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Good evening, we begin tonight with the super power showdown on the olympic hockey ice here today that reverberated with cold war rivalries of another era, and ignited patriotic passion from seattle to siberia. The usa versus russia matchup easily lived up to the hype, the americans winning in a heartstopping tiebreaking shootout. The game, just a preliminary match, led the russian evening news and had the attention of both countries president s, Vladimir Putin who watched from inside the arena, and president obama back in california, who later tweeted his congratulations to t. J. Oshie who made the winning shot, and others saying never stop believing in miracles, a subtle reference to another famous u. S. russia showdown in the hockey arena. Nbcs Chris Jansing has more on the reaction to that and more here at home. Well, lester, it is true that neither team was facing elimina ....