Offical 2010 Winter Olympics Thread - Vancouver, Canada

[ramenboy...]

Quote, originally posted by Whelan »What's even better is some of these guys are going to next week and play each other in the NHL, heck, some are even on the same team for tonights game.yeah that's so cool. chicago-wise, team usa had patrick kane, then jonathan toews, duncan keith and brent seabrook were playing for canada. we even had marian hossa and tomas kopecky palying for the slovak team.

[bull77]

i'd like to think i contributed to this Quote, originally posted by oc »Ottawa water usage spiked after Crosby scored golden goal, data showAfter all the high fives and whoops of delight that accompanied Canada’s gold-medal win over the United States last month, gleefulOttawa hockey fansstampeded from their TV sets to their toilets. City of Ottawa water usage figures show a sudden spike after Team Canada’s white-knuckle overtime win, as lavatories across town were flushed near simultaneously, peaking at about 6:20 p.m. on game day.The graph of water usage also suggests viewers with full bladders held their peace a little longer after the game to see Canadian players celebrating the win.There was a jump in water consumption immediately after Sidney Crosby’s winning goal, but the larger spike in water use came a few minutes later, after the medals were handed out to the victorious Canadian side......http://www.ottawacitizen.com/O....html

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[Herb]

Really though, does someone out there link any significant event to mundane stats just to generate a story?Quote, originally posted by bull77 »i'd like to think i contributed to this http://www.ottawacitizen.com/O....html

[bull77]

Quote, originally posted by Herb »Really though, does someone out there link any significant event to mundane stats just to generate a story?it's ottawa -- theres always someone generating stats for something.