Men's Hockey

Hello everyone, I spent a good portion of yesterday making a move to downtown Vancouver. After that was accomplished, I made it to Canada Hockey Place to take in 2 Men's Hockey Games. THe games were at 4:30 pm and 9:00 pm. The first game featured the defending Olympic Gold Medalists from Sweden against Germany. Sweden won that game 2-0. I was seated next to a guy from Stockholm and he was really enjoying the game. It's fun to see and hear the chants and songs come from the crowd from each nation. It seems tha tthey each have their own individual style when it comes to cheering. The 2nd game was the Czech Republic against Slovakia. And what a game this was! It was much more entertaining because both teams feature NHL All- Stars and the action was furious and end to end. And the crowds were incredible! They were very loud! Lots of flag waving and almost everyone was wearing a jersey or flag of either country. Everyone had a great time! I saw Marion Gaborik score a goal for Slovakia and Jaromir Jagr score one for the Czechs. Where I'm staying at now is only about 10 minutes from the hockey stadium so that's nice, not having to take a 40 minute bus ride and then a 40 minute ferry ride to get home! Tonight I have another Men's Hockey game at 9:00 pm and that game is Russia against Slovakia.

I'm planning on spending time down around athlete's village and the Flame! The weather is gorgeous again here today so I better get out and enjoy.

Bye for now!

Rick in Vancouver