Lightfoot-NewYears Eve-Banff,Alberta

[charlene]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/notebo...cigross/091117

I have an e-mail in to the writer asking about this event..

"What do you say we name the U.S. and Canadian Olympic hockey teams? Officially, Canada will name its team on New Year's Eve during a Gordon Lightfoot concert in Banff, Alberta. Team USA will announce its roster on New Year's Day during the wicked good Wintah Classic at Fenway Pahk in Boston.

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver are just 87 days away. Brian Burke is Team USA's general manager, while Steve Yzerman is Team Canada's executive director. The rink size for the Vancouver Games will use NHL dimensions (200 feet long by 85 feet wide) instead of the normal international rink size (200 feet long by 98 feet wide).

Much like the Ryder Cup captain's picks, the committees will want to select "hot" players coming into the tournament. Both teams have no-brainers and some picks that will be based some on this season's play. From what I've seen, I'd go this way (please send all hate e-mail to Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside)"


rest of article is at link.

[jj]

Originally Posted by charlene

The rink size for the Vancouver Games will use NHL dimensions (200 feet long by 85 feet wide) instead of the normal international rink size (200 feet long by 98 feet wide).

this is the first i heard of that...that's unfortunate for the viewer who enjoys open ice play and skating vs trapping (although a disadvantage to European teams...it's like having CFL players constrained to an NFL field, which is about the size of a squash court )

umm, won't they be just naming it the usual? Team Canada