Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 20:58 on 10 May 2004:

 BF> Yeah, now I see on my map that there is a ferry going from Skagway
 BF> to Juneau and on the way you will pass Pearl Harbour. Watch out for
 BF> Japs in Hondas!

Rocks would be the problem.  Japs in Hondas don't float.:-)

 BF> You wouldn't have said that if you had watched the game.
 BF> That #Ď%&=!" R Niedermayer shouldn't even call himself a hockey-
 BF> player. What he did to Peter Forsberg wasn't nice and I guess that
 BF> this wasn't shown in Canada.

I did watch the game and what Niedermeyer did to Forsberg is no were than
what Forsberg had done to a number of other hockey players over here. 
Peter is a tough boy who likes to dish out punishment.

 BF> If that's the way you play hockey.......then you can keep it for
 BF> yourself. It isn't the way it's supposed to be played.

Remember who invented the game.

 BF> And you Canucks say you *never*ever* touch the goaltender. Did you
 BF> see how you won over Slovakia? By chopping him down behind his
 BF> cage. Can't say I like the way the Canucks plays the game and gets
 BF> away with it.

We're in the process of changing the rules so that the goalie gets less
protection and the Slovak goal tender was well outside his crease.  But I
agree that the incident was edgy.
  
But remember that these games were refereed by refs who were not Canadians
and they let these incidents go.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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