Olympic Hockey's Biggest Surprises     The United States hockey
team could not have planned this any better. I originally
thought it was a definite tough situation for Team U.S.A. to
find itself in the same preliminary pool as gold medal favorite
Team Canada, but with all the surprises in this competition,
I've been led to believe that Team U.S.A.'s seeding actually
worked out in the Americans' favor. What I didn't know before
the Olympic Games began is that:  Switzerland's goalie Jonas
Hiller would play the game of the tournament against Team
Canada, forcing play into regulation, O.T., and a shoot-out,
where Canada eventually locked the win.  One of the best puck-
handling goalies of all time, Canada's Martin Brodeur, would
have a tough time the night his team played U.S.A., as the
goalie uncharacteristically turned the puck over twice in the
first shift, helping the United States do just what they needed
to do: score first!  The same night Brodeur had trouble in the
net, U.S. goalie Ryan Miller, would play t