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/Home/Sports/Sports/History of Olympics/Ice Hockey 1998 Olympic Hockey Votes:0 1998 Olympic Hockey Czech Republic Wins Gold Czech Republic won its first Olympic Gold medals in hockey with a 1-0 victory over arch-rival Russia. Petr Svoboda scored in the third period and Dominik Hasek was again perfect in the net recording his second shutout in the tournament. "I got lucky, man. It's a great faceoff. The guys gave me time to look, and it just went through," Svoboda said. "We all feel like heroes here. We had a great team." Before the tournament started nobody would pick the Czechs to win it all. Favorites were the USA, Canada and Sweden with their NHL-star filled rosters. None of those teams won a medal. "I knew we had a great team," defenseman Jiri Slegr said. "I told everyone if we play as a group, we can win it all. Everyone laughed. Now we're laughing." Before Czec Read More Go to Site HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Ice Hockey Medalists Votes:0 Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum Links Search Olympic Ice Hockey Medalists Table of Contents History Men Women U. S. Gold Medal Teams Other Resources History Ice hockey was on the 1920 Summer Olympic program and moved into the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924. A round-robin tournament was used to determine medal standings until 1992. Since then, the top six countries from the previous Winter Olympics automatically qualify, and eight other teams are split into two pools for round-robin competition to determine two additional qualifiers. The eight qualifying teams then play a single-elimination tournament. The score of the gold medal game is shown from 1992 on. Women's ice hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998. Men Year Gold Final Silver Bronze 1920 Canada Unite Read More Go to Site Washingtonpost.com: Everything You Need to Know About Ice Hockey Votes:0 Olympics Front Sport by Sport Gallery History Nagano Countries Related Items --> Lisa Schoeneberg profile Tim Somerville profile --> Everything You Need to Know About Ice Hockey Friday, December 26, 1997 --> Venue How It Works 1994 Gold Critical Moment How It Works The Basics History Schedule U.S. Outlook Others to Watch Looking Back at Lillehammer Medalists Trivia Venues: The gold medal games will be played at a 10,104-seat arena called "Big Hat," so named for the shape of its exterior, including a roof designed with gently sloping surfaces that is meant to express continuity with the mountains surrounding Nagano . Most of the preliminary games will be played at "Aqua Wing," in the Nagano Sports Park in the Higashi Wada district of Nagano City. It features a cylindrical, retractable roof Read More Go to Site

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