smacky and bucky

Last night, in front of a capacity crowd (some of whom had paid over $2,000 for a ticket) USA upset favorites Canada in a 5-3 win. What made it sweeter (for me) was that even the announcers, just before the game, all said Canada was sure to win. They were more experienced. They had home ice advantage and the crowd on their side. It was quiet when USA scored the first goal of the night. It was riotous when Canada answered. Less than a minute after that, USA scored a second time to take the lead again. The crowd was going apeshit in the final minutes of the game. Canada scored to make it 4-3 with just over a minute left. They just needed to score again to force an overtime. They pulled their goalie to have a 1-man advantage on the ice. With less than a minute, an American player smacked a wicked angle shot into Canada's empty goal, giving team USA a security goal and sealing the win. By this point, although heavily outnumbered in the stands, the chant of "USA! USA!" was deafening. Now USA gets a day off and Canada has to play an extra game to get into the semifinals. This was the highlight of the entire Olympics so far. What an upset!

Team USA heard the pundits and responded. To use John Locke's go-to catchphrase...