What if both teams could win?, Elizabeth wonders when she looks up from her laptop, distracted from her furniture web search as the third period upset unfolds. Her Châteauguay suburban childhood determined her life-long Habs fan fate. But poor Sidney she says, “He scored the gold medal goal … the Pittsburgh captain too?” Perhaps in the sentimental hearts of Canadian hockey fans, we wrestle with the dilemma, yet like me few suffer Pittsburgh’s 7th game loss. Post game when Cherry buoyantly praises Halak, the youthful discipline of PK Subban, Cammalleri’s one knee snipes, Elizabeth forgets about Crosby and resumes her craigslist search for an Armoire.
