Czechs, please U.S., Canada iced, U.S. women golden in hockey debut The Czech Republic's hockey team took the swagger out of the Canadians and Americans in maybe the biggest surprise of the Nagano Games, snagging the gold medal in a victory for the little guys. FULL STORY

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U.S. hockey coach calls for vandals to take blame U.S. Olympic hockey coach Ron Wilson says the players who damaged rooms in the Olympic Village should come forward and take the blame for what he called a "deplorable act." FULL STORY Hull: It's time for a confession Brett Hull says those who are guilty in the Olympic trashed rooms incident need to confess. FULL STORY LeClair found Olympics a positive experience The good outweighed the bad at the Winter Olympics, John LeClair said at his first training session with the Philadelphia Flyers since returning from Nagano. FULL STORY Hasek, Svoboda's late goal key 1-0 win over Russia No one ever mentioned the Czech Republic as a gold-medal contender. FULL STORY 'The Dominator' does his thing, leads Czechs to gold Dominik Hasek, leaving little doubt he is the world's best goalie, turned aside 20 shots as the Czech Republic took its first ever Olympic ice hockey gold medal, shutting out Russia 1-0 in the final. FULL STORY Svoboda saves day as Czech Republic earns first gold Czech national ice hockey coach Ivan Hlinka was forced to stand in line for hours at a passport office in the Czech Republic last month to get Petr Svoboda a passport. Now he's glad he did. FULL STORY Finland whips favored Canadians for Olympic bronze Favored to win the Olympic men's hockey gold medal, Canada will go home with no medal at all. Finland won the bronze medal Saturday, defeating the Canadians 3-2 on Ville Peltonen's tie-breaking goal 17 seconds into the third period and Ari Sulander's 32-save performance. FULL STORY Russia, Czechs unexpected finalists for hockey gold It's the Russian Rocket versus the Dominator, raw firepower against exceptional goaltending, a former hockey dynasty facing a contender in search of its first Olympic title. FULL STORY

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