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As I sit here sipping my third glass of wine and watching Sidney Crosby skate around the ice surface of GM Place waving an oversized Canadian flag from a pole, I am reminded of how proud I am to be Canadian.The emotion that surrounded Canada's dramatic overtime win today was palpable over the course of the weekend. Every person I talked to, every store I went into and everything I read ...
In defeating Team Switzerland 3-2 in a shootout, yesterday, Canada pulled one out of the fire. While early on, the game looked like it was going to be a repeat of Team Canada's 8-0 thumping of Team Norway only two days earlier, things changed quickly for the hometown heroes.Making the score 2-0 only 35 seconds into the second on goals by Heatley and Marleau the Canadians looked in control.ááThings changed ...

Men’s Olympic Hockey: Team Canada, Team Russia, Team USA

Posted: 17th February 2010 by Kamal Panesar in NHL
After all of the anticipation and the months, if not years, of waiting, we got to watch some Men's Olympic Hockey yesterday, and what a treat it was!The three games on the menu showcased three Olympic hockey contenders: Team USA, Team Russia, and Team Canada. No disrespect intended to any of the other teams out there, but there are only a few medal hopefuls in this 2010 Olympic Hockey tournament ...

Montreal-Philadelphia: Philadelphia Flyers Hang on to Beat Habs 3-2

Posted: 13th February 2010 by Kamal Panesar in NHL
In losing 3-2 to the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday, the Montreal Habs put a damper on an otherwise exciting evening. The list of interesting plot twists was plentiful as the Habs prepared to dispute two huge points in the standings: Carey Price playing his first back-to-back games since January, Josh Gorges in the lineup after taking a puck off the back of his head the previous game, P.K. Subban ...