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February 14, 2009

The Brithplace of Team Canada

While GM Place will host the marquee games of the 2010 Olympics, UBC's new Thunderbird Stadium will also host many mens and womens games, plus sledge hockey in the paralympics.

Did you know that UBC's original Thunderbird Stadium is the birthplace of Team Canada? UBC's Basil Waugh reminds us:
Don’t be surprised if you hear Hayley Wickenheiser or any of the other sure-fire Canadian Olympians say, “Home, sweet home,” when they arrive at UBC in 2010.

That is because the new UBC Thunderbird Arena, a 2010 Olympic and Paralympic competition venue, is located where Canada’s National Hockey Program was born.

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