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Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the
2006 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Turin
Competitors196 in 15 sports
Flag bearers Danielle Goyette (opening)[1]
Cindy Klassen (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
7
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
24
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.

As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee's goal for 2006 was to have a top three finish in the medal count[3] or 25 total medals, as a start to reach their goal of having the highest medal count at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada had managed to increase its medal count at each Winter Olympics since the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States. World Cup results from the 2005–06 season seemed to indicate that Canada would have a good performance in Turin, Italy. Canada met one of those goals and nearly met the other by finishing third behind the United States and Germany with 24 medals.[4] The Games were also the first litmus test for the increased athletic funding and resources pursued by the Own the Podium 2010 program.

Another task for the Canadian contingent was to promote the 2010 Games, Vancouver and surrounding region, the province of British Columbia, as well as Canada as a nation. This was evident in the Canadian participation in the closing ceremonies of the Games and the establishment of the Canada House in Turin. The Games also provided opportunities for organizing committees to gather experience and strategies to run the Games in Vancouver.

Medalists

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Canada's total medal count of 24 was the highest ever won by the nation in any Winter Olympics, and was the second highest total for the country at any Olympic games (summer or winter), exceeded only by the 44 medals won at the 1984 Summer Olympics which were boycotted by the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. Not only did Canada increase its total medal count from the previous Winter Games for the 7th straight time (since 1980), but the total medal count was also the "best ever" for Canada for the 5th straight time (since 1992).

Canada won at least one medal in 10 of the 15 sport disciplines competed at the games, and gold medals in 6 different disciplines; both feats were unmatched by any other nation. Canada also had the most 4th and 5th-place finishes (14 and 9 respectively) of any country in these games. These results support the effectiveness of the Own the Podium 2010 program.

Cindy Klassen bested the total Olympic medals collected in a single Games by a Canadian, with 5, and bested the total Olympic medal count of any Canadian (Winter and Summer) with 6. The previous record of 3 medals at a single Olympics was held by Gaetan Boucher for the 1984 Winter Olympics and Marc Gagnon at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, Clara Hughes tied the old mark of 5 career Olympic medals, held by Marc Gagnon and Phil Edwards. Sixteen of the 24 medals were won by female athletes. At age 50, Russ Howard became the oldest Canadian gold medalist in Olympic history.

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Patrick Biggs Slalom 54.38 Did not finish
François Bourque Super-G n/a 1:31.27 8
Giant slalom 1:16.61 1:19.31 n/a 2:35.92 4
Combined 1:40.50 47.52 46.23 3:14.25 21
Thomas Grandi Giant slalom 1:17.23 1:19.65 n/a 2:36.88 10
Slalom 53.64 51.20 n/a 1:44.84 9
Erik Guay Super-G n/a 1:31.08 4
Michael Janyk Slalom 55.32 50.87 n/a 1:46.19 17
John Kucera Downhill n/a 1:51.55 27
Super-G n/a 1:32.10 22
Combined 1:41.04 46.67 45.55 3:13.26 17
Manuel Osborne-Paradis Downhill n/a 1:50.45 13
Super-G n/a 1:32.02 20
Combined 1:39.69 50.11 Did not start
Jean-Philippe Roy Giant slalom 1:17.36 Did not finish
Slalom Did not finish
Ryan Semple Giant slalom Did not finish
Combined 1:41.65 Did not finish
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Brigitte Acton Giant slalom 1:02.07 1:09.64 n/a 2:11.71 11
Slalom 44.75 47.15 n/a 1:31.90 17
Combined 40.18 44.59 1:30.98 2:55.75 10
Emily Brydon Downhill n/a 1:58.97 20
Super-G n/a 1:33.50 9
Combined 40.94 45.65 1:29.92 2:56.51 13
Sherry Lawrence Downhill n/a 2:00.47 27
Super-G n/a 1:35.47 34
Christina Lustenberger Giant slalom Did not finish
Shona Rubens Downhill n/a 2:00.30 26
Combined Did not finish
Genevieve Simard Super-G n/a 1:34.38 20
Giant slalom 1:01.47 1:09.26 n/a 2:10.73 5
Kelly Vanderbeek Downhill n/a 1:59.63 24
Super-G n/a 1:33.09 4

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

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Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Martine Albert Women's sprint 27:04.4 2 73
Women's individual 59:52.1 5 65
Robin Clegg Men's sprint 29:12.4 3 51
Men's pursuit 40:30.33 7 44
Men's individual 59:21.5 2 36
Sandra Keith Women's sprint 26:20.7 3 66
Women's individual 55:56.3 2 42
Zina Kocher Women's sprint 26:11.1 4 62
Women's individual 54:18.8 3 27
Jean-Philippe Leguellec Men's sprint 29:32.3 2 60
Men's individual 1:00:28.0 3 48
David Leoni Men's sprint 28:50.4 1 42
Men's pursuit 41:07.41 6 47
Men's individual 1:02:37.8 6 65
Marie-Pierre Parent Women's sprint 27:31.1 2 76
Women's individual 1:02:57.1 4 77
Zina Kocher
Sandra Keith
Martine Albert
Marie-Pierre Parent
Women's relay 1:26:09.7 11 17

Bobsleigh

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Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Serge Despres
David Bissett
Two-man 56.13 55.92 56.69 56.93 3:45.67 11
Pierre Lueders
Lascelles Brown
Two-man 55.57 55.50 56.11 56.41 3:43.59
Suzanne Gavine-Hlady
Jamie Cruickshank
Two-woman 58.49 57.86 58.65 58.82 3:53.82 13
Helen Upperton
Heather Moyse
Two-woman 57.37 57.77 58.09 57.83 3:51.06 4
Serge Despres
Nathan Cunningham
Steve Larsen
David Bissett
Four-man 56.10 56.15 55.69 55.58 3:43.52 18
Pierre Lueders
Ken Kotyk
Morgan Alexander
Lascelles Brown
Four-man 55.34 55.43 54.95 55.20 3:40.92 4

Cross-country skiing

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Sean Crooks was suspended for 5 days by the International Ski Federation for having excessive hemoglobin levels. He was able to participate in the men's sprint and 4× 10 km relay.

Distance
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Amanda Ammar Women's 10 km classical 31:51.7 54
Chandra Crawford Women's 15 km pursuit 50:35.4 60
Drew Goldsack Men's 15 km classical 42:09.3 53
Men's 30 km pursuit 1:24:14.3 56
George Grey Men's 15 km classical 40:43.9 31
Men's 30 km pursuit 1:19:08.9 25
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:09:38.4 44
Chris Jeffries Men's 30 km pursuit 1:26:17.0 61
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:13:49.5 58
Devon Kershaw Men's 15 km classical 41:42.7 47
Sara Renner Women's 10 km classical 28:33.0 8
Women's 15 km pursuit 44:30.9 16
Dan Roycroft Men's 15 km classical 42:39.7 58
Men's 30 km pursuit 1:20:53.3 39
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:13:47.5 57
Beckie Scott Women's 10 km classical Disqualified
Women's 15 km pursuit 43:20.6 6
Milaine Theriault Women's 10 km classical 31:30.4 46
Women's 15 km pursuit 48:38.9 54
Women's 30 km freestyle Did not start
Devon Kershaw
Sean Crooks
Chris Jeffries
George Grey
Men's 4 x 10 km relay 1:48:15.9 11
Milaine Theriault
Sara Renner
Amanda Ammar
Beckie Scott
Women's 4 x 5 km relay 56:49.8 10
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Amanda Ammar Women's sprint 2:22.78 49 Did not advance 49
Chandra Crawford Women's sprint 2:51.06 8 Q 2:14.2 1 Q 2:13.4 1 Q 2:12.3
Sean Crooks Men's sprint 2:20.70 32 Did not advance 32
Drew Goldsack Men's sprint 2:20.62 31 Did not advance 31
Devon Kershaw Men's sprint 2:21.49 37 Did not advance 37
Sara Renner Women's sprint 2:15.37 9 Q 2:15.6 4 Did not advance 16
Beckie Scott Women's sprint 2:12.45 1 Q 2:16.6 1 Q 2:15.8 2 Q 2:14.7 4
Phil Widmer Men's sprint 2:23.79 47 Did not advance 47
George Grey
Devon Kershaw
Men's team sprint n/a 17:31.2 6 Did not advance 11
Sara Renner
Beckie Scott
Women's team sprint n/a 17:19.3 2 Q 16:37.5

Curling

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Men's

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: Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard (skip), Jamie Korab, Mike Adam (alternate)

The Canadian foursome won the country's first Olympic medal in men's curling, and became the first Winter Olympic gold medal winners from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Russ Howard was designated the skip by World Curling Federation rules, but Gushue threw last stones, and was considered to be the team leader.[5]

Gushue's rink finished first in the round-robin at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, then beat Jeff Stoughton in the final to secure the Olympic berth.

Round-robin
Draw 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 5
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 x - 10

;Draw 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 7
 Sweden (Lindholm) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 8

;Draw 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 x - 9
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 x - 5

;Draw 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 - 7
 Switzerland (Stockli) (has hammer) 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5

;Draw 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 5
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 6

;Draw 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 - 8
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 - 7

;Draw 9

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 6
 Italy (Retornaz) 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7

;Draw 11

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 New Zealand (Becker) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x x x - 1
 Canada (Gushue) 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 x x x - 9

;Draw 12

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 - 6
 United States (Fenson) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3
Standings
Rank Team Skip Won Lost
1  Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 7 2
2  Canada Brad Gushue 6 3
3  United States Pete Fenson 6 3
4  Great Britain David Murdoch 6 3
5  Norway Pål Trulsen 5 4
6  Switzerland Ralph Stockli 5 4
7  Italy Joel Retornaz 4 5
8  Sweden Peter Lindholm 3 6
9  Germany Andy Kapp 3 6
10  New Zealand Sean Becker 0 9
Playoffs
Semifinal
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Fenson) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 x - 5
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 x - 11

;Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Finland (Uusipavaalniemi) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x x - 5
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 0 6 0 0 x x - 11

The Minister of Education for Newfoundland and Labrador canceled classes across the province in the afternoon to allow children to watch the game.[6]

Women's

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: Shannon Kleibrink (skip), Amy Nixon, Glenys Bakker, Christine Keshen, Sandra Jenkins (alternate)

Shannon Kleibrink's rink finished third in the round-robin at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, then won the semifinal over Stefanie Lawton and the final over Kelly Scott to secure the Olympic berth.

Round-robin
Draw 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 5
 Sweden (Norberg) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 - 7

;Draw 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Johnson) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 x x - 5
 Canada (Kleibrink) (has hammer) 5 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 x x - 11

;Draw 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 - 6
 Russia (Privakova) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 x - 5

;Draw 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Kleibrink) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 5
 Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 6

;Draw 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 - 10
 Norway (Nordby)(has hammer) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 - 8

;Draw 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 x - 3
 Canada (Kleibrink) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 x - 9

;Draw 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Japan (Onodera) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 5
 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2

;Draw 10

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 x - 4
 Canada (Kleibrink) (has hammer) 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 x - 11

;Draw 12

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Holm) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 8
 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 9
Standings
Rank Team Skip Won Lost
1  Sweden Anette Norberg 7 2
2  Switzerland Mirjam Ott 7 2
3  Canada Shannon Kleibrink 6 3
4  Norway Dordi Nordby 6 3
5  Great Britain Rhona Martin 5 4
6  Russia Ludmila Privivkova 5 4
7  Japan Ayumi Onodera 4 5
8  Denmark Dorthe Holm 2 7
9  United States Cassandra Johnson 2 7
10  Italy Diana Gaspari 1 8
Playoffs
Semifinal
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 - 7
 Canada (Kleibrink) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 5

;Bronze final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Nordby) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X X 5
 Canada (Kleibrink) (has hammer) 4 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 X X 11

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

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Athlete Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Jeffrey Buttle Men's n/a 73.29 6 Q 154.30 2 227.59
Mira Leung Ladies' n/a 50.61 14 Q 94.55 12 145.16 12
Joannie Rochette Ladies' n/a 55.85 9 Q 111.42 5 167.27 5
Emanuel Sandhu Men's n/a 69.75 7 Q 120.49 14 190.24 13
Shawn Sawyer Men's n/a 67.20 12 Q 123.63 12 190.24 12
Jessica Dubé
Bryce Davison
Pairs n/a 55.48 11 104.23 10 159.71 10
Marie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Ice dance 37.44 4 54.36 7 Withdrew
Valérie Marcoux
Craig Buntin
Pairs n/a 55.62 10 102.59 11 158.21 11
Megan Wing
Aaron Lowe
Ice dance 31.42 12 49.17 12 85.81 12 166.40 11

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

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Jennifer Heil became the first Canadian woman to ever win gold in freestyle skiing after winning for women's moguls. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, she finished fourth and ended up a hundredth of a point off the podium.

Dale Begg-Smith, who won gold in men's moguls for Australia, was born in Canada and holds dual citizenship. He originally started skiing in Canada but found Canada's training program too restrictive. He moved to Australia to have more time to work on his business interests. Ironically, his win bumped Marc-André Moreau down to 4th place and off of the podium.

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jeff Bean Men's aerials 198.49 19 Did not advance 19
Alexandre Bilodeau Men's moguls 23.75 11 Q 23.42 11
Marc-André Moreau Men's moguls 24.69 3 Q 25.62 4
Kyle Nissen Men's aerials 231.64 7 Q 244.91 5
Steve Omischl Men's aerials 198.23 20 Did not advance 20
Warren Shouldice Men's aerials 243.45 3 Q 239.70 6
Chris Wong Men's moguls 23.89 9 Q 22.88 14
Women
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Veronika Bauer Women's aerials 176.66 5 Q 125.65 12
Deidra Dionne Women's aerials 128.30 22 Did not advance 22
Jennifer Heil Women's moguls 26.67 1 Q 26.50
Amber Peterson Women's aerials 153.07 15 Did not advance 15
Kristi Richards Women's moguls 23.76 8 Q 23.30 7
Audrey Robichaud Women's moguls 22.73 12 Q 23.10 8
Stéphanie St-Pierre Women's moguls 22.15 17 Q 22.52 12

Ice hockey

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Hockey, like the previous two Olympics, attracted significant attention from Canadian fans. Many consider the Canadian men's team's performance in Turin as the most disappointing in years. In the last four games of the tournament, Canada failed to score in 11 of 12 periods, losing with the same score (2–0) against Switzerland, Finland, and in the quarterfinals against Russia. Hockey commentators, including Kelly Hrudey, commented that Canada did not play well as a team. The match against the Czech Republic was believed to be a better performance by the hockey team but the team lost to Russia two days after.

The quarterfinal game against Russia was watched on television screens across the nation in the afternoon Canadian time. The intensity of the game increased as the scoreless tie extended into the third period.

However, in the women's hockey discipline, Team Canada dominated the field with numerous wins leading up to their gold medal winning game.

Men's

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Players

The following is the Canadian roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[7]

Head coach: Pat Quinn

Assistant coaches: Wayne Fleming, Marc Habscheid, Ken Hitchcock, Jacques Martin

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Roberto Luongo 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) April 19, 1979 (aged 26) United States Florida Panthers
3 D Jay Bouwmeester 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) September 7, 1983 (aged 22) United States Florida Panthers
4 D Rob Blake (A) 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 102 kg (225 lb) December 10, 1969 (aged 36) United States Colorado Avalanche
6 D Wade Redden 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) June 12, 1977 (aged 28) Canada Ottawa Senators
9 F Shane Doan 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 98 kg (216 lb) October 10, 1976 (aged 29) United States Phoenix Coyotes
12 F Jarome Iginla (A) 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 95 kg (209 lb) July 1, 1977 (aged 28) Canada Calgary Flames
14 F Todd Bertuzzi 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 111 kg (245 lb) February 2, 1975 (aged 31) Canada Vancouver Canucks
15 F Dany Heatley 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) January 21, 1981 (aged 25) Canada Ottawa Senators
21 F Simon Gagné (A) 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) February 29, 1980 (aged 25) United States Philadelphia Flyers
24 D Bryan McCabe 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 100 kg (220 lb) June 8, 1975 (aged 30) Canada Toronto Maple Leafs
26 F Martin St. Louis 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 84 kg (185 lb) June 18, 1975 (aged 30) United States Tampa Bay Lightning
28 D Robyn Regehr 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 102 kg (225 lb) April 19, 1980 (aged 25) Canada Calgary Flames
30 G Martin Brodeur 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) May 6, 1972 (aged 33) United States New Jersey Devils
33 F Kris Draper 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 86 kg (190 lb) May 24, 1971 (aged 34) United States Detroit Red Wings
35 G Marty Turco 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 83 kg (183 lb) August 13, 1975 (aged 30) United States Dallas Stars
39 F Brad Richards 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) May 2, 1980 (aged 25) United States Tampa Bay Lightning
40 F Vincent Lecavalier 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) April 21, 1980 (aged 25) United States Tampa Bay Lightning
44 D Chris Pronger (A) 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) October 10, 1974 (aged 31) Canada Edmonton Oilers
52 D Adam Foote 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 98 kg (216 lb) July 10, 1971 (aged 34) United States Columbus Blue Jackets
61 F Rick Nash 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) June 16, 1984 (aged 21) United States Columbus Blue Jackets
91 F Joe Sakic (C) 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 88 kg (194 lb) July 7, 1969 (aged 36) United States Colorado Avalanche
94 F Ryan Smyth 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) February 21, 1976 (aged 29) Canada Edmonton Oilers
97 F Joe Thornton 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 102 kg (225 lb) July 2, 1979 (aged 26) United States San Jose Sharks

[8][9]

Defencemen Scott Niedermayer and Ed Jovanovski were originally selected, but due to injuries were replaced by Jay Bouwmeester and Bryan McCabe, respectively.[10][8] Dan Boyle took McCabe's previous spot as a reserve.[8] Defenceman Dan Boyle and forwards Jason Spezza and Eric Staal were selected as "reserves" in case of injury before the tournament began.[8]

Round-robin
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 5 5 0 0 19 2 +17 10 Quarterfinals
2   Switzerland 5 2 2 1 10 12 −2 6
3  Canada 5 3 0 2 15 9 +6 6
4  Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 14 12 +2 4
5  Germany 5 0 2 3 7 16 −9 2
6  Italy (H) 5 0 2 3 9 23 −14 2
Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts
15 February 2006
13:05
Italy 2–7
(0–1, 2–5, 0–1)
 CanadaPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,575
Game reference
Jason MuzzattiGoaliesMartin BrodeurReferee:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–15:33 – J. Iginla (T. Bertuzzi, J. Sakic) (PP)
J. Cirone (G. Scandella) (PP) – 20:431–1
1–221:55 – D. Heatley (M. St. Louis, V. Lecavalier)
1–325:38 – S. Doan (C. Pronger, B. Richards)
1–426:04 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic) (PP)
1–533:53 – M. St. Louis (D. Heatley, V. Lecavalier)
1–634:38 – B. Richards (S. Doan, T. Bertuzzi)
J. Parco (T. Tuzzolino) – 38:082–6
2–743:39 – J. Thornton (S. Gagné) (PP)
20 minPenalties12 min
20Shots50
16 February 2006
13:05
Czech Republic 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 3,400
Game reference
Tomáš VokounGoaliesDavid AebischerReferee:
United States Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
United States Tony Sericolo
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–15:11 – T. Ziegler (I. Rüthemann)
J. Jágr (M. Straka, V. Prospal) – 22:551–1
1–229:44 – T. Paterlini (SH)
M. Židlický (A. Hemský, M. Ručinský) – 41:002–2
2–346:42 – M. Streit (M. Seger, M. Plüss) (PP)
14 minPenalties20 min
42Shots19
18 February 2006
15:35
Canada 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 4,769
Game reference
Martin BrodeurGoaliesMartin GerberReferee:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
United States Kevin Redding
0–118:19 – P. DiPietro (P. Della Rossa)
0–228:47 – P. DiPietro (G. Bezina, M. Streit) (PP2)
34 minPenalties42 min
49Shots18
19 February 2006
21:05
Finland 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 CanadaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 4,420
Game reference
Antero NiittymäkiGoaliesRoberto LuongoReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Slovakia Milan Mášik
United States Thor Nelson
T. Selänne (S. Koivu) – 11:141–0
N. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, K. Timonen) – 15:022–0
6 minPenalties12 min
30Shots24
21 February 2006
16:35
Canada 3–2
(3–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 9,126
Game reference
Martin BrodeurGoaliesTomáš Vokoun (out 20:00)
Milan Hnilička (in 20:00)
Referee:
Canada Dan Marouelli
Linesmen:
Sweden Joacim Karlsson
United States Thor Nelson
B. Richards (J. Iginla, C. Pronger) – 7:371–0
M. St. Louis (V. Lecavalier, R. Blake) (PP) – 11:192–0
C. Pronger (J. Thornton) – 19:243–0
3–133:46 – P. Kubina (J. Jágr, M. Ručinský) (PP)
3–242:41 – P. Čajánek (T. Kaberle, A. Hemský)
8 minPenalties4 min
16Shots33
Medal round
Quarterfinal
22 February 2006
20:35
Russia 2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 CanadaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 4,130
Game reference
Evgeni NabokovGoaliesMartin BrodeurReferee:
United States Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Sweden Joacim Karlsson
United States Tony Sericolo
A. Ovechkin (V. Kozlov) (PP) – 41:301–0
A. Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP) – 59:372–0
41 minPenalties18 min
33Shots27

Women's

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Players
No. Position Name S / C Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2004–05 team
2 F Meghan Agosta R 168 67 02/12/87 Windsor, Ontario Windsor Jr. AA
10 F Gillian Apps L 183 80 11/02/83 North York, Ontario Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
17 F Jennifer Botterill L 175 69 05/01/79 Winnipeg, Manitoba Toronto Aeros
77 F Cassie Campbell – C L 170 68 11/22/73 Richmond Hill, Ontario Calgary Oval X-Treme
9 D Gillian Ferrari R 173 70 06/23/80 Richmond Hill, Ontario Brampton Thunder
15 F Danielle Goyette L 170 67 01/30/66 Saint-Nazaire, Quebec Calgary Oval X-Treme
16 F Jayna Hefford L 165 63 05/14/77 Trenton, Ontario Brampton Thunder
4 D Becky Kellar L 170 67 01/01/75 Haldimand, Ontario Oakville Ice
27 F Gina Kingsbury L 173 62 11/26/81 Uranium City, Saskatchewan Montreal Axion
32 G Charline Labonté L 175 78 10/15/82 Greenfield Park, Quebec Montreal Axion
3 D Carla MacLeod R 163 60 06/16/82 Edmonton, Alberta Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
13 D Caroline Ouellette L 180 78 05/25/79 Montreal, Quebec University of Minnesota Duluth
7 F Cherie Piper R 168 76 06/29/81 Toronto, Ontario Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
11 D Cheryl Pounder – A R 168 65 06/21/76 Montreal, Quebec Toronto Aeros
5 D Colleen Sostorics R 163 78 12/17/79 Regina, Saskatchewan Calgary Oval X-Treme
33 G Kim St-Pierre L 175 71 12/14/78 Lasalle, Quebec Quebec Avalanche
61 F Vicky Sunohara – A L 170 78 05/18/70 Scarborough, Ontario Brampton Thunder
26 F Sarah Vaillancourt R 168 63 05/08/85 Fleurimont, Quebec Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey
8 F Katie Weatherston R 158 61 04/06/83 Thunder Bay, Ontario Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
22 F Hayley Wickenheiser – A R 178 77 08/12/78 Shaunavon, Saskatchewan Calgary Oval X-Treme
Round-robin
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 36 1 +35 6 Semifinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
3  Russia 3 1 0 2 6 16 −10 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Italy (H) 3 0 0 3 1 32 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
11 February 2006
20:35
Canada 16–0
(5–0, 4–0, 7–0)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,399
Game reference
Kim St-PierreGoaliesDebora Montanari
Luana Frasnelli
Referee:
United States Danyel Howard
Linesmen:
Finland Sanna Mattila
Netherlands Ilse Robben
Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) – 01:361–0
Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) – 01:522–0
Wickenheiser (Piper) – 04:043–0
Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) – 06:534–0
Pounder (Kellar) – 11:345–0
Vaillancourt (Piper) – 20:256–0
MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) – 22:327–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 38:458–0
Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) – 39:569–0
Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) – 41:3510–0
Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) – 47:3111–0
Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) – 48:4112–0
Pounder – 49:4213–0
Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) – 52:1914–0
Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 56:1515–0
Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) – 57:3716–0
8 minPenalties10 min
66Shots5
12 February 2006
16:35
Russia 0–12
(0–7, 0–2, 0–3)
 CanadaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,414
Game reference
Irina Gashennikova
Nadezhda Alexandrova
GoaliesCharline LabonteReferee:
United Kingdom Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Finland Johanna Suban
Czech Republic Jana Zítková
0–104:53 – Sunohara (Ouellette, Goyette)
0–206:52 – Agosta (Kinsbury, Weatherston)
0–310:00 – Piper (Apps) (SH)
0–415:14 – Goyette (Campbell)
0–516:18 – Piper (Wickenheiser)
0–617:48 – Wickenheiser (SH)
0–719:20 – Agosta (Vaillancourt)
0–827:19 – Weatherston (Ouellette, Vaillancourt)
0–933:27 – Agosta (PP)
0–1041:16 – Piper (Wickenheiser)
0–1147:47 – Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill)
0–1252:33 – MacLeod (Wickenheiser)
28 minPenalties14 min
17Shots43
14 February 2006
15:35
Canada 8–1
(2–0, 5–1, 1–0)
 SwedenPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 6,850
Game reference
Kim St-PierreGoaliesCecilia AnderssonReferee:
Finland Anu Hirvonen
Linesmen:
Finland Sanna Mattila
United States Julie Piacentini
Apps – 04:361–0
Wickenheiser (Pounder) – 12:282–0
Apps (PP) – 23:533–0
Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) – 30:584–0
Goyette (Piper, Campbell) (PP) – 34:025–0
5–136:12 – Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) (PP)
Weatherston (Kingsbury) – 37:256–1
Hefford (PP) – 38:537–1
Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 46:028–1
14 minPenalties16 min
47Shots8
Medal round
Semifinal
17 February 2006
21:05
Canada 6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 FinlandPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 7,306
Game reference
Charline LabontéGoaliesMaija Hassinen
Noora Räty
Referee:
United States Danyel Howard
Linesmen:
United States Julie Piacentini
Czech Republic Klára Quagliato
Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) – 17:331–0
Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) – 19:152–0
Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) – 34:593–0
Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) – 36:264–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 47:495–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) – 54:476–0
14 minPenalties16 min
40Shots17
Final
20 February 2006
20:35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sweden 1–4
(0–2, 0–2, 1–0)
 Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s)Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 6,664
Game reference
Kim MartinGoaliesCharline LabontéReferee:
Finland Anu Hirvonen
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Klára Quagliato
Finland Johanna Suban
0–103:15 – Apps (Wickenheiser)
0–212:13 – Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill)
0–328:58 – Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder)
0–430:27 – Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt)
G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) – 45:241–4
6 minPenalties12 min
8Shots26

Luge

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Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Jeff Christie Men's singles 52.382 52.027 52.013 51.939 3:28.361 14
Ian Cockerline Men's singles 52.290 52.107 52.255 Did not finish
Samuel Edney Men's singles 52.663 52.523 52.360 52.311 3:29.857 19
Alex Gough Women's singles 48.286 49.902 47.922 48.045 3:14.155 20
Regan Lauscher Women's singles 47.584 47.418 47.320 47.321 3:09.643 10
Meaghan Simister Women's singles 48.185 48.682 Did not finish
Grant Albrecht
Eric Pothier
Doubles 47.478 48.083 n/a 1:35.561 10
Chris Moffat
Mike Moffat
Doubles 47.715 47.826 n/a 1:35.541 9

Nordic combined

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Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Jason Myslicki Sprint 90.0 43 2:23 21:23.1
+2:54.1
41
Individual Gundersen 207.5 32 3:40 46:21.0
+6:36.4
41
Max Thompson Sprint 84.5 45 2:45 22:09.3
+3:40.3
46
Individual Gundersen 171.5 46 6:04 47:57.8
+8:13.2
44

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

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Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Éric Bédard 500 m 42.480 1 Q 42.267 1 Q 41.950 2 Q 42.093 4
1000 m 1:28.274 1 Q 1:27.546 2 Q Disqualified
Charles Hamelin 1500 m 2:19.469 1 Q n/a 2:20.854 1 Q 2:26.375 4
François-Louis Tremblay 500 m 42.779 2 Q 42.110 2 Q 42.261 1 Q 42.002
1000 m 1:28.925 1 Q Disqualified
Mathieu Turcotte 1500 m 2:23.402 1 Q n/a 2:18.280 3 Final B
2:24.558
6
Éric Bédard
Jonathan Guilmette
Charles Hamelin
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte
5000 m relay n/a 6:57.004 1 6:43.707
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alanna Kraus 500 m 45.688 1 Q 45.172 3 Did not advance 9
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher 500 m 45.929 1 Q 44.821 2 Q 45.234 2 Q 44.759
1500 m 2:28.001 4 Did not advance 16
Amanda Overland 1000 m 1:33.761 1 Q 1:33.012 2 Q 1:33.102 3 Final B
1:34.191
5
1500 m 2:27.666 2 Q n/a 2:22.946 2 Q 2:26.495 5
Kalyna Roberge 500 m 45.396 1 Q 45.710 2 Q 44.960 3 Final B
46.605
4
Tania Vicent 1000 m 1:33.904 1 Q 1:35.594 3 ADV 1:32.650 3 Final B
1:34.099
4
Alanna Kraus
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
Amanda Overland
Kalyna Roberge
Tania Vicent
3000 m relay n/a 4:17.231 2 Q 4:17.336

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Skeleton

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Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards won a bronze medal in Skeleton, thus becoming the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the event. A day later, Duff Gibson became the first Canadian to win a gold medal in the event after taking the men's gold. Fellow Canadian Jeff Pain won the silver medal, and there were chances of a bronze as well; however, their teammate placed fourth.

Gibson, 39, became the oldest competitor to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympics history, surpassing Al MacInnis as the oldest Canadian to win a gold medal. MacInnis won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics on the Canadian men's hockey team.

Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Lindsay Alcock Women's 1:01.26 1:01.59 2:02.85 10
Paul Boehm Men's 58.61 58.45 1:57.06 4
Duff Gibson Men's 57.80 58.08 1:55.88
Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards Women's 1:00.39 1:01.02 2:01.41
Jeff Pain Men's 57.98 58.16 1:56.14

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Qualifying First round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Gregory Baxter Normal hill 100.0 41 Did not advance 41
Large hill 58.5 24 Did not advance 41
Graeme Gorham Normal hill 97.5 42 Did not advance 42
Large hill 69.4 35 Q 61.1 50 Did not advance 50
Michael Nell Normal hill 83.5 50 Did not advance 50
Large hill 48.0 49 Did not advance 49
Stefan Read Normal hill 114.5 21 Q 105.0 42 Did not advance 42
Large hill 88.5 19 Q 98.8 26 Q 89.4 188.2 30
Gregory Baxter
Graeme Gorham
Michael Nell
Stefan Read
Team 276.8 15 Did not advance 15

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

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Maëlle Ricker and Dominique Vallee competed in two of the Snowboarding disciplines, halfpipe and snowboard cross, while Jasey-Jay Anderson competed in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom.

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying run 1 Qualifying run 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Sarah Conrad Women's halfpipe 19.4 20 33.5 9 Did not advance 15
Justin Lamoureux Men's halfpipe 10.1 41 31.5 15 Did not advance 21
Crispin Lipscomb Men's halfpipe 19.6 30 37.9 6 Q (23.4) 33.5 11
Brad Martin Men's halfpipe 27.2 21 34.7 10 Did not advance 16
Hugo Lemay Men's halfpipe 26.0 24 34.1 12 Did not advance 18
Mercedes Nicoll Women's halfpipe 33.0 9 17.5 21 Did not advance 27
Maëlle Ricker Women's halfpipe 25.9 16 23.2 23 Did not advance 29
Dominique Vallee Women's halfpipe 31.5 12 24.5 15 Did not advance 21

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Jasey-Jay Anderson Men's parallel giant slalom 1:12.75 20 Did not advance 20
Philippe Berubé Men's parallel giant slalom 1:30.03 29 Did not advance 29
Alexa Loo Women's parallel giant slalom 1:23.51 20 Did not advance 20

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Jasey-Jay Anderson Men's snowboard cross 1:22.27 20 Q 1 Q 1 Q 4 Small final
1
5
Francois Boivin Men's snowboard cross 1:23.17 30 Q 2 Q 3 Did not advance Classification 9–12
2
10
Dominique Maltais Women's snowboard cross 1:29.33 2 Q n/a 1 Q 2 Q 3
Drew Neilson Men's snowboard cross 1:19:93 1 Q 3 Did not advance 17
Maëlle Ricker Women's snowboard cross 1:27.85 1 Q n/a 1 Q 1 Q 4 4
Erin Simmons Women's snowboard cross 1:32.74 17 Did not advance 17
Dominique Vallee Women's snowboard cross 1:33.57 19 Did not advance 19
Tom Velisek Men's snowboard cross 1:22.12 18 Q 3 Did not advance 23

Speed skating

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Canada became the first country to set a new record at the 2006 Winter Olympics when both its men's and women's teams set an Olympic record in the qualifying round of the team pursuit.

Cindy Klassen set or tied several medal records. She became the first Canadian to win five medals in one Olympics, winning a gold (1500 m), two silver medals (team pursuit, 1000 m) and two bronze medals (3000 m, 5000 m). Her bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics gives her a total of six medals and the title of the most decorated Canadian Olympian, winter or summer. Tied at five medals for Canada are short track speed skater Marc Gagnon, track athlete Dr. Phil Edwards, and speed skater Clara Hughes, who won her fourth and fifth medal at the 2006 Olympics. In addition to the Canadian medal records, Klassen also tied Eric Heiden to win the most medals by a speed skater at a single Olympics.

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Arne Dankers 1500 m n/a 1:48.42 17
5000 m n/a 6:21.26 5
10000 m n/a 13:23.55 9
Steven Elm 1000 m n/a 1:11.36 29
1500 m n/a 1:48.09 12
5000 m n/a 6:41.53 22
Michael Ireland 500 m 35.59 35.29 1:10.88 7
Vincent Labrie 500 m 36.31 36.12 1:12.43 29
Brock Miron 500 m 36.42 36.12 1:12.54 30
Denny Morrison 1000 m n/a 1:10.44 19
1500 m n/a 1:48.04 11
François-Olivier Roberge 1000 m n/a 1:10.20 16
Justin Warsylewicz 1500 m n/a 1:49.77 27
5000 m n/a 6:43.74 24
Jeremy Wotherspoon 500 m 35.37 35.68 1:11.05 9
1000 m n/a 1:09.76 11
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kristina Groves 1000 m n/a 1:16.54 5
1500 m n/a 1:56.74
3000 m n/a 4:09.03 8
5000 m n/a 7:03.95 6
Clara Hughes 3000 m n/a 4:09.17 9
5000 m n/a 6:59.07
Cindy Klassen 1000 m n/a 1:16.09
1500 m n/a 1:55.27
3000 m n/a 4:04.37
5000 m n/a 7:00.57
Krisy Myers 500 m 39.83 39.60 1:19.43 22
Christine Nesbitt 1000 m n/a 1:17.54 14
1500 m n/a 1:59.15 7
Shannon Rempel 500 m 39.42 39.43 1:18.85 16
1000 m n/a 1:18.35 24
1500 m n/a 2:02.24 28
Kerry Simpson 500 m 39.69 39.65 1:19.34 21
Kim Weger 500 m 40.01 39.98 1:19.99 26
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
From:
Arne Dankers
Steven Elm
Denny Morrison
Jason Parker
Justin Warsylewicz
Men's team pursuit 3:47.37 1 OR  Japan (8)
W 3:52.01
 Norway (4)
W 3:44.91
 Italy (2)
L 3:47.28
From:
Kristina Groves
Clara Hughes
Cindy Klassen
Christine Nesbitt
Shannon Rempel
Women's team pursuit 3:06.45 3  United States (6)
W 3:01.24
 Japan (7)
W 3:02.13
 Germany (2)
L 3:02.91

Flag bearer

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Women's ice hockey player Danielle Goyette carried the flag for Canada in the opening ceremony. Cross-country skier Beckie Scott, bobsledder Pierre Lueders, long-track speedskaters Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes all said that they would not submit their names to carry the flag.

Scott, Klassen and Hughes all had events within two days of the opening ceremonies and believed that not participating in the opening ceremonies would give them a better chance at a finishing well in their events. Lueders turned down the chance because at the time it appeared that his bobsleigh partner, Lascelles Brown, would not be granted Canadian citizenship. Afterwards, Lueders said he would carry the flag but said that Brown would be a much better choice.

Some criticized these choices, including hockey analyst Don Cherry, who called the athletes unpatriotic and said that other athletes would have loved to have had the opportunity. Others, including past flag bearer Catriona Le May Doan spoke in favour of their decisions, saying that the opening ceremonies were a long process and took a lot of energy. She criticized Don Cherry, saying that many athletes in the past had turned down the flag-bearing opportunity at the opening ceremonies in order to focus on their competition, and that Don Cherry, having never participated in international athletic competition, does not have the right to be critical of Olympic athletes.

After winning five medals (more than any other Canadian at a Winter Games), Cindy Klassen accepted the selection as the flag bearer for the closing ceremonies.

Other participation

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As the host nation of the next Winter Games, Canada's role was to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics, its host city, its host province, and the country over the duration of these Games. Canada House was a log cabin constructed with Canadian pine wood and it was one of 12 nation's houses established in Turin. The pavilion opened its doors to the public on January 23, 2006, at piazza Valdo Fusi, in the city centre and would remain open until March 20 at the conclusion of the Paralympic Winter Games. Aside from showcasing Canadian culture, the building would host meetings for companies from British Columbia and Italy who would be interested to develop business partnerships. The building would be donated to the city of Turin and would be transferred to a new city park after the Games.

During the closing ceremonies of these Games, there was a brief segment in which Canada delivered a preview of the 2010 Games. This included a choreographed program featuring Avril Lavigne, raising of the Canadian flag, and singing of O Canada by opera star Ben Heppner, himself a B.C. native. The handover of the Games was highlighted by Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan, a quadriplegic, accepting and waving the Olympic flag. Aside from the flag handed from the mayor of Turin Sergio Chiamparino, the City of Vancouver is now the custodian of the actual Olympic flag lowered at Stadio Olimpico during the closing ceremonies.

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, himself a Vancouver native, and Governor General Michaëlle Jean attended the Games' competitions and closing ceremonies. They also availed themselves to the news media, sharing their thoughts about British Columbia and Canada welcoming the world in 2010. The federal government was represented by the attendance of Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay at the closing ceremonies.

A number of Canadian citizens with dual citizenship have competed for other countries and served as their respective flag bearers:

In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun the journey to Vancouver.[11]

Notes

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  • 2006 was the first year since 1988 that Canada had athletes competing in Nordic combined and the first since 1992 that Canada had athletes in ski jumping.
  • While skiing in the final of the women's team sprint in cross-country skiing, Sara Renner broke her ski pole. Fortunately, a coach immediately handed her a new pole. It was later revealed that the coach was not from Canada, but from Norway. Sara Renner and her partner Beckie Scott went on to win a silver medal in the event. Ironically, the Norwegian team finished fourth, so people conclude that if not for the coach then perhaps it would have been Norway that won a medal and not Canada.
  • Lascelles Brown, who previously competed for Jamaica, competed for Canada in bobsleigh. He would go on to win a silver medal in two-man bobsleigh with partner Pierre Lueders.

Official outfitter

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HBC became the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team and replacing Roots Canada. The same clothing was also sold at HBC stores in Canada. HBC had been the official outfitters for Canada's Winter teams in 1936, 1960, 1964 and 1968.

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Archived from the original on 2024-05-25. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  3. ^ "COC aims high at 2010 Vancouver Games". CBC News. January 21, 2005. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  4. ^ FIS-Ski
  5. ^ "Canadian curling teams differ on ice conditions". CTV.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2009.[dead link]
  6. ^ "The Rock is Rockin'". The Sports Network. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  7. ^ "Canada at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  8. ^ a b c d "2006 Winter Olympics (Men's Roster)". Hockey Canada.
  9. ^ "Rob Blake, Simon Gagné, Jarome Iginla and Chris Pronger named alternate captains with Canada's men's Olympic hockey team". Turin, Italy: Hockey Canada. 15 February 2006.
  10. ^ The Associated Press (30 January 2006). "Team Canada defenseman Ed Jovanovski will miss Olympics". Vancouver, BC.
  11. ^ "The Prime Minister congratulates our athletes and coaches on their performance in Turin". Prime Minister of Canada. 2006-02-26. Archived from the original on 2006-07-09. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
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