, even with the super bowl, even if you were to have a game 7 in the world series, even with michael phelps's incredible performance in beijing, i doubt there is a single sporting event in the united states that matches whating hockey generally is like in canada. and then you have the best players in the world playing in the olympics, canada in the gold medal game, especially against an archrival like russia or in this case the united states, and you have virtually everybody in the country watching their television sets or at least part of that game. canadian pride very much on the line. and i think if you asked canadians at the beginning of the game how would you measure success, they would have said a gold in the men's hockey game. however, an interesting thing happened on the road to that hockey game. canada started winning gold medals in a way that this country doesn't usually. and we heard in that setup piece the fact that this is the first time canada has actually lead all countries in gold medals at a games, in this case a winter games, setting the all-time record. and wouldn't you kno