Go Canada Go!

Yesterday was our last day of hockey games but they were good ones.  We watched team USA win from our hotel room and left as soon as it was over to get to Canada Hockey Place for the Canada vs Russia game.  We heard some people were paying over $1000 for tickets and 2 guys in our section paid $700 for each ticket.  I wore my new Eric Staal #21 Team Canada jersey.

From the moment team Canada took the ice for warm-ups the crowd was into it.  Our seats weren't bad except for this jerk in front of me:

Seriously - if I just sat in my seat, this was my view.  I had to lean to the isle the whole game.  How is anyone this self-centered?  
The game was great but a little scary when Staal took a hit and didn't get up for a few minutes but he toughed it out and finished the game.  I got some great pictures of Staal and some video of the last minute where the crowd goes crazy.

The team saluted the fans at the end of the game.  Canada won 7-3!

Next game was Sweden vs Slovakia.  This was the only hockey game we have seen with empty seats in the building.  It turned out to be a great game with a big upset.  Slovakia won 4-3. 

Only 2 days left so we are going to go to a few more sites around the city.