There are no words. This is terrible.
We were originally talking about Laine, Matthews, McDavid, Kane and watching their highlights. Here's where the exchange began.
Her: "Show me Crosby's highlights now."
Me: "Uh, okay"
*Shows highlights of him winning the SC and the WCH*
Her (after the video ends): "He's a great hockey player, and an even better kid, he's well mannered just like you. I'm glad he won the Stanley Cup."
Me: "Whaaat?!?"
Her: "Yeah, he's my favourite player and I like the fact that he's the captain of the Penguins and TC and he led both teams to victory."
*long silence, as I am in utter disbelief*
Her: "What's the matter?"
Me: "TC is fine, but I absolutely hate those damn Penguins!
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Because they beat us all the ****ing time and their douchy, arrogant fans make fun of us all the time!!"
Her: "Well, if they beat you all the time, it's probably because they're better and therefore they deserve to win."
*long silence again, but this time I'm angry and about to leave the room*
Her (apologetic, realising she'd struck a nerve): "Wait honey, it's okay. I'm sure your boys will win eventually, and I'll contribute to your ticket to go see them in Washington when they get to the finals."
Me: "Yeah one day we'll kick their butts and I'll be in the front row applauding."
Dear God, this is awful to hear
you need to win another World Championship so you can plug your ears with 2 medals when your mother talks about hockey.
They actually gave me 3 medals. There was one medal for each player, plus 10 medals for the staff. We only had 4 staff members (head coach, assistant, photograph and GM). So there were 6 extra medals, they gave one to my brother and one to my sister who came to cheer us on during the finals. These medals are huge though, I put an iPhone next to them to give you a scale. My ears aren't that big unfortunately. I guess I'll just have to get my mother to be a McDavid fan instead.