I got up at 5:00 in the morning on Sunday to watch the Olympic Men's Hockey Gold Medal Final Game. It seems as though most of Canada did the same thing. Hockey has almost a religious status here in Canada and it has just taken over everything in recent days. It was a really entertaining game to watch and I just marvelled at how the Canadians played so well through the entire tournament. They just executed near perfect play and scored just enough to win, while focusing on keeping the puck out of their own end of the rink. I hadn't paid much attention to it in the past but the larger European ice surface really affects the way the game is played. Mostly that extra 15 feet in width really seems to push the play out to the edges more. The Canadians handled it well and dominated the play if not the scoreboard, through the entire tournament.
I don't know what felt better... seeing the dejected looks on the faces of the Swedes on Sunday..., or knocking off the cocky American team in the semi-final a couple days ago, and then seeing them decidedly lose the bronze medal to the Finns. Have to wait four years now until Canada can defend our gold medal at the next winter games.
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