A Marriage of Crime Scenes, Pucks and Rocks

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by Lisa Ovens

It appears the USA Network has become a bizarre blend of Police Procedural dramas, Men's Olympic Hockey and Olympic Curling. After being in the United States for almost a year and a half, I've learned that the USA Network is the place to go when you want to watch Law and Order's, NCIS's or CSI's ALL DAY LONG. For now, the binge viewing style network has become a refuge for errant hockey games and curling competitions.

Of course it took me six days of the 2014 Winter Olympics to discover there was this hidden gem of hockey nestled amongst the hard boiled detectives and lab geeks. However, I do have an excuse for my rusty sports viewing skills: I've spent the last year and a half away from sports working on a time consuming project! Heck, my blogging skills are also rusty! I can count the number of blog posts on one hand for the entire year of 2013!

So, in order to assist myself, I am going to list the Men's Hockey Schedule for the USA Network right here in this post...(all times in ET)

Fri. Feb.14 12pm   Canada vs. Austria
Sat. Feb.15 12pm   Sweden vs. Latvia
Sun. Feb.16  3am   Austria vs. Norway
                7:30am   Russia vs. Slovakia
                   12pm   Finland vs. Canada
We. Feb.19 12pm   Men's Quarter Final Game

Gotta love those nooners!!!

Super Sunday for Team USA

by Lisa Ovens

How's that for some Olympic swag?  "Team USA grinds out victory over Canada " so says tsn.ca. And the above souvenir ice scraper could almost say a similar thing as well. But Team USA didn't have to scrape by thanks to a crazy empty net goal scored by Ryan Kesler in the dying moments of the 3rd period: final score 5-3. USA hockey fans are thrilled with this win, and should be gaga over Ryan Miller's work in the crease. Talk about Miller time!

Team USA wins group A and secures their spot in the Quarter Final. On the Other hand,  Team Canada has an good opportunity to pull it together in the Qualification Playoffs on Tuesday and possibly settle into underdog mode for the Quarter Final round.

The red swarm of fans moving into Canada Hockey Place late this afternoon was a spectacular sight. Perhaps this loss will settle the masses down a little; bring us back to earth if only for Monday.  But only until the women's tournament heats up with Semi Final action. Team USA will be playing on the 30th anniversary of the  Miracle on Ice. And Team Canada will take on Team Finland. We know our girls will be prepared for this game, but I really like this quote from the Finn's goaltender Noora Raty...

"We can't lose that game 10-0. It's so bad for women's hockey. We have to play a good game and show everybody women's hockey belongs to the Olympics."

I like that attitude...we want a closer game, an exciting game, but with Canada as the team to head to the goal medal game ;o)

22 Feb 12:00 pm Women's Playoffs Semifinals United States vs. Sweden


22 Feb 5:00 pm Women's Playoffs Semifinals Canada vs. Finland

  Go Team Canada GO!!

2010 Olympic Hockey Tid Bits

by Lisa Ovens

The Olympic Welcome Song

Let's start with a hilarious video from Bloge Salming titled The Olympic Welcome Song....



Hahaha! Gotta watch that one a few times to get all of the great hockey references and humor.


Molson Hockey House Dominates...on Craigslist

As I type there are four pages of Molson Hockey House tickets for sale on Vancouver's Craigslist.


Team USA and the Ryans

This is a neat little hockey sidebar: Team USA has seven players with the name Ryan. (actually one of them is a last name) Coach Ron Wilson has some sorting out to do. How to you keep them all straight in your head? My suggestion....give them color names, just like in Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Now who will wind up with Mr. Pink??? Ryan Malone, Ryan Suter, Ryan Miller, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Callahan, Ryan Whitney or Bobby Ryan?

Local Sports Merchandise Store create a Female Hockey Fan Section!

I am always on the look out for female hockey fan friendly establishments, and Rocky Mountain Sports Marketing is one to watch. Inside the store is a growing section of fun hockey merchandise for women. And it includes copies of Hockey and High Heels, too!

This is a cell phone pic, but I will be heading there today to see if there is any new stock in. They also stock jerseys (International and NHL) flags, souvenirs including pucks, autographed memorabilia and some cool hockey art.
Check them out in International Village next to Starbucks on the corner of Keefer and Abbott. Only one block from Canada Hockey Place!

2010 Olympics Opening Ceremonies...Wanna Go?

by Lisa Ovens

                               View of two stadiums and False Creek from Cambie Bridge

Hey, this is like another Tuesday photo. Happy Tuesday everybody! I like to call this photo "Dome and Dome's Little Brother" because Canada Hockey Place looks so tiny and child- like compared to BC Place Stadium, home of the Opening Ceremonies.

Just over two weeks away and I have heard from a few friends that have extra Olympic tickets available. Naturally I asked them if the tickets could be donated to 2010 and High Heels as a contest prize but I was turned down. I know I would love to have the opportunity to give away these to some luck loyal readers...

Opening Ceremonies: Section  253  Row J Four AISLE seats!!! 

And speaking of aisle seats, another friend contacted me about these...

Men's Hockey Game:  Feb. 23rd QP1 Section 111...row 2, two aisle seats!!!!

I should remind everyone with extra tickets for sale, that Vancouver can be a last minute kind of city;  meaning we often don't decide we are doing something until the last minute (this is often dictated by the rain, the glorious rain).

Canada Hockey Place photo: lisa ovens