Here*s my list of top ten great things about the gold medal game, Canada
vs USA:

10) Steve Yzerman (good Ottawa boy) swearing a blue streak and then
throwing a towel over the camera in the penalty box after getting called
for a penalty in the third period.
Don*t want the kids at home to see you using bad language, I guess.

9) The fact that Lemieux DIDN*T score on that open net. OK, I*d have taken
it at the time, but think about it- it would have come on a 5 on 3 man
advantage and might have given the Americans something to gripe about.

8) Seeing Chris Chelios (hiss) sucking wind like he was dying in the first
period.

7) Owen Nolan*s portable camera- recognize the Silicon Valley geek,
anyone?

6) Gretzky getting a hug from his American wife. She understands. The
Americans might have liked it. We needed it.

5) Mario*s dummy. How many players would have the smarts and unselfishness
to do what he did- letting the puck go through his legs to Kariya for
Canada*s first goal? Or maybe he just froze... Whatever.

4) The pinball goal off of Brian Leetch to make it 3-2 Canada after the
pinball goal off Pronger tied it up. Turnabout is fair play.

3) Iginla*s goal in the third period- popped up, then rolling, rolling,
rolling...

2) Sakic ripping one by a helpless Richter to make it 5-2. I heard a
fellow graduate student refer to this as the perfect moment of collective
orgasm. All I can say was, it was sexy enough for me.

1) The best chant there is: *10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...*

Honorable mention to Herb Brooks for saying Canada played *stupid hockey.*
That*s *stupid gold medal winning hockey* to you, Herb.