U.S./Canada hockey game ten times better than race

For the most part, the Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway was a dull one. A race where you'd just grab your pillow and doze off for a nap. Despite a poor finish in last week's Daytona 500, Jimmie Johnson captured his 48th career Sprint Cup win to match that of his car number.

Usually, I write about racing here and my thoughts about it. But as someone that lives in the United States and is a big hockey fan like myself, what happened in Fontana doesn't matter now, and this is one of those times where I'm not going to talk about motorsports. Just minutes ago, the U.S. hockey team upset Canada on their home ice in Vancouver with a 5-3 victory at Canada Hockey Place. Chris Drury scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal late in the second period and Jamie Langenbrunner scored what turned out to be the fatal blow to Canada's hopes. To me, this matches Team USA's upset of the Soviet Union in 1980 at Lake Placid.

Coming into the game tonight, Canada entered as the odds-on favorite to win the gold medal. After what just transpired against the Americans, it won't be a cake walk for them anymore. Now the Canadians have to win four games just to get to the gold medal game. The Americans are going to be in for a tough haul, too. There's still some great teams left like Russia, Finland, Slovakia, and defending gold medal winner Sweden.

And speaking of the Swedes, they're taking on Finland later tonight once the shock of Team USA's upset of Canada begins to wear off.