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Olympics fallout could change the game. (NHL Insider).(hockey)

The Sporting News

| March 04, 2002 | Morrison, Scott | COPYRIGHT 2002 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Now that the dream hockey final has become a golden moment for Canada, the big top is down and the five-ring winter circus has left town for another four years. But a few questions linger like the aroma from Sweden's quarterfinals loss to Belarus.

It is widely acknowledged, of course, that the NHL's participation in the Winter Games was a resounding success, especially given the two teams that wound up in the gold-medal game. Four years ago in Nagano, Japan, remember, Team Canada finished fourth and Team USA took the fifth--at least when it came to explaining how the furniture in the athletes' village got trashed.

So an all-North American, all-NHL final, ...

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