pullmytrigger
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Do any of you guys still play???
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USA vs Canada Olympic Hockey Game..
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I'll still strap on a pair of skates and mess around every now and again, but I'm in no way, shape or form in game shape.
Perlmudder
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Nice score. Always bet on home.won me fiddy bucks!
catastrophe
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Never got caught up in Good Better Best.
They are all great athletes that are honoured by whoever chose them to even be on their country's team.
Good luck to them all, they are all trying their very best.
Last nights game was great back and forth hockey, and very entertaining.
They are all great athletes that are honoured by whoever chose them to even be on their country's team.
Good luck to them all, they are all trying their very best.
Last nights game was great back and forth hockey, and very entertaining.
Very true. One thing that popped out at me during all this these past weeks is how much it feels like NHL games - just with different jerseys. I recognize so many players from North America on all the teams, be it Russia, Sweeden, or whoever. Regardless, it's been great hockey.
masher44
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It is great hockey and it seems like better hockey because these guys are out playing for their country and not just a paycheck. Team Canada has major talent but the USA boys are always tagged as the underdogs and seem to still lack respect from the world, to a much lesser degree now but they were, just a short time ago the laughing stock of hockey. Even after 1980 they were viewed as a fluke.
You simply just cant mess with Canada's dedication hockey. This is their national past time and they live this sport. We do not.
You simply just cant mess with Canada's dedication hockey. This is their national past time and they live this sport. We do not.
catastrophe
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In actual fact you'll find a lot of people consider our countries as One.
Pure sports fans just want to be entertained with quality effort.
Superbowl Day up here is just as enthusiastic as anywhere south of the border.
If you go to the thread here entitled BEST FRIENDS you will understand why.
masher44
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Well the NHL lockout here killed hockey. I cant remember the last time a nationally televised hockey game was on TV, other than the cool games at the baseball parks the last couple years.
If you asked Americans who Mike Modano is (arguably one of our best US born players) they vast majority answer who be HUH?
If you asked who Sidney Crosby was here the answer would be HUH?
I do not think you would have that response North of the border.
I have attended dozens of games here from MA to TX over the years and yes I agree the fans are intense but I would say an average Dallas Stars fan does not compare to the average Bruins fan in dedication. But a Bruins fan would compare to a Senators fan.
So I think the further South you go, the less dedication and overall fan base there is.
If you asked Americans who Mike Modano is (arguably one of our best US born players) they vast majority answer who be HUH?
If you asked who Sidney Crosby was here the answer would be HUH?
I do not think you would have that response North of the border.
I have attended dozens of games here from MA to TX over the years and yes I agree the fans are intense but I would say an average Dallas Stars fan does not compare to the average Bruins fan in dedication. But a Bruins fan would compare to a Senators fan.
So I think the further South you go, the less dedication and overall fan base there is.
catastrophe
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agreed
bluellama
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Tuesday at Noon at the University of Ottawa, and every Thursday night in an Over 30 league.
2 Down 2 to go.....
Airpacker
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Substitute NHL for MLB and and reverse the geoghraphy and it would still ring true.
The baseball strike devaststed MLB up here. Crowds of 50 to 60 thousand at every single Jays game have been closer to 15 to 20 thousand since the strike. Canadians, as a whole don't really care about major league baseball.
On the other hand, Canadians from 2 to 92 breathe hockey, well, most of em do. We even have a Punjabi NHL channel
masher44
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I agree. Jays win back to back titles then the strike. It hurt it here too until the Sosa/McGwire epic battles and when the Yanks won 4 titles.
It is a shame that kids here have such limited exposure to guys like Crosby and Ovechkin.
As a kid in Western MA we grew up playing and watching hockey, often trveling to Canada to play and often palyed teams that traveled from Canada. We froze over our driveway and played street hockey during the warmer months.
Who didnt love the Hartford Whalers??????
It is a shame that kids here have such limited exposure to guys like Crosby and Ovechkin.
As a kid in Western MA we grew up playing and watching hockey, often trveling to Canada to play and often palyed teams that traveled from Canada. We froze over our driveway and played street hockey during the warmer months.
Who didnt love the Hartford Whalers??????
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