Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (English) (French)
in Turin
Competitors	196 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Danielle Goyette (opening)[1] Cindy Klassen (closing)[2]
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 7 10 7 24
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men's

: 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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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

: 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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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

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

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

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

Players

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
30	G	Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	000000001972-05-06-00006 May 1972	Montreal, QC	New Jersey Devils (NHL)
1	G	Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	000000001979-04-04-00004 April 1979	Montreal, QC	Florida Panthers (NHL)
35	G	Turco, MartyMarty Turco	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb)	000000001975-08-13-000013 August 1975	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Dallas Stars (NHL)
4	D	Blake, RobRob Blake – A	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	000000001969-12-10-000010 December 1969	Simcoe, ON	Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
3	D	Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	000000001983-09-27-000027 September 1983	Edmonton, AB	Florida Panthers (NHL)
52	D	Foote, AdamAdam Foote	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	000000001971-07-10-000010 July 1971	Toronto, ON	Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
24	D	McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	000000001975-06-08-00008 June 1975	St. Catharines, ON	Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
44	D	Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger – A	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	000000001974-10-10-000010 October 1974	Dryden, ON	Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
6	D	Redden, WadeWade Redden	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	000000001977-06-12-000012 June 1977	Lloydminster, SK	Ottawa Senators (NHL)
28	D	Regehr, RobynRobyn Regehr	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	000000001980-04-19-000019 April 1980	Recife, Brazil	Calgary Flames (NHL)
14	F	Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb)	000000001975-02-02-00002 February 1975	Sudbury, ON	Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
9	F	Doan, ShaneShane Doan	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	000000001976-10-10-000010 October 1976	Halkirk, AB	Phoenix Coyotes (NHL)
33	F	Draper, KrisKris Draper	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	000000001971-05-24-000024 May 1971	Toronto, ON	Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
21	F	Gagne, SimonSimon Gagné – A	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	000000001980-02-29-000029 February 1980	Sainte-Foy, QC	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
15	F	Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	000000001981-01-21-000021 January 1981	Freiburg, West Germany	Ottawa Senators (NHL)
12	F	Iginla, JaromeJarome Iginla – A	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	000000001977-07-01-00001 July 1977	Edmonton, AB	Calgary Flames (NHL)
40	F	Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	000000001980-04-21-000021 April 1980	Lile Bizard, QC !L'Île-Bizard, QC	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
61	F	Nash, RickRick Nash	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	000000001984-06-16-000016 June 1984	Brampton, ON	Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
39	F	Richards, BradBrad Richards	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (200 lb)	000000001980-05-02-00002 May 1980	Murray Harbour, PE	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
91	F	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic – C	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	000000001969-07-07-00007 July 1969	Burnaby, BC	Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
94	F	Smyth, RyanRyan Smyth	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	000000001976-02-21-000021 February 1976	Banff, AB	Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
26	F	St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	000000001975-06-18-000018 June 1975	Laval, QC	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
97	F	Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	000000001979-07-02-00002 July 1979	London, ON	San Jose Sharks (NHL)

^[7][8]

Defencement Scott Niedermayer and Ed Jovanovski were originally selected, but due to injuries were replaced by Jay Bouwmeester and Bryan McCabe, respectively.^[9][7] Dan Boyle took McCabe's previous spot as a reserve.^[7] Defenceman Dan Boyle and forwards Jason Spezza and Eric Staal were selected as "reserves" in case of injury before the tournament began.^[7]

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006 13:05

Italy

2 – 7 (0–1, 2–5, 0–1)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,575

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	0 – 1 5:33 - Iginla (Bertuzzi, Sakic) Cirone (Scandella) (PP) - 20:43 1 – 1 1 – 2 21:55 - Heatley (St. Louis, Lecavalier) 1 – 3 25:38 - Doan (Pronger, Richards) 1 – 4 26:04 - Iginla (Sakic) (PP) 1 – 5 33:53 - St. Louis (Heatley, Lecavalier) 1 – 6 34:38 - Richards (Doan, Bertuzzi) Parco (Tuzzolino) - 38:08 2 – 6 2 – 7 43:39 - Thornton (Gagné) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	50

16 February 2006 20:05

Canada

5 – 1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Germany

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,554

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referee: Christer Lärking
	Redden (Gagné, Thornton) - 4:52 1 – 0 Sakic (Bertuzzi, Nash) (PP) - 7:29 2 – 0 Gagné (Regehr, Richards) - 10:49 3 – 0 3 – 1 29:13 - Ehrhoff (Schubert, Ustorf) Heatley (Foote) - 35:37 4 – 1 Doan (Smyth) - 59:26 5 – 1
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	12

18 February 2006 15:35

Canada

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,769

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	0 – 1 18:19 - di Pietro (Della Rossa) 0 – 2 28:47 - di Pietro (Bezina, Streit) (PP2)
	34 min	Penalties	42 min
	49	Shots	18

19 February 2006 21:05

Finland

2 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,420

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	Selänne (S. Koivu) - 11:14 1 – 0 Kapanen (Nieminen, Timonen) - 15:02 2 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	24

21 February 2006 12:35

Canada

3 – 2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 9,126

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun (out 20:00) Milan Hnilička (in 20:00)	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Richards (Iginla, Pronger) - 7:37 1 – 0 St. Louis (Lecavalier, Blake) (PP) - 11:19 2 – 0 Pronger (Thornton) - 19:24 3 – 0 3 – 1 33:46 - Kubina (Jágr, Ručínský) (PP) 3 – 2 42:41 - Čajánek (T. Kaberle, Hemský)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	33

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 20:35

Russia

2 – 0 (0-0, 0-0, 2-0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4130

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Dennis Larue
	Ovechkin (Kozlov) (PP) - 41:30 1 - 0 Kovalev (A. Markov) - 59:37 2 - 0
	18 min	Penalties	41 min
	33	Shots	27

Women's

Players

No	Player	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	Cherie Piper	4	8	12	0
22	Hayley Wickenheiser	4	8	12	2
10	Gillian Apps	5	4	9	8
13	Caroline Ouellette	3	4	7	0
16	Jayna Hefford	2	3	5	0
26	Sarah Vaillancourt	2	3	5	2
17	Jennifer Botterill	1	4	5	2
15	Danielle Goyette	4	1	5	4
77	Cassie Campbell	0	5	5	0
3	Carla MacLeod	2	2	4	2
8	Katie Weatherston	3	1	4	2
2	Meghan Agosta	3	1	4	2
11	Cheryl Pounder	2	1	3	2
61	Vicky Sunohara	1	1	2	2
27	Gina Kingsbury	0	2	2	2
4	Becky Kellar	0	1	1	2
9	Gillian Ferrari	0	0	0	0
5	Colleen Sostorics	0	0	0	4

No	Goaltender	Mins	GA	GAA	Sv%
32	Charline Labonté	60	0	0.00	1.000
33	Kim St-Pierre	120	1	0.50	.923

• Reserves
  • Sami Jo Small
  • Delaney Collins

Results

Round-robin

11 February 2006 20:35

Canada

16 – 0 (5–0, 4–0, 7–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,399

Game reference
	Kim St. Pierre	Goalies	Debora Montanari (out 40:00) Luana Frasnelli (in 40:00)	Referee: Danyel Howard
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) - 1:36 1 – 0 Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) - 1:52 2 – 0 Wickenheiser (Piper) - 4:04 3 – 0 Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) - 6:53 4 – 0 Pounder (Kellar) - 11:34 5 – 0 Vaillancourt (Piper) - 20:25 6 – 0 MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) - 22:32 7 – 0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) - 38:45 8 – 0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) - 39:56 9 – 0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) - 41:35 10 – 0 Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) - 47:31 11 – 0 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) - 48:41 12 – 0 Pounder - 49:42 13 – 0 Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) - 52:19 14 – 0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) - 56:15 15 – 0 Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) - 57:37 16 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	66	Shots	5

12 February 2006 16:35

Russia

0 – 12 (0–7, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,414

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova (out 16:25) Aleksandrova Nadezhda (in 16:25)	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Joy Tottman
	0 – 1 4:53 - Sunohara (Ouellette, Goyette) 0 – 2 6:52 - Agosta (Kingsbury, Weatherston) 0 – 3 10:00 - Piper (Apps) (SH) 0 – 4 15:14 - Goyette (Campbell) 0 – 5 16:18 - Piper (Wickenheiser) 0 – 6 17:48 - Wickenheiser 0 – 7 19:20 - Agosta (Vaillancourt) 0 – 8 27:19 - Weatherston (Ouellette, Vaillancourt) 0 – 9 33:27 - Agosta (PP) 0 – 10 41:16 - Piper (Wickenheiser) 0 – 11 47:47 - Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill) 0 – 12 52:33 - MacLeod (Wickenheiser)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	43

14 February 2006 15:35

Canada

8 – 1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6,850

Game reference
	Kim St. Pierre	Goalies	Cecilia Andersson	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
	Apps - 4:36 1 – 0 Wickenheiser (Pounder) - 12:28 2 – 0 Apps (PP) - 23:53 3 – 0 Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) - 30:58 4 – 0 Goyette (Piper, Campbell) (PP) - 34:02 5 – 0 5 – 1 36:12 - Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) (PP) Weatherston (Kingsbury) - 37:25 6 – 1 Hefford (PP) - 38:53 7 – 1 Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) - 46:02 8 – 1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	8

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	9	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	16	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	1	32	0

Medal round

Semifinal

17 February 2006 21:05

Canada

6 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,654

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Maija Hassinen (22:59 out) Noora Räty (22:59 in)	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) - 17:33 1 – 0 Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) - 19:15 2 – 0 Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) - 34:59 3 – 0 Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) - 36:26 4 – 0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) - 47:49 5 – 0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) - 54:47 6 – 0
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

Final

20 February 2006 20:35

Sweden

1 – 4 (0–2, 0–2, 1–0)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6,664

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
	0 – 1 3:15 - Apps (Wickenheiser) 0 – 2 12:13 - Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 0 – 3 28:58 - Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 0 – 4 30:27 - Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt) G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) - 45:24 1 – 4
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	26

Luge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

• Dale Begg-Smith carried the flag of Australia during the closing ceremonies
• Tuğba Karademir carried the flag of Turkey during the opening ceremonies
• Mathieu Razanakolona carried the flag of Madagascar during the opening and closing ceremonies as the sole competitor of the country

In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun the journey to Vancouver.^[10]

Notes

• 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

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

External links

• "Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Canada". Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2009-02-26.  CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)