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eS El Duque:
After 8 fuckin long years..Canada wins at the world juniors beating THE PUNK ASS RUSSIANS 6-1...WHOOOOOOOO!

best canadian team ever..beating every team (except for the czechs) by 6 goals or moreI don't give a fuck what you europeans say...Russia vs Canada is the BEST International rivalry.

oh canada  8)

Lincoln:
 ;D

Black_Smoke:
 8)

Suga Foot:
I didn't even know the finals were today, I havent seen any of the games, but it's good that Canada won.   8)

Shallow:
I hate Canadian style hockey. I always cheer for the Russians because they play a better game. I'm a Canadian but I can't stand it when I see my fellow countrymen throw skill out the window for checking and violence. You saw the Russian frustration. In the beginning most tried their best not to get too physical but by the end they got fed up with it. My point of view started with the Summit Series of '72 when I saw a group of skilled amateurs make a allstar team of proffesionals look silly in their own country. Then Canada had to go and play like babies, using their fists and shoulders more than their sticks. They threw goons like Bobby Clarke out there only to create trouble. The only he used his stick was to take the best Russian out with a violent slash to the knee. Now the whole game is like this, even the Russians fall victim to it, and they invented the better way of playing. Strength and ignorance takes the place of skill. Canadians wonder why Hockey gets no regard inthe states and makes no real money. All the biggest crossover staers like Gretzky and Lemieux drifted as far away from rough housing as possible. Mario did it more but he was a never as big as Wayne popularity wise.

The American sports fan sees it as primitive. The point of the game is to get the puck in the net, not use force to knock people over. It works in Football because the point is to get though everyone while staying up and make it to the other side, and blatant cheap shots don't happen like they do in Hockey. If Basketball had checking it would have went nowhere. When American fans see a guy forget the puck just to see the guy hit the opposing player for good measure they look down upon it, and so do I. It scarifices the integrity of the game and throws skill out the window. If I had a nickel for every OHL player that doesn't make it to the league because he isn't big or agressive enough but has more skill than 90% of the others, I'd retire with a fortune. What the NHL owners need to do right now is pack up and leave. Start a new league with skill over strength, take away body checking, and ban wild shots (or atleast set up a n honour code), take the helmets off (except the goalie) and tone down the equipment. This would make it a more exciting fast pace game with higher scoring and highlights that have nothing to do with a guy getting a concussion or losing teeth. Only the best skilled players would qualify and we'd bring a little respect to the game I love. It's not just that I think this a better, it's that I think it would work better financially and ratings wise.
 

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