Ice hockey-Cooper named Canada's head coach for Beijing Olympics

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For Cooper, who won a second consecutive Stanley Cup as head coach of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning last month, the potential role would mark his debut as coach of Canada's Olympic team. "It is an honour to be entrusted with leading Canada's men's Olympic team next year in Beijing, and to be able to carry on the rich tradition of hockey excellence that is associated with Hockey Canada," Cooper said in a news release.

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