VANCOUVER- Jamie Langenbrunner’s goal at 7:09 of the third period to give the United States a 4-2 lead at the time over Canada would hold up to be the game winner as the United States upset Canada in Vancouver on Sunday giving the Americans their Olympic win over the Canadians in 50 years. Sidney Crosby would score a goal with just under four minutes left would bring the Canadians with in one before Ryan Kesler’s hustled to a loose puck and back handed it with one arm for an empty net goal with 45 seconds left would seal the Americans 5-3 victory. Canada, whose national sport is hockey, who have been focused on winning gold on home soil in hockey, are so distraught after the loss, are considering forcing everybody out of Vancouver and canceling the Olympic games.
“Hockey is what we live for as Canadians. We’ve been waiting for this moment for the last four years, so we can celebrate winning gold and proving that hockey is our sport, and we are the best in the world at it” said Canadian Olympic Committee President Michael Chambers.
“Lets be honest,” continued Chambers, “Nobody up here really cares about the other sports. Its all about hockey in the great white north. If Canada is gonna struggle at the sport we live for, we might as well just cancel the games all together. These Olympics would be meaningless without a gold in hockey for Canada.”
All of Canada has been excited for these Olympic Games, especially for Hockey. Nearly the entire nation tuned in on Sunday only to see their beloved heroes lose to the rival Americans. Canada Hockey Place, the home for ice hockey at the Olympics, was a sea of red with maple leaf flags waving all over the place. Fans were also bitterly disappointed also by the result.
“If we can’t win at hockey, then whats the point of supporting my country,” wondered Jan Fletcher of Surrey, BC, who attended the game. She added that “if they’re not going to win gold, then these entire games are a waste of time and an embarrassment.”
The COC will take 48 hours to asses the situation and make an announcement. However, Internatioal Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said that despite the Candians disappointment, the games will continue.
