I feel bad for austin mathews. Poor guy, hasnt won the critical game yet. Hell of a talent. I think the US hockey is trending the right way. Look at the last ten years in the world junior tournament compared to thirty years ago. The amount guys playing from all over the country and the development program in michigan is having an affect. In 1988 I was invited to the Olympic training center in CO Springs for select 17 and select 16 junior national try out for teams to compete in a tournament in Germany. I was competeing in the select 17s, invited from bob johnson and art burgland and the try out ran by Andy Moog. I was the only kid from the western US. Minnesota, Michigan, and the North East represented 95 percent. Today there are guys playing in the nation league from states all over the US. The population size (350 million to 45 million) and the opportunity to play hockey offers a high percentages of athletic kids to chose hockey only benefits the US.
The one thing I found funny about the critics talking about last nights game, is how tough the Americans were and how skilled and finess the Canadians are. (yes know how talented Mcdavid, Mackinnon and Makar are) But I had to chuckle thinking how Don Cherry is pulling his hair out over an analysis like this. I mean hockey is Canadian and and fighting in hockey is Canadian. or so I thought after spending three in bc playing junior hockey and my first trip to Saskatchewan playing midget AAA.
The one thing I found funny about the critics talking about last nights game, is how tough the Americans were and how skilled and finess the Canadians are. (yes know how talented Mcdavid, Mackinnon and Makar are) But I had to chuckle thinking how Don Cherry is pulling his hair out over an analysis like this. I mean hockey is Canadian and and fighting in hockey is Canadian. or so I thought after spending three in bc playing junior hockey and my first trip to Saskatchewan playing midget AAA.
