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February 24, 2014 12:04 am +02

Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: He Shoots, He Scores

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The Dutch may have dominated speed skating in the 2014 Winter Olympics, but Canada took hold of ice hockey. Sunday's photo of the day gets in on the action at the men's ice hockey gold-medal game, as Canada's Sidney Crosby slides the puck past Sweden's Henrik Lundqvist, scoring the team's second goal.

Getty Images photographer Martin Rose took the action-packed image hours before the closing ceremony. It captures the powerful desire that both players had to be number one.

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"One of the most anticipated events in the Winter Olympics is the men's [hockey] gold-medal game," Rose said. "The passion these players have when representing their countries in a game as physical and intense as hockey is unmatched in any other Olympic sport." Read more...

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