The Olympics Hockey
The 2010 Winter Olympics begin this Friday, February 12th. So I wanted to talk about which events Russia is expected to dominate in. But with the exception of a few figure skaters here and there, there is really only one sport to talk about when it comes to these games: Hockey!
Now I don’t want to offend the other athletes. You can get the low-down on all the Russian sports here. But Russia is expected to take the gold in men’s hockey – in part because of the Washington Capitals’ own Alex “Ovie” Ovechkin (not to mention Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin and Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk).
Photo by clydeorama
As someone who has lived in the DC area for a few years now, I am ashamed to admit that I have never seen this scary Russian in action. He was the NHL MVP for the last 2 seasons and was recently chosen as the new captain of the Capitals, whom he has lead to victory in their past 14 games!! (Game stats here.) He has already won too many awards and honors to mention in this blog, but you get all the info here.
So if you want to check out Ovie and the other Russian hockey players in the Olympics, here is the schedule. And don’t forget to check back in 4 years, when the 2014 winter Olympics will be held in Sochi!!
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February 18, 2010 at 12:13 pm
You HAVE to go to a game some time. Live hockey is an amazing time. Plus the Caps are tearing it up this year.
February 22, 2010 at 12:49 pm
I know!!! Like I said, I am ashamed
February 18, 2010 at 11:54 am
Hi! I am in a Russian meetup group in Austin. Our group leader forwarded this to me because I am the only hockey enthusiast in the group. And, of course, I’ve been telling everyone that Team Russia is going to be hard to beat. I’m very excited about the 5 former Caps play together again!
March 2, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Hi Amanda, I keep trying to respond to this, but keep getting errors. Anyway, thanks for the comment, and I hope I didn’t jinx the team with this post!