Petro Kin: Set to Report from Vancouver 2010 and Other Olympic TidBits

by Lisa Ovens

Granville street, downtown Vancouver (it's where all the bars are)

It's a Random Happenings kind of column here today...

This is a great article introducing the three sets of families chosen to travel to Vancouver for  interviews with Canadian athletes and their families during the first week of the Winter Olympics. Let's hope they get some scoops before the regular media does!
Petro Canada Family Correspondents webpage

Petro Canada's Athlete's Program is responsible for putting family members of our athletes in the stands when their loved ones are competing at the games. It was only fitting that their correspondent contest was a search for family members.

Updates from vancouver2010.com

Get a 2010 Winter Olympics Digital Souvenir!

For the first time in Olympic history, people from around the world can receive an official digital souvenir from the Opening Ceremony — and then participate in the Closing Ceremony...virtually! All you need is an e-mail address. Only available through Canada CODE: sharing our stories and images with the world.

Sign up before February 12th at Canada Code webpage

Tickets Still Available...

Buy tickets for some events, bid on tickets for other events. See what 2010 Winter Olympic Games tickets are still knocking about on vancouver2010.com's ticket webpage

And what to do when you buy them...

As I posted yesterday about some of the guidelines when attending events, vancouver2010.com are putting the word out as well. Visit the Spectator's Guide webpage for all the do's and don'ts. And be sure to read the article I posted on the subject too...mine has more humor, especially the last part!

Updates from 2010 and High Heels

Update: Belarus vs. Sweden Swag off
 
So far Round Three had been the closest race at the 2010 and High Heels Swag Off. Team Belarus's Ruslan Salei Fridge magnet is only 2 votes ahead of Team Sweden's Dala Horse. Voting ends tonight at midnight. Click here for the complete article on Belarus vs. Sweden Swag Off.
 Cast your vote now at the top right of this page!
 
Lisa's 2010 Winter Olympics Calendar
 
Still working on the timetable. One thing is for sure; with all there is to do during the games a person's day planner can really fill up!

2010 and High Heels Swag Off: Belarus vs.Sweden

by Lisa Ovens

The Back Story....

2010 and High Heels Swag Off Round Three has historical significance to the hockey world at least... Remember the Quarter Final game between Sweden and Belarus during the 2002 Winter Olympic Men's Hockey Tournament in Salt Lake City? With less than three minutes left in a game tied at 3-3, Vladimir Kopat scored a crazy goal on Swede net minder Tommy Salo. In the end Belarus won 4-3, knocking Sweden out of the tournament. This was an upset indeed. It was recently selected the number one upset on the top ten hockey upsets list over the last decade by Puck Daddy at Yahoo Sports.

Quotes from the game...  
"For sure, it is a miracle for us. But sometimes a gun without bullets can shoot, and that was us. We've made our place in history." Belarus goal tender Andrei Mezin
"I don't understand how we could lose against this team," Swedish captain Mats Sundin

The Swag...

Belarus Finding swag boasting the Belarus National Hockey team logo in Vancouver proved to be a challenge for me. So when the going gets tough, the tough get, um, creative!

 I made my own Team Belarus hockey swag. 2010 and High Heels proudly presents the limited edition Ruslan Salei Fridge Magnet*.

Also adorn with the the Belarus Coat of Arms, this attractive Team Belarus Hockey swag item will jazz up fridges of all types and colors. (Ruslan Salei is a defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche (NHL), and Olympic Hockey veteran: Team Belarus 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
* only one magnet available on the planet.

Sweden Dalecarlian Horse (or Dala horse) No doubt there are plenty of Dala Horses standing at attention in display cases at hockey rinks around the world. The horse is a symbol of Sweden and the swedish province of Dalarna, but originally it was a popular wooden toy for kids.


This bad boy can be found in Burnaby, BC at the entrance to the Scandinavian Community Centre, a place that will be hopping during the 2010 Winter games. The King and Queen of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf and Sil­via Bernadotte, will visit the centre on February 25th, 2010 for a Swedish Royal Reception.


 Vote Now... Vote for your favourite swag. The poll is top right of this page.

Will this be another historically significant upset for Sweden?

Hockey Night In Finland

by Lisa Ovens

Been receiving a few updates from my pal Michelle. She's in Finland on a hockey trip of a life time. A few things I have learned....

-Friday Night is Hockey Night in Finland
-Ball Hockey is televised there.
-On Finnish Hockey schedules, the home team is listed first, then the visiting team. That is the opposite of   Canada.
-It's cold there, but a good kind of cold.






2010 and High Heels Swag Off  Update

It's been a little while since the last 2010 and High Heels Swag Off so I am busy setting up a few more matches to post over the weekend. We last left off with the Finland Reindeer Hats vs. The Cheburashka Russian Doll.

Finland's reindeer Hats won by a landslide: The Cheburashka  Russian doll scored only 28% of the vote!


For information about the 2010 and High Heels Swag Off click on the Round One link below...

To View details on Round One please click here

To view details on Round Two please click here

Round Three will be...Belarus vs. Sweden...stay tuned!