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What a game!  We wanted a close one, but not that close!  I knew there was a reason we had that Crosby kid on the team!

Before the game scalpers were asking as much as $13-thousand dollars for a pair of tickets!  More money than scalpers were getting at the Super Bowl.  These tickets were literally worth their weight in gold.  Organizers say you could fill the arena 18 times based on the requests for tickets.  I watched the action from the comfort of my own home...as cool as it would have been to be there at least at my house the bathrooms are cleaner and the beer is cheaper.

Forget Own The Podium...it`s Gold The Podium!  Canada wins the most gold medals at the Olympics..14 gold!  That`s more gold medals than we`ve won at any summer or winter games.  It`s also more gold than any other hosting nation.  By the way...did you know that the gold medal is worth $10-thousand bucks?  That`s what each gold medal winner earns from the C.O.C.  (that`s their money, not taxpayers so don't panic).  In total they paid out more that a million to athletes for their medals.

Celebs at the games...US stars Stephen Colbert, Usher and Vice President Joe Biden were spotted at several events.  Canadian superstars like Wayne Gretzky, Michael J. Fox, Donald Sutherland, Brent Butt and PM Harper were spotted as well.  Who knew Donald Sutherland was such a huge curling fan?

Highs and Lows of the Olympics...Lows: Death of the Georgian luger, Torch malfunction during the opening ceremony, a lack of snow at Cypress.

Highs: Alex Bilodeau winning our first gold on Canadian soil, Joanne Rochette's triumph, a record number of gold medals for Canada,  a renewed national pride, and of course one helluva party!  Let's hang our livers out to dry for a few years beforte we get ready to kick Olympic butt in London and Russia.  Oh Canada!

Did you see that story about the Killer Whale at Sea World in Florida that killed it's trainer.  Scary.  Lots of people saw that whole thing happen...the whale grabbed the trainer and thrashed her around in the water like a rag doll. 

It turns out this is the THIRD death this whale has been involved in...one of those deaths happend at the aquarium in Vancouver before the whale was sold to Sea World in Orlando. Does that make it a "serial" Killer Whale?.  In my opinion - if an animal's mouth is bigger than you are, stay the hell away!

Woooo.  Go Canada!  We spanked the Russians 7-3 last night at the Olympics.  One Russian player said the Canadian players were like "gorillas coming out of a cage".  Next up for Canada is a semifinal game tomorrow against Slovakia.

Yesterday was our best day at the Olympics (so far)...4 medals in women's bobsled and skating.  Did you see how mad the Korean's got after they were disqualifyed and stripped of their medal for a rules violation?  Wow.  If they were handing out medals for being mad, Korean would have swept the podium.

They are becoming the "Worldwide Pants".  The loud and tacky pants worn by the Norwegian curlers are suddenly the height of Olympic fashion (move over Canada mitts).  The American company behind the "razzle dazzle trousers" say they are running out.  The perfect gift for the color blind curler on your shopping list.

Tonight...Womens hockey.  Team Canada vs USA.  If we win tonight it will be three gold medals in a row.  K-Mart's (Kevin Martin) undefeated team takes on Sweden while Cheryl Bernard plays the Swiss in curling action.  And the women's figure skating final is tonight, with Canada's Joannie Rochette.

Go Canada!   

Forget hockey...Canada's sport might just be curling!  Lots of complaints coming in from Denmark, Sweden, and Germany...they're whining and complaining  because the crowds are too loud at the Team Canada curling matches. 

The Kevin Martin (or K-Mart as I like to call him) games have a "rock concert" atmosphere...the crowds are cheering like they're at a hockey game.  In fact the Canadian patriotism has run so rampant that the crowd spontaneously burst into "Oh Canada" at a game earlier this week...they had to stop the game until the crowd quieted down, then K-Mart went on to score two and win the game!  Curling rocks!

Tonight it's Mens Hockey...Canada vs Russia.  I'm a little nervous.  It's gonna be a nailbiter!  Go Canada Go!

Team Canada mens hockey team plays Germany tonight at 6:30.  We need this win or we get no medal.  With Brodeur out of net I'm feeling a little better about our chances.  Wayne Gretzky was on CTV last night telling Canadians "not to panic".

Kevin Martin's curling team remains undefeated.  Maybe we could use some curlers on our hockey team.  Like CC said this morning, maybe our hockey players need to start smoking and drinking before they hit the ice!

All eyes will be on figure skater Joanne Rochette...she will compete tonight.  It will be an emotional performance, since her mother died of a heart attack Sunday while at the Olympics.  This has all the makings for a "Hallmark-Made-For-TV-movie"...we just need a happy ending.  We'll see how it all plays out at 6:30pm.

The C.O.C. (Canadian Olympic Committee) has stated that Canada probably won't "own the podium" and end up in first place when the Olympics wrap up.  Duh.  Holy understatement, Batman!  The US are too far ahead of us at this point...but they do think we could battle Germany for second or third place.  Instead of owning the podium, maybe we could lease a corner of it?

First no snow, now no beer.  The German pavilion is suffering a major crisis at the Olympics...they've run out of beer!  Nooooooo!  The German beer tent people have airlifted in an extra 350 "emergency" kegs of beer for the remainder of the games. 

So far more beer has been consumed at these games than Turin and Salt Lake City combined! 

Probably all the Canadians drowning their sorrows after last night's game!

• Curling has become the most mocked sport at the Olympics with everyone from Letterman, Ferguson and Colbert taking shots at it. 
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• I say to those that mock, put your feet in the hack and try it yourself.  As a small-town guy (ever hear of Tisdale?) who curled lots as a kid, curling requires a lot of skill and expertise.  Not everyone can throw a 40-pound rock down a sheet of ice with any kind of accuracy...it's like throwing a granite counter top the width of a hockey rink. 
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• Of course the sweeping is a little easier than it used to be.  Back in my parents day the brooms were made of straw and you had to put your back into it, use all you strength and snap that broom on the ice to give extra weight to the rock.  Nowadays we have fancy push brooms that don't require as much effort.  It's more like "swiffering" than sweeping. 
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• I think curlers get a bad rap because they aren't always in top notch physical condition...no Michael Phelps physique required.  The drug testing for curling requires no cup-o-pee but a breathalyser...if you pass you 're handed a rum and coke!
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• As of this blog both the men's and women's Canadian curling teams are undefeated at the Olympics...Go Canada!  You rock! 
• What are your thoughts on curling as an Olympic sport?

Vanoc (Vancouver Olympic Committee) is sick and tired of being torn apart and bashed by the media.  From the death of the Georgian Luger to the malfunction at the opening ceremonies, from the zamboni breakdowns to the weather...the Canadian Olympic crew can't seem to get a break.  Ask any meteorologist (or groundhog)...you can't control the weather!  UK journalists are especially ruthless.  Who cares what the British media thinks...the athletes and spectators are LOVING everything about the games, and they're really the only ones who count, right?

Vanoc finally made the Olympic cauldron available to the public.  Thanks to a hole cut in the fence and an elevated deck, tourists and Olympic fans can now take a picture of the Olympic flame without it looking like it's in jail.

Despite a few speedbumps along the Olympic route, TV ratings for the Olympics are through the roof...the medal events are getting 3 times the audience of the Stanley Cup final! 

I love the winter Olympics...the extreme sports are fun to watch.  My fave sports are hockey (hey, I'm Canadian, right?), snowboard cross, snowboard half-pipe (Shaun White is AMAZING) and skeleton (or as I like to call it, Nicole Richie).

Have a great day and Go Canada!

A bit of a "burning controversy" regarding the outdoor Olympic cauldron.  It's surrounded by a big chain link fence.  Spectators aren't able to get close to the flame at all.  Any pictures that they take it  looks like the cauldron is in jail. Olympic experts call it a public relations nightmare.  That being said, if there were no fence around the cauldron, some drunken idiot would attempt to climb the cauldron and get cremated.  In my opinion anyone stupid enough to hurt themselves while scaling the Olympic caudron, get what they deserve.  It's like natural selection or survival of the fittest.  Why not weed the idiots out of society?  I say "Tear Down The Fence"!

We got gold!  Canada won it's first ever gold medal on home turf Sunday night thanks to men's moguls skier Alexandre Bilodeau. My knees and back are still aching from watching him bounce down the mountain.  I got goosebumps when he won.  Awesome!

The Canadian mens hockey team arrived in Vancouver over the weekend.  First action for Team Canada is tonight at 6:30pm vs Norway.

Lots of Canadians are tuning in...in fact more Canadians watched Jennifer Heil win Canada's first medal at the Vancouver Olympics than the Super Bowl, according to CTV.  The host broadcaster said Saturday night's ladies moguls final at Whistler Mountain averaged 6.6 million viewers, with the audience peaking at eight million in the final minute. 

I must admit I've become a bit of an Olympic junkie.  Hi my name is Buzz and I'm addicted to the Olympics.  I'm officially an Olympic-o-holic...I'll need Dr. Drew to help me recover once the games are over.  Right now I want to move the fridge into the living room and just vegitate in front of the TV for the next two weeks.  I especially love the x-sports like downhill skiing, luge, skeleton and snowboarding.  The figure skating...meh, not so much. 

With the exception of figure skating and curling (don't get me wrong, they are both fine sports that require more skill and talent than I possess) most of the Winter Olympic sports are so much more exciting than the Summer Olympics.  Snowboard Cross vs Rythmic Gymnastics?  Sorry, no competition.

What do you prefer...the summer games or the winter games?