Islanders News & Olympic Finale Day

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Some people say it could be an epic meeting.

The U.S. and Canada battle for gold — the 8 a.m. EST game may be done by the time you read this — and the Olympics mercifully conclude Sunday. Then the Islanders will get their Olympians back and resume play Thursday in Montreal. Bo Horvat will return with either a gold or silver.

Islanders News:

• Some fun “this day in history” moments for Feb. 20. [Isles]
• Weird Islanders podcast: Talking Rob Davison and the famous 190-foot goal. [LHH]
• Prospect update: Quinn Finley is playing in all situations at NCAA Wisconsin. [Isles]
• Puppies! They were at Isles practice. [Isles video]
• Nice to see Alex Romanov skating and taking shots again. [THN]
• The Olympic Christian-Nelson clan is enjoying seeing Brock rock Milan. [Athletic]

Elsewhere

• Finland ran away from Slovakia to take home bronze. [NHL]
• Canada is confident. [Sportsnet]
• Hockey analysts discuss U.S. vs. Canada. [Sportsnet]
• Team Canada knows they’ll be crucified like Soviets if they lose what this means to their country. [NHL]
• The Canadians enter with some injury concerns, while the Americans have two top defensemen who were injured for the 4 Nations final. [Sportsnet]
• At age 54 and 38 pro seasons, Jaromir Jagr may finally be done playing pro hockey. [TSN]

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