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Sidney Crosby is 16 years removed from his first Olympics, when he scored the golden goal to give Canada a much needed title on home ice at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

β€œThere’s some days that it feels like 12 years and other days where it feels like yesterday,” Crosby said.

Rasmus Dahlin was only 17 when he went to South Korea for his first for Sweden in 2018.

β€œI did not enjoy it one bit,” Dahlin said. β€œI was just young and dumb. I didn’t really realize I was at the Olympics.”

Crosby and Drew Doughty are at their third Olympics and first since 2014.

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