US-Canada Gold Medal Game on

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by kassiopeia
Bleech. We are and were much better off with you guys.
Btw, is how manieth Olympic Gold for Canada at SLC? I just haven't heard the national anthem much

6 gold, 17 total - which is a new record for Canada.

[Zopperoni]

NM

[Kassiopeia]

Oh, that's nice. Sleigh riding was a medal machine? I can't remember any other sports. Maybe Curling.

[Ankka]

Originally posted by kassiopeia


See my signature Ankka!

May I correct it? It is Belarus, not belarussia...

(See my signature :P )

[Kassiopeia]

Oh. But that makes no sense I'll reconfigure it.

[Asher]

Herb Brooks (US coach) is probably kicking himself in the ass right now for saying that how Canada played hockey was "stupid".

[Ming]

Originally posted by Asher
Herb Brooks (US coach) is probably kicking himself in the ass right now for saying that how Canada played hockey was "stupid".

Now that was stupid...
And I only wish the Americans had played as "stupid" as the Canadians did

[Hobbes]

CANADA! CANADA! CANADA! Wooo!

[Seeker]

Yeah, 3-2 was what I was expecting, 4-2 would still have been honOUrable, but 5-2??!!

That's a whuppin'.

[KrazyHorse]

That's what happens when you pour it on for 6+ mins in the middle of the 3rd period. The US had nothing left for the end, but they certainly came close. Brodeur won the game for us with his save on Hull at ~15 mins into the 3rd, and Iginla just confirmed it.

I wonder what the ratings were on the game up here. I'd be surprised if they had less than 10 million watching.

[Kassiopeia]

KH, if Canadians are half as much hockey fans as Finns are, I'd guess somewhere around 12 to 13 million. If it had been Finland in the final game, there would of been about 40 percent of the population watching.

[Peter Triggs]

I left Canada years ago and I hardly ever watch TV anymore. But I couldn't resist inviting the Molson's and the Labatt's over and watching this one.

[edit] Forgot what I was trying to say.

[blackice]

If it had been Finland in the final game

It wasn't...

Canadians are great hockey fans, drop by some time let us show you are hospitality.

[KrazyHorse]

Wayne might have been pulling figures out of his ass, but he used the numbers "15 or 20 million" a few minutes after I posted. Might be. All five members of my family watched, in 4 different locations including my brother at work.

That's 2/3 of the country tuned in! The Prime Minister called the team after the game to congratulate them. I never thought I'd see him and Gretzky chatting about hockey on live TV.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Wayne might have been pulling figures out of his ass, but he used the numbers "15 or 20 million" a few minutes after I posted. Might be. All five members of my family watched, in 4 different locations including my brother at work.

That's 2/3 of the country tuned in! The Prime Minister called the team after the game to congratulate them. I never thought I'd see him and Gretzky chatting about hockey on live TV.

I was at a family get-together during the game... once the game ended, we started dinner, so I couldn't hear much of what was being said. (And I do so look forward to Don Cherry... Canada's answer to Wiglaf.) Chretien say anything particularly interesting or idiotic?

I did manage to see Chelios, Shanahan, Yzerman, and Hull get a photo together with their assorted medals... classy.