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| Originally Posted by Lawbreaker1944 YESS! Monkey was right. Kowalchuk woke up and scored 2 vital goals. The most beautiful final in 3 years or so.
Great hockey! |
I agree Law, a victory for ice hockey. No matter who your sympathy were for. I didnt think Russia was capable of doing his. Yes, Nabokov could win games for them but beating Canada in Canada. WOW!
Maybe Canada got strucked by the pressure of winning the gold at home. You got a point there with no host has been winning the Championship since 1986 (Soviet in Moscow).
Kovalchuk, what can you say about this guy. He's been close to useless throughout the whole tournament and look who won it for them.
Bykov as coach: Sure, he's won pretty much everything in Europe with Russia but thats the "friendly" money making tournaments with nothing incommon with a real tournament. In the final he's taking an early time out. Time outs were never taken during Tarasov and Tichonov's days. He stopped the bleeding with he time out. This move might won it for them in the end.
Sergei Fedorov: A player I thought was very much over the hill. He's been quiet the last few seasons playing for less hot teams since his glory days in Red Wings. When I saw him in the roster I tought he would be playing in 4th line but I must say, Fedorov really impressed me this tournament. He was hungry to win the Championship and he was one of the major contributors here. I may start to like even. Hahaha
Hat off for Russia and Bykov. Hat off for the monkey and I should be looking for some other hobby now when Ive been beaten by a monkey. HAHA
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| Originally Posted by Jazz 16 Holy Smoke, 200 posts on hockey.  I didnt realise it was so popular on this forum. |
Ice hockey is important Jazz
Better check it out too
