This is a post I am not excited to write this blog post as I am Canadian, but I must write what has occurred and so here it goes.
After Russia surprised Finland and Sweden to get to the final of the 2011 World Junior Tournament in Buffalo New York but they had to face the power house Canadian team that was heavily favoured to win the gold medal. In the first 2 periods Canada pulled ahead to a 3-0 lead and seemed to dominate every aspect of the game. But after the 2nd intermission Canada became victim to one of the greatest comebacks in tournament history. 7 minutes into the period Russia tied the game at 3 with some quick goals. Canada tried to get some offense but with 4 minutes left in the game Russia pulled ahead 4-3. Then the Russians scored again with just over 1 minute to play and Canada was forced to settle with the silver medal for the second year in a row.
The Russians opened the tournament with losses to Sweden and Canada and was quickly ruled out of the tournament by most experts. Even in their quarterfinal match up with Finland they found themselves down by 2 with only 3 minutes to play but still found away to win in overtime. After that they upset the tournament favourites from Sweden they were still picked to be the underdogs in the final. They sure proved alot of experts wrong with their Gold Medal victory.
It was pretty amazing to see all of the Canadian fans even though the game was in Buffalo NY. Canadian hockey fans are by far the best in the world because wherever Canada is playing their fans are sure to follow. Even in Canada's semi final against the United States, who were the host country, the Canadian fans filled the arena so that the US apeared to have no home ice advantage at all. I am glad to be one of the many Canadian hockey fans out there because we are the best and we are positive that we will be back in Alberta next year to avenge this loss.
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