Musings on Spiritual Matters

I cannot feel my legs, and my heart was hurting.  The third period seemed to last for eternity, and the time got even longer with the USA goal with 24 second left.  It was a heart breaker.  I dreamed about these games, I as a Canadian boy played on the ponds, in the driveways, and on the streets, pretending that I was the shooter for Canada with the game on the line.  I must have replayed these events in my imagination over a thousand times, all Canadian boys have.  Even Sidney Crosby.  The game was intensive, anyone could have won, but when the game is on the line, when all the marbles are on the table, the great ones raise to the occasion and bring glory to a nation.  This would have been a great win for the USA, a well deserved win, but for Canada, this is an identity marker.  It brings a joy to the nation that few can understand unless your blood was chilled by a Canadian winter.  As most people know, Crosby is my favorite player, he is a fellow Nova Scotia boy.  I pull for him at all times.  I have shirts of him, a jersey of him, and his autograph hanging in my office.  So to see him put Canada on his back and score one of the biggest goals in Canadian history was unbelievable.  It was a dream come true.  The USA played amazing, Miller was outstanding, but in this game, in this sport, a goal is all that makes a difference.  I jumped, I cried, I cheered, it was one of the finest moments that I will remember in my life.  Yes, if you are wondering how much this means to a Canadian boy, it means so much.  It means that all the ponds across Canada will imitate “Sid the Kid” in fact, the next time I play hockey, I will as well and I am 33.  All Canadians watch hockey like an 8 year old.  We have never forgotten the magic of this sport for us.  Where was I during this goal, I will always remember this moment.  Crosby was money.

Related posts:

1. Home From Canada
2. Review of “Searching for Bobby Orr”
3. Read “Home Game”
4. Read “Gretzky to Lemieux”
5. Hockey Season Review

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