My Olympic Schedule

Since I am the stereotypical male Canadian, my first desire for Olympic event tickets was hockey.  Being a stereotypical western Canadian, I also wanted to see some curling.  Luckily for me, the only tickets remaining by the time I managed to log into the VANOC website were hockey and curling.

Interesting trivia: 

The 2010 tournament will mark the first time since NHL players were allowed to compete that the Olympics will be held in a city with a NHL team. For the first time, Olympic games will be played on a narrower, NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 61x26 metres (200x85  feet), instead of the international size of 61x30 metres (200x98.5 feet).

(Source: Wikipedia)

Now that that random factoid is out of the way, here is my Olympic schedule:

Sunday, February 14, 2010

1523 - Arrive in Vancouver

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

1200-1430 - Canada Hockey Place -Men's Hockey Preliminary - USA vs. Switzerland

1630-1900 - Canada Hockey Place - Men's Hockey Preliminary - Canada vs. Norway

1900-2130 - BC Place - Vancouver Victory Ceremony

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

0900-1200 - Vancouver Olympic Centre - Women's Curling Qualification

1630-1900 - Canada Hockey Place - Men's Hockey Preliminary - Sweden vs. Germany

1900-2130 - BC Place - Vancouver Victory Ceremony

Thursday, February 18, 2010

0900-1200 - Vancouver Olympic Centre - Men's Curling Qualification

1630-1900 - Canada Hockey Place - Men's Hockey Preliminary - Switzerland vs. Canada

1900-2130 - BC Place - Vancouver Victory Ceremony

Friday, February 19, 2010

0900-1200 - Vancouver Olympic Centre - Women's Curling Qualification

1630-1900 - Canada Hockey Place - Men's Hockey Preliminary - Czech Republic vs. Latvia

1900-2130 - BC Place - Vancouver Victory Ceremony

Saturday, February 20, 2010

1200-1430 - Canada Hockey Place - Men's Hockey Preliminary - Norway vs. Switzerland

1630-1900 - Canada Hockey Place - Men's Hockey Preliminary - Latvia vs. Slovakia

1900-2130 - BC Place - Vancouver Victory Ceremony

Sunday, February 21, 2010

1540 - Depart Vancouver

Unfortunately, the Olympic hockey schedule had not been published when I purchased my tickets.  Luckily, I managed to get two Canada games and two Latvia games (I consider myself approximately 42% Latvian in terms of ancestry).

For those not familiar with the Victory Ceremonies, the VANOC website describes them as follows:

Olympic Victory Ceremonies will be held every night from February 14 to February 26, 2010 at BC Place*, and from February 14 to February 27, 2010 at the Whistler Olympic Celebration Plaza.

Both venues will feature large video screens in order to link the nightly Olympic Victory Ceremony presentations in Whistler and Vancouver. Medals won in Whistler will be presented at the Whistler Olympic Celebration Plaza before a live audience of 8,000. Medals won in Vancouver will be presented in BC Place before a live audience of 35,000.

Each night the Victory Ceremonies will be followed by a live concert in each of these venues.

Any tickets that have not yet been sold will be made available on June 9.  Although it might be nice to get tickets to a few Whistler events for Monday Feb 15, I'll be happy with what I have if this is all I get.

Coming up next: Olympic Torch Relay.