There was a time when Canada lost 9 straight games to the US in exhibition and other international tourneys I believe. Then on the 10th Canada won, which was the gold medal game in 2002. I believe the US was favoured to win the gold medal but Canada came out on top in that game. The US did have a very good team, probably better than Canada, currently, i'm not sure.
BTW, Canada beat Sweden 8-1 this morning.
And sorta on the origional topic:
http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/? ... 8&hubname=