Lemieux along with many other Canadian NHL stars like Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic helped lead the Canadian men’s hockey team to win the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Gold medal win ended a long drought and was the first Olympic gold hockey title for Canada in over fifty years.
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