Canada vs. USA for gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, in men’s (and women’s ) ice hockey. The Olympic and ice hockey communities couldn’t have asked for a better final.
The Gold Medal game today will be special, because it may be the greatest game of this generation, and perhaps of all time.
2002’s Salt Lake City win for Canada was never seriously in doubt, but in 2010 the USA have already proved they are capable of beating the mighty Canadian men’s team. They did it 7 days ago.
The NHL is still the world’s most prestigious ice hockey league world-wide and in 2014 NHL players won’t be there.
The NHL hasn’t officially withdrawn from the Olympics after Vancouver but Commissioner Gary Bettman has sent strong signals that he and his teams won’t be taking the necessary two-week break to be in Sochi 2014.
Assuming Russia’s KHL and Germany/Sweden’s national league make room for the Olympics, the old Americas/Europe divide will be re-instated, with Canadians and Americans losing interest as their best players will not be available for the greatest show in sport.
Here in Australia, Foxtel and Nine Network will be covering the penultimate event of the Winter Olympics, and it’s likely that ice hockey will be viewed by more Australians in any one showing than ever before, many in beautiful High Definition.
So enjoy it. Roberto Luongo, Zach Parise, Scott Neidermayer, Ryan Miller, Sidney Crosby, Jonathon Towes, Patrick Kane and Ryan Getzlaf all on the ice at the same time.
It may never happen again, the game of a generation, maybe a lifetime.
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