1.04.2005

homemade hockey signs

I gotta make this fast because it's second intermission but I just had to record some of the home made signs I've seen so far in this Jr. Hockey final:

"Da da Canada, nyet nyet Soviet"
"I missed math to be on TSN"
"Team Canada fueled by Canadian beef"
"Take Silver, No"

It's interesting how hockey crazy we are in this country. Damn near every commercial has a hockey theme to it - JVC, Ford, Tim Hortons, Robitussin, Royal Bank, Chevrolet.

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Alright so after an unbelievable 2nd period where we scored 4 goals, 3rd period was a matter of playing keep away with the Russians and throwing in a couple shots on the Russian goal just for good measure. Unlike US hockey coverage which cuts to some other sport's highlights as soon as the buzzer goes off, our game was followed by neverending replays, analysis, commentary and interviews with the players. Hard to believe the guys are under 19. They must have some serious media training because, not only are they humble (unlike certain athletes south of the border), they are all incredibly articulate and speak with maturity and class that you just don't expect from a bunch of teenage guys. So congrats to Team Canada and let's hope to hell we have NHL to watch next year. Canada cannot take any more hockey deprivation, at least I can't.

1 comment:

whatupwilly said...

Go Canada!!

I've said this a THOUSAND times, I hate hockey coverage in the states. They were giving infinitely more coverage to College football, baseball trades, NASCAR, MLB hall of fame inductees, etc.

In fact, if you go to ESPN.com right now and searc for the string "hockey" on the main page...NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.

grrrrrrrrrrrrr.....