COLE HARBOUR, Nova Scotia — Just when you thought our community couldn’t feel better about ourselves, Friday happened.
Back in 2010, it was Cole Harbour native Sidney Crosby, one of our own, who scored the “Golden Goal” to give Team Canada a 3-2 overtime victory against Team USA in the championship game at the Vancouver Olympics.
It’s a moment we’ll all never forget.
Now, 16 years later, we’re heading back to the gold medal game, this time at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on Sunday (8:10 a.m.; Peacock, NBC, ICI Tele, CBC Gem, CBC, SN [JIP], TSN [JIP], RDS2).
And it was another one of our local kids, Nathan MacKinnon, who proved to be the hero.
Yes, the same Nathan MacKinnon, a fellow Cole Harbour native, who grew up idolizing Sid and has become one of his best friends.
It was his dramatic goal with 36 seconds left that gave Team Canada a 3-2 victory against Team Finland in their Olympic semifinal Friday, giving them a chance to play for gold and sending this entire Halifax area, the province of Nova Scotia, I mean, the entire country of Canada into a euphoric frenzy.
Inside the arena at Cole Harbour Place, there are banners honoring both Sid and Nathan. We are so proud of these kids.