2014 Winter Olympics, Day 18: Canada golden in men’s hockey

The 2014 Winter Olympic games are in the books, and despite the United States and Russia being tied in the medal count mid-way through Saturday, the Russians pulled away Sunday to win the most medals of any nation.

Russia finished with 33 medals overall, including an Olympic-high 13 golds. Launching them to first place were the country’s men’s cross-country 50 kilometer mass start racers on Sunday. Russia swept that event as Alexander Legkov took gold, Maxim Vylegzhanin took silver and Ilia Chernousov took bronze. The Russians also took gold in the four-man bobsled event.

Well, when Canada played Sweden for the gold medal today -- and won -- hockey literally was religion:

It’s been a long, massively entertaining journey these past two weeks, but at some point the 2014 Winter Olympics have to end. That end comes on Sunday, when the closing ceremony takes place, the Olympic flame is put out and the world turns its attention to Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Before that happens, we still have three more events, and thus three more gold medals to hand out. One of those competitions is the men’s hockey showdown between Canada and Sweden. Here are the top events to watch for on the final day of the Sochi games.

Game time: 7 a.m. ET, 4 p.m. Sochi time

TV: NBC (USA), CBC (Canada)

Streaming: NBCOlympics.com (USA), Olympics.CBC.ca (Canada)

At the start of the 2014 tournament, Team Canada’s objective was simple: repeat as gold medal winners. The goal for Sweden was quite similar: rediscover its 2006 Torino form, and capture the country’s third-ever gold medal.