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Cliff on May 28th, 2005
Hajduk has done it again this year, they have captured the top spot of the Croatian Premier League (as they did in 2004), making them league champions, with a 6-0 win over Varteks. They lost the Croatian Cup to Rijeka last week, but this makes up for it. To further keep the good news going, [...]
They came, they saw, they conquered. The Cup was won and I had the joy of watching it happen (on TV). The Finns played a great game but Team Canada showed what it was made of. The Finns kept coming back, but Canada finally put it away at the beginning of the 3rd period with [...]
This game was a close one, even went into overtime, but Canada pulls through to get to the finals of the World Cup! Again Canada came to life in the second period, but the Czechs made a game of it. It took a goal from Lecavalier in overtime to get the win. All in all [...]
All I can say is that Gretzky put together a fine team for this World Cup. Overconfidence could have been a problem, but it wasn’t. Slovakia played some good defensive hockey, but then the second period came: In less than 10 minutes, Canada went up by 4 goals. Incredible goals, beautiful passing, the team showed [...]
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With the lockout looming in the NHL (the deadline is Sept. 15th), the World Cup of Hockey 2004 may provide the only way to get good hockey this year, and I can’t say I’m disappointed. Canada came out of group play a perfect 3-0, and the last game against Russia was fun to watch (3-1 [...]
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