One of  the strongest Canadian women’s hockey teams ever assembled , defeated the Finnish team 5-0 Monday to produce the final everyone in the hockey world had anticipated.
Canada and the U.S., will play for gold on Thursday. The Americans won over Sweden 9-1.
The US team believes that the Canadians will struggle with the pressure of going for gold on their own ice.
“I do know how much pressure is going to be on their shoulders,” U.S. defenceman Angela Ruggiero said, recalling how her team lost the gold to Canada at Salt Lake City in 2002.
“There’ll be tons of butterflies in their system. … I know what they have to deal with and it’s a lot.”
But once the puck is dropped to start the game the nerves will be replaced by their tremendous skills and determination.
Should be another great game between Canada and the USA!
» Biathlon (women’s) – 11:30 a.m.
» Bobsled (women’s) – 5 p.m., 6: 13 p.m.
» Curling (women’s) – 9 a.m., 7 p.m.
» Curling (men’s) – 2 p.m.
» Speed skating (men’s) – 11 a.m.
» Figure skating (women’s) – 4:30 p.m.
» Freestyle skating (women’s) – 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m.
» Hockey (men’s) – noon, 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.
» Nordic combined (team) – 10 a.m., 1 p.m.
Avid curler from Winnipeg passed away and is met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter.
The man asks, “St Peter, curling has been a big part of my life. I hope they have curling in heaven?”
St Peter replies, “Yes, we have a fine facility. Let me show you.”
They walk a little and enter into the curling club where the man sees a lone person practicing. The man is wearing a Canada jersey with the red maple leaf and the name Martin on the back.
The man from Winnipeg says. “I didn’t know Kevin Martin passed away?”
St. Peter replied, “No, that’s God , he just thinks he’s Kevin Martin!”
With the top spot clinched, a spotless record, and a seat in the semifinals, Kevin Martin and company found the motivation to defeat a struggling and desperate American rink 7-2 on Monday at the Vancouver Olympic Centre.
Martin and his teammates John Morris, Ben Hebert and Marc Kennedy clinched their eighth straight victory after stealing a point from the U.S. team in both the sixth and seventh ends.
Curling Joke
Avid curler from Winnipeg passed away and is met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter.
The man asks, “St Peter, curling has been a big part of my life. I hope they have curling in heaven?”
St Peter replies, “Yes, we have a fine facility. Let me show you.”
They walk a little and enter into the curling club where the man sees a lone person practicing. The man is wearing a Canada jersey with the red maple leaf and the name Martin on the back.
The man from Winnipeg says. “I didn’t know Kevin Martin passed away?”
St. Peter replied, “No, that’s God , he just thinks he is Kevin Martin!”
Tags: Curling Joke, Kevin Martin
The final score of Canada vs USA ended up being 5-3 in the USA’s favor. While  Canadians are upset for  losing an Olympics Hockey match in our favourite sport against our neighbours, especially in a Winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver, it is not the end for Canada.
» Cross country (men’s) – 10:45 a.m., 1:25 p.m.
» Cross country (women’s) – 10:45 a.m., 1 p.m.
» Curling (men’s) – 9 a.m., 7 p.m.
» Curling (women’s) – 2 p.m.
» Figure skating – 4:45 p.m.
» Freestyle skating (men’s) – 6 p.m.
» Hockey (women’s) – noon, 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m.
» Ski jumping (team) – 10 a.m., 11:20 a.m.
“[Lascelles Brown] pushed like a champion,” says Rush, pilot of the Canada 1 two-man bobsleigh. “He deserves better than that. I really let him down.” Canada 1 sat third after the first heat, while Brown and Rush were the fastest off the start in both heats. On the second run, Rush made a mistake in corner 11. So began a snowball effect that got worse and worse and worse until it was over in corner 13, with Canada 1 on its side, scraping across the finish line.”I have never crashed there,” Rush said. “I didn’t bump my head very hard. I got a hard head. I played football for a lot of years. It was just more like, ‘You got to be kidding me,’ this didn’t just happen.’
Apolo Ohno finished third in the 1,000-meter short-track race, bringing him a bronze medal and making him the most decorated American in the history of the Winter Olympics. He has seven medals in three Olympics, one more than United States speed skater Bonnie Blair.
— South Korea finished first and second in the 1,000-meter race and second and third in the women’s 1,500-meter short-track event. Those four medals were the most won by any country on Saturday. The United States had three — a silver for speed skater Shani Davis, a bronze for alpine skier Lindsey Vonn and the bronze for Ohno.
— The United States remained at the top of the medal table with six golds and 23 overall. The Americans are within two medals of equaling their total from Turin four years ago.
