Expectations are high for the Canadian Team do achieve their best results ever. As one might imagine, the heat is on Canada. In two prior times hosting the Olympics (1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary), Canada has come away with a grand total of zero gold medals.

Many are ambitiously predicting that the host nation will stand atop the medals table, winning plenty of golds, silvers, and bronzes. In short, expectations are quite high. And while that sentiment runs throughout Canada’s Olympic athletes, no team faces higher expectations than the Men’s Ice Hockey team. Personally, I don’t believe that these high expectations are fair.

But Alexandre’s performance will certainly help to inspire our athletes.