Olympic Games Closed

Thanks to all that joined me for this Olympic adventure.

Personally, I thought it was a great games and am proud to be a Canadian.

My thanks go out to the city of Vancouver, the volunteers and of course the athletes of the world.

This will likely be by last post, and I will likely delete the blog altogether at some point.

A brand new hockey footprint for a generation of Canadians was born Sunday when Team Canada ended our greatest Winter Olympics with a record-setting 14th gold medal, earning a frantic, frenetic, emotionally charged 3-2 overtime win over an impressive, resilient Team USA.

There is a new hockey game, a new hockey moment, a new national memory to cherish forever.

The party that erupted last night in my town, as well as all Canadian towns I’m sure, was something that I will never forget. It was amazing.

I’m going to close the book on this chapter of our nation’s history with these words:

“This is unbelievable,” shouted Ryan Getzlaf. “It’s nothing like I’ve ever felt before. I’ve won two world juniors. I’ve won the Stanley Cup.”

And then he paused for a second to find the right words.

“This is for Canada,” he said. “This is amazing.”