I spent the day putting up dry wall but had this gold medal game on the radio before breaking to watch overtime on the telly. Matt Halischuk scored 3:36 in to give us a 3-2 win over Sweden securing our fourth championship in a row.
I hope we don't take this string of successes for granted. It's been a fantastic four years but it won't always be like this. We can't possibly win this tournament every year.
Having said that, I'm already looking toward next year when we host this tourny in Canada and ten of our players return. With Kyle Turris, Steve Stamkos and John Tavares leading the charge, we could easily go for five. Yikes, I'm already starting to take this success for granted...
I worked with Matt Halischuk's Grandfather 20 or so years ago who unfortunately passed away in summer 2007. I kept in touch with Fred until 2 or 3 years ago & he did mention his grandson who played hockey & was a player to watch for. I didn't realize Matt was Fred's grandson until early this week when a former co-worked said that Matt is Fred's grandson.
Way to go Matt for all of Canada.