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Crosby Makes Leap from Superstar to Legend

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It will be replayed like Paul Henderson's goal, or Mario Lemieux's, and it will be carved into this country's memory. Parents will tell their children about it; it will become myth, here. So, too, will the game. Canada 3, United States 2, on a Sidney Crosby goal in overtime that won us the last gold medal of our Games. Some hockey, this.


"This was a classic hockey game," said Ron Wilson, the U.S. coach. "It's exactly the way the game should be played." 

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