Comments on: A Winter Tuesday Night for Washington Hockey Heroes

By: FPSAwesomeness

FPSAwesomeness — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:03:51 +0000

Thanks for the video post, great blog you got. – FPSAwesomeness

By: Junior

Junior — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:46:45 +0000

@pucksandbooks: Thanks for the kind words, but dude if you keep buttering me up like this I’m going to start to believe I’m a bucket of popcorn!

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:44:41 +0000

Congrats John and Team USA, I too feel like a mother watching her son in Hershey. I saw most of the games in Canada what a treat to watch the youngsters play so well.

By: OvechKING

OvechKING — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:29:37 +0000

great game last night and chanting USA USA USA got fun and it pissed off the GO HABS GO idiots

By: Icersman

Icersman — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:52:32 +0000

I agree 100% with Junior — it hurts that my team lost, but full credit to a very good USA team for the win. And thanks to coach Dean Blais for saying how they got it done:

“We played Canadian hockey,” Blais stated. “We played gritty.”

‘Nuff said!

I also agree with you pucks — this is one of the most appealing rivalries in sports. Too bad more Americans don’t know diddly about it, and wouldn’t care if it was in the WaPo sports pages.

Even though I’m Canadian, that makes me sad.

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:00:56 +0000

One of the most satisfying aspects to a triumph over Canada, besides knowing you’ve taken down the sport’s giant, is the savvy humility so many Canuck fans bring to the discussion, as with Junior’s above. Such is their passion, so full on is their committed consumption of the game, that their diagnostics, even in the still-smoldering embers of harrowing defeat, most often shine through. I also believe that the U.S. performance at this WJC has elevated a nascent and thoroughly one-sided rivalry into one of the most appealing in all of sports today.

By: Junior

Junior — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:48:39 +0000

Still kind of hurting up here in the Great White North over the end of the five-straight-gold streak, but the truth of the matter is that the better team won. I believe the Canadian team had the more talented players, but the U.S. team played a stronger team game and beat our boys at their own game. The forecheck that the Yank lads had going prior to the charging penalty on Palmieri was something else; had things continued along in that vein, no way does Jordan Eberle add to his legend.

Anyway, full value to the U.S. for the win, the better team got the trophy at the end of the day. Enjoy it, ’cause we’re taking it back next year!

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:52:04 +0000

I feel like such a proud mama for this boy, having watched him in Hershey for quite a few months now. I didn’t get to see the game but I’ve spent most of my morning watching the highlights over and over. It was quite the game and well played on both sides.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:33:07 +0000

Spectacular post, Pucks! I must admit, it was so great to see all the Facebook statuses last night paying homage to TEAM USA and Johnny. After watching him play in his first Calder Cup playoff game last year, I knew he was destined for greatness, and he’s definitely NOT disappointing! Congrats, Johnny! Hershey could not be more proud! Now get back to Chocolatetown! We’ll need you in Manitoba this weekend!

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:30:01 +0000

4CAPITALS,

If it’s any consolation, as a media horde easily numbering more than 50 squeezed into the hall leading to the Caps’ post-game locker room last night, Capitals’ owner Ted Leonsis greeted them all there with “Look at what the blogosphere has created.”