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I never said we lost because we had auld..i just said we had auld, again! i know some were not his fault but some he shoulda had.
Caz said:I agree. We were the second most
penalized team in the tournament.
Caz said:Have to correct myself.
We were the most penalized team by far.
Unfortunately we could not grow to play
according to the new way of calling the
penalties and we can only blame ourselves
for that.
But I'm proud of our team.
Shows guts and SISU to swallow the
bitterness of yesterday and go out
the tournament with a devastating win.
Doesn't make the pain go away, but
clearly eases it.
U18 - silver
U20 - bronze
OGs - silver
WC - bronze
It's not perfect but it could have
definitively been a worse hockey
year for us.
66-87-29 said:BTW to the above, getting put to the penalty box all the time does change the way your team plays, they were pretty even at the start of the game, Canada came out jumping at the start. How do you not know that penaltys can change the way your team plays? it's common sense, or atleast it should be.
Harold_Snepps_Rocks said:I also like your style of play! You guys play with heart all the time, from the first game to the last game, which is more then i can say with some of our ``millionaires`` who if they can`t win gold then completely don`t care at all......
Shack said:Hey come on. Ref was terrible both ways so that wasn't turningpoint for this game.
We did shutdown BBC-line, we did drive to the net. All 5 goals were done from the front of the net.
I was surprised how bad was Canada's defence, and their "supposed" to be leader Shanahan was terribly lost.
Great job guys.
Caz said:You know, as fans of the sport I
guess we should be thrilled that
there is no clear favourite in
tournaments anymore and the
games between the "big" ones
can go either way.
I mean, there REALLY are several
teams capable of winning.
But as a fan of one's own team
it's also quite painful. Because
it means one's chances of winning
are smaller, as there are several
good ones.
66-87-29 said:Yeah well you didn't watch the game i presume so you got no say in the matter.
Then you just don`t love the game.SenorDingDong said:If Canada's not playin for gold, then they wont put any emotion into the game.
SergeiK said:Then you just don`t love the game.
You have to always play with heart when you are wearing our country`s jersey.
Harold_Snepps_Rocks said:Your right, and I think myself and most Canadians will agree with you...we just didn`t show up and our defence and goaltending in this tournament were really lacking some talent. You guys played great and shut down our best line...you guys deserved the victory for sure, as mentionned out of all the European countries i`m always impressed with the Finns the most because they play all out every game...you can`t help but respect that....
I'm pretty sure they cared. They just couldn't do it, that's it. Congrats Finland!SenorDingDong said:If Canada's not playin for gold, then they wont put any emotion into the game.
Sad but true, obviously they didnt care if they got shutout 5-0 today.
Stop that, you're embarrassing me.66-87-29 said:Can't always rely on your first line, in this case Canada was only a 1st line atleast for Offense.
BTW to the above, getting put to the penalty box all the time does change the way your team plays, they were pretty even at the start of the game, Canada came out jumping at the start. How do you not know that penaltys can change the way your team plays? it's common sense, or atleast it should be.
I think they cared. They wanted to win but at the same time, not quite there a 100%. You can see the difference in the intensity and the urgency against Russia in Torino and against Sweden yesterday; they were just not good enough to beat Russia and Sweden. Today, I didn't see the same drive and determination but it's NOT like they threw the game away. It's like playing the best you can while being depressed, you know what I mean? I think Europeans handle Bronze-medal game better.Pushkin said:They juste don't care ahahah what a lame excuse... So they didn't care in Torino vs. Russia and yesterday vs. Sweden as well ??? Face it they simply got badly outplayed by better teams!