The World Cup of Hockey is going on now in Toronto, Canada at the Air Canada Centre. The tournament is comprised of eight teams: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, the United States, Europe and North America. "Europe" is comprised of players from Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. For this reason, they don't have a national anthem played on their behalf before the game and the players have a patch of their home country on their uniforms. "North America" has players all age 23-and-under from the United States and Canada.
So this round robin-type tournament started on September 17 and will end by October 1. Tonight is a big game between team Canada and the United States. Guess what that means? Yes, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane will not be playing on the same team like they do for the Chicago Blackhawks during the regular NHL season. During the World Cup of Hockey, Jonny and Patrick will be on opposing teams with Jonny playing for Canada and Patrick for the United States.
The game is just getting underway and is on ESPN as I type this!!
Good luck, fellas! (Game's barely started and the U.S. is behind 2-1)
pic sources: Chicago Sun Times, the Hockey Writers
song: Touch the Fire - Icehouse
