Canada hockey!!!!

On the day of the biggest hockey Olympic rival I have a few thoughts about all the hype around mens Olympic hockey.
Don't get me wrong I'm excited for our mens team to play, hockey is our sport, it's being played in our country, and I believe that it is the one sport that might define us as canadians. But I would rather us focus more of our attention on the canadin athlets that we never hear about and after these games may never hear about again.
I guess I just get a bit frustrated when all we talk about is hockey. CTV announcers disecting every aspect of the game, what players should play on the same line as Crossby, what goaly should play when, who cares!!!! Do we not hear about this for 9 months of the year already??? I know that it is now a selected number of the best canadin players but enought, the pressure is even making me nervious.
I like it when we focus on the athlets that train for the olympics for 4 years, it's become a life long dream, there idols our other olympians like Nacy Green, Barba Anne Scott and many more. The athlets that train for 4 years for a 30 second run, who then miss a gate, fall, flip, or miss the chance, to then have to decide is it worth another 4 years of training to obtain there dream.
after the games are over these hockey player get to continue their dream in the race for the standly cup! Now to quoit my brother " those hockey players Shannon have been playing hockey since they were 4 years old and now have the oppurtuniy to represent their country" and yes my brother us right, however a lot of other athlets have been training for many years with no funding and no money just hoping to win gold for there country!!!
But go Canada go!!! I'm still excited for tonights game, but it might be because I get to drink beer with friends and watch the game in the sunshine!!!

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