21.   She wanted to meet Eric Lindros, the Canadian hockey star, but she made the mistake of approaching the American team instead of the Canadians.

22.   Simon Gagne, a member of the Canadian hockey team, which won the gold medal on Sunday, carried his prize with him, showing it off.

23.   The hard-checking, mucking and grinding style of Canadian junior hockey will be left in the corners.

24.   The future of American soccer is not unlike the past of Canadian hockey, hardscrabble youngsters who go off to learn the game on teams with older players.

25.   The night they lost, time stopped for the Canadian hockey team.

26.   There are church congregations in the United States that are rowdier than a Canadian hockey audience.

27.   There have been few blacks in the NHL, and Grant Fuhr, Val James and Graeme Townshend were all products of Canadian hockey.

28.   These have been difficult times for Canadian hockey.

29.   Visors are required now in Canadian junior hockey and full face cages in United States college hockey.

30.   Washington Capitals center Adam Oates could be reunited soon with former St. Louis Blues teammate Brett Hull, to the dismay of Canadian hockey fans.