poutine with gravy
fresh curds make for squeaky teeth
a hell of a mess

Jacques Cartier called
Canada "God's gift to Cain" -
you can look it up

Make Way for Noddy
which face looks the happiest?
kids really love it

Review: Make Way for Noddy

The lads over at 24 Hours of TV have provided us with a public service. See their review of Make Way for Noddy here.

Hockey aside, we're doin' good!

Here's the summary to date from TSN:

With medal victories by Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes in the women's 5,000 meteres, Canada's record-setting medal count now stands at 22 with more chances at the podium to come. TSN.ca has all your coverage right through to the closing ceremonies. More...

so we got THAT goin' for us.

It's cold up north!

Once again, our thanks to the folks at Bad Haiku for helping us out. This one is by "Uncivilized" of Baffin Island:

Nobody told me
the damned ice age was over.
Bloody freezing here.

thanks Uncivilized!

canola oil
from Canada and oil
learn something new, eh?

Canadian hockey haiku

Canada hockey
disappointing in defeat
I say . . . ahh, puck it.

Men's team goes down to defeat

Well, it's taken me 24 hours to recover. Our boys lost yesterday. Here's the final update from HockeyCanada:

MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA 0 - RUSSIA 2 - FINAL

CANADA ELIMINATED FROM OLYMPICS IN 2-0 NAILBITER AGAINST RUSSIA

Many forecasters had Canada and Russia facing off for gold at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Wednesday’s quarter-final game did have the feel of a gold medal game. » more

Not sure how much of a nail biter it really was, but hey, you win some, you lose some. I guess.

Next up: Russia!

Next game is today, 2:30 Eastern:

NEXT GAME: CANADA - RUSSIA
Wed. Feb. 22/06 | Playoff Round
Canada plays Russia in the quarterfinals Wednesday in a game that can be tracked on HockeyCanada at 2:30pm et/11:30am pt.

As an aside, apparently Canadian Hockey reports have triggered Blogger's spam-prevention robots--either that or there is a nefarious Russian plot afoot. Here is the message from Blogger:

WARNING

This blog has been locked by Blogger's spam-prevention robots. You will not be able to publish your posts, but you will be able to save them as drafts.

Save your post as a draft or click here for more about what's going on and how to get your blog unlocked.

We have taken steps to get Canadian Haiku, eh? unblocked from Blogger, but it may not happen until after game time. Our apologies for any inconvenience. Clearly Blogger.com is not a fan of Canadian Hockey.

3:00 pm update: we're back in business. Check HockeyCanada for minute to minute updates.

We're still in this thing . . .

The men won and regained some scoring momentum . . . courtesy of HockeyCanada:

MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA HOLDS OFF CZECHS TO FINISH THIRD GROUP A » more

CANADA 3 - CZECH REP 2 | FINAL

NEXT GAME: CANADA
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006
Playoff Round
TBD (local) / TBD (ET)

Canada will face the team that finishes 2nd in Group B, which will either be Russia, Slovakia, or Sweden. Stay tuned to Canadian Haiku for updates.

Canadian Women's Team Victorious!

Women's team won, beating Sweden 4-1. The gold is ours! From HockeyCanada:

WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA’S WOMEN’S OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL IN DEFENDING OLYMPIC GOLD
CANADA ALSO CLAIMS #1 WORLD IIHF RANKING » more

CANADA 4 - SWEDEN 1
Final

So we've got THAT going for us.

thanks to Brady of Toronto at Bad Haiku for today's Canadian Haiku selection.

Heil is five foot three
Weighs one fifty three. Won gold!
All downhill from here

Our boys lose to Finland

Our boys lost again today to Finland, 2-0. Long uphill road from here, eh?

MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA SUFFERS ANOTHER SETBACK
IN OLYMPIC MEN’S HOCKEY

One of the last times that Canada and Finland faced off in a major hockey event was almost a year and a half ago, in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey final. » more

NEXT GAME: CANADA - CZECH REP
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 | Round Robin
4:30 pm (local) / 10:30 am (ET)

We'll keep you updated on all the hockey news you need to know. Next up: the women's team guns for the gold!

boreal forest
owls maniacally hooting
natural resource

bare naked ladies
be my yoko ono, eh?
Canada's music

Well, at least the gals won!

Here's last night's results for the women's team (we won't mention the men):

WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA TO DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD
CANADA - SWEDEN
Monday, February 20, 2006
20:30 (local) / 14:30 (ET)

CANADA 6 - FINLAND 0
Semi-Final | Friday, Feb. 17, 2006

Well, okay, so the men lost 2-0 today to the Swiss. Make something of it, knob.

Yukon poetry
rides around on buses, eh?
haiku too I hope

Still no Skip

Here's the hockey pairings for the next round from HockeyCanada:

WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA - FINLAND
Semi-Final
Friday, February 17, 2006
9 pm Turin - 3 pm EST

CANADA’S WOMEN’S OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM ADVANCES TO SEMI-FINALS; FINISH FIRST PLACE IN GROUP A » more

MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA - GERMANY
Thursday, February 16, 2006
8 pm Turin - 2 pm EST

NEW! ASK A PLAYER » more

BLAKE, GAGNÉ, IGINLA AND PRONGER NAMED ALTERNATE CAPTAINS WITH CANADA’S MEN’S TEAM » more

1965
on February 15th?
new maple leaf flag!

Where's Skip? Our Team Won!!

no sign of Skip, eh?
perhaps he skipped out on us
he's such a lame hoser


Anyway, here's Canadian Hockey News:

MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA 7 - ITALY 2
Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Canada put up a strong performance in its first game of the 2006 Winter Games. Team Canada was lead by Jarome Iginla, who scored two goals. Next up for the Canadians is Germany on Thursday. » more

beer haiku daily
sporting a new link today -
CANUCK HAIKU, EH?

Where's Skip When You Need Him?

I thought we would be able to rely on Skip Rock for all the Canadian hockey news that's fit to print, but nooooooo, I guess he's not dependable.

Anyhooo, the lady Canucks won today over Sweden 8-1. HockeyCanada has all the details.

WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM

CANADA 8 - SWEDEN 1
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
CANADA WINS GROUP B WITH SOLID WIN OVER SWEDEN SEMI-FINALS
ARE UP NEXT » more

CANADA’S WOMEN’S OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM ADVANCES TO SEMI-FINALS; FINISHING IN FIRST PLACE IN GROUP A

Our thanks to the folks at Bad Haiku . . .

for their recent Canadian offering:

Jennifer Heil wins
with a freestyle work of art.
Canada takes gold.

--posted by an anonymous haiku poet on Feb. 11, 2006

hot day for Canuck sporting blogs

a new Canuck blog
that has snowmobile pictures -
vrrroom vrrroom. beauty, eh?

a new Canuck blog
devoted to one hunter's
bull moose. beauty, eh?

alas, Porkov, we
knew you well--now you're Canuck
peameal back bacon

we blogged the Big Poem-
beauty idea I must say
canuck choka, eh?

Canadian side
of Niagara Falls is the
beauty way to go

road to Alaska
passes through Canada, eh?
it's the scenic route

What the...

This little blog seems to have gotten some "legs," so to speak, ya know, with oat a doat. Not sure about the Haiku for hosers, though.

Anyway, beauty way to go, Milt.

Canadian ice -
Parry Sound webcam tells all
brrrrr, it's cold out there

Niagara Falls -
Miss Annie Edson Taylor
goes over and lives

at Sault Ste. Marie
Canadian Customs guys
gave me quite a scare

at Timmy HoHos
get a dozen jellies, eh?
beauty way to go

yesterday blogger
was down but today it's up
Canuck software, eh?

at Lac Megantic
stop and sleep a few hours
then off to Jackman

zappai

quebec 2 am
goddamn french road signs don't they
know american?

February eh?
the coldest month for Canucks
how 'bout some hockey?