You and Doug Weight should be granted Canadian citizenship for being classy in the cess pool of classless, whingeing, arrogant and ignorant conceit that is the USofA.
We drew Finland- who ALWAYS play Canada tough- and were lucky enough to get Belarus. You drew Germany- who were about as powerful as Belarus against Canada- and the Russians. Russia layed down for the first two periods. I think it is safe to say the draws turned out even.
The US players did handle the loss with class, especially Jeremy Roenick, who said he was happy for Canada because he knows how much this meant to us.
Try as we might, the rivalry will never be the same as the hatred we hold towards the Russians. Canada and the US just have too much respect for one another.
So what you're saying is that had the yanks had to play the Russians in the final you'd have wanted the yanks to win? As someone said earlier on in this thread, I'd rather see the krauts beat the yanks and that's saying something. I still wouldn't know who I'd rather win in a contest between yanks and the French for fcuk's sake. I feel faint.
Hey, any other sport I'd probably cheer for anyone over the Yanks, but in HOCKEY, there is no bigger hate-on than Canada vs. Russia. For the last 40 years, hockey supremacy has been held between these two. The rivalry is very bitter...they're way vs. our way of playing. In 1972 (I think...wasn't born yet), when one of their players was "Killing us", Bobby Clark went out and broke the fcuker's leg. One of their Juniors spat on one of ours during the worlds this year.
I hate loosing to ANYONE, but to Russia is by far the worse. At least most of the US players are beneficiaries of the Canadian system and coaching. They play our game.
russians are just a bunch of brats and pussy and i wish they would have got knocked out in the first round so we could stop hearing them complain about every fcuken thing !!!
As classless and arogant as anyone EVER!!! I must admit I have loads more of respect for guys like Chelios, JR, Hull for the way in which they handle themselves in defeat... I have never liked anyone of those three tossers, but after watching last night I gained much more respect for them as men... could you see Yashin possing for a picture OP with (his silver medal around his neck) arm and arm with Peca??? I think not, those bastards don't even show up to recieve their medal!!! I say donate their Bronze medals to some kind of charity that can auction them off for money!!!
I'd like a good print of that too (a nice one I can frame). If anybody comes accross any purchasing information for that, please post it here, or PM me.
This goes out to all non believers who were talking shite about Gretzky's boys last week "NA NA NA NA, NA NA NA NA, U-S-A GOODBYE" A big Fcuk Yeah! goes out to Wayne and the boys. I'm still pretty drunk 24 hours later and it's Fcuking brilliant to be a Canadian. I love hockey and I love Canada(said with tears rolling down my face)FCUK YEAH