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VANCOUVER -- Olympic gold-medal goaltender Roberto Luongo lit a Paralympic cauldron in front of a cheering crowd of hundreds at Robson Square on Thursday evening.

The Vancouver Canucks captain made his through the flag-waving masses carrying a Paralympic torch as the crowd called, "Looooooou, Loooooou, Looooou."

Fans wanting to thank Roberto Luongo for his performance during the gold-medal Olympic hockey game will get their chance Thursday when the Canucks captain lights a celebration cauldron at Robson Square.

Vancouver (AFP) - Bringing home the Olympic hockey gold is not a sprint to the finish but an exercise in managing nerves and overcoming hardships, says Canada associate general manager Ken Holland.

"People want us to win in six straight games but teams that win the Olympics are the ones that handle the adversity the best," Holland told AFP while watching the Canadian players practice at Canada Hockey Place arena ahead of Sunday's gold medal clash against the United States.

Vancouver (AFP) - Sidney Crosby scored the winner in overtime as Canada won the Olympic title Sunday, beating the United States 3-2 to become the first host nation to capture men's hockey gold in 30 years.

Crosby got the winning goal 7:40 into the overtime period, taking a pass from Jarome Iginla and sliding a shot under the pads of US goaltender Ryan Miller.

VANCOUVER -- The great ones rise up in these moments, as though only their class of player is worthy.

VANCOUVER '€” It turns out, you can'€™t create a legacy in a day. But you can make history.

VANCOUVER - Fourteen.

Given the hoopla surrounding the previous USA-Canada match-up, I, like many fans, looked forward to another exceptional game and some great Olympic hockey. I was not disappointed.  It almost made up for missing the first game.

Canada must have been completely surprised and humiliated by the 5-3 beating they took in the preliminaries, because after a tentative start, they came on like gangbusters; taking control and shooting well.

VANCOUVER (AP) -- With the flick of Sidney Crosby's wrist, Canada found Olympic redemption.

From the pall of a luger's death, from a series of embarrassing glitches, from a first half so disappointing that Canadian Olympic officials prematurely conceded the medals race, from the men's hockey team losing to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game.

All that was forgotten Sunday.

VANCOUVER (AP) -- With the flick of Sidney Crosby's wrist, Canada found Olympic redemption.

From the pall of a luger's death, from a series of embarrassing glitches, from a first half so disappointing that Canadian Olympic officials prematurely conceded the medals race, from the men's hockey team losing to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game.

All that was forgotten Sunday.