I was an Athlete Driver for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Talking hockey a couple times and having my picture taken with Pat Quinn the Day before Canada Won Gold was the Highlight for me. A true gentleman.

Yzerman played in this tournament on ONE good knee. As a Wings fan from Detroit, some were giving him flack for playing in the tournament and not resting the knee. After the Olympic break he missed 10 or so games, came back and led that 02' Wings team to a cup. They wouldn't have gotten out of the 1st round against Vancouver with out him, he was unbelievable. The stuff Legends are made of, absolute warrior.

Lemieux letting that puck go was likely one of the greatest heads up plays of all time.

Joe Sakic is a national treasure

Iginla is an under rated Olympic GOAT

Immigrated to Canada in 2000 and didn't know anything about Ice hockey and I watched every game in this Olympics and the Goosebumps that I got from watching this Canadian team played and win the Gold medal was the feeling I will never forget. Thanks for posting this.

Once Joe and Jerome got going along with Mario Lemieux brilliance it was over. Sakic was on fire . Remember listening in the car was working with my uncle at the time and we were driving back and the only station we had was in French and that's all we heard was Sakic Sakic . C'est la vie. is the only time we get understand that Canada was winning against the Finland team. Great memories rest in peace uncle Al.

I'm not Canadian, but I loved every minute of this.

RIP Pat Quinn! Thank you again :)

Seeing Sakic play...it just brings tears to my eyes. I don't like hockey anymore but I would be a fan again if I could see him on the ice one more time. What a legend!

I had forgotten how much Wayne Gretzky was involved in winning this gold medal, not only is he the Great One, he is a great Canadian as well

This is one of the best sports documentaries I've ever watched, and I've watched a lot! It takes fans behind the scenes at every step, good and bad, and also gives us a sense of what life is like in the Olympic Village for both families and players. I've watched it multiple times, and I'm sure I'll watch it again. The music, the editing, the direction, every part of it is amazingly well-executed. I hope folks out there are able to find this in 2020, we can all use some stories like this that are so uplifting and show a true triumph of the human spirit over negativity and media attacks. I'm American, and I'm fiercely proud of my country, but... GO CANADA!

Nice to see Joe Sakic with the MVP award.... I had forgotten that he did, but it was well-deserved. Lemieux and Yzerman were also worthy candidates.

I was not alive in 1972 so this is my 72

Joe Sakic+Mario Lemieux=WIN...With all due respect to all the legends involved with team Canada-I don't think Mr.Joe Sakic gets enough credit for how good he was!He's my fave player all time,and he's also a great guy,scholar,and a gentleman.

man looking back on this time, really miss it. Seems so simpler back than, internet was just starting to really explode and life was a little slower it seemed back than

Scores! Joe Sakic! I will never forget bob coles call of that goal. still gives me goosebumps. wow!

Bob Cole's call on Joe Sakic's 5-2 goal will live in my head forever. My favorite goal call of all time.

Sakic is my favorite player ever, what a clutch player he was ! When I was a kid playing street hockey with my friends, I was always playing as Joe Sakic. When I played NHL on Sega Genesis I was always trying to score all my goals with him and I collected every Sakic hockey cards I could find, I also wore #19 in every sport because of him... xD

So Amazing...Fantastic Hockey in 2002. Wayyy better than today's NHL Hockey, IMO. I am still in AWE of that Canadian Team. Even in 2020 during this difficult time with Covid19 being as horrible and frustrating as it is. As I watched this? It gave me hope and optimism that we will all cheer together again, we are all in this together, we WILL conquer this and be Ok! Thank you for posting! God bless

What an absolute powerhouse team Canada had for these games. A team full of hockey legends.

Pat Quinn reminds me so much of my Uncle John, when I think back to this Olympics it reminds me of being up in Sudbury for the holidays with the family and good times. Going nuts when we won the Gold! I miss these times a lot…

One of the best hockey plays ever involved no points for Mario. Brilliant nonetheless.

I can't believe it was twenty years ago? Where does the time go? As I feel like it was yesterday! But the thrill of that Gold medal game and the players had in their hand, you just knew they weren't going to lose, but it was still very nerve racking! Until the Canadian anthem was being sung by everyone on the arena, and the bar where I watched ,it was so loud you couldn't hear the commentators! and tears ,cheers and hugs to people I didn't even know, but the jubilation was so overwhelming! Great memories , thanks for posting this!

Have watched this about 30 times, still spellbound with the entire presentation.. favorite line is Kevin Lowe's salient, "Check your Ego at the door here, trying to win a Gold Medal." Brilliant....

Yzerman had the greatest year ever that year. Gold medal and a stanley cup all one one leg.

Rob Blake and Pronger holding down the blue line is nuts!

It is hard to believe this was 18 years ago, time flew. by so quick.

'72 was amazing. '87 Canada Cup was a dream to watch. 2010 was hockey Gold. But '02 Gold Medal Game was the greatest hockey game I've ever watched... hands down the greatest team Canada has ever put on the ice.🇨🇦🥇🏅🎖🎉

I just watched this, n am beaming with pride n smiles as I sit here, what 17yrs later 4 what I think, the greatest team 2ever hit the ice...so proud of our Boys n r Girls 4goin in2 the USA n taking what will always b ours...🇨🇦⭐️❤️

Wow, look at all those names on the backs of those canadian jerseys. So nostalgic.

Being an 11-year-old Swedish kid who loved ice hockey and watching his first Olympics, I remember being so excited after the Sweden - Canada game. Sweden felt unstopable. Then BOOM, knocked out in the quarter final by Belarus. It's still considered by many Swedes to be the biggest tragedy to ever happen within Swedish sports (not including deaths and such of course).

They saved the best for last Stevie Yzerman and he's #1 in our hearts and the true Captain for Canada..

So happy Theo Fleury was there. Gretzky believed in him and he didn’t let him down

I will go on record and say that this was the greatest team ever assembled. Eclipsing the 87 Canada Cup team. Mario, Kariya, Stevie Y, Lindros, Sakic, Fleury, Pronger, Neidermayer, Brodeur. We even had Cujo and Eddie as insurance. This was the greatest 4th line to play the game as well. That line alone combined for 1500+ goals and 3500+ pts. I'm so glad I lived this and relished every moment. I'll never forget for as long as I live. 🇨🇦🇨🇦 I still cry and get massive chills hearing Bob Cole.

I love how roy held out for the cup but stevie y still got it

This was a new generational moment. I participated in an impromptu parade down University Ave in Waterloo. Good times

"It's not the coming out of port, but the coming back into port that determines the success of the voyage" - Pat Quinn, 2002 Salt Lake City RIP

We are incredibly fortunate to understand what was happening behind the scenes. From management to coaching to players, every name is a household name. Thanks for this!

Jarome Iginla went to Colorado 10 years too late. Would've scored 80 goals playing with Sakic in his prime.

I'm pretty sure I got these DVDs in a cereal box when I was a kid, cool to watch again!

This will never get old. Golden. I was 10 years old and I still remember seeing Gretzkys son shooting on Cujo in the warm ups. What an amazing moment in Canadian hockey and just overall history.

I remember watching this game as a kid in Ontario. My family was all glued to the tv. When the final buzzer went we grabbed our big canada flags and my brother and I ran outside and were waving it up and down the street. People were out cheering and car horns were honking everywhere. I had a bit of a cold so my mom was trying to bring me back inside but we were all just too pumped. My dad drove us downtown and everyone was just celebrating. Flags everywhere, horns going, smiles, and cheers. Was so great. One of my favourite memories.

I wonder what a coaching tandem of Scotty Bowman (head) with assistants Glen Sather, Al Arbour, Pat Quinn and Pat Burns would've been like.

"Sakic and Yzerman, what about this duo?! Shot! Scores!!"

Steve yzerman and Joe sakic are so fucking similar. But sooooo amazing

This was the best hockey game at any level that I have ever seen

First time viewer! Enjoyed watching these Canadian legends win the gold! Many are now in the HOF! Great presentation!

Bob Cole when he was at his best calling a game was legendary. "That's a goal", "Darn right it is"! 😂

Still my favorite team ever assembled

Most people don't know this, but the ice at Salt Lake was made by a Canadian and he place a loonie at centre ice, it's currently sitting in the Hall of Fame, you're welcome.

Sakic is the real life Adam Banks

This has been a most fascinating look behind the scenes of what goes into choosing Canada's Olympic team. What a class act and high quality leaders. And what can I say about our team. All have great hockey skills and most important of all, Canadian hearts. Need I say more.

Great glimpse of the process...Excellent video, as a coach, to show your team as you prepare to battle for a championship.

Mario Lemieux, Sakikn,Gretsky Yzerman,Mckiness this is and will ever be the legendary hockey heroes of canada's History and the world!! My most favorite hockey memory!

These moments captured with family both during and after make this video special. Such family pride, which is the embodiment of the hockey community as a whole, as families give so much to their children who want to excel in the game.

Should have been watching the best players in the world compete 2022! It’s sad for the players and fans.

RIP Pat Quinn

That never gets old watching them win the Gold Metal, I was there during those games... goose bumps went away about 2 weeks ago.

Can you imagine getting on the ice and facing Mario Lemieux with his size and skill? Six foot four, two hundred and forty pounds and with all that hockey ability? That's NHL quality. Amazing player!

What a great great documentary! Thanks for the wonderful Upload 🙏

By the final game it was Sakic-Iginla-Gagne and Lemieux-Yzerman-Kariya and Peca-Nieuwendyk-Fleury and Lindros-Nolan-Smyth. Four Norris-winning studs on defence: Pronger, MacInnis, Blake, Niedermeyer. 3-time Vezina-winner Marty Brodeur in net. 14 Hall-of-Famers (could be 17). Most were NHL captains or alternates. Veteran team (average age was 30). 27 Stanley Cups won between them. The 2002 team was one of the greatest collection of names ever assembled and one of the greatest Team Canada's of all-time.

Joe Sakic had a great series. One of the most under rated players of his time.

OMG - I had forgotten how Mario...MARIO... let that pass from Pronger go between his legs for someone with a better angle. What a player.

ah yes ... eternal blessings to Pat Quinn ... a Gold Medal was not ever more deserving !!!

Thank you Max for all this... so sweet to remember... Your video made me sleep 2 hours shorter... lol !!!

Gretzky's insistence to take the best, regardless of age or reputation was key, and set the tone for modern Canadian international hockey rosters. 2006 was weak, between waves of talent, but 2010 and 2014 were prime examples, with gold medals as an easily predictable result. In the Canada Cup days this was not the case... For instance, 1987, the team had Dineen, Tochhet, C. Lemieux, Propp, and Brent Sutter. All solid players... BUT, they were chosen for reputation, while the more talented and skilled Steve Yzerman, Ron Francis, Brian Trottier, Marcel Dionne, Luc Robataille, Denis Savard, and Dino Ciccarelli were watching on T.V. (all the latter were much hotter at the time than the former). Switch these players and it is not as exciting a final with the Soviets. The Canucks win without the intrigue and stress. Hands down! For 1998 in Nagano, Bobby Clarke named a roster also based on reputation, and not on skill and talent as best suited for big international ice surfaces. So Zamuner, Linden, Stevens, Primeau and Corson were chosen over the obviously better (Wayne method): Murphy, Turgeon, Robataille, Recchi, and Oats. Perhaps Canada would have beaten the Czechs if they could have iced more talent. (Disclaimer, although I was reading the papers and watching at the tie, I do forget the injury status of the above mentioned men.) I'm just talking approach here, of Wayne's (best of now), vs. Keenan and Clarke's approach looking for toughness and chosing biased favourites.

I was at Work that day 6am-6pm @ the Hospital ! Thankfully most of the patients were watching that game on tv.Apon delivering the Meals i was able to catch the end! Great game!!

@ The 1:27:40 mark that goal is the straw that broke the camels back. The way Sakic speeds up the ice protects the puck at full tilt in their zone and drops it to Yzerman. Game over that's hockey.

Thank you for such insightful documentary.

I think this is peak era of hockey for me. All these rosters are stacked

Hi from Sweden 😀😀😀. We beat Canada in the first game, so we where like, yeah here we go go Sweden go. 1 weak later we lost in the quarterfinals against BELARUS!!!! 😒😒😒😪😪😪

You are a fantastic human being. thank you

My team is the USA, but if they're out, Canada is my 2nd choice. Gretzky was right, seems like everyone else roots against them, because they're always the best and deepest team top to bottom, front to back. This was a hell of a tournament, and the best team won. Some of my all time favorite players were on the ice in that gold medal game. What an incredible pool of talent.

Thanks for the memories 🇨🇦🥇

Jarome ingnla is a beast

Thank you so much, really love the video

The perfect mix of players and coaches. Amazing!!!! And Brodeur shutting the cages ❤️

Back when I was a kid, I ate an exuberant amount of cereal to collect all these dvds!

I don't remember much from watching this game live, I was nervous as fuck up until the last 5 minutes... it's nice re-watching it all these years later without my heart in my mouth the whole game

Was this a national team or an All Star-team?:D with that lineup it would've been unfair if they wouldn't have won

Wayne G trying to sing the anthem through a GIGANTIC smile is my favorite memory of the gold medal game. I bet P. Roy was kicking himself for missing this.

🇨🇦 Even 13 years after the 1989 Stanley Cup Championship Joe ..Al ...Theo looked great. Wow a awesome hockey team

It's not often you see Pat Quinn smiling. What a great game!

Sakic was all over the ice in the Gold medal game. Dudes such an under rated legend

The end of such a great era in hockey. That team canada will go unmatched as far as talent goes.

I’ll never forget this amazing game

Man, our boys are in the biggest league in the world for Hockey and they look so happy when the women won!!!! I watched so much content in 2002, I was legitimately tired and I was just a spectator

IM SO EXCITED FOR 2022

MVP should go to Bob Cole

Gretzky: "I checked into it (Fleury's personal life). He is fine." 😂🤣

No Gretzky and no Fuhr. They still got it done. Amazing team, probably the best that Canada produced. Next to`72.

Greatest hockey team ever, the beginning of the end of hockey's "golden age", 1995 to 2004. At least IMO

I feel Fleury's work in the corner that led to the goal that tied the game against the Czechs was the turning point in the tournament. Without that, we quite possibly don't win.

This was crazy emotional to watch.

They don’t make players like this anymore wow I miss this team

Watched this whole thing with a smile on my face the whole time. Great hockey - a fabulous win.

This is a really cheesy, not especially in-depth, public relations documentary, but there is some neat footage in here. I really like seeing the executive and coaching staff in meetings planning and debating which players will be on the team. It gives you a sense of what actually goes on in these rooms as fans, who often debate these kinds of things but without real stakes.

Best team ever put together. Never get tired of re-watching the '02 Olympics. Some of my favorite hockey players of all time :)

Even though it's not quite as iconic, I'd put Gretzky's speech after the Czech tie, right up there with Espo's speech in '72.