Sorry fellow hockey fans, but I've been watching the Six Nations Rugby (Wales-France) on BBC, and at half time (France leading 20-0 in Cardiff) I realised the USA-Finland hockey had started.
So I switched over to the BBC's extra channel only to catch the deathly silence that filled the airwaves during the break between the 1st and 2nd periods of the hockey.
The BBC and their now
infamous hockey-novice commentator have a habit of walking away from the mic at the end of the period and leaving dead air. All we're left with are the mumbles of the crowd and a long shot of the Zamboni machines circling the ice.
There wasn't even a caption on the screen to show the USA lead 6-0. The BBC can be really crap sometimes.
I
had to return to the rugby because a demolition of the Welsh is simply too entertaining for me to miss.
I hoped the French would totally humiliate the Welsh in the second half, but the Welsh fought back to 20-13, before a couple of French penalties and a last minute Welsh try meant the game ended 26-20. Still I'm happy the Welsh lost.
Tomorrow it's England-Ireland, should be a close game.
Now the rugby has finished it's back to the hockey for the 3rd period. How the hell did the second period remain scoreless?
