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From: carlo@oscvax.UUCP (Carlo Sgro)
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Subject: WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Message-ID: <156@oscvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 09:29:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: oscvax.156
Posted: Fri Sep 14 09:29:28 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Sep-84 01:18:18 EDT
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We beat them!  WOW!  This performance demonstrates that the Soviets are 
beatable yet again.  I don't want to do any analysis of the game other
than to say that skating with the Soviets is possible and is all ( :-) )
that is needed.  This game will probably convert a lot of cynics and 
change a lot of tunes (myself included, to an extent; see my last
posting (after the loss to the Soviets)).

And now for some excerpts from the Toronto Star headline (!!; we take
our hockey seriously) article of this morning (Friday Sept. 14) by Jim
Proudfoot:
	It opens by saying: "Hell froze over.  Somewhere, surely, a man
		bit a dog.  And a bunch of Canadians finally vanquished
		the Russians at ice hockey last night, bringing to a 
		thrilling conclusion what seemed like a century of 
		frustration."
	Other excerpts:
		"It was Mike Bossy who got credit for the biggest goal,
		 by one of our guys, since Paul Henderson's Moscow
		 masterpiece in 1972 ..." (they brought a TV set into
		 our Grade 5 class for that series; how time flies!)
	
		"And so ended a period of Canadian despair the length
		 of which depends on how you would measure these things.
		 The prevalent view is that this was Canada's first 
		 truly meaningful victory over any Soviet Union national
		 side since a 3-1 success in the preliminary segment of
		 the inaugural Canada Cup in 1976."

		"So last night's 3-2 win will produce a nationwide feeling
		 of euphoric relief, as if some sort of monstrous burden
		 had been lifted from our collective shoulders.  Such is
		 the importance of hockey in this nation."

		"There's good reason today for a feeling of pride and
		 satisfaction for Team Canada, previously a massive 
		 disappointment in this tournament, deserved to take this
		 highly emotional game.  So many of the professional 
		 luminaries whose reputations had been impaired redeemed
		 themselves through this evening of gripping drama."


One last comment:  If people were saying that we would be disgraced if 
			we didn't make the finals, what does that say about
			the Soviets???

				- Carlo