Jaunted Winter Olympics Embed: Going for Hockey Gold

February 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM | by TuijaSeipell | Comments (0)

The 2010 Winter Olympics are finally here and the Jaunted Embeds are on the scene. All throughout the games we are going to be providing you first-hand observations and tips from a Vancouver local. Tuija Seipell is a Vancouver-based writer and a dual citizen of both Finland and Canada--so she is bound to get a medal or two right? You can follow her on Twitter here, or just follow the Vancouver 2010 Olympics tag.

Vancouver is hockey crazy. At least for Canadians (and Finns), hockey is the one thing that REALLY matters at the Olympics. We adore our other medalists, but hockey gold is what we want.

Many stores here have caught the spirit of the game, especially Nike on Robson Street, and even the upscale Holt Renfrew that fitted its mannequins with runway fashions, figure skates and pink Dolce & Gabbana hockey sticks.

Fans are now dressed head-to-toe in national colors as they cheer on their teams on the streets, at Hockey Place, in bars and at all live sites all over the city.

Whenever Canada is playing, it is eerily silent in residential neighborhoods, but when Canada scores, a loud roar goes up revealing that in most households, someone is watching hockey.

For today's gold medal face-off, every available screen in town will show hockey. If Canada is in the Gold Medal game, CTV-Rogers TV consortium will no doubt experience yet another record-breaking day. As a hockey fan, I�m not sure I could survive many weekends like this!

Related Stories:
· Jaunted Winter Olympics Embed: The Final Days [Jaunted]
· Jaunted Winter Olympics Embed: Watching the Pretty Wonders on Ice [Jaunted]

[Photos: Ted Topping]

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