Question: Did anyone watch last night's Sportsnet Connected? The women's world hockey championship is being played this week and for the life of me it seems like it omitted any mention of the women's world hockey championship, other than as an item on the ticket.
Hey, it's not like the tournament is being played in Canada or set a record for ticket sales before the first game was even played. Wait, it is... and it did. Sportsnet also had options if it didn't think game action from a one-sided Canadian win over Germany (8-0, with a 70-5 shots on goal tally) rated airtime. There was a pregame ceremony to honour Team Canada vets Vicky Sunohara, Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford, the one-time Kingston Kodiak, for each being the first to score 100 career international goals with the national team. How about a clip of that, just to acknowledge their contributions to Canadian sport?
Nope, nothing -- never mind there were 10,700 people on hand. Funny, Sportsnet Connected uses a woman to do some of its voice-overs, which sound just a little too much like some of the commercials you see after midnight. Actually showing women other than Maria Sharapova competing seems to be out.
In fairness, the coverage should pick up when Canada plays the U.S. on Saturday, and it's not totally sexism here. The tournament is in Manitoba, after all, and to the people in Toronto and Vancouver who make the calls on Sportsnet's coverage, Winnipeg might as well be on the moon. Just to add insult to injury, Connected didn't have any footage from the tournament, but did show Jets legend Dale Hawerchuk's bogus sweater retirement from Glendale, Arizona.
Perhaps this space is just looking to lash out after. Our team, Sweden, the Tre Kroner, was tripped up 1-0 in overtime by Finland. Noora Ruty, the Finns' 17-year-old goalie, matched the much better known Kim Martin goose egg for goose egg until Saija Sirvio wrapped up the win with an extra-time goal. The Finns and Swedes might get to do it again in the bronze-medal game on Tuesday, unless Finland can upset the U.S. on Sunday.
Anyway, the thrust here is Sportsnet missing Veteran players honoured, 10,715 people on hand -- it was at least as culturally important as anything from "The Inbox" or a self-fellating feature on Canada's Best Sports Bar.
(Not that we're against The Inbox, in its place.)
That's all for now. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.
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