Image of the Week

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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Miracle On Ice, USA's epic victory against the dominant Soviet ice hockey team. This week's image, autographed by goaltender Jim Craig, depicts the underdog Americans celebrating after their 4-3 victory.

The 2010 USA Olympic squad celebrated by upsetting Canada in front of nearly 20,000 raucous Candians. The Canucks, favored to win Gold, even by the viewer of this blog, fell 5-3 to the Americans on Sunday, marking the first US victory over Canada in Men's Olympic Ice Hockey in 50 years.

The event was so rare that ESPN went against their policy of ignoring hockey to compose a parody of "Oh Canada." A follower of this blog, who has contributed some fine literature in the past, found this lovely rendition and was kind enough to send me a notification. (If you would like to write a post or let me know about something interesting, feel free to email me at FantasyGuru37@gmail.com.) Enjoy.

"No Canada"

No, Canada
You lost to Uncle Sam
We'll take the gold
You laid down like a lamb
With frying pans you tended goal
We scored on you at will
From far and wide, Oh Canada
We're scoring on you still.
God keep your nets
Wide open and emp-ty
O Canada
We scored five goals on thee
O Canada
U.S. with gold you'll see!

Samuel L. Jackson had some detailed analysis of the Americans upset of the USSR. You may find that interesting.

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