Everyone got hot under the collar last year when Canada hammered Kazahkstan 15-0 at the World Juniors. It got worse on Saturday. Canada opened up the 2010 World Juniors by embarassing Latvia 16-0. 16-0! There is no mercy rule in hockey and when the rules dictate goals for and against as one of the tiebreakers, this is what you will get. Can you change this? Sadly, the answer is no! There will always be teams at this event that are just filler and will be used as fodder by the top teams. That was evident on the Credit Union Centre Ice as its obvious teams like Latvia shouldn't be on the same ice surface as the Canadians. An 8 team tournament won't cut it and a 12 team tournament is too much. That is why this is going to happen every year. Get used to it.
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After seeing the Czech Republic give Canada a good run in a pre-tournament game, I didn't think they would get blown out by Sweden. WRONG! Sweden takes out the Czechs 10-1 in a very surprising result. It was also surprising to see the Austrians lose 6-2 to Russia. I thought the Russians would be in double digits, but the Austrians gave them a game. In fact, it may have been the best game of the day when you consider the U-S hammered the Slovaks. Getting back to the Austrians, they had some nice fan support Saturday night. I don't know if there is a strong Austrian population in Regina or if the Regina hockey fan is embracing the underdog, but they were certainly the fan favourite against the Russians. Will it be that way against Sweden tomorrow. I'm guessing the answer is yes!
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That's all I got. I need some serious shut-eye. Talk to ya Sunday!
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Ha Ha, that is exactly what I text back to my buddy after I asked what the score of the game was....Zoinks lol.
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