Hockey

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Just over two hours before the Canada - US game. Have all the hockey fans got their spot in front of their tv reserved?

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Originally Posted by ila

Just over two hours before the Canada - US game. Have all the hockey fans got their spot in front of their tv reserved?

I wish all of us hockey fans on this Forum who are rooting for Team Canada -- including this American -- could watch together. I would have gladly hosted. I have a feeling that it would end up being a really great afternoon, regardless of the outcome.

[ila]

Originally Posted by smc

I wish all of us hockey fans on this Forum who are rooting for Team Canada -- including this American -- could watch together. I would have gladly hosted. I have a feeling that it would end up being a really great afternoon, regardless of the outcome.

That would be a great afternoon; hockey, friendship, and refreshments.

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Originally Posted by ila

That would be a great afternoon; hockey, friendship, and refreshments.

Yes, I forgot to mention refreshments. Of the liquid variety, I would introduce those of you unfamiliar with great beers from Canada (i.e., not Molson) to the great brews from Unibroue and Brasserie Dieu de Ciel in Montreal, and Wild Rose in Calgary. I "jump through hoops" to get the guys in Calgary to send me their beer, which isn't sold in the United States.

And, ila, if dauls were there you and I could talk about the game in German, and (unless he knows German) the commentary would be just as useless as the BBC commentary he keeps telling us about in English!

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Jeez, I hope Team Canada is better matched against Team USA than Don Cherry of the CBC's terrible match of a burgundy velour sport coat and the ugliest maple leaf tie I've ever seen in my life.

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Help!!!

Jeremy Roenick on NBC just declared this is going to be "the greatest hockey game ever" -- and it hasn't even started. And then I had to watch a segment on Lake Placid, when winning the gold was as much about the Cold War as it was about hockey. This American jingoism is precisely why I wish I could be watching the CBC coverage of the game ... even if it means an occasional peek again at Don Cherry's outfit!

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^ The game is on CTV so no Don Cherry. Although I wouldn't mind listening to Don Cherry's analysis of the game.