The paralympics are coming to a close this Sunday and Canada has unfinished business to attend to. Canada currently stands in fourth place overall in the medal standings with 14 overall (seven gold) one shy of the 15 they won in the previous two Olympics. Russia continues to lead with 28 (nine gold) followed by Germany with 21 (10 gold) and Ukraine with 15 (four gold). The United States are fifth with nine medals (two golds).
Coming into the games, Canada was hoping for a clean hockey sweep instead they had to settle for a 4th place finish after falling to Norway 2-1 in a heartbreak fashion. The Norwegians scored the winner with three agonizing seconds to go to claim the bronze.
I didn’t realize how physical ice sledge hockey really is. And those wrist shots! Dare I say some are of NHL calibre? In some cases, I could have sworn they were better!
The powerful USA defeated Japan (who beat Canada 3-1 in the semi-finals) 2-0 in the gold medal game on Saturday. The U.S. defeated Japan 6-0 earlier in round robin play.
