One thing that was awesome about watching the games was that being from Detroit, there were Red Wings to cheer for on almost every team (even Russia's coach is a former Wing and one of my favorite players!)! Many people around here (Detroit is a big hocket town) said that they didn't really care who won - we just loved watching! As patriotic as we all are now, we still recognize that hockey is Canada's game. I grew up cheering for the Oilers and have a soft spot for any of the original 6 NHL teams (why so few Canadian teams back then?!)

So congratulations on the gold!

Oh yeah, I dig the fake maple syrup too... I had the 100% real stuff once... once.