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Pressure? There's no American equivalent to what Team Canada faces in 2010 Olympics

By Pierre LeBrun

Monday, August 24, 2009

If there's a goal that everyone remembers, it was back in ol' 72. We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger And all I remember was sitting beside you That is the opening line of "Fireworks," a song by Canada's favorite rock band, The Tragically Hip. No need for The Hip to provide more details than it did in that opening line. Every living and breathing Canadian knows it refers to the 1972 Summit Series and Paul Henderson's game-winning goal, which beat the communists from the for ...

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