The World Junior Hockey Championships are in Vancouver right now, and we got free tickets to the quarter finals. Team USA vs. the Czech Republic.

SCORE!!!

You actually get a better idea of how good our seats were by clicking on the picture.

Row 6, sweet eh?

Now, before my American friends get all upset about the following images….I gotta make a couple of points. First off, it’s hockey, the unofficial national sport of Canada. No prisoners my friends. Also, there is a certain percentage of Americans who really bring it on themselves. To wit…..

Um….yeah. Allow us to retort….

Mostly due to Jack Johnson’s cheap shot the other night vs Team Canada (if you don’t know, then you won’t care).

Anyway, it was an awesome first period, and the whole game was pretty good except for the Czechs continual sucking at one-timers on the power play. Even though they out played the US, they lost 2-1. The US goalie (a Vancouver Canuck draftee, no less) really saved this one for the yanks.

Here’s to the USA and Canada in the final. It’ll be a good ‘un.