Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Strapped For Cash, Can't Make The Xcel, Instead I'll Just Link Away

Canada looks like the team to beat in the World Cup of Hockey.

Jeremy Roenick was a hilariously bad homer in the ESPN2 booth last night; referring to Canada's jerseys as being "puke yellow" and then a few minutes later admitting his bias by saying he hoped the US would "kick the Canadians butts."

Saturday's Finland vs. Sweden game could have some "sending of messages" (i.e. scraps and scrums) like last night's USA vs. Canada game. It sounds like Finland is playing tough-guy hockey. Barry Melrose had a great quote about the matchup: "These two teams HATE each other! ... They absolutely HATE each other!! ... This is something that dates back to the Viking days!!"

A few good links with which to track the World Cup:

World Cup official site

TSN.ca

World Cup Blog

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