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WJC TV Alert
by Paul on 12/26/08 at 10:00 AM ET
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Don’f forget about the NHL Network (US) televising games from the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship.: Germany vs. USA is on at 3:30pm ET today followed by Canada vs. Czech Republic at 7:30pm.
Check the full schedule of televised games at the NHL Network website.
from Gare Joyce at Sportsnet,
The WJC is different than, say, the Super Bowl. If you’ve seen one Super Bowl, you’ve seen them all--okay, maybe the games are different but the experience around the game is more or less the same. The same corporate tents, the same scalpers demanding five figures, maybe even six figures for seats, the same excessive halftime shows by some used-to-be-A-list performer, same monster stadiums. Not so the under-20s....
The Russians, particularly in Halifax, played fast and loose and the Canadian teams were as tight as frog skin. A lot of pundits are touting Sweden or even Russia to win this tournament and the U.S. figures to be stronger than usual (with a team that leans heavily on CHL talent). That might be an accurate read of the talent in this tournament ... and it might also take a bit of the weight of the Worlds of the Canadian teens’ shoulders.
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