
      substances
      include
      ana-
     
     
      bolic
      steroids
      (i.e.
      androstene-
     
     
      dione,
      the
      Mark
      McGwire
      drug)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      See
      Cis
      on
      Page
      8