[Newsbot]

Title: Canada edges Russia in a semifinal shootout
Category: Sports
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-01-03 19:26:15
Canadian

[Arctic_Menace]

This must've been one intense game to watch.

[Hewer]

It was a classic, one of the best I've ever seen. The whole game was a titanic struggle between two evenly-matched teams, hardly a let-up in the action, and had everything--hard hitting, nifty skills, hard hitting, last second heroics, hard hitting, and best of all, we won. Oh yeah, and hard hitting. The only down side was that it was decided with the idiotic, anti-climatic shootout. But since we won, I guess that's okay.

Bob McKenzie's observation afterwards was on the money. It was a reversal of tradition. The Russians came out hitting, but in the end, Canada won it with skill. I believe that Hell is open for public skating now.

[crystalsm]

Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:

This must've been one intense game to watch.

That it was. It had me on the edge of my seat for a large portion of the game. An excellent game it was!

[martin14]

crystalsm crystalsm:

Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:

This must've been one intense game to watch.

That it was. It had me on the edge of my seat for a large portion of the game. An excellent game it was!

Had me up till 4:30 am

EPIC BATTLE !!!

and yes, deciding a game by shootout is a terrible way to do it,
and should be scrapped.. let the boys play.

[N_Fiddledog]

$1:

It was a reversal of tradition. The Russians came out hitting, but in the end, Canada won it with skill.

I've never understood that one, you know. Why do Canadians seem to believe the Russians traditionally beat us? Go through the history of Canada vs Russia series when their best met our best. I bet you'll find the facts don't support the theory there. I think Canadians have some sort of inferiority complex, or something, on that, and it isn't justified by the facts.

[Hewer]

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

$1:

It was a reversal of tradition. The Russians came out hitting, but in the end, Canada won it with skill.

I've never understood that one, you know. Why do Canadians seem to believe the Russians traditionally beat us? Go through the history of Canada vs Russia series when their best met our best. I bet you'll find the facts don't support the theory there. I think Canadians have some sort of inferiority complex, or something, on that, and it isn't justified by the facts.

He meant that the styles of play were reversed, not the winners.

[Sapio]

I only saw the highlights, but it was good. I did not think it could top the US game, but it did.

[xerxes]

It was a hell of a game to be sure. GO CANADA!!