U.S. Women's Hockey, A Class Act

I happened to catch the medals ceremony for women's hockey tonight.

The U.S. women, upset in the semifinals by Sweden, beat Finland today for the bronze medal. It was a huge surprise to see them not playing in the gold medal game against the Canadians - the Swedes are the first non-Canadian team to beat them in international competition.

The U.S. women graciously accepted their medals and generally looked pretty pleased to be on the podium. I was a little worried that there would be some display of sour grapes but there wasn't any that I noticed.

As far as Sweden goes, my sister and I saw them play the U.S. in Salt Lake City in 2002. The U.S. won 4-0 but the score would have been 12-0 if not for the amazing play of their goalie Kim Martin - then 15, now 19 and sporting a silver medal to go with her bronze from 2002.