IIHF World Juniors Canada-Russia, Jordan Eberle the Hero

Living in the great frozen north of Canada, makes it difficult not to be a fan of the good old hockey game. I would imagine hockey plays the same role for people living in another sub zero country called Russia. Last night’s Canada-Russia semi-final game didn’t disappoint any hockey fans around the world. The photo above demonstrates how Russian goaltender Vadim Zhelobnyuk and the whole Russian sqaud felt with 5.4 seconds left in the 2009 IIHF World Juniors Championship Canada-Russia semi-final. Canada and Russia have always shared a very strong rivalry on the international hockey scene even when Russia was still part of the Soviet Union. One just has to look back at the 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey series and how bitter the rivalry was in that series, a movie based on that series was made in 2006 for CBC. Russia leads the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship since its inception in 1977 with 26 medals and Canada is a close second with 24 medals. Canada and Russia are the ... (link)