 Some lack of perspective on the USA's win over Canada?
Here's the first two lines and the last line of the Associated Press' (the major global news source) recap of USA's win over Canada:The Americans didn?t believe in miracles. They just believed.
And they pulled off the biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament.
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And the Miracle on Ice team? There?s links to this team: Ryan Suter, who had two assists, is the son of 1980 defenseman Bob Suter. And defenseman Brooks Orpik, steady throughout, is named for Herb Brooks, the 1980 coach.
And here's a poll on ESPN.com with more than 5,000 votes
Do you know who Ryan Miller was before Sunday night?
Yes 39%
No 30%
Still don't know 32%
That just about sums up the U.S. media and the general American public's reaction to yesterday's big game. You've got to be kidding me! It is maddeningly frustrating that everything about U.S. hockey has to somehow be related to the 1980 Miracle on Ice. That was a significant outcome in its own right, but for last night's game to be compared to it? Seriously? It just comes to show you how much Americans in general (not hockey fans) know about hockey and its history. Canada was a solid favorite, and most were expecting them to win, but this isn't earth shattering, like Mike Richter said (LITY's question). It's the preliminary round. Canada and the U.S. may very well meet again. There are still good teams like Sweden and the Czech Republic. Pardon the rant; I really enjoyed USA's win, but I'm really annoyed by the how much U.S. hockey has to revolve around the Miracle on Ice in most Americans' eyes and the bandwagon effect of USA's win over Canada last night.
Amen to that; I don't ever want to hear about Tiger Woods again (I won't mind because I could care less about golf).
We all know how much ESPN cares about hockey, but I think that poll says more about American sports fans than ESPN. This one made me laugh out loud:
Who should start in net for Canada in its next game?
Brodeur 40%
Fleury 28%
Luongo 31%
(1,747 votes)
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=pollindexpollId=8 6579
Thankfully 63% of NY knows who Ryan Miller is http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=pollindexpollId=8 6554
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