Maple Leaf Moments: Gold Standard

February 19, 2013

Gold standard: On the 12^th day of competition at Vancouver 2010, Canadian history was made in Bobsleigh when Calgary’s Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse (Summerside, PEI) won gold in the women’s two-man event, sharing the podium with fellow Canadians Helen Upperton (Calgary, AB) and Shelley-Ann Brown (Pickering, ON) who claimed silver. While Upperton and Brown have both retired, Humphries is looking to return and defend her title at Sochi 2014.

On this day: Canada beats Switzerland 13-0 to secure the gold medal in men’s hockey on February 19, 1928 at the Winter Games in St. Moritz for its third straight Olympic Hockey gold medal. Canada has a total of eight men’s Hockey gold medals en route to Sochi 2014.

Curler Russ Howard (Midland, ON) celebrates his 50^th birthday on February 19, 2006, five days before winning gold at the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin with teammates Brad Gushue (St. John’s, NL), Mark Nichols (St. John’s, NL), Jamie Korab (St. John’s, NL) and Mike Adam (St. John’s, NL). The victory made him Canada’s oldest Olympic gold medallist in history.

Canada’s Kaillie Humphries, left to right, Heather Moyse, Helen Upperton, and Shelley-Ann Brown, celebrate their gold and silver medals following women’s bobsled competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canada’s Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam celebrate after recieving their gold medals in curling at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006.(CP PHOTO/Ryan Remiorz)