Confessions from the Killer Mime Cult

This will be hockey, again. Thank god that the Polish version of TSN decided to broadcast the world championships. I watched the quarter final match ups between Sweden and the Czech Republic and Canada vs Norway. The first game wasn't exactly a feast for the eyes, but at least both teams played fair and were evenly matched. The Norway-Canada game was attrocious though. The players from Norway are all semi-pro, meaning they have to have other jobs to play hockey. Team Canada, on the other hand, couldn't play in the NHL, because their salaries would be by far to large (about 14 million over the salary cap). Obviously Canada was going to win this one. But Norway tried their best to kept it competitive. The problem I have is that for some reason Canada in the middle of the second period started to physically intimidate the Norwegians. I don't think that it was fair at all. The Canadians are bigger, stronger and faster. On one play a Norwegian had a breakaway, two Canadian players hooked him from behind and then all three crashed into the net, and once in the net they proceeded to beat him up. They problem went home and patted themselves on the back for attacking a guy who plays the game for the love of it, while they make millions. Also alot of unnecessary checking. Somebody should have stopped it. That's way hockey isn't very popular. People think it's barbaric, and sometimes, like last night it is. I couldn't bear to watch the last period, which Canada won, of course. 8-2. So, I'm now cheering for every team, but Canada.

Labels: world championship catasrophe