High Five

We are the Champions of the World!

Gold Medal CrowdWell what a game! And what an aftermath! It was an amazing experience to be able to be surrounded by about a quarter of a million Canadians in downtown Vancouver yesterday. I can’t even begin to describe what it felt like, but if you are a Canadian, I don’t even have to try to explain it – you just know!

Gold Medal MikeSo what that we set a record for any host nation, and even, So what that we set a record for ANY nation!? The ONLY Gold Medal that mattered was the hockey gold. If we had got silver, this would not have been a successful Games. Period. Canada would be in depression.

But we won the coveted Hockey Gold medal and all is right with the world!!! It was scary and crazy, and watching the USA tie it with 25 seconds left put an incredible celebration on hold for a few minutes kind of making it even sweeter really. Kudos to the Americans for not quitting! The game was played at a level all we hockey fans can be proud of – hard fought, and clean. Both teams can be proud of how they played.

Gold Medal Crowd

I’ve separated my shoulder from high-fiving half of Vancouver!!! My voice doesn’t really work today, but you know what? That’s ok!!USA flag

It was an ecstatic and classy crowd! So much joy, so much pride. I’ve never experienced anything even close to that. I remember after game 6 of the Rangers-Canucks series, the downtown core was packed with people, but it was a “group” compared to this crowd! We got to Granville and Robson and the place was so packed, we could barely move. It was amazing.Gold Medal Crowd

Everywhere you turned, people were cheering, crying, smiling, dancing, celebrating. Well done Canada. Well done all you people who come downtown and were so well behaved – what else would you expect in Canada, eh?

Here are a couple of videos we took downtown.

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