6-5 to Russia. :(

Close one, did you see any of the game?

5-1 Canada over the Czechs :DL

Canada-Norway today.

I kinda always figured yer one of 'them'. :yep:

Dowly, tough one against Belarus the other day. Did you see the game?

Yup, last night. A fine example of how our team's performance goes from above average to piss poor. :nope:

Finland - Canada tomorrow, always a good game :yep:
Finland plays a gritty style of play, they match up well against Canada.

Gonna be a great game :)

Yup, good game ahead. Tho, I think we have pretty slim chances to win Canada, but we'll see. :yeah:

You never know, from the recent Under 18 Tournament:

Here

I just have to figure out how to get out of work early today :hmmm:

@RDP

Aye, but that's under 18. :03: Besides, we havent really been celebrating that many wins over Canada lately.

YEAH!!

We get to stay in the game :D

What kind of minor hockey system do you guys have in Finland. It used to be here ( 20 years ago when I played more competitively ) that double\triple A started at the Bantam age level ( 13-15 year olds ) now this type of hockey is started at the Novice age level ( 8 - 9 year olds ).

I struggle a bit with that as I think it does produce a better hockey player but I also think it turns some kids off the sport due to burnout and also from pressures from their parents. To me it's the quality of coaching vs. the quantity of play that makes a difference.

Case in point, after regular hockey season here, which ended in late March, I had a chance to put my middle son in a Spring Hockey League, if he would have played he would have gotten an extra 16 games under his belt. But I checked around and did not hear many positive things about the coaching so we decided to not put him in. I would rather put him in a good hockey school for a week.

Great Web Site from Hockey Canada: http://www.hockeycanada.ca/

Anyway, I am curious at what kind of developmental programs other countries have.

AND WE SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREEEEE!!!!!!!! :rock:

What is the score by the way, 1-0? Still at work here :oops:

AND WE SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE AGAAAAAIIIIN!!!!

@RDP: 2-0 for us. You're missing a great game. :cry: Very physical.

Man you guys are kicking our butts big-time :o:oops: We may have been a little overconfident going in :yep:

What period Dowly? Hopefully we can regroup.

Is there no real time ticker with the WHC, this is killing me :dead::dead:

Edit: Not sure about that link so I removed it, I'll check for another one later.

@ Dowly

Old time hockey at the WHC, gotta love it.

1st period just ended. Canada evened the game to 2-1 during PP.