WJC & Whalers updates

World Junior Championship updates
Team USA is currently playing Sweden after going 2-2 in the preliminary round with losses to Belarus and Czech Republic. With 13 minutes left in the second period, Team USA is up 3-1 (Kevin Porter from the University of Michigan scored the first goal!). The winner of this game moves on to play Russia tomorrow evening in the semifinals.

Switzerland beat Germany today with a 5-0 win in relegation. The Czechs sent home Finland in a 3-0 win. Canada will face the Czechs in the semifinals after getting a bye for placing first in Group A.

I really hope that USA and Canada make it to the finals because it would be a great match up and I haven’t had a chance to see Sidney Crosby play. After hearing all these high praises of him, I’m excited with the chance to see his play.

Plymouth Whalers update
I attended the Whalers’ one of six season soldout games on the 30th versus the Sarnia Sting. We went up 1-0 at the start of the second period, but by the end of the period faced a 4-1 deficit. After about 5 great fights, they were able to comeback and tie the game with less then a minute and a half in regulation. In OT, Michael Haley of the Sting scored with a little over a minute remaining. The game was great to watch and my Mom even got into the game. However, Sarnia is 11-20-4-1, 4th in their division, and I had expected that the Whalers, 15-14-4-3 & second in their division, would’ve done much better.


^ One of the many fights at the game.

My Dad and I took pictures the entire game. To view 67 of the pictures, visit http://community.webshots.com/user/hockeypictures.


^ Steve Ward taking a shot.

Now that I convinced my parents on attending more Whalers’ games, you should be hearing more OHL updates and seeing more pictures from their games. I believe I’m attending their next home game (Jan. 15th) or the one after that (Jan. 16th).

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2 Responses to “WJC & Whalers updates”

  1. pj Says:
    January 2nd, 2005 at 10:47 pm

    Great photos.

  2. Christy Hammond Says:
    January 3rd, 2005 at 8:38 pm

    Thanks for the compliment! My Dad takes much better pictures than me, but he has much more practice. That was my first time taking pictures of any sporting event, much less hockey, so I felt pleased with how they came out. :)

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