Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Day 9 - 2/23/2010
Sorry for the delay. Internet can be a scarce item to get around here. I also have been very busy and putting in sometimes 16 hour days. I have a lot of great experiences that I have managed to get some footage on so I promise to post when I can. for now I have some shots that were interesting and much more to come. Thanks for reading.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Day 8 - 02/22/2010
Today the final woman's teams are coming to play at the main rink. There is a lot of organization involved because they don't know which mens teams are going to be eliminated and they will not be eliminated until Tuesday. There is no rooms left so it will be interesting to see how this works out. It is interesting to see how even the refs to the ice managers that you see shoveling the snow after the Olympia has cleaned the ice. The refs are great they like to try new things and appreciate when you help them out. We ard still very busy helping the teams out by making sure their equipment is performing as they like. Here is a few picks that we have for you, and a video of team Canada warming up. See you soon and thanks for reading.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Day 6 - 02/20/2010
Their are 3 games at the men's rink today so it should be another busy one. The other thing that keeps us hopping are the practices. What occurs for practices, is the players come in, get dressed and get on a bus to go to a practice facility. It is very well organized and when the teams move they have plenty of help by the volunteers that are assigned to help out the team. We are having fun with some of the players like Teemu Selanne comes in to talk to us and catch up with old friends. The players also have been talking about the ice conditions, the ice is a bit softer here so we have been dealing with some players that need to have a less aggressive edge on their blades. Joe Thornton was in wondering if we could help out with this issue, so we made a suggestion to the Team Canada Equipment Manager and Joe was back up and going.
Its great to see the arena just packed, this is the third Olympics that I have been to and it was disappointing to see the arena not filled to capacity in previous events. Not here, every game is filled and the crowds are really excited. The feeling of nationality amongst the teams is great to see. In the room we have a non bias attitude which can get pretty funny because we all have our teams that we want to win.
Jagr has been on fire and he is loving the FBV, he is going to purchase a machine and possibly bring Joe Frei (Brians Custom Pro)from Windsor Ontario back to Russia with him. Joe may never return! Jagr is really talking it up and also is putting up a great performance to boot. They have a big game tomorrow against the Russians so we will see how he does.
We are getting ready for Super Sunday its going to be a great day with 6 of the most elite hockey countries getting ready to drop the puck. We will be busy for sure but being busy means we are doing a great job. It is great to see the teams that I thought would not have done that well do well. Slovakia has been doing a great job they have been great to deal with as well as watch Baba is beaming! Looking forward to tomorrow, thanks for reading.
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