World Juniors Championships 2012
Well, I think I've finally recovered from "hockey hangover" after
attending all 21 games of the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships.
Overall, the tournament was absolutely spectacular, albeit slightly depressing that Canada only got Bronze this year. But even that game was tremendous. The only games that were "yawners" were the big blow-outs e.g. Russia beating Latvia 14-0. But even then, the Latvian guys were happy and all-smiles because they were just so happy to be at the tourney! Every one of them high-fived me coming off the ice, even after they got pummelled by the Russians, and on the very last game that they played, when I high-fived the last Latvian player coming off the ice and told him "You guys did a really good job, and played great!", he looked up at me and actually said "Thank you". That is truly a classy hockey player.
I'm still sorting through all the photos, and editing all the video that I shot. It'll be posted on FLICKR / Youtube soon I hope.
Overall, the tournament was absolutely spectacular, albeit slightly depressing that Canada only got Bronze this year. But even that game was tremendous. The only games that were "yawners" were the big blow-outs e.g. Russia beating Latvia 14-0. But even then, the Latvian guys were happy and all-smiles because they were just so happy to be at the tourney! Every one of them high-fived me coming off the ice, even after they got pummelled by the Russians, and on the very last game that they played, when I high-fived the last Latvian player coming off the ice and told him "You guys did a really good job, and played great!", he looked up at me and actually said "Thank you". That is truly a classy hockey player.
I'm still sorting through all the photos, and editing all the video that I shot. It'll be posted on FLICKR / Youtube soon I hope.
