the mad sports man

Final from today has  the U.S. win 5-4 over Finland, Slovakia beat Denmark 5-1, the Czechs beat Switzerland 6-3 and Sweden beating Russia 4-3 in a shootout. Th Quarter final matchups has Canada vs Switzerland, the U.S vs Russia, Finland vs the Czechs and Slovakia vs Sweden. Quarter final are Tuesday.

The nfl postseasom is set.  In The  AFC wild card, Tennessee goes to Kansas City and Buffalo goes to Jacksonville, with New England and Pittsburgh having The bye.  In The NFC, Atlanta goes to visit The Rams while Carolina visit The Saints, with Philadelphia and Minnesota having The bye.  Postseasom begins January 6th.

Canada just put the finishing touches on an 8-0 win over Denmark.  Canada will finish first in group a.  Also Finland beat Slovakia 5-2.  Canada has 10 pts, Finland witj 6, U.S. with 5, Slovakia with 3 and Denmark.  Finland and the U.S. are into the quarters.  In group b, Czechs beat Belarus 6-5 and Sweden beat Switzerland 7-2.  Sweden leads with 9 pts,  Czechs Rep and Russia with 6, Switzerland with 3 and Belarus with  none.  Belarus will be playing for relegation.  Tomorrow has the U.S vs Finland and Slovakia vs Denmark in group a while Sweden plays Russia and the Czechs play Switzerland to round out group play.

In the first ever World juniors outdoor game, the U.S. beat Canada 4-3 In a shootout.  Canada stll leads the group with 7 pts, the U.S now has 5.  Earlier In group b,  Russia beat Belarus 5-2.  Russia and Sweden have 6 pts, but Sweden has a game In hand.  Sweden and Russia are also into the quarter finals.  I think Canada is also in the quarter finals. That is it for today.

Huge result to cap it.  Slovakia beats the U.S 3-2.  Bit of an upset.  Finland earlier beats Denmark 4-1.  Group a has Canada with 6 pts, then thr U.S. Finland and Slovakia with three and Denmark with none.  In Group b, Sweden and Russia each won 3-1.  Sweden has 6 pts,  Russia, Switzerland and the Czechs with three and Belarus with none. Two games tomorrow.  Key game is the outdoor game between Canada and the U.S.  That is it for tonight.

Canada just beat Slovakia 6-0 to go 2 and 0 to dtart their tournament.  Tjey had close to 60 shots.  The Slovakia goalie was outstanding.  Canada plays again Friday against The U.S. in what will be The first World juniors outdoor game (weather may be a factor).  Slovakia plays the U.S. tomorrow.

The start of The Woeld Juniors.  Canada opens with a 4-2 win over Finland.  Pretty good game.  The U.S. opens against Denmark in over an hour.  Earlier Sweden beat Belarus 6-1 and The Czechs beat Russia 5-4.  Canada's next game is tomorrow against Slovakia. Update:  U.S. 9 Denmark 0

merry Christmas to all and to all a good cheer. i hope it's a good one.

the Canadian luge relay team is about to receive a bronze from the 2014 winter Olympics after the Russian team being stripped of their medals over doping allegations.  Sam Edney, Alex Gough, Justin Snith and Tristan Walker will be receiving bronze medals, making 10g 10s and 6b from those games.  also the first Canadian medal in luge.  wow.  this is huge.

as of 9:38am, winter is here.  and it's really about to make its arrival come Christmas eve.  -15c for then and -20 for Christmas Day.  not much snow in the forecast either.  supposed to be -6 to -10 between today and Saturday.  yippee.  this was coming considering how balmy it has been.  bundle up.

The logos for the Beijing 2022 winter olympic have been unveiled and here they are: 

Kevin Koe joins Rachel Homan representing Canada in curling at the winter Olympics after beating Mike McEwen 7-6.  Took Koe's last shot and it Took some sweeping to get it close to the button to win it.  Canada has brought home a medal since curling started in 1998 in curling on both sides.  Go Canada Go.

Rachel Homan  and her team will be represent in Canada in two months after beating Chelsea Carey 6-5.  Her first Olympics and i hope it is enjoyable.

Mike  McEwen is playing Brad Gushue in the mens semi final game, with the winner facing Kevin Koe in tomorrows final.  The winner will represent Canada at thw winter Olympics in February.  Earlier,  Rachel Homan beat Jennifer Jones 6-3 in the womens semi final. She faces Chelsea Carey in tomorrows final with the winner going to the winter Olympics in February. Update:  Mike McEwen 6 Brad Gushue 4.  McEwen faces Kevin Koe tomorrow.

the final draw is out for the world cup.  all the matchups and dates are on www.fifa.com.  the tournament opens June 14th with Russia vs Saudi Arabia in Moscow.  should be a fun one.  will Germany repeat or will there be a new winner.   find out starting June 14th.