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Oh that's great bean! (Unusual win for the Leafs :hidingchair ) Leaf fans are some of the most loyal fans ever IMO.

Erik Cole is CH's buddy.

Jason Spezza is one of my favourite players. He was awesome in the Canadian Juniors when he played. That's what I love about the Juniors. You end up seeing them in the NHL and always remember them in the Juniors or I'm fortunate to have a lot of players that play in the OHL (Ontario Hockey League) in local communities and watch them go up the ladder.

Watching them play their first NHL game, getting a goal, then the camera pans to the parents, brings tears to my eyes everytime! So exciting.

Glad you enjoyed the game and the Canadians behaved.

The 1st pic is during "Oh Canada" and the 2nd shows the Ice Girls. They have some of them cleaning off the ice periodically. The TO guys behind us said that the Leafs don't have them. No surprise we do in Dallas. 

I love the atmosphere of the Jr's and the Olympics. We always root for Canada. 

albean99 wrote:

The 1st pic is during "Oh Canada" and the 2nd shows the Ice Girls. They have some of them cleaning off the ice periodically. The TO guys behind us said that the Leafs don't have them. No surprise we do in Dallas. 

I love the atmosphere of the Jr's and the Olympics. We always root for Canada. 

Oh My Gosh! That made me laugh!!! No the Canadian teams do not have any ice girls, or cheerleaders or anything of that nature. We blame Gary Bettman for everything, so he must have had something to do with it.

I love the Juniors and the Olympics as well. So much pride win or loose, it's awesome. I need to find the pic of the 400 in Toronto the day the Canadians were playing for Gold in the Olympics. Thanks for the pics!!

ETA:
This is the busiest highway in Toronto during the Olympic Men's hockey game.



http://mix96buffalo.com/what-toronto-looked-like-during-the-olympic-mens-hockey-game-photo/

EETA: Okie dokie I just had a timed out message! Grrr

Sorry for the double post but I just came across this tweet re my post up thread about watching these guys at a young age.

NHL Public Relations ‏@PR_NHL 47m47 minutes ago
Brett Ritchie (@britch20) is 1st @DallasStars player to score a goal in each of his 1st two NHL games since Mike Modano (1989-90). #MINvsDAL

He played for our local Ontario Hockey League!

GuardianAngel wrote:Sorry for the double post but I just came across this tweet re my post up thread about watching these guys at a young age.

NHL Public Relations ‏@PR_NHL  47m47 minutes ago
Brett Ritchie (@britch20) is 1st @DallasStars player to score a goal in each of his 1st two NHL games since Mike Modano (1989-90). #MINvsDAL

He played for our local Ontario Hockey League!

That's cool, GA. Our oldest, Jason, was named that because of Jason Lafreniere of the Belleville Bulls which is where we lived when he was born. I told my dh he could pick if we had a boy. The 2nd child I got to pick no matter what and wasn't named after anyone, Joel.

albean99 wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:Sorry for the double post but I just came across this tweet re my post up thread about watching these guys at a young age.

NHL Public Relations ‏@PR_NHL  47m47 minutes ago
Brett Ritchie (@britch20) is 1st @DallasStars player to score a goal in each of his 1st two NHL games since Mike Modano (1989-90). #MINvsDAL

He played for our local Ontario Hockey League!

That's cool, GA. Our oldest, Jason, was named that because of Jason Lafreniere of the Belleville Bulls which is where we lived when he was born. I told my dh he could pick if we had a boy. The 2nd child I got to pick no matter what and wasn't named after anyone, Joel.

What a small world. I remembered the name, and googled him. He was born not far from me, although raised in North Bay which is pretty far. He played for the Quebec Nordiques when they were part of the NHL. Belleville is such a nice area.

Ahh I said earlier in the season about how the Kings always come from behind just to fall short by one and they did it again yesterday!! They were losing 6-3 towards the end of the 3rd period and came back to tie the game 6-6 in the last minute with goals like 1:30 apart!!! So bummed they tired out for OT and my head was spinning with all the emotions I went through during those last 5 minutes of the 3rd period! I have a major love-hate relationship with them.

I watched that game Linds. The goalie was not too happy at the end.

I know all about the love hate relationship. Right now I'm loving it, hopefully I don't eat my words!

I'm having a moment. Sorry for the repetitive posts.

5-1 Canada 8 minutes left, we win this we go to the gold medal round.
Petan just got a hat trick, Dad comes running down the steps and throws his hat on the ice! Mom is in tears! I love it!

#HereWeGo #WJC2015

TSN ‏@TSN_Sports  1m1 minute ago
.@petan19 scores to get the hat-trick and his parents celebrate.
5-1 Canada. #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/g59engwvmB

And we're playing the Russians tomorrow for the Gold! Yikes! Same time as TB premier. I wonder if that's good luck or back luck.

Oh my gosh, I love hockey fans. The best player for Slovakia was a player and not the goalie who deserved it more. The crowd starting chanting his name, he raised his stick, the crowd went nuts!

We watched the game, GA. I'll admit to not paying attention until the last period though. I'm the same way with football. I'll be rooting for Canada of course but not watching. I can keep tabs online while watching TB.

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We beat the Russians!!!
Oh my gosh, what an unbelievable game this was. Awesome game, the Russians were awesome.

Goodness gracious. Outstanding hockey in this tournament from all teams. These guys, all of them, will have a great future in the NHL!

Congrats Canada! They lost to them four years ago, so this was sweet!