Ryan Miller was named MVP of the 2010 Olympics… take THAT Canada!
So close! The Americans rocked out with their cocks out and almost pulled off an epic upset against Canada. However, it wasn’t meant to be this year as Team USA lost 2-3 in sudden-death overtime.
The gold medal game in Vancouver yesterday was awesome, and I’m not even a hockey fan. I don’t watch hockey, follow hockey, or care about hockey in any way. However, yesterday, my friends and I were glued to the television.
Yesterday’s game wasn’t about ice hockey or the Olympics, it was about something far greater, patriotism. ESPN’s SporstNation did a poll on Sunday and 50 out of 50 states voted in favor of a Team USA win over Canada. Nevermind the Americans were underdogs and the hockey “experts” all thought Canada was way too good to lose (I put “experts” in quotation because they are never right).
The fact that the US beat Canada once already in this Olympics, and then lost in sudden-death overtime, suggests to me that Canada never was a “powerhouse” or “over-powering force.” The only thing worse than hockey are hockey analysts (that’s right Barry Melrose and Matt Barnaby, fuck you).
Alas, we lost a heart-breaker, and nothing would have been more fun that watching our beloved Americans beat Canada in their own game. There’s always 2014!
