"Uh oh, I think we woke Canada up."
Probably the worst thing to happen to the Russians was USA beating Canada. Mostly because Team Canada knows how to destroy them, and we're due a fucking win in the Olympics against the Red Army.
It's also nice to see the superstars finally show up...
All the hype was Crosby Crosby Crosby and Ovechkin Ovechkin Ovechkin as if it were your typical NBC Pens vs Caps game. The kicker of the night? Neither of them found themselves on the scoresheet.
"Lundqvist makes the save without even realizing it!" Yup. "That's just a terrible job... Halak should just stay in the net, don't play the puck." YUP. Lucky for our Jaro, Team Sweden looked as stunned as Team Russia. I mean, the shots were 24-14 for Sweden and Team Slovakia won 4-3. The usually solid defence of the mustard-and-blue was out of position. It was as if the two teams switched bodies for one night.
So Friday, SUOMI vs USA, and I hope Kipper bests Miller. The Koivu brothers are due to light the lamp already... And then it's Canada vs Slovakia. Sorry Jaro, you're going down.
And that very night, the women of Canada seriously owned the podium. It's actually a strange thing, really. Most of the medals are owned by Canadian women athletes. Spectacular two-(wo)man bobsleigh coming in at 1 and 2. Nail biting short-track speed skating relays, and after the Koreans got disqualified, earned themselves the silver. And let's not forget Clara Hughes and her bronze in her final race with the 5000m.
Tonight, with the men's team watching from the rafters, the women's hockey team suckerpunched themselves a gold away from Team USA with a 2-0 shutout thanks to the amazing rookies in net and on forward. Feeling the pressure? Hayley Wickenheiser can take you by the hand, boys. These women are the quiet superstars, who worked hard for this moment.
On a quieter note, after the sudden death of her mother a few days before she was set to skate, Joannie Rochette channelled all that emotion into her programs when she could have just broken down into tears and locked herself away in her room but instead got herself a Bronze medal behind the two powerhouses in her class (Japan's Mao Asada and Korea's Yu-Na Kim). Your mother is proud of you, Joannie, as is all of Canada.