USA's upset over Canda should not have happened

Coming into this Olympic hockey tournament, if Canada earns anything less than the gold medal, it would be a failure. They are absolutely stacked beyond belief. Their roster includes Martin Brodeur, Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Joe Thornton, Sidney Crosby, Dany Heatley, Corry Perry, Patrick Marleau, etc. Their third-string goaltender is Marc Andre-Fleury, a quality goaltender. Their head coach is Mike Babcock, an excellent coach. That is just their top players on the team. All of their players consists of the best players on each team in the NHL. You can see how the Canadian fans have such high expectations for their team.
When it comes to the USA, they have an above-average team. It is a young, but a very likable team. They even have six players on the roster have their first or surname Ryan. Their roster includes Ryan Miller, Mike Komisariak, Chris Drury, Brian Rafalski, Ryan Suter, Bobby Ryan, Zach Parise, Jamie Langenbrunner, Patrick Kane, etc. I thought coming into these winter games, the USA squad could earn a bronze medal because of their strong goal-tending corps of Miller, Tim Thomas and Jonathan Quick.
Coming into last night, the general consensus was, regardless of the results each team had in their previous two games, that Canada was going to slaughter USA. I was one of those predictors. Wow were we wrong, stunned, embarrassed, any word you can think of that involves wrong.
On the day before the 30 year anniversary of USA stunning the Soviets, USA hockey once again pulled another shocker and topped Canada 5-3. Although, it is only the preliminary round, this result is catastrophic for Canada. Here they are, far and beyond the best team in the Olympics and they lost to a hockey team that averages an age five years younger than any other international team. Sometimes youth is good if you are the Americans. USA's young players are strong, very quick and they do not give up on the puck. There were times in last night's game that Canada had a flurry of shots in the first and near the game of the game, that is how everyone expected Canada to play the whole game. We knew that Ryan Miller would keep the Americans in the game as long as he could, but the Canadians would just be too active on the offensive zone for him to have a breather throughout the game. Even though the Canadians out shot the Americans 45-23, Miller stood on his head and took the game in his own hands with his astounding 42-save performance. With the score 4-2 with over 6 minutes left in the third period, I was watching the game with friends and my friend Mallory thought the game was not over. I said, "With Miller playing the way he is in net, USA will not lose this game." Sidney Crosby scored a power play goal to make it 4-3 USA with 3:09 left in the third period and Mallory said, "Still cocky Jus?" I then said, "Damn right. That is all they will get." Canada had another run of shooting the puck on net at an alarming rate, but they could not convert. After a killer off-sides call, USA clears the puck and Ryan Kesler is battling Corry Perry for the puck. Kesler dives, smacks the puck and it rolls into the empty net for an amazing goal. Game, set, match.
I am always glad when I am wrong, especially when it is an underdog that wins. The Americans earned it. They played harder, faster and smarter. Canada played cocky because they have so many stars on their team, eventually it bit them in the ass. They were so cocky, that they let Brian Rafalski score two goals (first one 41 seconds into the game). Rafalski has only four goals in 57 games into the NHL season! Everyone in Canada knew coming into the Olympic games every team was gunning for the mighty Canadians. Not taking any credit away from the Americans, but if you are Canada, losing to us is embarrassing. They rival with us on who is the better hockey country. Their team is far superior comparing to our team. Last night's loss is not the end of the world to Canada because they still advance to the medal round. However, they have to play an additional game if they are going to advance to the medal round. Canada has sucked in these Olympics and if they don't win a gold medal in hockey, they should never host an Olympic games again. As the saying goes: "Canada's national sport is Lacrosse. Their religion is hockey." Think about that.