Canadian Heart

Topic ONE:
Team Canada... not favoured to win the gold, not even sure they'd get to the gold medal game this year... those were the comments of many a learned hockey observer. Whoops. Just goes to prove that in a one game event it's damn hard to beat the Canadian heart and passion. They deserved their 4-1 win over the USA and now it's Russia for all the marbles on Wednesday night.

Topic TWO:
It would be far too easy to dump on Buffalo for their total failure to support their young American junior team against Canada. The rink was packed- but 75% of the crowd were Canadians. But two quick things... Canada is actually closer to the rink than some suburban areas of Buffalo AND they simply don't care about this event the same way Canada does. Doesn't mean Buffalo is an awful hockey town... they aren't.

Topic THREE:
Kills me to admit this. But Dallas Stars have an absolute gem in American junior netminder Jack Campbell. He's going to be a great NHLer and worse, will be a thorn in Canada's side for many Olympics to come. Damn.

Topic BONUS:
Good to hear the initial reports on Jordan Eberle's ankle. NOT broken, just very sore with an MRI to come. May only miss a few games. Good news for the Oilers.

I'm outta here!