Went to the Carolina Hurricanes - Ottawa Senators game tonight... our first home game since the Olympics! (Nice win for us - 4 to 1) :-)

Tonight, they had displayed the gold medals won by Hurricanes players.

Eric Staal - Gold - Canada
Tim Gleason - Silver - USA
Tuomo Ruutu - Bronze - Finland
Joni Pitkanen - Bronze - Finland

(Sorry for the cell phone pics)

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Pretty proud of our boys... every Hurricane who played in the Olympics brought home a medal. We swept the medals! :-)

Thought they were cool and wanted to share.

:-)
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That's pretty sweet Joe!

Thanks for the pics.
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That is awesome. Thanks for posting.
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Proud of our Gold Medal winners in Chicago as well. :-)
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I would be too... but don't forget your Silver Medal winner!

Patrick Kane had a great tournament... and gained a Hurricane STH as a fan. :-)
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Kaner might have been the best US player in the tournament next to Ryan Miller. Here's hoping that he and his team earn another piece of silver hardware in 2010. :-)

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It really is a thing of beauty...

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And it FEELS nice, too! :-)

I need to get my hands on it again... I have lost over 100 lbs. since that picture. :-)

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The Cup, or Rocky? :-)
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That's awesome:-)
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Ha ha... my wife doesn't care... so long as I keep my hands off of Renee. :-)
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Really neat to see them up close. :-)
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Him being a Devil I'm generally not a fan of his, but I have to give Zach Parise the nod as 2nd best US player behind Miller (IMHO of course). Kane was impressive too, except for a couple bad turnovers that come to mind.
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I like what I've seen from Parise, both in the Olympics and the NHL. I still think Kane had a better Olympics, setting up a couple of Zach's goals, but as a Hawk fan I am probably biased.
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Good call, Tom! :-)

Very prophetic. :-)
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Not sure if anyone is as happy about that prediction coming true as I am, Joe. :-)
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