USA vs Canada - My Thoughts

USA beat Canada in hockey last sunday. 5-3 was the final, and it was a great game. That said, there's a lot of talk about how the Canadians are still better than the U.S. and we only got lucky because Ryan Miller was phenomenal. Well I'd like to make a counter statement. Martin Brodeur is the goalie for canada and he faced half the number of shots and sadly, allowed more goals. Same thing happened in Canada's game against Switzerland which Canada barely won in a shoot out. The goalie is a part of your team people. And just because you take more shot doesn't mean that they're quality shots either. It's not about quantity, it's about quality. The US made the best of it's opportunities, Canada did not. Maybe Canada will straighten it out and come back and beat us in the gold medal game, should we both get there, but who knows. Let's not pretend that this is the kind of thing it used to be. These guys all play in the NHL, so they know their opponents. Some of them are facing off against NHL team mates in these games. My friend Brian said it best, if these two teams played 10 times, it'd probably be a 5-5 split. I'm not saying one is better than the other, it's just the nature of the competition these days.