The Olympic hockey team, that is. To field a team in a country where only a few hundred women play hockey is gutsy. And they were tiny (some 55kg, 160cm, etc.). But they played a very disciplined defensive style despite being so dramatically outclassed by the Canadian team. The 16-0 final score doesn’t reflect their tenacity and determination.
Yesterday I watched a couple of periods of Canadiens hockey and the Super Bowl. The last Super Bowl I watched was VII, so it’s been a while. At least three Seahawk rushes (including one with a TD) were called back due to penalties and fizzled. And what happened to the Seahawks at the end of the halves? Strange plays. Entertaining overall though, and today at some point I’ll catch up on the commercials. In Canada, the commercials are mostly replaced with boring, ordinary spots.
It’s not been quite so long for hockey, perhaps only 20 years or so, and it was good hockey. I still am amazed that a bizarre play that started in the 70s is still used: throw the puck into the corner or behind the net, giving up possession. No, not on a line change. There is something there I must be missing.
