Who Will Be Golden in Sochi?
February 2014 Volume 18 No. 1 Published by International Ice Hockey Federation Editor-in-Chief Horst Lichtner Editor Szymon Szemberg Design Adam Steiss Who will be golden in Sochi? Photos: Matthew Manor, Jukka Rautio / HHOF-IIHF Images, RIA Novosti Jukka Rautio / HHOF-IIHF Images, Matthew Manor, Photos: For two weeks in February, the Bolshoy Ice Dome will be the center of the hockey universe as the game's elite descend on Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. nn The 2014 season is finally capped it off with a shocking 7-2 win over a previously n 2014 has already seen some exciting hockey as the here, and with it the XXII Olympic dominant Canadian team. Flash forward to 2014, where World Junior Championship concluded in Sweden. I would Winter Games. the Russians will host a Winter Olympics for the first time like to extend a sincere congratulations to the winners ever. While the hosts will undoubtedly ice a very strong Finland, and also to the city of Malmö for putting on an team that will be in the hunt to claim Olympic exceptional tournament. While the hosts were not able to RENÉ fasEL EDITORIAL gold, the outcome is far from certain. see their team take the gold, everyone who attended the games or who watched them on TV were treated to some This is a time that everyone around That is what makes this Winter Olympic tournament so fantastic hockey. the hockey world has looked forward intriguing. On the women’s side, the rivalry between Can- to ever since Sidney Crosby’s over- ada and the United States has never been hotter, but that There will be a few more things to look forward to once time goal capped off a memorable hockey tournament in doesn’t mean either team can look ahead to meeting each the Olympics wrap up.
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