Caught some of the US-Canada hockey game today at the shopping mall. Good crowds had gathered around various big screen TVs there. I commented earlier that curling was a rival to hockey in Canada, but
nothing draws a big crowd like an important hockey game. When the US scored late in the third to tie the game, there was a huge collective groan in the mall.
I made sure to get home ahead of any potential mob scene, whether Canada won or lost. Crazy hockey fans will do crazy things, especially if they've had a few beers. Nah, Winnipeggers aren't as out of control as some other hockey revellers (:cough: Edmontonians :cough:).
What a dramatic finish - and wouldn't you know it, Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal. Well, he's made his mark in Olympic history now. If the media was fawning all over him
before this...
(Though a post-game comment on the CTV website pointed out that Crosby was invisible the whole tournament until that moment.)
Congrats to US goalie Ryan Miller for being named the tournament MVP, though I know it's kind of a meaningless consolation.
I was busy with other stuff, so didn't catch the closing ceremony online, and they don't appear to have it available for replay. Bah.
Anyway...so ends the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Lots of interesting stories in these past two weeks. I may have to splurge for the commemorative DVD to make up for the crappy online video I've had to sit through.
Next stop, London 2012!