Team-Canada

The Olympic ice hockey gold medal match was a while ago (on Sunday) and it was a super-exciting game, even with its disappointing ending. Despite owning the first seed coming into the competition, Canada was the clear favorite for the match thanks to its greater star power and skill and the added motivation of bringing home the gold on their own turf. Team USA put up a valiant effort with their squad, but just couldn’t get it done. ...

Would it be appropriate for me to take credit for US Olympic dominance in these games thanks to my little pep talk last week? As I write this post, the US is ahead in medal count with 26 over Germany’s 23 and tied for most golds (with Germany) with 7. All we’ve got to do is hold steady and we’ve got this Olympics in the bag. Men’s Ice Hockey made some major strides in the pool play rounds by going undefeated and even beating Team Canada earning themselves the first seed in the playoff tournament. Their first game will be against a Swiss squad they already beat pretty soundly, which means we’re more or less set for the round and to at least compete for the bronze medal. Poor Canada, who plays their first game tonight, has to beat Germany and then Russia to even have a chance at the bronze. They’ve got quite the uphill climb. I almost hope they do get to the finals to play one last time against the USA only to be crushed underneath our skates for the gold on their home turf. A guy can dream, right? ...

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“USA! USA! USA!”] [/caption] The 2010 Winter Olympics are upon us, which means almost nothing to a great portion of the US population, but gets me all riled up about Team USA and Olympic gold. I’m not super big on the vast majority of the sports that are part of either Olympic games, but I am pumped for ice hockey and seeing the US win, so I’m excited anyway. ...