It would be so un-Canadian — almost treasonous — to downplay the grit, heart, and sheer determination of our women’s and men’s hockey teams, both earning silver at the Milano Winter Olympics. To do so might just have our Canadian birth certificates revoked.

They gave everything — every ounce of sweat, every drop of blood, every last breath. They could have easily stood atop the podium, gold medals gleaming under the spotlight.

Canadian men's para hockey team ready to take the ice in Milan Back to video

But as the echoes of their battles fade, a new story is being written. A story of fire, steel, and ice.

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The Canadian men’s para hockey team is ready to storm the rink in Milan, their sights locked on nothing less than gold. The mission begins Saturday against Slovakia — a first-ever clash between these two teams. Canada enters as........

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