Rob and Sara's Vancouver Adventures: Rob and Sara Go to the Olympics!!

We managed to get 1 set of tickets to an official Olympic sporting event, and today was the big day! We got to see the women’s hockey game, Canada v. Sweden. It was at the Thunderbird Arena at UBC, so right around the corner from my new office. It was fun to be there in advance to watch the warm up and everything – just to soak up some of the Olympic atmosphere. And there was definitely a lot of atmosphere and energy!

It took a few minutes for Canada to get geared up and get goals 1 & 2, but after that, goals for Canada came fast and furious. Gillian Apps, a high school classmate of mine, ended up with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Rob has been coming down with a bad cold so all of the excitement starting wearing him down. By the time Canada was up 12-0 about 5 mins into the 3rd period, we decided to head out and beat the crowd (and the long bus line-ups that I’ve had to face other days on the way home from work). As we were walking out of the building, we heard Canada’s 13th goal, but missed Sweden’s one goal of the game :( Final score was 13-1. So what’s next for the Canadian women’s hockey team? They go onto the semi-finals against either the US or Finland, depending on the outcome of that game tomorrow.