Every single Canadian on this board knows Börje Salming or has watched him play dozens of times on Hockey Night in Canada, as I did (in spite of being a diehard fan of Les Nordiques de Québec). Sad to see him pass away with that terrible, terrible disease. A real gentleman off the ice, and tough...
I remember shedding a tear of joy... and of pride. The flurries were a nice touch, too!
I love the drum ritual after every win!
I'm just gutted that I won't be able to watch the match -- it'll be played from 2 to 4 pm Eastern Time while I facilitate a national workshop. But I'll try...
Call me coo-coo, but I feel a draw or even a win is possible for us against this Belgium side. We have mediocre defense and goalkeeping, but if Davies, David, Buchanan, Larin and Eustáquio fire on all cylinders, we could put 2 or 3 in the net. Our counter is our greatest asset (Davies is an...
Here in Canada, the CTV/TSN commentators mentioned the BHAFC connection at least 3 times during the broadcast *and* pronounced Jeremy's surname correctly! ;)
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That's awesome! I'm in Gatineau.
We should get together on a Sunday morning to watch a game in one of the Byward Market pubs -- fairly central location for the lot of us.
Yes, penalty at the very end of added time.
Lots of shots for Canada, only 3 on target. A Carabao Cup-type match with the big names playing the spectator -- Mitoma and Tomiyasu on one side, Eustáquio and Davies on the other, while the remaining regulars were replaced as the second half started...