Eh O’ Canada Go!

I have to say that chant has me cringing in my seat.  Just hearing the commercial, seeing the signs and flags circulating the rinks just makes me want  to cover my ears and scream “NO!!”.  As much as I love being Canadian; I try my hardest not to say “EH” especially when I spend time circumventing the United States.  So here we are placing emphasizes on the word I despise the most in our Canadian dictionary.  I had and continue to have no problems cheering “GO CANADA GO!” It got our point across without making us sound like hick-backwoods- igloo living- dogsled driving Canadians.   After watching the World Juniors for the last 10 days I heard more “Go Canada Go” verses the “Eh O’ Canada Go”  I’m hoping people in their drunken stupor (you know it will happen) will break down during the Olympic Hockey games and go with the old proud & true chant “Go Canada go!”.  I also wonder if Pepsi will get the million signatures they want on their website because of the new chant or because those million people will have there name [size 2 font] placed in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario Canada…

Now….The  gold-cup game last night; it was a good game, I love the old rivalry Canada verses United States.  However, if I had a bookie and IF I had the money to waste on that sort of thing (I don’t) I would have placed all my money on the United States to win.  After watching they way they played during the NYE game and their quarter/semi finals to win their way into the Gold medal game ..Wow..they had the speed and the determination behind them, not just a legacy of 5 gold metals pushing them.   Don’t misunderstand me, I was cheering for Canada and when we scored two goals in under 2 minutes at the end of the 3rd period I was floored!  I just knew that it was just delaying the inevitable.  I am Hockey Fan (GO VANCOUVER GO!!…Love my Lu!) so therefore I must believe in the Hockey gods…Outside all their speed and determination the American’s had. I had the sinking suspicion that the Hockey gods handed them this win to help promote the 2010/2011 World Juniors being held in Buffalo…

However, at the end of the day 2nd place for Canada isn’t a bad place to be, they still have a silver medal around their necks and the support of their Canadian Fans….who knows maybe we will win it back next year, or maybe the Russians will grab hold.  Canada is a true hockey country; we will get it back again at some point…..   I was always taught to share, maybe it is time for Canada to share too.