After victory over Slovakia in the semi-finals, Canada are one step away from securing the ice hockey gold craved by the host nation. The USA will be the opposition when the puck drops at 2015 GMT
Before the hockey gets going Norway's Petter Northug will be attempting to add the Olympic crown to his 50km mass start world title and pick up his fourth medal of the Games
Germany's Axel Teichmann (right) makes a bid for the gold by breaking away from Northug (second right) and opening up a 35-second lead
Teichmann's lead is whittled away but he enters the final 100m of the gruelling 50km race with a slender lead over Northug
However, the Norwegian shows tremendous grit and determination to surge past Teichmann in the final 50m and win by one second in two hours five minutes, 35.5 seconds
The focus of the Canadian nation switches to Canada Hockey Place at lunchtime in Vancouver and Jonathan Toews lights the touchpaper with an early goal for the hosts
And when Corey Perry doubles the Canadian's lead in the second period, the fans go wild as their team closes in on gold medal number 14 of the Games
However, the celebrations are checked before the end of the second period as Ryan Kesler brings the United States back in to the game at 2-1 down with a smart finish
And with just 24 seconds remaining in the third and final period, Zach Parise virtually silences the 18,000 capacity venue with an equaliser for the US
Canada dominate the opening exchanges of the sudden-death overtime and waste several opportunities before Sidney Crosby writes his name into Canadian hockey folkore
His goal sparks wild celebrations on and off the ice as Canada's 3-2 victory provides a fitting climax to the their Games, clinching a Winter Olympics record 14th gold medal
The closing ceremony begins with a little humility as Canada rectifies the mistake from the opening ceremony when the fourth leg of the Olympic flame failed to rise from the stadium floor
The mime artist's engineering skills coax the errant fourth ice crystal leg out of the stadium floor to complete the flame which is lit by former speed skater Catriona LeMay Doan
Britain's sole gold medallist from the Games, skeleton slider Amy Williams, gets to carry the flag into the closing ceremony as reward for her efforts at the Whistler Sliding Centre
The Olympic flag is then passed from Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson (left), via IOC president Jacques Rogge (centre) to Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov
The southern Russian city of Sochi, on the shores of the Black Sea, is the next host of the Winter Games in 2014
A number of Canadian celebrities, including William Shatner and Michael J. Fox help bring Games to a colourful and fun close as Vancouver waves goodbye to the Olympic Games
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