21.   If Team Canada is reserving one honorary position on its Olympic hockey roster for a living legend, it should go to Gordie Howe, not Wayne Gretzky.

22.   In the past, athletes were left to practice their starts on the flat surface of the Lake Placid Olympic hockey rink.

23.   In the world of Olympic hockey, it is a preview of what February holds.

24.   It is reasonable to say that in this first fully professional Olympic hockey tournament, Canada should have honored Messier for his career and his skill.

25.   It did not stop the NHL fanatics from a certain New York metropolis who cropped up here at the Olympic hockey venue, called Big Hat.

26.   Jamie Langenbrunner smiled shyly when asked about his chance of making the U.S. Olympic hockey team.

27.   Just because Wayne Gretzky says Europeans hate Canadian hockey, that does not mean it is so, said the man in charge of the Olympic hockey tournament.

28.   Meanwhile, the second round-robin phase of the Olympic hockey tournament ended Monday.

29.   NAGANO, Japan -- The Olympic hockey tournament for men moved advanced toward the quarterfinal round Monday.

30.   Now the problem is, all anybody can talk about is Olympic hockey.