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> > In article <YmMPj.1693$PM5.55@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "captain."
> > <spammersmust...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>better luck next time.
>
> >>Canada dispatches Russia 8-0 to capture world under-18 hockey title
> >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20080423/ca_pr_on_jr_ho/hky_u18_world_4
>
> > That is a very humiliating score and is, in fact, rather surprising.
> > In round robin, Canada actually lost to Russia 2:4. So there is
> > absolutely
> > no way the 8:0 score reflects the difference in class.
>
> our local s****ts channel is rebroadcasting the game at this moment. it's
a
> drubbing. the backup goalie was scored on from the first shot after
being
> called in to replace the first guy who let in four goals during the
first
> half of the first period. the game is between the first and second
period
> as
> i type this and the score is 5-0.
>
> it's interesting to me that the game is being played in kazan. it is one
> of
> the cities that i have read of in russian life magazine. it's an old
city
> with an engaging history. i wish the game would show more people in the
> crowd so that i can observe the people of kazan.
>
> russia can still be proud to have alexander ovechkin, in my opinion the
> most
> exciting russian NHL player since pavel bure and the best offensive
player
> in the NHL today. if he keeps playing like he played this
season/playoffs,
> that guy will fill stadiums in hockey towns. on top of that, he is a
great
> s****tsman and is a really positive force on his team attitude-wise.
bure,
> for all of his talent, was very reserved and moody.
>
What amazes me is that in junior competitions, Canada always finishes
1st, Russia - 2nd, and others never seem to be anywhere near. But when
it comes to Olympics played on neutral ice - Russia finishes 4th way
behind Sweden, Finland and Czech R, and Canada gets drubbed by
Switzerland and Russia and funishes 8th. Weird.
- yes, drubbed :) but you know how it goes... the question is: what have
you
done for me lately? this tourney speaks well for the young players who
will
be in the league soon.
since you mentioned the olympics, team canada has won gold as recently as
2002 (in both men's and women's). and since the next winter olympics are
going to be in my city, i just know that the russians will be claiming
biased refs on this "neutral ice". team russia is popular here as well.
i'll
bet that in the non-canada games they will get good crowd turn out.
btw, i may be in the crowd. you can try to guess which one is me. hint:
near
the zamboni entrance. i'll try to get up to see the biathlon too. traffic
will be **** though so who knows...
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