When Shaunavon native Braydon Coburn of the Philadelphia Flyers took to the ice to battle the Chicago Blackhawks in the first game of the Stanley Cup finals, he was living a childhood dream shared by millions of Canadians.

Hayley Wickenheiser acknowledged the support of a nation, as well as her “home town of Shaunavon” shortly after the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team captured their third straight Olympic Gold Medal on Thursday.