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Sidney Crosby is the world’s best hockey player, writes DMN’s Jean-Jacques Taylor. Or the second-best, if you prefer Alexander Ovechkin.

Getty ImagesCanada beat the United States 3-2 on Sunday to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics.

Getty ImagesSidney Crosby scored 7:40 into overtime and Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sunday to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics.

Canada’s Sidney Crosby (87) celebrates with Scott Niedermayer (27) after making the game-winning goal in the overtime period of a men’s gold medal ice hockey game against USA at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Canada won 3-2.

Sid the Kid has a new label: Olympic hero.

Crosby scores gold-winning goal in overtime; Canada wins Winter Olympics-record 14 golds

Sid the Kid has a new label: Olympic hero. Already considered Canada’s greatest player since Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby did something the Great One never did, scoring the winning goal in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States in perhaps the most important game in the history of this hockey-obsessed nation.

Sid the Kid has a new label: Olympic hero.

In one of the greatest games in Olympic history, Canada’s collection of all-stars held off a young, desperate U.S. team that had beaten it the previous Sunday and, after staging a furious comeback after falling behind 2-0, almost beat them again.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Sidney Crosby scored 7:40 into overtime and Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sunday to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics.