Thursday, January 3, 2013

States Down Canada in World Junior Semis

It was a great run while it lasted.  Going undefeated throughout the round-robin portion of the 2013 IIHF World Under 20 Hockey Championship (yes, it's the same World Juniors) Team Canada defeated both of their biggest rivals in the hockey universe, Team USA and Team Russia, only to lose to the Americans when it really mattered.  Since 2010, that's three times the Americans have crushed Canada's junior hockey gold aspirations; beating them in gold medal final matches in that year, six years earlier in 2004 and now this year taking Team Canada out one game away from the gold medal match.