Another Golden Day!

Today was a double Gold day for Canada!

Curling Gold - I was there!

First, the Women's Curling team beat Sweden at the Ice Cube, an event that I was there to see!  It was an exciting match with both teams trading singles, and the a deuce each early in the match.  Then, after a couple of blank ends, Canada was forced to take a single in the 8th, giving Sweden the hammer for the 9th, down by one.

Some bad luck, and some bad shots, by Sweden allowed Canada to crowd the house, and Sweden needed a to take back the button to salvage a point, but racked on one of her own to allow Canada a steal of two.

In the 10th, and up three points, all Team Jones needed to do was keep clearing out the Swedish rock until they ran them out of stones.  This is what winning a Gold medal looks like:

Running Sweden out of rocks...

So, then I walked back to the IBC and EVERYBODY was watching the Women's Hockey game between Canada and the USA (except me, since I was watching the Ladies Free Program... more on that later).

Thrilling end to Canada/USA Women's Hockey Game!

 

Fortunately, the Figure Skating ended in time for me to see much of the third period, including Canada's two goals in the last 3.5 minutes to force overtime.  Down by one, and with the goalie pulled, the Americans cleared the puck from their zone after a linesman interfered with the Canadian defenseman.  The puck slid all the way down the ice, and banged off the goal post.  That would have been the end for Canada if it had gone in. 

Sochi Goal Post has it's own Twitter account...

There is now a Twitter campaign to have the goal post named as Canada's flag bearer for the Closing Ceremonies!  Seconds later Marie-Philip Poulin scored to tie the game, and then scored again in overtime to give Canada the Gold medal.  What a fantastic game!