Bronze Medal Game!

Ah, so much to blog and so little time. The past few days have been one non-stop celebration of Canadian GOLD! Last Sunday was supposed to be Super Sunday and we came up empty...our Own The Podium program was looking like a sinkhole of taxpayer money...but then we had Wonderful Wednesday, Fantastic Friday, Stellar Saturday and SWEET SUNDAY! Yeah, baby!!!

The stinking lousy Fins didn't even make the Americans skate in their semi-final, which is why the USA was so well rested to take on Team Canada on Sunday. That's also why I had to cheer against them in the bronze medal game that Ken and I attended on Saturday night. That and the fact that Slovakia has a great team that played its heart out at the Olympics. The Slovaks have never won a hockey medal, but this team beat the Russians and the Swedes, and almost beat Canada. Pretty impressive. Hossa, Gaborik, Demitra, Handzus, Satan, Chara, Stumpel, Palffy, Halak...a team with a ton of NHL talent.

The Fin team was loaded with talent too, but I'm too disgusted with them to mention any names after the total collapse to the Americans. Ugh.



Ken and I hanging out in mainly Canadian crowd...but one that enjoyed a great hockey game regardless of the countries involved. That's what was so great about these Olympics, the Canadian fans enjoyed every minute and every great performance by every country.

Face off!

Hossa from the Detroit Red Wings was dangerous throughout the Olympics...

He scores! Slovakia was up 3-1 after 2 periods of play! Go Slovakia!

Oh no! The Fins pour it on in the third period! Slovakia falls behind!

The Slovaks give it their all to tie the game at 4...but...no goal!

The Fins win the bronze and I lose a bet with Ken. Oh well, it was a lot of fun. Who knew a hockey game between Finland and Slovakia could be so entertaining!