That is something you guys and especially Canada knows. To play to the last second of the game. And now apparenlty young Russians who did the same to Sweden ...Quote:
Originally Posted by billiaml
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That is something you guys and especially Canada knows. To play to the last second of the game. And now apparenlty young Russians who did the same to Sweden ...Quote:
Originally Posted by billiaml
The Russians taught us that...the old Red Army teams never used to quit easy....Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
It is funny, International hockey taught Canadians not to take the sport for granted..and our hockey culture adopted a lot of new ideas from Russia, Finland Sweden and the like.....
It isn't as international a game as soccer, more in line with maybe Rugby....but the highest level, it is marvelously entertaining...
and to Canada ... third period 5-0 to Russia! What the hell did happen to team Canada...????Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Well the Russians must have something in their bag of tricks, because they pulled the same stunt on the Finns and Swedes. Coming from behind. They got that idea in their head they were never out of a game, and the Canadians obliged by playing not to lose in the third. They stopped skating, stopped working, stopped hitting and got rattled by the 2 quick goals the Russians got.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
All power to em, but after hearing how their delay out of Buffalo was delayed because they were all disorderly and rowdy leaving on a Delta Flight (the pilot tossed them off); I gain some satisfaction knowing Team Canada would never allow our guys to go anywhere acting a) like that and b) would sanction and punish anyone who did embarass the country.
The Russians won, all power to em, but they sure don't seem to have a lot of class...
True, the good thing is nobody cares about it these days, the matches were on a pay channel and I don't think that many people watched them. Hockey is/ will be on a downward spiral in Finland especially after next year when YLE loses the World Championship TV-rights. Then it's just ads and ads and pay-per-view. I remember watching Stanley Cup Finals in the middle of the night in about 1997 and it was live and free. Those days are long gone and your average Finnish Joe hasn't seen an NHL match in years....Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Having had the pleasure to do business with them I can only agree with you...but then again I've done business also with your neigbours and they don't fall far behind the ruskies ... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
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Originally Posted by DexDexter
I do have a channelpackage with ESPN and MAX3 so I get to watch some hockey at least. Doesn't Nelonen Sport show some NHL matches ?
I suppose every team has its bad examples, and there was some classy American teams like last year's winners in Saskatoon, or the idiots that trashed their rooms in Nagano in the 98 Olympics.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
AS for the Russians, well, this years Junior team proved once and for all that you can win, but if you cant have class doing it, then you just look like a boob.....
I think the whole thing is mainly just hot air, different cultures, different cultural norms and young people enjoying their victory a bit too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Quite agree as russians like to party (read: heavy drinking) wayyyy more than any other nation in the planet. It was no news to me :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DexDexter