Canada’s hockey swagger is back at the Olympics. “That’s invaluable.” Julien was an assistant to coach Mike Babcock eight years ago in Sochi when Canada dominated the tournament on the way to beating Sweden in the final. “Any team I’ve had success on has had a great balance of both youth and experience,” Staal said. Hockey Canada is putting more …
Canada is set to have a 37-year-old veteran of almost 1,400 NHL games, a top draft pick and a college goaltender front and center at the Beijing Olympics. “We’ve got a mix of some young guys, we’ve got some guys in their mid-20s and we’ve got some older guys,” general manager Shane Doan said on a video call. But you …