Posted on 02/21/2014 6:47:46 PM PST by rickmichaels
Sometimes, we forget what Canada really is, when it comes to hockey. We worry, we agonize, we fret. We wonder if the Americans will catch us, if the Swedes or the Finns will topple us, what the Russians have left. And sometimes we lose. It happens. It’s hockey.
But this country is a factory from coast to coast, an incubator and a gladiator academy, pumping out players who not only are big and fast and strong and skilled, so skilled, but actors who learn how to play the harder parts, too. We produce stars who can play like they have no skill. And in Canada’s 1-0 victory over the United States in the Olympic men’s hockey semi-final Friday, it wasn’t Canada’s glittering skill that won the game. It was the other stuff.
“There’s a lot of winners in that locker room,” said goaltender Carey Price, who made all 31 saves, “and they all know how to play in tough situations, and be comfortable being uncomfortable.”
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>>But this country is a factory from coast to coast, an incubator and a gladiator academy, pumping out players who not only are big and fast and strong and skilled, so skilled, but actors who learn how to play the harder parts, too. We produce stars who can play like they have no skill.
All that, and Justin Bieber too! (sorry Canada...couldn’t resist)
Its not like they have anything else to be proud of.
We have Harper you have Obama. Nough said!!
Canadians lead the world in Hockey.
In other news, the sun appears to rise in the east, and set in the west.
A balanced budget for one.
Oh, really?
Go Habs.
Are you for real?
Dont forget curling, eh?
>>Dont forget curling, eh?
That’s from Scotland. They’d boil Bieber and eat him in Scotland.
Oh wait, never mind. Maybe you could take up with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal? Or is that only for tossing clergymen in jail for preaching against sodomy?
And Harper...Your "conservative party" dropped opposition to abortion from the party plank if I'm not mistaken. Abortion is state funded to some degree everywhere except Nunavut, right?
Bryan...I have as little use for Justin Bieber as anyone, but check out the youtube of him playing hockey...The kid can skate and transitions really well...He plays pretty good....
Sweden will beat them 3-0 Sunday. The Soviet Union owned Canada for decades. That game today was awful to watch...boring..tedious. The women’s gold medal game was spectacular. Sad when amateur women put on a better game than the “professional” men.
The crying by the women team drives me nuts.
So is someone surprised that Canadians take their hockey seriously?
I've known for more than 50 years.
Probably the only thing that makes haggis more appealing in comparison.
well..they are still women...and they trained and waited for 4 years for this moment, saw it slip away to their arch rivals..and, being true amateurs, have to wait 4 more years for another chance. Unlike the men...they will go back making millions , playing a game in a league that nobody watches or cares about.
We have lots to be proud of as do you. To keep it that way we need to get our countries back.
Women’s hockey isn’t near as fast paced as the men’s. As to who wins on Sunday, I think the US team is better than Sweden, so we’ll see. Frankly, I don’t care much. It’s all a distraction from what is really happening.
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