ok, that WAS a classic
had to say i was happy for 'hockey' when the game became tied...i flipped to NBC before OT and it was fun to hear Roenick's ecstacy, he was just plain giddy...that arena was simply charged for hours
ugh, after seeing the puck get tangled in the ref's skates, under-credited was the glorious second effort pass from Iginla as he hit the ice (Suter could only look on...it felt like retribution from his uncle Gary's ugly hit on Gretzky 20 years earlier) ...looked like Miller readying for a poke check, hence he left the five hole open...but certainly the mvp
Johnson gave Rafalski a short, odd pass that went sour on that first goal...and Whitney got a bit turned around on the second, plus no forwards back...quick releases on all the Canuck goals
Luongo certainly did the deed (4 straight wins in 5.5 days) but sure let that first clunker, then couldn't squeeze the puck in the dying minute...big play by Rafalski...great persistence by the young Americans
it was wonderful to watch the skilled Canadians move the puck out of their own end and cycling the puck around in the other...we don't see anything like that in Toronto, ever
i'm glad that hockey may have adopted a new fan or two over the past few weeks, but i'm not too concerned if not...maybe some will see there's more to the sport that fighting...it was nice to see that element absent
now watching other pro sports will be like watching paint dry, except golf which was already like that, lol
here is a clip of some fun down near massey hall..ie. On Yonge Street
YouTube- Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Celebration Toronto Canada 2010
ps) rj, they profiled Granville Island one morning on CTV, showing many buskers, food and tourists...a nice spot for sure you have, congrats Vancouver!
ps2) after pacifying me with a respectful 45 second version of the Maple Leaf Forever, they spent the next 10 minutes butchering it in Broadway/Vegas fashion...so excruciating....the rest was pretty much all KOS, lol
...i would have liked to have heard more (there couldnt have been much less) what the 'story' was behind each nation's chosen flagbearers
Rochette glowed in that wonderful sweater with the mooses (or is plural 'mise'?
) embroidered in...i had one that had pheasants on that i miss muchly...a day came where i decided to wash the luck out of it....but it shrunk for some reason...then again, i suppose i may have expanded a tad