It's A Wonderful Wednesday

As the goals kept pouring in, a nation erupted in celebration.
And that wasn't even the half of it on this wonderful Wednesday.
In a land in which hockey is the national passion, Canada's 7-3 flogging of the vaunted Russians was plenty good enough to make this the best of days at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. The dream of Olympic gold is still alive, CTV can count on another ratings bonanza during Friday's semifinals ... perhaps even the the mother of all numbers for Sunday's grand finale in the sport that matters the most to the Canadian psyche.
But still, it will be interesting to see where all of this plays in the newspapers tomorrow, given everything that came to pass as the puck pounding was reaching its conclusion. First, there was a plucky group of Canadian short trackers (Kalyna Roberge, Tania Vicent, Marianne St-Gelais and Jessica Gregg) earning a medal in the 3,000-metre women's relay — a bronze later upgraded to silver by a Korean DQ.
Then it was off to the Whistler Sliding Centre and the drama of the women's bobsled, an event which had provided Olympic heatbreak at Turin 2006. Not today. It was Canada 1 (Alberta's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse of P.E.I.) snaring the gold and Canada 2 (Helen Upperton, Shelley-Ann Brown) grabbing the silver.
Add that to a bronze earned by the indomitable Clara Hughes in women's 5,000 metres long-track speed skating and it was a four-medal haul for a Canadian team that had been plodding along well below the expectations of its much-ballyhooed Own The Podium initiative.
Maybe now there is a shot at matching the record 24 medals earned in Turin (the total sits at 15 now). Perhaps we just might lead these Games in golds (we're tied now at seven with Germany and the U.S.) by the time all is said and done (Own The Top Of The Podium, can we say?).
Of course, all we definitely be well if two more golds come in men's and women's hockey. Let's face it, while a four-medal Wednesday is indeed wonderful, hockey gold rates would be superbly sublime.
You see, we are Canadians, after all.