The women had no chance. The men were nothing but one of six teams capable of winning. So said the critics and nay-sayers. But on February 21st and February 24th, 2002, the women and men of Canada`s hockey teams completed an historic double, a perfect sweep of hockey gold at Salt Lake 2002.The men had to overcome a sceptical media and obsessive public pressure; the women had to battle the mental rigours of having lost eight games in a row to the U.S. But a loonie buried at centre ice by the Canadian rink crew and superior psychological preparation and inner confidence gave the Canadians the needed fortitude to overcome all oddsand a pro-American crowdto win gold in both men`s and women`s hockey.