i literally jumped for joy in our living room when crosby scored the overtime winner during yesterday’s olympic men’s gold game! our friends mike & mincha came over to watch what turned out to be nothing less than an epic finish to these 2010 games, and what i’m sure will go down as a classic. no longer is canada’s rivalry with the russians, but now with our neighbours to the south.
what a great hockey game, for both teams. it felt like all of canada was on hold yesterday until the 3 periods were played. and then to go into OT just made it that much more exciting! if you weren’t at the game, you were in front of a tv! turns out that our american friends were watching, too. nbc reported the game drew a 17.6 overnight rating, which translates to 17.6% of tv households in 56 u.s. urban tv markets, peaking to 21.6% at one point. almost unheard of for a country that normally buries any news about the sport, if even mentioned at all.
some pics from hockey canada today…
