After beating Sweden in the gold medal game in Ufa, Russia this morning the USA is now the world champions! (Sweden took silver and Russia took the bronze).
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Two hockey players from my school (Sean Kuraly and Riley Barber) were on the team, an ex-Miami hockey player was on the team (Tyler Biggs), and my friend's younger brother (Connor Murphy) was also on the team.
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To be selected for the WJC team you have to be 19-years-old or younger as of December 31. The team is made up of players from all around the country including both NCAA players and non-NCAA players. Therefore, it is a huge honor to be selected for the team and is a really special experience for the guys to play on a team with guys they would normally be playing against.
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I found it fun to forget what schools the guys came from and just cheer for USA as a team, (although it was a little hard for me to forget Trouba plays for U of M ....yuck). What can I say, rivals are rivals.
That' is awesome! I did wish I could have catches most of the games.
ReplyDeleteI'm also happy that the lockout is over, will be a short season, but better than nothing.
That's great news!! Thanks for sharing this information...I learned something new today! Have a great week, toodles!
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