how to be a canadian, eh?

 i saw this book and laughed out loud, EH?  because i am canadian (at least dual citizen, my dad is the true canadian of the family). 

do we like maple syrup?  yes!  and do we love hockey?  you bet!  he and i went to the annual winterhawks teddy bear toss game and had to wait until the second period (note to all those football fans out there, in hockey it is not called quarters and there are not four of them.  i know this may be hard to compute, but there are only three periods in a hockey game, but chances are, more than one fight) in order the throw the bears. 

hockey is usually low-scoring, and this game was no exception at only 2-1 (we lost against the everett silvertips).  portland had a whopping 43 shots on goal; both goalies were just that good.

being peace-loving folks, we don't love it for the fights.  we love it for the speed, the slice of skates on ice, the lights, the crowd, the strategy.  and, in this case the charity.  when the hawks score the first goal of the game, the entire memorial coliseum throws stuffed animals onto the ice for local children's hospitals. 

rumor has it seattle is going to get an NHL team (winterhawks are junior league, just 16-20 years old).  wouldn't that be something? 

so, i will leave you with this.  how do you spell canada?  C-eh?-N-eh?-D-eh?  proud to be one.