On February 20, down 2-0 against the Americans with under four minutes to play,

On February 20, down 2-0 against the Americans with under four minutes to play, it looked as if the Canadian womens hockey teams dream of capturing their fourth straight Olympic gold medal had faded away. Mookie Betts Jersey . Team Canadas experience though allowed them to overcome the late 2-0 deficit and make history beating the Americans 3-2 in overtime. However, the comeback that happened in less than 15 minutes of playing time took years of experience and preparation. On the bench was Jayna Hefford. A member of every Canadian Olympic team since 1998, Hefford used all of that experience for the tense third period and overtime. "With six, seven minutes left in the third, I thought its not looking good, but that thought only lasted five seconds. Once we got that first one, I knew wed be fine." Hefford and Team Canada faced a big hurdle weeks before the historic gold medal game. Dan Church, their coach since 2012, unexpectedly resigned two months before the Olympics were to begin. Also, many veterans that were expected to carry a lot of the teams responsibilities were surprisingly not selected. "With Dan, we tried to ask some questions to get some answers, but we really didnt find anything. It got to the point where we realized the decision was out of our hands." Under new coach Kevin Dineen, the team spent ten days in Austria to regroup before they headed to Sochi. It was a time for rest and recuperation before the competition since every member of the team was exhausted both physically and mentally. Despite the challenges, the Canadians put together a string of wins that led them to the gold medal game. And the team didnt need any extra motivation when they saw who was at the other end of the ice. "There is no one youd rather beat then the Americans. Theyre the best team outside of us. Thats the team you want to play in any final," says Hefford. Although the Canadians were down a pair of goals, that first tally gave them a lifeline. The second goal tied the game, creating emotions for even the veteran players that thought they had seen it all. "When (Marie-Philip) Poulin got the tying goal, thats the most excited Ive ever been for any moment of a game in any moment of my career," Hefford says. "But in the third period and overtime, you try to contain your emotions a little bit." The team could let their emotions lose eight minutes into overtime when Poulin, who was the hero in Vancouver in 2010, scored again to give Canada yet another gold. "It still feels very surreal how that game dramatically turned. Its such a great feeling and its still hard to believe," says Hefford. Theres very little Hefford has not accomplished in her career but after a fourth gold medal, it would be tempting to go for a fifth in 2018. "After Vancouver I didnt know if I was going to keep playing. I felt really good and I thought I had four more years. But now its time for me to look at my options. 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You can see what he adds to our team.Connauton, who scored one goal in 44 games during his time with Dallas, has six in 18 games for the Blue Jackets.It was nice and weird at the same time, the defenceman said of his return to Dallas. The fact we walked out of here with a win is a good feeling.The Blue Jackets improved to 12-2-1 in the last 15 games, moving above at 18-17-3.Its a good accomplishment considering where we were at a month, month and a half ago, Richards said.Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 11 of his 24 saves in the third period, when Dallas outshot the Blue Jackets 11-4.Columbus Nick Foligno had three assists, and Scott Hartnell added two. Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist.Ales Hemsky and Antoine Roussel scored in the second period for Dallas, which outshot Columbus 26-20 for the game.Anders Lindback had 16 saves in only his fifth start for the Stars - his first since Nov. 29.He hasnt started in a long stretch, and its tough, Dallas coacch Lindy Ruff said. Carl Yastrzemski Jersey. But we probably needed him to be a little bit better if were going to win that game.The Blue Jackets have won their last four games in Dallas.James Wisniewski scored his fourth goal at 5:21 of the first period when his shot from the slot deflected off Hemskys stick and Lindbacks left leg.Johansen added a power-play goal at 7:26. He took a pass from Hartnell into the right faceoff circle. When Lindback went low, Johansen lifted the puck over him and into the net.We werent ready to play, Ruff said. Taking three penalties in the first, that hurt us. After that, we were the team that dominated possession.Each team had five power plays, but Columbus scored the only power-play goal.We had maybe three opportunities to score on our power play, Ruff said, which with that number of power plays isnt enough.Connauton sent a shot from the blue line past Lindback at 3:57 of the second.Dallas then rallied. Jason Spezza skated past the goalmouth to screen Bobrovsky on Hemskys goal at 5:28, and Roussel tipped in a shot by Ryan Garbutt at 13:14.NOTES: Kari Lehtonen had started the previous 12 games in goal for Dallas. ... Both teams were playing their third game in four nights. . RW Cam Atkinson (upper body injury) returned to Columbus lineup after being out three games. ... Blue Jackets D Fedor Tyutin played in his 700th NHL game. ... Johansen has nine points (four goals, five assists) during an eight-game point streak. ... Hemsky, scoreless in his first 21 games, has scored all five of his goals in the last 15 games. ... The Stars activated C Shawn Horcoff (illness) from injured reserve, but he was a healthy scratch. 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