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VANCOUVER - The Canadian men's Olympic hockey team got off to a good start at the Vancouver Games, Tuesday with an 8-0 rout over Norway.

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"I really liked our energy players," said Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock, a McGill grad who played for the Redmen from 1983 to 1987. "It's really important for us to have a whole lot of hungry players here ... I like determination and I like will."

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Among the Canadian Olympians in attendance was silver medalist freestyle skier Jennifer Heil, a McGill management student who revealed during a CTV in-game interview that Babcock had offered her tickets to the game which has been sold out for months.

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"See, it pays to go to school," chirped CTV play-by-play announcer Gord Miller.

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Babcock and Heil are among 13 "McGillians" -- five of them athletes -- at the Games. The Canadian men are 1-0 and will play Switzerland on Feb. 18.

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Meanwhile, the Canadian women's hockey team, which features three players and one coach from McGill, is cruising along with two wins in as many games. Goaltender Kim St-Pierre, a McGill grad, made nine saves in their Games opener, an 18-0 win over Slovakia. Defenceman Catherine Ward, also a grad, picked up one assist in that game and added a goal and a helper in the next contest, a 10-0 conquest over Switzerland, Monday, where she played a team-high 20 minutes and 15 seconds.

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Still waiting to see action is goaltender Charline Labont茅, who backstopped McGill to the CIS national championship in each of the last two seasons.

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The women will play Sweden on Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. Eastern.

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Here is a tentative listing of events where McGill athletes or grads are either competing or coaching:

(NOTE ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN)

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Feb. 17

17h30听 Hockey (w): Sweden vs Canada (D Catherine Ward, G Kim St-Pierre, G Charline Labont茅; Asst. coach Peter Smith)

20h25听 Short-track Speed-Skating (m): 1000m relay HEATS 听(Tyson Heung, Germany)

21h32听 Short-track Speed-Skating (m): 5000m relay 听SEMIFINAL (Tyson Heung, Germany)

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Feb. 18

19h30听 Hockey (m): Switzerland vs Canada (Head Coach Mike Babcock)

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Feb. 20

17h30听 Hockey (w): classification game

22h00听 Hockey (w): classification game

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Feb. 21

19h40听 Hockey (m): USA vs Canada

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Feb. 22

15h00听 Hockey (w): playoff semifinal game

17h00听 Hockey (w): seventh-place classification game

20h00听 Hockey (w): playoff semifinal game

22h00听 Hockey (w): fifth-place classification game

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Feb. 23

15h00听 Hockey (m): playoff qualification game

19h30听 Hockey (m): playoff qualification game

2h00听 Hockey (m): playoff qualification game

24h00听 Hockey (m): playoff qualification game

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Feb. 24

15h00听 Hockey (m): playoff quarterfinal game

19h30听 Hockey (m): playoff quarterfinal game

20h47听 Short-track Speed-Skating (m): 500m HEATS 听(Tyson Heung, Germany)

22h00听 Hockey (m): playoff quarterfinal game

24h00听 Hockey (m): playoff quarterfinal game

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Feb. 25

14h00听 Hockey (w): BRONZE medal game

18h30听 Hockey (w): GOLD medal game

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Feb. 26

15h00听 Hockey (m): playoff semifinal game

21h00听 Short-track Speed-Skating (m): 500m MEDAL ROUND (Tyson Heung, Germany)

21h30听 Hockey (m): playoff semifinal game

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Feb. 27

22h00听 Hockey (m): BRONZE medal game

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Feb. 28

15h15听 Hockey (m): GOLD medal game

20h30听 CLOSING CEREMONIES

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SOURCE :

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
(514) 398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca

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