NHL (colloquially referred to as Chel ) is a series of professional ice hockey simulation video games developed by EA Vancouver and published yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand. The game is developed under license from the National Hockey League (NHL), which enables the use of the league's team names, arenas and colors in the game, and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), which enables the use of the league's player names and likenesses.
62-415: Chel may refer to: NHL (video game series) , often colloquially known as Chel Chel, a village in the municipality of Chajul , Guatemala Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
124-659: A minor ice hockey team from Nepean, Ontario . He attended Bell High School and played for his hometown Nepean Raiders Junior A hockey team. After one season with the Raiders, the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) drafted him, and he played centre for the Petes from 1981 to 1983 . The 1983 NHL Entry Draft was the first for Mike and Marian Ilitch , who had purchased
186-561: A playoff game, breaking his orbital bone and scratching his cornea . Yzerman underwent eye surgery following the incident, and was sidelined for the remainder of the 2004 playoffs. The eye injury also forced Yzerman to miss the 2004 World Cup of Hockey . Joe Thornton (then of the Boston Bruins ) and Joe Sakic (Colorado), who each wore the number 19 for their respective NHL clubs and who were now eligible to wear it for team Canada due to Yzerman's enforced absence, both refused
248-697: A goal scored by Alexei Kovalev of the New York Rangers during the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals against Kirk McLean of the Vancouver Canucks. NHL 96 featured New Jersey 's Scott Stevens and Detroit 's Steve Yzerman . More recently, Claude Giroux was featured on the cover of NHL 13 and Martin Brodeur was on the cover of NHL 14 . On June 24, 2014, EA Sports announced at the 2014 NHL Awards in Las Vegas that Patrice Bergeron of
310-529: A knee injury, forcing him to miss 30 regular season games, though nonetheless still finished sixth in team scoring. Yzerman's knee greatly pained him during the 2002 playoffs , but this did not stop him from leading the Red Wings from an early 2–0 deficit in their opening round series to defeat the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues en route to Detroit's fifth playoff series with Colorado, and
372-500: A member of Canada's national hockey team (Team Canada). In 2002 , Yzerman won an Olympic gold medal, making him one of few players to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year. Yzerman was the general manager of Team Canada for the 2007 IIHF World Championship , which they won. Yzerman was appointed executive director of Team Canada on October 7, 2008, for the 2010 Winter Olympics . Team Canada went on to win
434-714: A physical format. In addition to the NHL itself, the different installments of the game include development leagues like the American Hockey League and ECHL , major junior leagues like the member leagues of the Canadian Hockey League , European national leagues from Russia, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Czech Republic, and the European Champions Hockey League . As is traditional with EA Sports,
496-592: A pre-game scouting report prior to each game. In the Genesis version of NHL 95, KNBR radio sportscaster John Shrader replaced Ron Barr in that duty. Live play-by-play commentary was introduced in the PC version of NHL 97 . Jim Hughson , former play-by-play man for CBC 's Hockey Night in Canada and also one of Canada's best-known hockey announcers, provided the play-by-play for much of the series. The last games in which he
558-502: A save (in this photo there is the logo of the New York Rangers located on the bottom right of the goaltender's pants). This photo is surrounded by eight small portraits of players ( Steve Yzerman , Andy Moog , Pat LaFontaine , Brian Leetch , Ray Bourque , Patrick Roy , Jeremy Roenick , and Rick Tocchet ). This changed with NHL 94 , which featured a goal situation for Tomas Sandstrom ( Los Angeles Kings ) against Andy Moog ( Boston Bruins ). NHL 95 featured an in-goal camera during
620-427: A team while with the Red Wings front office since the latter part of his playing career, and had gained experience in running a team through his work with Hockey Canada , having assembled several rosters between 2007 and 2010 for Hockey Canada. However, after both general manager Ken Holland and assistant general manager Jim Nill received contract extensions, it became clear that the opportunity would not happen with
682-539: A then NHL-record 62 regular season wins and were heavily favoured to win the Stanley Cup. Yzerman scored perhaps the most memorable goal of his career in the 1996 playoffs , stealing the puck from Wayne Gretzky and beating St. Louis Blues goaltender Jon Casey with a slap shot from the blue line to win the Western Conference Semifinals in double overtime of Game 7. However, the Red Wings fell short of their ultimate goal, losing in six games to
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#1732780988924744-699: A trade that saw Matt Walker and a fourth-round pick in 2011 depart Tampa Bay. In the middle of the season, he also traded for goaltender Dwayne Roloson as the Lightning progressed to the Eastern Conference Finals just one year after the team had not even qualified for the 2010 playoffs . For his part, Yzerman was nominated for the NHL General Manager of the Year Award , losing out to Vancouver's Mike Gillis . While
806-452: A worse player, a player on a losing streak or a player who is down by multiple goals. EA Sports has openly denied the existence of any such mechanism, instead saying that winning is a product of skill and the quality of the team's roster. However, EA once published a document about a feature called "Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment", which was interpreted by some as confirming the existence of ice tilt. EA has not denied this. In fact, they patented
868-594: Is one of the announcers are the PC and PS2 versions of NHL 09. Bill Clement was the sole commentator in the Nintendo 64 version of NHL 99 . Gary Thorne provided the play-by-play commentary in all Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions from NHL 07 through NHL 14 . NBC Sports commentator Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk provided the play-by-play and color commentary on all platforms, with their first appearance together being in NHL 15 and last in NHL 19 . James Cybulski
930-590: Is the current play-by-play commentator, starting with NHL 20 . NHL 15 was also the first game to introduce an ice level analyst, with TSN analyst Ray Ferraro appearing in the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game. Color commentary has been provided by Daryl Reaugh (NHL 98–99), Bill Clement (NHL 2000–2001, and NHL 07–14 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3), Don Taylor (NHL 2002–2003), Craig Simpson (NHL 2004–09), Eddie Olczyk (NHL 15–19). Ferraro made
992-560: The 1986–87 season , at age 21, Yzerman was named captain of the Red Wings and continuously served for the next two decades (dressing as captain for over 1,300 games), retiring as the longest-serving captain of any team in North American major league sports history. Once voted to be the most popular athlete in Detroit sports history, locals often simply refer to Yzerman as "Stevie Y", "Stevie Wonder", or "The Captain". Yzerman led
1054-662: The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance in 2003 . He played in ten All-Star Games , and was a first team All-Star in 2000 and a member of the All-Rookie Team in 1984 . On July 3, 2006, Yzerman officially retired from professional hockey, finishing his career ranked as the sixth all-time leading scorer in NHL history , having scored a career-high 155 points (65 goals and 90 assists) in 1988–89 , which has been bettered only by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux . Yzerman's # 19 jersey
1116-483: The Boston Bruins would be the official cover athlete for NHL 15 . In 2015, during the NHL awards, it was announced that the cover of NHL 16 would feature Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane carrying the Stanley Cup together. However, on August 12, 2015, EA announced that Kane would not be appearing on the cover or participating in any promotional activities for the game in light of a criminal investigation he
1178-638: The Chicago Blackhawks . On June 24, 2015, Yzerman won the NHL General Manager of the Year Award; he was the first Lightning general manager to receive the honor. The team built by Yzerman set franchise records with 50 wins and 108 points during the regular season, and also led the league with 262 goals and 32 home wins. In the 2017–18 season , the Lightning finished in first place in the Atlantic Division and made it to
1240-793: The Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals. In 1997 , Yzerman put to rest all doubts of his ability to lead a team to a championship as Detroit won its first Stanley Cup in 42 years after sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers . The following year, Detroit repeated the feat, sweeping the Washington Capitals and winning their second consecutive Cup title. Yzerman earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. He handed
1302-635: The Detroit Red Wings , with whom he spent all 22 seasons of his NHL playing career. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he is a Detroit sports icon and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . After his retirement as a player, he served in the front office of the Red Wings, and then as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning , while also being executive director for Team Canada in two Olympics. Prior to
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#17327809889241364-737: The Lester B. Pearson Award , the MVP as voted by the National Hockey League Players' Association , and was a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy , the MVP as voted by the NHL writers. When Scotty Bowman took over as head coach in 1993 , Yzerman initially chafed under Bowman's stern coaching style. Bowman, for his part, felt that Yzerman was not concentrating enough on defence; Bowman had long expected his forwards to be good back-checkers as well. Relations between
1426-403: The "C". In addition to being eighth all-time in NHL regular-season goals and sixth in overall scoring, Yzerman finished his career seventh all-time in regular season assists and eighth in all-time playoff scoring. He also ranks second in nearly every significant offensive category in Red Wings history behind Gordie Howe , except for assists – Yzerman has 1,063 assists to Howe's 1,020. At
1488-726: The 2006 Olympics in Yzerman's honour (#19 was later "unretired" by Yzerman when he managed Team Canada for the 2010 Olympics). Yzerman and his wife Lisa Brennan have three daughters. They reside in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan . Yzerman resided in Hillsborough County, Florida , during his tenure with the Lightning. Yzerman has acquired naturalized United States' citizenship as a result of his many years of residence in Michigan. Not far from where Yzerman grew up,
1550-665: The Canadian and international cover athlete, and Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils would be the US regional cover athlete on NHL 25 . And on the deluxe edition cover of NHL 25 , all three Hughes brothers (including Luke Hughes of the New Jersey Devils ) are the cover athletes together, which is for the first time in video game history that three siblings are on a video game cover art together. In NHLPA '93 and NHL '94 , Emmy award-winning sportscaster Ron Barr gives
1612-576: The Cup first to Vladimir Konstantinov , who had been severely injured in a car accident just six days after the Cup victory in 1997 and was using a wheelchair. On November 26, 1999, Yzerman became the 11th player in NHL history to score 600 goals. In 2000, he made the NHL All-Star first team and won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's top defensive forward. In 2001–02 , Yzerman re-aggravated
1674-617: The Detroit Red Wings in the summer of 1982. Jim Devellano , the Red Wings' general manager at the time, wanted to draft Pat LaFontaine , who had grown up outside Detroit and played his junior hockey in the area. However, when the New York Islanders selected LaFontaine third overall, Devellano "settled" on Yzerman, drafting him fourth. The Red Wings were prepared to send Yzerman back to Peterborough for one more year, but "after one (training camp) session, you knew he
1736-511: The Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the Washington Capitals. On September 11, 2018, with one year remaining on his contract, Yzerman announced that he would not be re-signing as the Lightning general manager, but would remain with the team as a senior advisor. Yzerman was succeeded by assistant general manager Julien BriseBois . On April 19, 2019, the Red Wings announced that Yzerman had been hired as general manager of
1798-527: The Lightning would miss the playoffs in each of the next two seasons, Yzerman would draft Nikita Kucherov , Andrei Vasilevskiy , Brayden Point , Ondřej Palát , Anthony Cirelli , and Cal Foote , signed undrafted players Tyler Johnson and Yanni Gourde , and acquire Ryan McDonagh , Mikhail Sergachev , and Erik Černák via trade as future cornerstone roster pieces. The team would reach the Stanley Cup Finals in 2015, where they were defeated by
1860-575: The Minnesota job before the 2009–10 season concluded, Yzerman accepted the Lightning job and was named the team's new vice-president and general manager on May 25, 2010. In the off-season, and early in his new reign, he re-signed Martin St. Louis , signed defenceman Pavel Kubina for his second tenure with the team, signed free agent goaltender Dan Ellis to a two-year contract, signed defenceman Brett Clark and brought in left-winger Simon Gagné in
1922-489: The NHL series boxes feature live action photos instead of drawings. As it lacked the NHLPA license, the early titles staged photos without real players. NHLPA Hockey 93 , on the other hand, had the rights to use player images, but not of the teams. On this cover, the main action photo features the New York Rangers ' Randy Moller checking the Philadelphia Flyers ' Rod Brind'Amour while Rangers goaltender Mike Richter makes
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1984-520: The Red Wings retired Yzerman's jersey #19 before a game against the Anaheim Ducks . As an additional honour, the captain's "C" was added to the corner of his banner to forever commemorate him as "The Captain". The official retirement ceremony was hosted by Yzerman's long-time friend, former NHL goaltender and ESPN hockey analyst Darren Pang , and featured such Red Wing luminaries as Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay , Alex Delvecchio and Scotty Bowman. For
2046-536: The Red Wings. It was later reported by The Detroit News in 2016 that Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch attempted to promote Holland to make room for Yzerman to become the team's general manager, but Holland declined the promotion. Not long after Ken Holland received his contract extension, Craig Leipold , owner of the Minnesota Wild , and Jeffrey Vinik , the then-new owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning , sought to hire Yzerman as general manager. After turning down
2108-533: The Wings to five first-place regular season finishes and three Stanley Cup championships ( 1997 , 1998 and 2002 ). Yzerman won numerous awards during his career, including the Lester B. Pearson Award (Most outstanding player) in the 1988–89 season , the Conn Smythe Trophy (Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup playoffs) in 1998 , the Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward in 2000 and
2170-455: The captaincy of Team Canada in 1998, along with Wayne Gretzky and Ray Bourque . Yzerman had led the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley Cup during the previous season and was one of the longest-serving team captains. However, general manager Bobby Clarke instead selected Eric Lindros . In late 2005, after Yzerman ruled himself out of a third Olympic appearance, Wayne Gretzky announced that no one would be allowed to wear jersey #19 for Canada for
2232-528: The ceremony, active Red Wings players wore Yzerman throwback jerseys representing the Red Wings, Team Canada (Canada won gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games ), the Campbell Conference All-Star team and the Peterborough Petes . Former teammate Vladimir Konstantinov attended the ceremony, walking across the ice for the first time without a wheelchair since his last game in the 1997 playoffs. On January 2, 2007, Yzerman
2294-507: The current format was adopted in 1969. This stood as an NHL record for 27 years until Jeff Skinner broke it by eight days. Following the departure of Red Wings captain Danny Gare during the 1985–86 season , Red Wings head coach Jacques Demers named Yzerman captain of the team on October 7, 1986, making him the youngest captain in the team's history. Demers said he "wanted a guy with the Red Wings crest tattooed on his chest". During
2356-459: The first country to accomplish the feat since the Soviet Union / Unified Team won three consecutive gold medals in 1984, 1988, and 1992. Following Canada's 3–0 victory over Sweden in the gold medal game, Yzerman announced that he would not return as the executive director for Canada for the 2018 Winter Olympics . Played for Canada in: Yzerman was considered a leading candidate for
2418-428: The first round of the 2006 playoffs and knocking Detroit out of the playoffs. On July 3, 2006, Yzerman announced his retirement from the NHL. Shortly afterwards, Sports Illustrated published a special commemorative edition dedicated to Yzerman entitled "Yzerman: A Salute to Stevie Y." Yzerman holds the NHL record as the longest-serving captain of a single team – he spent 19 seasons and 1,303 games wearing
2480-515: The first two games). NHL 97 was the first full 3D installment, the national teams of Canada , USA and Russia have been added, the other two teams contain a compilation of the best European players. In NHL 98 , 18 national teams were already included. In NHL 99, the career mode was added and in NHL 2000, the tournament mode. Ultimate edition: Wayne Gretzky ( Edmonton ) Deluxe edition: Luke Hughes ( New Jersey ) along with his brothers Quinn and Jack. This version wasn't released in
2542-576: The game. During the offseason, Yzerman underwent a knee realignment surgery known as an osteotomy . He missed the first 61 games of the 2002–03 season , but returned on February 24, 2003, at home against the Los Angeles Kings . After the season, Yzerman won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance. On May 1, 2004, Yzerman was hit in the eye by a deflected slapshot by the Calgary Flames defenceman Rhett Warrener in
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2604-615: The gold medal by defeating the United States . Yzerman was again appointed executive director of Team Canada on March 5, 2012, for the 2014 Winter Olympics . Canada went on to win their second-straight gold medal after defeating Sweden . He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014. Yzerman was born in Cranbrook , British Columbia . As a youth, he played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with
2666-417: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chel&oldid=1116078368 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages NHL (video game series) In NHL Hockey from 1991, the game modes were season and playoff, and due to
2728-406: The jump from ice-level analyst to full color commentator in NHL 20 (NHL 20–present). Gary Thorne , Bill Clement (PS3, Xbox 360) One idea that has been widely discussed over many years within the fan community is a purported automatic built-in gameplay mechanism called ”ice tilt”, which modifies skaters' and/or goalies' and/or the referee's penalty-decision-making behavior irrationally to favor
2790-477: The license, the game was called EA Hockey in Europe and featured 22 national teams instead. NHLPA Hockey '93 was without the NHL license, so instead of NHL team names and logos, there were only cities . In NHL 95 were added game modes exhibition, training, shootout and the possibility to change individual players in teams. On PC, NHL 96 was in 3D with 2D player textures, fights are back (most recently in
2852-450: The menus, while the soundtrack continues playing in the arenas. NHL 17 returned to the traditional EA Trax feature and also allowed the option to switch back to the original score from NHL 15 . Steve Yzerman Stephen Gregory Yzerman ( / ˈ aɪ z ər m ə n / EYE -zər-mən ; born May 9, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player currently serving as executive vice president and general manager of
2914-559: The next season , Yzerman scored his then-career high 50th goal against the Buffalo Sabres on March 1, 1988. However, during the same game, Yzerman suffered a knee injury which caused him to miss the rest of the regular season. Despite his absence, the Red Wings would win their first division title in 23 years. During the 1988–89 season , Yzerman recorded 155 points (65 goals and 90 assists), finishing third in regular season scoring behind Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky . He won
2976-399: The number out of respect for their injured countryman. Yzerman returned in the 2005–06 season , following the 2004–05 NHL lockout , wearing a visor. On August 2, 2005, Yzerman signed a one-year deal with the Red Wings; this was his last contract signed as a player. On March 31, 2006, he scored his 691st NHL career goal, passing Mario Lemieux for eighth place all-time. Yzerman's humility
3038-458: The software for it. NHL 99 was the first game in the series to feature fully licensed music from David Bowie for the intro video. Since then, each game has had soundtracks of licensed music known as EA Sports Trax, with selections of punk , alternative , and rock music . Electronic and hip hop music was later added to the mix in later games. NHL 15 and NHL 16 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One use an original orchestral score instead for
3100-526: The team beat Finland 4–2 on May 13 to win the Championship. On October 18, 2008, Yzerman was named executive director for the Canadian men's hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics . The Canadian team he put together went on to win the gold, the first gold won by a home team in ice hockey since the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team. Yzerman said he would consider coming back as head of the Canadian team in 2014. Yzerman went on saying, "I loved it, but it
3162-529: The team, while the existing general manager, Ken Holland, was promoted to a senior vice president role, though Holland would soon depart the organization and become the general manager and president of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers . On January 30, 2007, Hockey Canada named Yzerman the general manager of Team Canada for the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow (April 27 – May 13), where
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#17327809889243224-648: The third time the two teams had battled to decide the Western Conference Championship. Detroit defeated Colorado in a seven-game series and moved on to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they defeated the Carolina Hurricanes to win their tenth Stanley Cup championship in their history. Rather than raising the Stanley Cup first, Yzerman passed the Cup to head coach Scotty Bowman, who announced his retirement following
3286-443: The time of his retirement, only Howe (1,687 games) and Alex Delvecchio (1,550 games) had played more games as a Red Wing than Yzerman's 1,514. He is now fourth in games played for the franchise, behind Howe, Delvecchio, and Nicklas Lidström (1,564 games), who was his teammate for the final 12 seasons of his career. On September 25, 2006, the Red Wings named Yzerman team vice-president and alternate governor. On January 2, 2007,
3348-514: The two became so strained that at one point, the Red Wings seriously considered trading him to the Ottawa Senators . However, Yzerman gradually became a better defender and was considered one of the best two-way forwards in the history of the game. In 1995 , Yzerman led Detroit to its first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1966 , but the Red Wings were swept by the New Jersey Devils . The next season saw Detroit finish with
3410-510: Was a tremendous hockey player", said Ken Holland , the former Red Wings general manager who was then a minor league goaltender for the Wings during Yzerman's rookie training camp. Yzerman tallied 39 goals and 87 points in his rookie season and finished second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting. That season, Yzerman also became the first 18-year-old and youngest player to play in an NHL All-Star Game (18 years, 267 days) since
3472-547: Was evident in an interview prior to his achievement when he was quoted saying, "I don't really know the significance. If anything, it shows how good [Lemieux] is; he played almost five years less than I did." He scored his final NHL goal, the 692nd of his career, on April 3, 2006, in a game against the Calgary Flames. Yzerman played his last professional hockey game on May 1, 2006, a loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of
3534-662: Was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame. Yzerman received another honour when he was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on February 11, 2008. On June 23, 2009, it was announced that Yzerman would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame . He was honoured during the November 6–9 induction weekend alongside his former Red Wings teammates Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille, as well as Brian Leetch . Yzerman had expressed his desire to run
3596-477: Was involved in. Instead, the cover featured Toews alone. At the 2016 NHL Awards, it was announced that Vladimir Tarasenko of the St. Louis Blues was to appear on the cover of NHL 17 . On June 21, 2017, during the 2017 NHL Awards, EA announced that Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers would be the cover athlete on NHL 18 . On August 22, 2024, EA announced that Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks would be
3658-517: Was named as a vice president and alternate governor of the Red Wings, winning a fourth Stanley Cup championship as an executive in 2007–08 . In May 2010, he left the Red Wings organization to become general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, serving in that capacity until September 2018. On April 19, 2019, Yzerman was named the general manager of the Red Wings. Yzerman has represented his country in several international tournaments as
3720-536: Was presented the key to the city of Detroit by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick at a luncheon prior to the jersey retirement ceremony. On January 13, 2007, Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm , another Canadian–American , visited Detroit and the Joe Louis Arena and proclaimed the day as "Steve Yzerman Day" in Michigan. On January 11, 2008, when the Red Wings visited Ottawa to play the Senators, Yzerman
3782-578: Was retired on January 2, 2007, during a pre-game ceremony at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. On November 4, 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame . He also became an honoured member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, his first year of eligibility, inducted alongside 2001–02 Red Wing teammates Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille . In 2017, Yzerman was named one of the " 100 Greatest NHL Players " in history. On September 25, 2006, Yzerman
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#17327809889243844-430: Was very stressful. Given the chance to represent Canada and be the guy in charge, if somebody offered it to me, I didn't hesitate the first time, I wouldn't hesitate again." In 2012, Yzerman was named executive director for the Canadian men's hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics . The Canadian team he put together went on to win their second straight gold medal for the first time since 1948 and 1952. They also became
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