Don't professional hockey players now make up the US Olympic team?
Just like basketball, all the athletes are thrown out and replaced with professionals. A college crew won the first gold medal. Today, they just switch uniforms of NHL players and give the a flag.
That's what I thought, but hockey's not my game, so I don't keep up with it. Back in the day, the communist nations, like the USSR and DDR had professional athletes and we whined because ours were amateurs, except for the active duty military. Now most of the team sports teams are pros.Just like basketball, all the athletes are thrown out and replaced with professionals. A college crew won the first gold medal. Today, they just switch uniforms of NHL players and give the a flag.
Im going to look it up tommorrow. I wish network television stations would show hockey games.
The way I see it, you can either live in the past or embrace the now. Yes, these are professionals. No, there won't be a movie made about today's game.
The fact is, Russia was favored on European ice (15 feet wider than NHL ice forcing a different style of play) and team USA beat Russia in Putin's $51 billion house in a hell of a game.
I will not apologize for my enthusiasm!!!
The way I see it, you can either live in the past or embrace the now. Yes, these are professionals. No, there won't be a movie made about today's game.
The fact is, Russia was favored on European ice (15 feet wider than NHL ice forcing a different style of play) and team USA beat Russia in Putin's $51 billion house in a hell of a game.
I will not apologize for my enthusiasm!!!