Sidney Crosby seized victory from the jaws of sudden death with what will be remembered as one of hockey’s most exhilarating game winners of all-time. "I just shot it. Maybe it went five-hole. It doesn't even feel real. It feels like a dream," said Crosby of the cherry that topped off what has been an extraordinary 21st Winter Olympiad. The Men’s Hockey victory was Canada’s fourteenth gold of the games, the biggest gold rush in Winter Olympics history trumping the lucky 13 the Soviets mustered in 1976 and the Norwegians hauled in 2002.
Ascending to the top step of the podium was something Canada achieved early and often over the 17 days of skiing, sliding, skating, snowboarding and hockey culminating in Crosby’s keeper beating crescendo. From home soil gold drought breaker Alexandre Bilodeau’s moguls magnificence to Joannie Rochette’s stunning grace and Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir’s electric chemistry, to skip Kevin Martin taking his shotmaking brilliance to new heights while somehow managing to see past his Norwegian opponents’ Lady Gaga-loud trousers. By the way should you want to mimic that garish fashion statement at your local curling rink they’re made by Loudmouth Golf .
And as Shatner put it in his closing ceremonies spiel, I am proud too that “Canadians after four beers can successfully pronounce the Straits of Juan de Fuca, without being censored."
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