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posted 01/27/2012
NHL All-Star Teams Hand Picked
Although this year's All-Star teams were selected like a playground game of kickball at recess, the skills competion will not suffer. Check out the who's who in the skills department here:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614008
and then tune in on Saturday night at 7pm.
Let the pucks fly!
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| | | | | | | Italy Plays Harder Blog #7: Coppa d'Italia | | | | | | by
posted 01/27/2012
Coppa d’Italia
Plenty of action in Cortina the past couple weeks. First we hosted a women’s downhill/slalom world cup event. It was nice to hear some American voices in the cafés and it was fun for our team to take part in the action. The night before the races our team was lined up on stage with a starting number tucked away in their pockets. The girls, chosen at random, then selected one of our players based on his looks, size, or nationality and he presented her starting number for the next day. Our lone American player gave Lindsay Vonn a jersey and she wore it the next night on the podium (Vonn has won the slalom event in Cortina the past 5 or 6 years).
That same weekend our team participated in the Coppa d’Italia. It’s a midseason tournament held in Bolzano for the top 4 teams. We were the 4th ranked team and not expected to win. Both nights we were forced to pull our goalie late in the game to even the score. See attached picture to see how things worked out.
Also, this week is the international ice sculpture competition. Currently, 12 giant blocks of snow/ice have been strategically placed throughout downtown. As I look out the window of this café, two members of the Finnish team are sawing a chunk out of the ice block. It doesn’t look very fun.
On a personal note, I’m teaching myself to snowboard. If it’s true it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become expert in something, then I’m 9,994 hours away from being a really good snowboarder.
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