Our Father, who art in Ottawa, Hockey be thy name. Thy kingdom come, gold medals won, on Earth as we beat Czechs by seven. Give us this day a jersey in red, white and black while we make crisp passes. And forgive those who play against us, for it's likely we'll beat the hell outta them. Amen.
Now I know pre-game prayers are more of a football thing, but perhaps Pat Quinn sits the boys down for a bit of spiritual time before each game. Although hockey isn't known as an angel's game, take one look at the face of Jordan Eberle and try not to be reminded of a twelve year old choir boy at the annual Christmas service.
Jordan Eberle was born and raised in Regina, SK and plays his junior hockey with the Regina Pats of the WHL. He left his team as their leading scorer, with 42 points in 33 games, good enough for 14th in the league. Right now though, he is in Ottawa playing on Canada's top line, tied for fourth in the tournament with one goal and four assists in two games. I'm not a doctor, but that seems like a pretty good clip to be scoring at. What makes him special to us, however, is how cool it is to watch him dangle around opponents with his impressive stick handling, and taking apart defences with precise passing. Here's video of a nice sweet-pass-follow-puck-to-net-and-score sequence from the ridiculous game against Kazahkstan:
Eberle has looked great playing with Cody Hodgson and Zach Boychuck on the first line, as well as on the power play with Tavares. It's so cool to see a home-town kid doing so well, being so successful.
Check in later for bios on the two other SK born players on team Canada: goaltender Dustin Tokarski (Watson) and defenseman Keith Aulie (Rouleau). They start in one minute. Enjoy the game!
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