Olympic Hockey: USA 5, Canada 3

[dlgood]

Do you believe in insignificant upsets! Yes!!!

Edited to Add (02/22): So it turns out, not entirely insignificant - the seeding of the medal rounds mean the US must only beat SUI and CZE/FIN to make the Gold Medal game. Canada will now have to beat GER, RUS and SWE/SVK.

Comments

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Bummer for your boys. Not exactly how you own the podium.

[starryniteshade.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well we know you guys own the podium, but we thought you'd let us pretend or rent it for awhile or something like that.

Interesting how irked everyone out there is at us Ice Holes for coming up with an "own the podium" slogan. I guess it's unnerving - sort of like realizing that hobbits can sometimes fight back.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

It's weird. You do realize, of course, that "everyone out there" isn't irked. You're Canada, most of us find your occasional bouts of National fervor kind of adorable...

Colbert joked that

"Own the Podium" seems a little more strident than the previous Canadian slogan: "Pardon, would it trouble you if we won a medal or two? It would? OK. Never mind."

Canada usually does just fine in the Olympics. It's just kind of an unfortunate and easily mocked slogan. And Bobby Clarke aside, people just have a hard time seeing Canadian belligerence in an intimidating light.

[starryniteshade.livejournal.com]

Colbert was up here this last week in Vancouver. I think he was absolutely surprised at the enthusiastic reception he got.

Btw, all is forgiven. We just got the gold in ice dance. Nice that the Canadian and US couples as such good friends - and both danced so well.