Vancouver Twenty-Ten Finish
Since it is being compared to Paul Henderson’s 1972 goal (which is an important piece of Canadian history) it seems fitting that I should mention where I was for Sidney Crosby’s massive 2010 gold medal winning overtime goal over Team USA.
@ The Duke – Kingston, Ontario with my friends and colleagues from SURP.
We were a little preemptive with our celebrations when Team USA slammed one passed Luongo to tie it up @ 2/2 with 30 seconds left in regulation time. That means all that is left is one 20 minute overtime followed by *gasp* a shoot-out. Dangerous. Nail-biting. Our team had two unanswered goals and Team USA was clearly on fire. I wasn’t confident.
Sidney Crosby …comes out of nowhere.
I’ve never seen a bar explode like that.
In retrospect, the little overtime plot twist added a level of great drama that made the victory even better.
To be honest, that game couldn’t have ended any other way.
I thought the closing ceremonies were quite good, although a little heavy on cheesy Canadiana and Nickelback . Shatner had a tough crowd, but good to see Michael J. Fox out there – he looks really good all things considered. I’m sure that the sexy Mountie outfit will be very popular for Halloween 2010 and Alanis …wow…
I was aware that the old Soviet anthem was back in use, but the closing ceremonies was the first time that I had seen all its former glory. Hmmm…I was half expecting the ole Hammer and Sickle move up the flag pole.
I can’t help but notice how close Sochi is to Chechnya…Vancouver thought they were going to have security issues…
I’ll admit, I was doubtful a week ago, but we managed to kick it into overdrive during the last few days and bag 13 gold and 26 medals which = an improvement on Turin and a successful team. That said though, I still remain annoyed with Own the Podium.
Only Pyeong Chang, Munich and Annecy (France) are bidding for the 2018 Games. I predicting a South Korea win. Pyeong Chang made a bit for 2010 and 2014 and came close both times. It will have been 20 years since the Winter Olympics were in Asia. There were quite a few interested cities , including Santiago in Chile and Bursa, Turkey.
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01 Mar 2010 04:38 pm Bryan 1 comment
Make that 14 gold :))