My anxiety level was out of control during that game. I feel like I was in labour or something.
A few people commented on my post from a few days ago about the Canada-U.S. hockey rivalry (In person. They neglected to comment on the blog post itself…). Anyway, in short, I said that the Americans didn’t really pay much attention to what was dramatically touted in Canada as a huge hockey war. I didn’t mean we shouldn’t get really into a game and feel great national pride and so on; I was suggesting ever so delicately that we should take into account that our arch nemesis, for the most part, didn’t even know that they were embroiled in all out war.
In any case, I’d like to take that back. Many Americans, and NBC, seemed to pick up on what an historic match-up tonight’s game was. The game was huge; that was obvious on either side. But, really, it doesn’t matter.
This was such a great moment and there couldn’t have been a better story to this win. There’s a lot of Canadian national pride happening right now, a big sense of community, and it’s a great feeling. And it’s definitely not because Americans gave a shit about this game.
Photo: Globe and Mail
