One more day of Olympics - The hockey game

What a fantastic Olympic games this has been for us. I feel SO much pride for my country, for how well our athletes have done, and for how well we have distinguished ourselves.

You might think that winning Gold after Gold after Gold would become boring - I always thought the American's must be completely uninterested, knowing how often they would medal - but every time I saw the results, saw the little gold symbol beside the Canadian flag, I felt like jumping. In fact, more than once, I did jump and squeal and rejoice loudly for my countrymen and women.

Canada has 13 Gold medals. All of which were well earned, and I will never forget the performances of Alexandre Bilodeau, of Maelle Ricker, of our women's hockey team, of Virtue and Moir, and of Charles Hamelin twice. To have Olympic Gold on our own land, something that we could no achieve in the previous two occasions we hosted the Olympics, is nothing short of awesome. And to now have enough Gold medals that we have 4 for every Olympics we've ever hosted, and one to spare, is even better.

And now we turn to the final event. Men's hockey, Canada vs USA. If authorities were worried about what might happen when the last game took place - the liquor stores were closed early - imagine what may happen today. Every person who owns a TV in the entirety of the US and of Canada will be watching. Not because the win would allow Canada to have more medals than the US, and not because the loss would allow the US to have more Golds than Canada. Neither of these things matter, only pride in hockey.

Though the Americans beat our team at their last encounter, that is by no means guaranteed to happen again today. Sports commentators had said we would not get past Russia, maybe not even past Germany, the way we had been playing. But we slammed the Germans and the Russians, and dominated the Slovaks until the last 5 minutes of the game, when we were given a reminder that we must always stay alert, always play our best. And if we do that, we can win.

All I want, though, is a good hockey game, both teams demonstrating their strength, their right to be in the Gold medal game. If we get that, it will be worth watching, no matter the outcome. But, like every good Canadian, I am cheering for the Canadians to win, and the Americans to fail.

Good luck!