If you took a pole of our class, I would imagine only a few people would actually understand what happened when team USA beat team Canada 5-3. One reason why America is hated amongst other countries is because of its arrogance regarding sports. Most hockey fans in this country were happy that our team won as I was but very few of us actually understand what that meant for Canada. Hockey is to Canada what Basketball is to the US; they expect to win gold every four years because hockey is what they pride themselves on. In America our families put up basketball hoops in our driveways whereas in Canada they build hockey rinks in their backyard. They put their entire energy into the game of hockey and if you look at team Canada’s roster, you can see that it works well. They have by far the best roster in the world and have the majority of NHL players. Back to my point of how most people do not understand the magnitude of this defeat and what it truly does to Canada. Basketball fans are visually shaken when our teams don’t perform well in the summer Olympics, double that to what Canada is going through. We haven’t beaten Canada since 1960 in Olympic hockey, so even though our hockey team has talent and is up and coming, it still is a crushing defeat for Canada. If things work out right, I believe that the next time that we will play Canada will be for the Gold Medal. Will we see a team with a damaged psyche or a team on a mission not only to beat us but to grind us in the ground? I don’t think either will happen, that is why my prediction is 3-2 Canada, a respectable loss for us, and the Gold Medal goes home.
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