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MILAN (AP) \u2014 The long wait<\/a> for the best hockey players in the world taking the ice in an international tournament lived up to the hype.<\/p>\n

Four of the seven games in the knockout round at the Milan Cortina Olympics<\/a> went to overtime, including the U.S beating Canada<\/a> in a fast-paced, back-and-forth final for the gold medal. The sport earned the spotlight it got in the NHL’s return to the Games following a dozen-year drought.<\/p>\n

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