Canada - Sweden Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Game Sochi 2014

My 2c for the Canada / Sweden hockey game in Sochi tomorrow… 

T’was the night before hockey, when all through the land

Not a creature was stirring, not even the band

The sticks and the helmets were lined up with care

While the sweat soaked equipment dried out in the air.

The players and coaches were snug in their beds,

While Cherry was shopping for brilliant gold threads…

And fans back at home set alarm clocks for 6

And those at the games tried to scrounge more tickets

While out there in Sochi, the Fins sang and cheered

While the Yanks drowned their sorrows in large pots of beer

See the Fins won the Bronze at a game played today

When they scored their 5 goals on great power plays

And the Yanks had some trouble with their play and their aim

And eventually lost 5 to nothing the game

And now they go home with no medals to bring

And Canada trumps the USA yet again

Fourth place in the world’s not bad but it seems

That nothing but Gold was ok for their team

So do we win Silver or Bronze or lose Gold?

It’s a question that seems to never grow old…

So the Swedes and Canucks will play for the Gold

And hope that they win so the Gold they will hold

And back here in Canada we’ll cheer for the men

And hope that they play as well as the women

So play like the girls, skilled, hard and so fast

And make us all proud when you meet for the last

Game in the finals and finish the story

When you bring home the Gold for the thrill and the glory

Go get ‘em, Canada!!!

RS