He was certainly that guy from the moment he came out of his quarantine and the way he played for us. “I’ve also never been in a situation where we’ve started 0-3, so we needed an impact. “I’ve been around a lot of teams and I’ve never seen a player impact a team the way that Andrew was able to,” said Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s vice-president of national teams and a member of the Olympic management group. After a gold-medal triumph, he was named tournament MVP. He scored seven times - and added four assists - in seven appearances for Canada, including the game-winner in both the quarterfinals and semis. Photo by GINTS IVUSKANS / AFP via Getty ImagesĪ sixth-round selection in the 2015 NHL Draft, and that’s after being ignored completely when he was eligible to be picked the previous summer, Mangiapane doesn’t seem to mind these improbable climbs.

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