2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Preview - Ice Hockey
by The Stinger on Feb.07, 2010, under Other Sports
Once upon a time there was a sport called Hockey. It was played on grass and it was boring. Then the winter came and the surrounding lakes became frozen. The people tried to play their Hockey game on the lake and it was harder but infinitely more enjoyable.
They decided to use their shoes strapped to a toboggan skate to move around the ice better. These eventually evolved into the skates we know today. For the first 389 years in the Olympics that Ice hockey was a part of, the Russian team, with their wild stares and even wilder hair, ruled the rink. That was until 1980.
In 1980, at Lake Placid a group of ragtag American boys attempted the biggest upset since Joan of Arc was done winning battles. They stood in front of the hated Russians and huffed and puffed and blew their house down. And then beat some Finns for good measure.
Since then, the world’s greatest players now plying their trade in the National Hockey League in North America have joined the fray and the stakes have never been higher. This will be the greatest hockey tournament in the history of mankind, or they will die trying.
TodayInSport Intensity Rating - Cold War x10/10.
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February 8th, 2010 on 8:05 pm
Who does the Evgeni Malkin character play for? Some B grade team from the boondocks I suppose.
February 8th, 2010 on 10:57 pm
Only the greatest damn team in the world, the Pittsburgh Penguins!…..oh and Russia occasionally.
February 9th, 2010 on 4:51 pm
Oh, is that who he plays for. Who would have guessed that. Never heard of them.