Winter Olympic hockey game - Canada wins in overtime!

Believe it or not the overtime rules for hockey were actually brought into play today when the finals for the 2010 winThe hockey overtime rules helped Team Canada win their gold medal game today when Sidney Crosby was able to put the puck in the net past goalie Ryan Miller. In the sudden death rules, the first team to score a goal wins the game.

Team USA scored a goal to tie the score at 2 with just 25 seconds left. Then, Zach Parise slapped the puck past Roberto Luongo to send the game into overtime and bring into play the hockey overtime rules. ter Olympics went into overtime in the game between Canada and the USA. The hockey overtime rules were those that are used in the NHL playoffs, with a sudden death overtime.

The nonstop comparisons to 1980's U.S. gold medal team leading up to Sunday's game was a classic example of media pomp and hyperbole. It came from the same folks who knee-jerk compared the magnitude of Tiger Woods' already-forgotten apology from two weeks ago to historic "Where were you?" moments like the JFK assassination or the moon landing. Herb Brooks' Miracle on Ice squad was made up of collegiate amateurs. Everyone on the 2010 U.S. squad plays in the NHL, so the comparison was not a valid one.