Winning Gold - Canadian Women

Watching your country win a gold medal, in a sport as decorated as hockey, in the Olympics, is an unforgettable feeling. It creates that “Where were you?” moment. What were you doing when Sidney Crosby scored The Golden Goal in 2010 on home ice? Where were you today when Marie-Philip Poulin scored her own Golden Goal? Where will you be tomorrow when Canada advances to the Gold Medal Game in Sochi against The United States? (My biased, Canadian, guess of course).

            Today, watching our Canadian women fight back to defend their gold medal, was something that I know I’ll never forget. With the help from a very lucky goal post, and a talented group of women, we were able to feel that indescribable feeling. You know what I mean, the goose bumps, that warm feeling inside of your heart, the feeling of knowing that Canada as a nation is one that makes every single one of it’s residents proud in everything that it achieves. 

            A team with a crazy amount of passion or just true love for the game of hockey would never give up as the final minutes of the game approach. That of course, just does not run in our Canadian blood. With a goal from Brianne Jenner with about 4 minutes left to play in the 3rd period, was just the momentum that they needed. Luck was on our side today as the Americans shot the puck up the ice, almost into an open net, but the goal post saved us. That gave the women a huge sense of hope.

 Just a couple seconds after that, Marie-Philip Poulin shot the puck into the net, eventually sending the game, which the Americans were just in reach of, to overtime.  

            In overtime, the new household name among all Canadians – Marie-Philip Poulin, scored that Golden Goal. Hockey. What a turn of events. What a game.

           

            Tomorrow afternoon, Canada and The States will face off in the men’s semi-finals, and we all just hope that somehow and someway, Canada can find it in them to win, and send us to another Gold Medal Game. Tomorrow, when the puck drops all eyes will be on our Canadian men pushing and fighting to get to the place where the women were today, where they were themselves, four years ago in Vancouver, showing off that shiny Gold Medal. That Gold Medal is ours, fellow Canadians. It's our legacy.