At the beginning of the second period Canada made Russia look like Latvia: for over eight minutes, the Russians didn’t get a shot. “Oh yeah, we felt like we were in complete control,” said defenceman Drew Doughty, after Canada dominated Russia on the way to a 5-3 win in the semifinals of the World Cup of Hockey . Canada knows what Russia is, and Russia sure as hell knows what Canada is. “(Canada) was physical hockey team that likes to play hard, and Russia was I think more skill, more skilled hockey,” said Zaitsev. Canada creates artists, too: we just teach our artists to take your paintbrushes away, and to shrink your easel to the size of a postcard.

Source: thestar September 25, 2016 02:04 UTC