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May 16, 2005
The Silver Medal Makes me Proud To Be Canadian
Vienna, Austria (AP) - Canada’s national hockey squad strove for mediocrity in yesterday’s final game of the World Hockey Championship, and they succeeded, getting beaten 3 – 0 by the Czech nationals in the process.
Not to take anything away from the Czech players. They didn’t get to the final game by sitting around filling their bellies with Pilsner and bratwurst. They played fine hockey. But the Canadian team only managed to show up and get through the 60 minutes of hockey without completely embarrassing themselves.
So why am I proud of the Silver medal? Simple. It reminds me that Canada is the only country in the world, and I say it again, the only country in the world that can actually go into these tournaments expecting to win. We are the only group that can be justifiably disappointed with a Silver medal. Let’s face it, there would be a rally in Nuremburg right now if the Germans had managed a Silver. I guarantee you, anybody else would be ecstatic with a Silver medal. But Canada….no. Our hockey fans will stand around with their heads down, hands in their pockets, toes idly squishing invisible spiders while trying to figure it all out. But there will be no answers. Especially not this year with the NHL gone for the season.
Sure it’s only the Silver medal, no doubt destined to become paperweights or coasters to the team members who no longer have room in their medal cabinets because of all the gold already there. And that’s why the Silver makes me proud. We may not be the best at everything, but at hockey, we’re that fucking good.
~ AP
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Posted by Anonymous Pundit at May 16, 2005 02:24 PM