BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 End of 2nd, 2-0 Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 This from a fan who loves the Canadian enthusiasm for this game that I love so much ....: Once again, the referees are being intimidated into not calling penalties against Canada and calling too many on their opponent. Canada may well be the best team, but we'll never really know because of the large favoritism they're getting. Let's get more of these tournaments on neutral ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Let's get more of these tournaments on neutral ice. Like Buffalo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hodgson gets a PP goal for Canada, 3-0, about 30 seconds into the 3rd period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Like Buffalo? Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Ullstrom in the box for Sweden for roughing, PP Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Like Buffalo? I think you could put the tourney in Indiana or Tampa and there would still be more Canadians at the World Junior Championship than Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Another PP for Sweden 14:00 left in the 2nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Sweden scores 3-1 about 11 mins left in the 3rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagard Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Care to explain the decent juniors program comment? The question is whether or not the U17 and U18 programs need to exist or would the money be better spent trying to make the USHL better or the moving the NAHL to TierI. Truthfully I'd be OK with a few more years of USNDPT if they would work harder to get the elite level US coaches to take turns or --gasp-- get some Canadian help running the show. I'd much prefer they work with the college system and work to get guys like Eaves, Lucia, Red, York, Parker, etc... I'd like to see this approach tried more frequently unless the college coaches don't want any part of it. Canada doesn't have this issue because they have overwhelming numbers and talent and comparisons to their tryout evals aren't really fair. On good years the US may be close to matching them on the top two lines. But most years Canada will be better on the top and deeper so they can really run a tryout anyway they want and they will still have a better team. It isn't their system that gives them a better team, it is their better players. Almost every year Canada is a lot better on the blue line and in nets than the US. Losing to them hurts, but really can't be a surprise. The games that I struggle with are getting blown out by the Russians, tying the Swiss, getting worked by the Slovaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Schwartz Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Because the US team is pretty much a big joke right now. As others have also posted in the last few pages of this thread. The performance in this tournament has nothing to do with the junior program in the United States. The talent was there offensively and defensively, goalkeeping was a HUGE issue, and Rolston was not a good choice as a coach. Anyone with knowledge of the players selected would have told you the US had the second, or at worst the third most talented squad in Ottawa this week. They just never put it together. I'm not sure how that's a reflection on the junior program in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Schwartz Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 The games that I struggle with are getting blown out by the Russians, tying the Swiss, getting worked by the Slovaks. I agree with you on the other games, but when did we get worked by the Slovaks? Didn't we outshoot them like 50-20? Just because it looked like a squirt goalie suited up for team USA, doesn't mean we got worked. USA dominated action throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Canada on PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 About 4 mins left until Canada wins the gold! 5 for 5! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Sweden with an empty net. 2:15 left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 And Eberle gets the ENG!!!! Canada 4-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 1 min left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 And now Hodgson with another ENG!!!! Canada 5-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Schwartz Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 About 4 mins left until Canada wins the gold! 5 for 5! Dude, your from America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 AND CANADA IS OFFICIALLY 5 FOR 5!!!!!!!!!!!! What a good game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Canada winning this tournament is like the U.S. winning gold in basketball. Some people may get all hyped up over it, but really they're the ones that should win it year in and year out. I bet one in about 10,000 people in the U.S. know any of the players on the U.S. team. The Canadian players are household names by this point in time. Heck, I bet if you asked 10,000 people in the U.S. maybe five would know what the world junior tournament is... I completely agree with an earlier post about selecting Buffalo for the next one in the states. They should put the tournament down in Phoenix Arizona, maybe then the U.S. team wouldn't get booed off the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudLight Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 It's a very cool thing every time O Canada is played at a hockey game because EVERYONE sings along! Just think how awesome that would be if people in the US had enough pride to learn the words to our anthem AND sing along with it when it played! I don't know many people that know the words to the Star Spangled Banner, and I know even less people who sing along to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray77 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 A cool side note to this tournament and Team Canada with Fighting Sioux ties. In case you didn't know, Brad Pascall who played for the Sioux from 1988-1992 is the Senior Director/General Manager for Team Canada. I sat down with him, Wayne Gretzky and 2 others when the tournament was in Grand Forks and bought them a beer. I could hardly speak when talking with Gretzky. I'm not sure how long Pascall has been in that position or if he does it for any of the other Team Canada men's teams, but I know he is for the World Junior team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I don't know many people that know the words to the Star Spangled Banner. Do you hang out with strictly 2nd graders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Schwartz Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 A cool side note to this tournament and Team Canada with Fighting Sioux ties. In case you didn't know, Brad Pascall who played for the Sioux from 1988-1992 is the Senior Director/General Manager for Team Canada. I sat down with him, Wayne Gretzky and 2 others when the tournament was in Grand Forks and bought them a beer. I could hardly speak when talking with Gretzky. I'm not sure how long Pascall has been in that position or if he does it for any of the other Team Canada men's teams, but I know he is for the World Junior team. That is pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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