2004 WJC

[Chris 02]

Sportscenter just showed highlights from the WJC for those wondering if they ever would.  It was brief, but there.

[jtwcornell91]

I consider it part of College Hockey Geography, like Houghton and Big Rapids (not Grand Rapids, which is a neutral site).  My dream house will include a map of the Northern US (edit--plus Alabama and Alaska) with pins in every D1 hockey city (color-coded by conference).



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[atb9]

This may deserve another thread but I decided against it...I really enjoyed Adam W's article on USCHO http://www.uscho.com/news/2004/01/05_007615.php especially the line, "Hello America. It's the week after New Year's. Do you know where your World Junior team is?"  I was just happy to see a snippet of a highlight on Sportscenter...Adam, if you're reading this, and you probably are, I have gone far beyond my biasness of enjoying your work just because you call Cornell games.



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[ugarte]

John T. Whelan '91 wrote:

I consider it part of College Hockey Geography, like Houghton and Big Rapids (not Grand Rapids, which is a neutral site).  My dream house will include a map of the Northern US (edit--plus Alabama and Alaska) with pins in every D1 hockey city (color-coded by conference).

And so you will buy this dream house when you are still single?  (And you need to add Colorado.)

[ugarte]

melissa'01 wrote:

 [Q] But I can't sit here and pretend like this game changes anything about my week, my day, etc. Heck, I'm much more intrigued by the big Knicks trade....
[/Q]  

Understood and respected. Since I was a bit upset at the time I was of the mindframe that "Ok. Fine. You really don't care. Do you have to rub it in?" Everyone is entitled to an opinion though and the right to voice it. I'm just but touchy when it comes to Canada and hockey.  Heck - to grasp how big it is in Canada my mom called me 4 times during the game and my dad took the day off work just to watch it on tv. No excuse for my witchiness but there rarely is! ;-)

Rich - you are definitely right about the lack of recognition that the tourney gets in the USA. With this win hopefully some networks will take notice - esp since the tourney next year is being held in Minnesota.

Fark's blurb for the link to an article on the WJC is "USA beats Canada 4-3 for junior hockey gold medal. Canadians throw themselves off bridges while Americans watch Sugar Bowl highlights"

[cbuckser]

This was a huge win for the USA Hockey program, but I thought the United States was fortunate to win the game.   Team USA finished their scoring chances better than Team Canada, though the game-winning goal was a Steve Smith-like fluke.   I thought Team USA had better team speed, which helped overcome what I expected to be Team Canada's edge in physical play.  Team USA had a small defense, which I think would have worn down over the course of a long series.  In addition, Team Canada had much better depth than Team USA.  After the second period of the gold-medal game, Team Canada was undoubtedly the best team in the tournament.  It's perplexing how Team Canada has failed to hold third-period leads in three straight gold-medal games.

I think Team Canada should be the overwhelming favorite next year.  The core of this year's team will be eligible for next year's tournament.

It will be interesting to see if there is better television coverage next year in the United States.

[jkahn]

For those, like me, who didn't see the games live, the following comes from USCHO:

Team USA Tape-Delay Television Schedule

Sat., Jan. 10   1 p.m. CST   USA vs. Finland (semifinal)   FSNN (MN, ND, SD, IA)
Sat., Jan. 10   5 p.m. CT   USA vs. Finland (semifinal)   FSNN (WI)
Sun., Jan. 11   2 p.m. ET   USA vs. Canada (gold-medal)   NESN
Mon., Jan. 12   1 p.m. CT   USA vs. Canada (gold-medal)   FSNN
Mon., Jan. 12   8 p.m. ET   USA vs. Finland (semifinal)   CSTV
Tue., Jan. 13   9 p.m. ET   USA vs. Canada (gold-medal)   CSTV
Sat., Feb. 7   6 p.m. ET   USA vs. Canada (gold-medal)   ESPN Classic

[Chris 02]

Not sure why it wasn't listed, but it appears that the WJC is on ESPN2 right now as of 6:10pm EST.  Game is currently in the 2nd intermission.

[Tom Shen \'01 \'02]

If you missed the ESPN2 rebroadcast like I did, ESPN Classic will re-air it on 2/7. Go to the webpage below for details.

http://www.usahockey.com/usa_hockey/04worldjrs/04worldjrs/espn2_2004_wjc/

[jtwcornell91]

More rebroadcasts this weekend (all times CENTRAL):

Date         Start Time Title                                           Ch# Channel
Saturday, 24 11:00 AM   Ice Hockey: U.S. vs. Finland                    610 CSTV
Saturday, 24  1:00 PM   Ice Hockey: U.S. vs. Canada                     610 CSTV
Saturday, 24  5:00 PM   Ice Hockey: World Junior Championship semifinal 636 FOXDET                                                          
Saturday, 24 11:00 PM Ice Hockey: U.S. vs. Finland                      610 CSTV
Sunday, 25    1:00 AM Ice Hockey: U.S. vs. Canada                       610 CSTV
Sunday, 25    2:30 PM Ice Hockey: U.S. vs. Canada                       636 FOXDET

Some of the time slots seem to be 2 hours, others 3, and TV Guide and DirecTV disagree about this, so I don't know which broadcasts are edited.