Canada Wins Hockey Gold

Posted by Mother Pucker on March 1st, 2010

I always knew we’d do it! Yeah, I wish I could say that without a smirk because I can’t even remember the number of times that I almost went into traction, or had a heart attack as this tournament went on. Regardless, Canada beat the USA 3-2 in the Olympic hockey gold medal game yesterday, and I couldn’t be happier!

That was a barn burner of a game, even if it caused a few people to want to pick up knives with 24 seconds to go in the third period. It was a clash of the two best teams by far, and it took overtime before the game could be decided.

When the USA tied it up with only seconds to go in the third period I threw my hat on the ground and sat there in disbelief as I listened to profanities fly around the local drinking hole. Did that just happen? Did anyone think that wouldn’t happen? Was that a dirty trick from above to make every Canadian want to throw some shit around, and give the Americans that actually care about hockey something to feel good about? Whatever it was, it happened, and it sure didn’t feel good.

Thankfully overtime brought on some great 4 on 4 play that was capped off by Sidney Crosby scoring the winner off a Jarome Iginla feed. I jumped up and started cheering so hard and fast that I nearly blacked out due to the g-force that I left in the chair behind me, but it was worth it. A few high fives later everything started to sink in; we realized that we had done it again, and we were the proudest nation on earth.

Congratulations Canada! We really are number one! We own this game!