Yesterday – 1st Women’s hockey game.
Slovakia 3 – Switzerland 5
It was a very evenly matched game. Lots of hustle.
Met a family in line for water, coffee and a beer that gave me a line on where to find the red Canadian Olympic mittens.
I had wanted a pair of the red mittens since I saw them a week ago.
Of course I have generally cold hands, so mittens hold a special place.
When we got into town the buzz was they were hard to find. Places with mittens would only have small or extra-large, etc. One of Ashlan’s friends had gotten hers in Victoria. Even on-line they were being shown as out-of-stock. So, off to Zeller’s in search of the elusive hand-warmers.
Then back to UBC for a Vera’s burger, and on to see USA vs Finland.
A raucous crowd. We were seated four rows up from the goal corner. Great view of the Finland goal for 2 periods (where most of the action was). The final score was USA 6 – Finland 0. But they had some good chances, including a penalty shot. The row in front of us was full of college kids from the University of Wisconsin, including an American cheesehead. Apparently 7 of the USA women’s team players and the coach are from UW. It was a fun game and we got to wave our flag a bit.
After the game we walked down to the grocery store and came home to make dinner. Men’s figure skating, a bit of skeleton and Canada Men’s hockey accompanied our meal. Ashlan then decided she needed some “alone” time and took off with a few of her friends to go join the thousands in downtown Vancouver. I am fine with hanging out and not doing much tonight. Kind of tired.
THE Red Mittens
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