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Y’ER WELCOME Wasn’t That A Party? By Bob Hughes They called it A Night Of Champions, and it played out for a few hours in the Show Lounge at Casino Regina in early April. A few hundred people gathered to see, talk to, and listen to a group of Olympians who call Saskatchewan home. They represented a variety of sports, and, if the night accomplished anything, it showcased first-hand what a quality group of athletes this province has sent to international competitions. Of course, at the forefront were those who participated in the Vancouver Olympics, a Winter Olympics Games that started off slowly and sadly with the death of a luge competitor, but quickly overcame that to turn to better news. Day after day, night after night, Canada’s performance spilled into living rooms and bars from one end of the country to the other, each moment somehow seeming more electrifying than the last. It all culminated with the gold medal hockey game which saw Sidney Crosby score in overtime, a goal that he himself didn’t even see go into the net. The country erupted in a state of uncontrolled euphoria, the roar of a nation reaching the heavens. For all the criticism that was leveled at the cost of hosting the Olympics, the lingering thought, even now, months later, is that there hasn’t been an event that so galvanized this vast country as did the Olympics and Canada’s greatest gold medal showing ever. Canadian pride has never shown itself so freely and so wonderfully as it did during those two majestic weeks in Vancouver. It got so you wished you were there. Talk to any athlete who has ever participated in an Olympics, and they will tell you there is nothing to compare with it. I can remember Wayne Gretzky talking about the Winter Olympics in 1998 in Japan when Canada sent a bunch of NHLers for the first time to compete. They didn’t win a gold medal, but Gretzky said he would not have traded the experience for anything. He said it was both humbling and inspiring. You may remember the first Olympics that the NBA players participated in, in Spain. Rather than stay in the Olympic Athletes Village, the NBA stars insisted on staying in five-star hotels. Gretzky noted that and he and his NHL teammates wanted to stay with Canada’s team, wherever that may be. “We’re no better than any other team or group of athletes representing Canada,” Gretzky said. “We want to be with them. We are a part of the Canadian team. We want to meet them and get to know them and cheer for them.” Athlete after athlete came home from the Olympics to talk about what a thrill it was to go into the Athletes Village lounge and sit down and talk to Wayne Gretzky and all the other hockey players. Ben Hebert, a Regina native who won a gold medal in Vancouver as part of Kevin Martin’s curling team, was at the April gathering of Olympians in Regina and he said one of the biggest thrills of his Olympics was having a beer and talking with Sidney Crosby. “He’s just an ordinary guy who is fun to be around,” said Hebert. “We spent a fair amount of time together. He even gave me an autographed stick.” Hebert also laughed about something that happened in the moments after they had won their gold medals. “We were in the dressing room,” he recalled. “They were already tearing out the ice in the rink. Then, one of the guys who took care of the ice came in and he handed us each a loonie. They had buried them in the ice as good luck charms.” The same thing had happened in Salt Lake City when Canada won a gold medal in hockey. A loonie had been embedded at centre ice. Nobody knew it was there until it was all over. They like to say now that these were the greatest Winter Games of all time. And, maybe they were. Maybe, they weren’t. But in this country, they were special because they were in this country. Canada got to show off to the world what it was really capable of. And we all had a good time doing it. And the world had a good time watching it. You know, it was worth every cent they spent. The spirit of the Canadian team, the performances of the world’s greatest athletes; it all played out magnificently well. Your thoughts? Email bobhughes@sasktel.net. Column photo by Maurice Laprairie www.adrenalinereginasports.com 17
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