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Habscheid worked his way to the worlds

By George Johnson
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, April 15, 2005

CALGARY, Alberta  Rewind to an uncharacteristically warm February 1988. The wound was so fresh, so deep. An overhyped Canadian Olympic team had just been cruelly, clinically exposed 5-1 by the Big Red Russian Machine, by Larionov and Krutov and Makarov and Kasatonov and Fetisov and the rest, in a game an entire country stood still to watch. It was a painful comeuppance. Captain Marc Habscheid, understanding his duty, slowly emerged from the team bus, idling for a quick getaway in the parking ...

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