Olympics have now started while the NHL is on their all star break
Canada’s national sport of hockey is now what is at stake
The women’s team is powerful, they’ll bring some hardware back
As far as our men’s team goes, they have to get things on track
The ladies will come home with a silver at worse
Their only competitors are the Americans of course
These two nations dominate all other countries year in and year out
It seems the third place finisher is the only thing that’s in doubt
Last Olympics their male counterparts finished off in third
It would be nice to see this team move up in the awards
Once again no NHL players are on this hockey crew
It will be interesting to see what they can do
Basically, they have ten days to try to accomplish this feat
Hopefully they will have the talent to be able to compete
This benefits the weaker teams that have kept their squads the same
In two thousand and eighteen Germany lost to Russia in the gold medal game
The women have already played a couple and outscored their opponents twenty three to two
Having to beat the Americans is the only obstacle that they have to get through
Last Olympics it took a shootout and United States won the gold
Here’s hoping a better fate for them will unfold
They won’t be happy with silver in this year’s quest
They won’t be satisfied once again for finishing second best
These two dynasties are the cream of the crop
It will be a hard fought battle to finish off on top
Last edition of the Olympics, Canada’s medal total was the highest they ever attained
The team sport of hockey for us is something that has been engrained
This year there is one hundred and nine medals left to be presented
I have been concentrating on the sport that our Country invented
Last Olympics, hockey gave us two medals out of a total of twenty nine
This year, don’t worry, I’m sure we will do fine
Eleven gold, eight silver and ten bronze we won along the way
So far this year we have two and it’s only Saturday
There was so many elite athletes that contributed to that record haul
I’m sorry I didn’t take the time to mention them all
So many heroes, and I haven’t uttered even one name
Instead I chose to concentrate on our national game
Each one of them are responsible for these numbers that were attained
What are the chances of us winning that many again?
Every one of them contributed and played their own role
Doing the best that they can is their ultimate goal
Our Country will be behind them and will watch them compete
We will all stand proud of their achievement in triumph or defeat
The events can be viewed throughout the night and the day
Us Canadians will be cheering for them all the way
The Black Sheep Poet 