knight44 said:
Will the canadian fans ever grow up, they make like 6 million excuses why they lost today. Well the reason why they lost is becuse they under estimated the Swiss, the swiss were checking them every chance they got. Gerber was amazing, the swiss play well together as a team, their d dont even let rebounds. To say the win was a fluke just shows how the canadian fans dont respect any other countries players, its quite funny really. In the world juniors they boo'ed the american national anthem, and now i guess this is just the pay back from the "hockey gods" for the classless canadian fans. They should shut up and accept their loss and think about thier next game like thier players are!
As much as
some responses by Canadian fans to this loss could be classified as "in poor taste", the above post deserves no better consideration. Focus upon merits of the game, not the fans ... after all, that's what this thread was all about.
And as for
the game, as sport shows so often, in a balanced competition, on any given day, any team can beat another team. You
may be right about the under-estimation of the Swiss by Quinn & Co. Then again, Canada may have been beat by a better team ... today. Regardless, full credit goes to the Swiss for todays victory! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon how you look at the Olympic tourney), so much comes down to a single game unlike an NHL playoff which relies on consistency as a demonstration of who is the better team. But rather than get into that debate, the Swiss did the job Canada could not do and cheers for them.
Now, as I am Canadian hockey fan, does my acknowledgment of the Swiss Team's valiant victory require you to change you qualification of
Canadian hockey fans in general, as you seem to rely on the comments of a few to draw your conclusion above.