Hockey Day in Canada

I love when I watch TV on days like today and I see how communities come together and have a great day of fun for Hockey Day in Canada. I got caught up with this a couple of years ago, and it was so much fun... You can read about it here below...

www.insidetoronto.com/InsideToronto/Article/53532

It seems that we are a country obsessed with Hockey. Other countries play the game, but leave it to a Canadian to Live and Love the game of Hockey. That's why we call it "our game"

The Americans have Baseball, Football and Basketball. You could make an argument for many countries that love Soccer, but there are too many other countries that make the same claim. -Brazil, England, Scotland, The Dutch, French; every African country you can think of, and the list goes on... The Swedes love hockey as much as we do, but they also split that love interest with Soccer. The Finns aren't really big or good enough to compete on our level, The Czechs have been very competitive over the years, but again, they split their love for Soccer as well...

This leaves the Big Bad Russians whom we love to hate. But lately, they haven't been keeping up to their end of the deal of being a rival. That whole economic melt-down with the fall of the Soviet Union and losing all their great hockey players to be spoiled brats in the NHL has really ruined their International stronghold. They show up now and then, but really, it's just not the same. In fact, you almost feel sorry for them, and you never want to feel sorry for your sworn enemy, right?

So that leaves Johnny Canuck as the sole remaining country solely faithful to our beloved game of Hockey. And we are bloody good enough to back it up too. In fact, I think we will be unchallenged at Vancouver during the Olympics for the Gold Medal. I will even go on to say...

I think this will be our finest hour...

There will be such support and pride on our Home Ice that I don't think we will lose a single game. Every single player will find another gear to hit that next level, and you will see nothing left to chance. I foresee national pride that this country hasn't seen since winning World War 2. You wait and see...

And do you know why? -Because we identify with hockey from our youth. It's in our blood, our culture, our
souls and even on our money. Take a look at the 5 Dollar Bill and read what the back says...

"The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in 3 places-the school, the church and the skating rink-but our real life was on the skating rink."

Now that's a statement of love...