On Top to Stay

So, with Canada Day approaching, perhaps I am feeling a little patriotic, but whatever the case may be I saw an article in the paper today that got me thinking. It was actually a picture, and in it members of the Canadian Junior men's, Men's and Women's Hockey teams received their rings for winning the world championships this year. That's right, we won all three. Again. And, we won the 2005 World Cup of Hockey, and it is set to be held again in a few years time. The Olympics...we'll call that a blip on the radar screen. This is truly a sign that the programs implemented by Hockey Canada are working and that as a whole, we are still the greatest hockey nation in the world. And we are also among only a few countries who care about such a title. Hockey lacks that world wide appeal of baseball and soccer because it requires a rink, and countries like Germany, Switzerland and Italy are full of expatriate Canadians who fill up their rosters, though they are developing more home grown talent, and Germany is becoming a better hockey nation all the time. The fact remains that this is our game, and we care more about it than anyone, so why shouldn't we be the best. The pressure is there, and we are expected to win. Well, be that as it may, you can't win them all...oh wait...maybe you can. There are other sports that have greater competition and the World Cup of Soccer to me is the pivotal world's sports trophy as almost every country has a team, but the fact is Canada is still dominant in a spot that is played in a great number of nations, with greater populations than our own, and we continue to ex cell. Look at the NHL for the facts. Teams that win the Stanley Cup are lead by Canadians. There is no othere nation except perhaps Brazil's soccer team that can boast the kind of success Canada has had in this one sport. This may come across as brash patriotism, and rude even disrespectful to other nations, but the facts speak for themselves. They just make us look good is all...