USA defeats Canada

Although some people thought that Canada was going to blow out the United States hockey team in their third game of the olympics, this was not the story. The young roster of team USA proved to out skate, out play, and out hustle the Canadiens. The Canadien team seemed to be too cocky for their own good. The came out with confidence, but team USA quickly showed team Canada that they were not going to put up a fight. With the avergae age of team USA being 26, the elder, Brian Rafalski, contributed 2 goals and 1 assist to USA victory over Canada 5-3. It seemed as though the younger players fed off of the outstanding play of Brian Rafalski. Of all the star players being talked about in the pregame show, Rafalski seemed to slip under the radar. But his play and effort in the game shocked many. It was great to see a young team USA defeat a team with so much star power like team Canada. Also, it was great to see Brian Rafalski from the Detroit Red Wings take control of the game and lead team USA. This game captured the eye of many people all over the world. Some people say say it was just because it was Canada vs. USA, but others hope that this game will bring more fans to the sport of hockey. This could be a game that changes the entire market of Professional Hockey.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter/2010/icehockey/men/recap?gameId=887

Tragedy at Olympics

I was reading several different articles about the luge accident that occured recently at the olympics and came to the conclusion that this very easily could have been prevented. It was said that one other person had to be airlifted to the hospital after crashing around that same turn. With normal luge speeds around 75 or 80 mph this course has them going an incredible 92 mph. The turn is oviously unsafe, the barrier, as seen in the videos on YouTube, is too low. You would think after one accident the tunr would be fixed. This is a dangerous sport, but who in the right mind decided to make a turn right next to a bunch of steel beams. The luger went flying off the track and was hurled into a steel beam going 92 mph. Reporters are comparing the sort of accident to that of a motorcycle accident, but theres only one real difference. Nodar was going backwards when he was thrown into the beam. Many Olympic fans are devastated... will this effect the popularity of the luge? I would have to say yes, I believe that this event may turn some fans away, but it will also interest new fans to the sport. This is a tragic accident that I feel could have easily been prevented. Rest in Peace - Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/17/nodar-kumaritashvili-wake_n_465329.html