Tonight Team Canada beat Team USA 4 to 1 in front of a primarily pro-Canadian crowd in Buffalo, New York. This win in the semi-finals of the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships moves the Canadians to the gold medal game and the Americans to the bronze medal game.
Before the game, returning American players were talking how great it was to shut up the Canadian fans last year in Saskatoon. Maybe they should have been a bit more gracious in their victory. A year later they lose they semi-final game in their own country. If you lose at home you would think the building would be very quiet but this was not the case. There were 3 Canadian fans to every American fan. All this makes the returning players look silly.
Yes, I just used the word silly in a sports blog.
You should always be gracious in victory as you don't know how bad the results of a loss will be the next time around. At this point the best that Team USA can do is bronze and may not even medal. This sure makes them look like one hit wonders.
As for Team Canada, they now have a date with the Russians on Wednesday for the Gold medal. We will see what that classic match-up brings.
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