So I was just at my beloved HFboards, reading about a Slovakian 13-year-old kid playing in the national U18 league.
I fell in love with the story, I think first of all it's great for Slovakian hockey which has been doing rather poorly in recent years, but it's also fun to read success stories like that. But of course, after three pages of posts some Drama Llama has to come in and go "So he's dominating against players 4 years older than him? In the NHL, Crosby dominates against players 18 years older than him!"
Guy probably got pissed because they compared the Slovakian kid's early success to the Canadian tracking of Sid's progress when he was the same age. But wow, some people seriously blow my mind. <_<
Anyways, getting pretty stoked about the Hockey World Juniors now! The team rosters are starting to get released, and the tournament will start in less than 3 weeks!
So long as Markstrom stays healthy in the net, I think Sweden's gonna win it this time around.
Two years ago we brought kids playing in the national second tier mens league and just barely made it to the final. Last year we brought kids playing in the top tier mens league and got another silver. THIS year we're bringing players that are DOMINATING in our mens league. That's some massive development over just 3 years!
Anyways... Video of the day will be... My favorite team Leksand pwning the crap out of their arch-rival Mora!
The game is from like 2 years ago, but it still makes me feel awesome, lol.
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Mah team haz the best and loudest fans in Sweden! <3 Goalie legend Ed Belfour even compared us to the Toronto Mapleleafs when he played here a couple of years ago! 😀
I fell in love with the story, I think first of all it's great for Slovakian hockey which has been doing rather poorly in recent years, but it's also fun to read success stories like that. But of course, after three pages of posts some Drama Llama has to come in and go "So he's dominating against players 4 years older than him? In the NHL, Crosby dominates against players 18 years older than him!"
Guy probably got pissed because they compared the Slovakian kid's early success to the Canadian tracking of Sid's progress when he was the same age. But wow, some people seriously blow my mind. <_<
Anyways, getting pretty stoked about the Hockey World Juniors now! The team rosters are starting to get released, and the tournament will start in less than 3 weeks!
So long as Markstrom stays healthy in the net, I think Sweden's gonna win it this time around.Two years ago we brought kids playing in the national second tier mens league and just barely made it to the final. Last year we brought kids playing in the top tier mens league and got another silver. THIS year we're bringing players that are DOMINATING in our mens league. That's some massive development over just 3 years!
Anyways... Video of the day will be... My favorite team Leksand pwning the crap out of their arch-rival Mora!
The game is from like 2 years ago, but it still makes me feel awesome, lol.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyJoDPhbDgk&hl=sv_SE&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyJoDPhbDgk&hl=sv_SE&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Mah team haz the best and loudest fans in Sweden! <3 Goalie legend Ed Belfour even compared us to the Toronto Mapleleafs when he played here a couple of years ago! 😀
