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Sweden's Nicklas Backstrom was the victim of circumstances, writes Scott Burnside.

After win vs. Sweden, O Canada has become the sound of Olympic hockey.

Hockey-crazed Canadians from coast to coast thought nothing of an early morning start and streamed into bars on Sunday to watch and celebrate Team Canada capturing Olympic gold.

Ice hockey officials slammed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday after Swedish forward Nicklas Backstrom was forced to sit out the Sochi Winter Games gold medal clash against Canada for a doping offence. ...

NHLPA executive director will take direction from the players' decision

Sweden was blindsided by the drug test that kept Nicklas Backstrom out of the gold medal game.

The Tampa Bay Lightning claimed defenseman Mike Kostka off waivers from the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, according to a source.

Canada captain Sidney Crosby proved his mettle yet again by snapping a tournament-long scoring drought that gave his team some much-needed breathing room in a gold-medal clinching win at the Sochi Games on Sunday.    ...

If Sochi is the last Winter Olympics with NHL players, the Games are going to suffer.

The Swedish hockey player has taken an allergy medicine for seven years, his Olympic committee said, and his N.H.L. status will not be affected.     

After consecutive gold medals, Steve Yzerman is stepping down as Team Canada's GM.

The NHL said Sunday that Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom likely won't face discipline from the league after testing positive for a banned substance at the Sochi Olympics.

Steve Yzerman said Sunday that he will not return as the executive director for Canada's Olympic team in 2018. He made the announcement following Canada's 3-0 victory against Sweden in the gold-medal game of the 2014 Soc...

SOCHI, Russia - Steve Yzerman won't be going for a third Olympic gold medal. Team Canada's executive director says he will not lead the team into the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Yzerman built the team that...

    

The absence of Nicklas Backstrom from the gold medal game against Canada derailed Sweden's hopes as they went down 3-0 in Sochi on Sunday, with the center missing the game due to a failed dope test.     

SOCHI, RUSSIA - National Hockey League Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly today released the following statement regarding Nicklas Backstrom: "We understand that Nicklas Backstrom tested positive for a substance banned 'in co...

Goaltending was the main concern for the Canadian men's ice hockey team ahead of the Sochi Olympics but Carey Price was up for the task, proving a stable force in net en route to winning a gold medal.     

Canada swept past Sweden 3-0 on Sunday in the Winter Olympics men's ice hockey final, a game Swedish forward Nicklas Backstrom missed due to a failed a dope test.     

Canada swept past Sweden 3-0 on Sunday in the Winter Olympics men's ice hockey final, a game Swedish forward Nicklas Backstrom missed due to a failed a dope test.     

Sunday's Game (2/23) CAN vs. SWE, Gold Medal, 7:00 AM ET, NBC, Bolshoy Ice Dome - CAN, 3-0 Anaheim Ducks: Cam Fowler (USA) -- Eliminated in bronze-medal game; 1 Goal Ryan Getzlaf (Canada) -- Gold medal; did not register ...

Here are five things we learned in Canada's 3-0 shutout against Sweden to win the gold medal in Sochi.