Nothing says how well a friend knows you than by the gift given to you. JC was back in town for a visit and he gave us a lanyard. Not just any ordinary lanyard but it is the Team Canada Hockey for the Winter Olympics 2010 lanyard. We have been talking about making it back to Vancouver for the Games but it just never happened. Surprisingly Channel 5 showed the highlights 2-3 times a day for about 1-2 hours each time (even though the subsequent highlights were usually repeats).
Due to work matters, I could not attend the Great Canadian Breakfast (to watch and celebrate Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2010 that was to be shown live at a ballroom in the Raffles City Convention Centre) which was organized by the High Commission of Canada. But I did get to watch it when Channel 5 did a condensed version during one of the highlights.
For that 2 weeks plus, I was basically living and breathing the Winter Olympics via the internet and friends' updates and tv when I had some free time to watch. I always loved the Winter Olympics ever since I caught it on tv when it was held in Nagano, Japan in 1998. Winter was the time I got to watch my favorite games ~ Figure Skating and Hockey (NHL).
So it was thrilling to know that the Canadian Hockey Team (Men) won the gold medal after a nail-biting game against the USA as it was an overtime win (it was the way it went into overtime which made it a very tense game). And that was truly the medal which mattered most to any Canadian. Hockey was THE game. It sure didn't hurt that Canada also set a record for getting the most number of gold medals (14) for the host country (I think it was also the most ever in any Winter Olympics ~ Norway and Soviet Union had 13 gold medals each which was the previous record for # of gold medals).
And now to get the lanyard with the printed signatures of the team was just awesome! A very nice souvenir indeed. Thank you JC :)
Team Roster for 2010 Winter Olympics
Goaltenders
1 Roberto Luongo (Montreal, Que / yay! also the goalie for the Vancouver Canucks ~ Go Louuuuuuu!)
29 Marc-Andre Fleury (Sorel, Que / Pittsburgh Penguins)
30 Martin Brodeur (Montreal, Que / New Jersey Devils)
Defence
2 Duncan Keith (Penticton, BC / Chicago Blackhawks)
6 Shea Weber (Sicamous, BC / Nashville Predators)
7 Brent Seabrook (Tsawwassen, BC / Chicago Blackhawks)
8 Drew Doughty (London, Ont / Los Angeles Kings)
20 Chris Pronger (Dryden, Ont / Philadelphia Flyers)
22 Dan Boyle (Ottawa, Ont / San Jose Sharks)
27 Scott Niedermayer (Cranbrook, BC / Anaheim Ducks)
Forwards
10 Brenden Morrow (Carlyle, Sask / Dallas Stars)
11 Patrick Marleau (Aneroid, Sask / San Jose Sharks)
12 Jarome Iginla (St. Albert, Alta / Calgary Flames)
15 Dany Heatley (Calgary, Alta / San Jose Sharks)
16 Jonathan Toews (Winnipeg, Man / Chicago Blackhawks)
18 Michael Richards (Kenora, Ont / Philadelphia Flyers)
19 Joe Thornton (St. Thomas, Ont / San Jose Sharks)
21 Eric Staal (Thunder Bay, Ont / Carolina Hurricanes)
24 Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont / Anaheim Ducks)
37 Patrice Bergeron (Sillery, Que / Boston Bruins)
51 Ryan Getzlaf (Regina, Sask / Anaheim Ducks)
61 Rick Nash (Brampton, Ont / Columbus Blue Jackets)
87 Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, NS / Pittsburgh Penguins)
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