The games are over…for another year…

It is with a sense of sadness that I witnessed the American team loss to the Czech Republic, 2 – 3, in the World Junior Hockey Championship. Admittedly, the Czech goaltender was the best of the goaltenders in the championship series and made life difficult for the Americans. The game went into over-time, either team could have won.

Now, as to the game between Russia and Canada, it was believed by most that Canada would win as the Canadian team was the strongest iced over a long period of time. Over the past seven years Canada had won one gold, four silver and two bronze medals. Those four silvers were a disappointment to the Canadian teams as the games might have gone either way. This year, the Canadians either tied some records or made some new ones; this reflects positively on all team members. The players supported one another throughout the games. Today, the 6 – 1 result was from goals scored by seven different players; these players were assisted and supported by all their team members. It was good hockey, all around, with many memories to be retained by players and spectators.