Over the last 11 seasons, Canada has won six gold medals, although five of those were won in consecutive years from 2005-2009 and they didn’t win another until last year. Canada tends to be streaky, with two separate runs of five straight golds since 1993 and droughts of seven and five years during that time span.
Everybody loves watching their favourite team win, and when your favourite team is also your home country’s team, the overall interest increases significantly.
