Sending NHL's best to Olympics is easy call

From: The Gazette | Date: February 9, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

DENVER - In Tuesday's contribution to the world of irony, the NHL un-broke from its All-Star break Tuesday - during which it was supposed to announce its players' return to the 2002 Olympics - with the game that couldn't help but remind everyone why the NHL players should return to the Olympics.

Thanks to an aptly timed Avalanche-Sabres game, the two men responsible for making the last Winter Olympic hockey tournament so spectacular were facing each other from opposite goals.

And if you think two years has faded the memory of the mythic Nagano matchup between Patrick Roy, Canada's goalie, ...

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