Totally disagree, Canada is too proud when it comes to ANY hockey competition not to give a damn about 2nd or 3rd place.
I disagree with you. IN HOCKEY, if we lose in the semi's, we rarely get up for the bronze. If it were basketball, FOR SURE they would be up for it.
When you have slogans like "Hockey is Our Game" and commercials PUSHING IT, you bet we are disappointed if we do not win gold.
We go into many sports HOPING to get on the podium. And the reason is that we have not been dominate in those sports. We have been at hockey, so that is the goal. Once you lose that goal, you are deflated. Getting it back is hard.
Another example...US Basketball team. Do you think they care about the bronze like they think about the gold? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WILL Canada win each year. Of course not. But that is the GOAL...not Bronze.