Ten Days After: What We Can Take Away From Olympic Hockey

Posted: 10th March 2010 by Russell McKenzie in NHL
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It's been 10 days since the men's hockey team of Canada woke up with a gold medal. Looking back on the marquis tournament that took place in Vancouver over two weeks in February, players, coaches, general managers, and fans can take a few things away, in retrospect. Let's start with the current hotbed topic in the NHL coming back from the Olympic break. A few days ago, diminutive Boston Bruin forward Marc Savard was taken from the ice on a stretcher after a questionable hit to the head by Penguins bad boy Matt Cooke.  The most interesting thing was Patrice Bergeron watching from the Bruins bench.  A similar hit almost ended Bergeron's career.  He struggled with post-concussion syndrome, and recovered.  He now has a gold medal to prove it. One thing that became apparent ...

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