the mad sports man

a good one to round out the round robin.  Russia ends up winning 2-1 over Canada and finishes in the top spot. they will face Slovakia in the quarters, while Canada awaits the U.S. vs Finland game to see who they face.  that game coming up. UPDATE: U.S 4 Finland 1.  Canada plays Finland, U.S. plays the Czechs, Sweden plays Switzerland and Russia plats Slovakia.  happy new year.

Nfl final day is done and the matchups are set.  The AFC has Indy at Houston on Saturday and the Chargers at Baltimore on Sunday.  New England and Kansas City have the byes.  The NFC has Seattle at Dallas on Saturday and Philly at Chicago on Sunday.   New Orleans and the Rams have the byes.

Canada is 3 for 3 after beating the Czechs 5-1. Was a prettt good one despite the score.   Canada faces Russia on New Years Eve to close out the round robin.  That will be a good one.

Canada is now 2 for 2 as they beat Switzerland 3-2 in a good one.  Canada will play the Czechs on Saturday night at 6pm Edmonton time.

Alex Comtois score 4 and Morgan Frost adds 3 as Canada blows Denmark 14-0.  Comtois tied a Canadian record with 4 in a world juniors game.  Next game is tomorrow against Switzerland.

merry Christmas to all, wherever you are.  i hope it's a safe one!

Winter officially begins at 3:23pm today marking the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight hours.  after today we get more and more daylight added.  i like the more daylight part.

.......1. Christmas.  2. boxing day which leads to 3. the World Juniors.  Canada had it's first pre tournament game and hung on to beat Switzerland 5-3.  few things to work on.   helps to have these pre tourney games.  second pre tourney game is tomorrow against Slovakia and their last one is against Finland on Sunday before it begins in earnest on Boxing day against Denmark.

big announcement this morning.  and Edmonton and Red Deer were chosen to host the 2021 word juniors.  two years to wait.  impatiently.  Vancouver and Victoria are hosting the upcoming one starting Boxing Day.  next year Ostrava and Trinic in the Czech Republic are hosting.  then Edmonton and Red Deer.  gonna be a good one.

Christine Girard is now a two time Olympic medalist AND an Olympic champion in weightlifting after being upgraded in two different Olympics.  she had finished 4th in 2008 in Beijing and was upgraded after the original silver medalist, from Kazakhstan was disqualified for using a banned substance.  the original bronze medalist is now a silver medalist.  in 2012 in London, she had won bronze in the 63kg weight class.  the original gold medalist, from Kazazhstan was busted for taking an anabolic steroid.  the silver medalist had been busted later for taking another substance.  that moves Girard from bronze to gold.  a good day then.