INSIDE HOCKEY

The United States Women’s Hockey Team has spent the last six months barnstorming North America for this very moment, where all of the pre-Olympic practices, meetings and preparation became reality. Where Team USA would take the ice in front of a boisterous crowd of 5,000+ at UBC Thunderbird Arena and the games would finally be real.

In the brief history of the NHL-Olympic marriage, we've seen Dominik Hasek steal the show, Tommy Salo go from golden to goat and Henrik Lundqvist carry a team on his back in Torino. So what will we see in Vancouver? The answer might lie within one of the following.

While the 2009-10 NHL regular season is still in its first quarter, a lot of fans and hockey writers turn their attention to players selected in high ranks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. J-B Angelelli's latest column is here in both English and French...