IIHF Championships - where enemies become friends once again.

I'm pretty sure Thomas is speaking to Andreas Nödl is this photograph. Helping out the young Austrians, I love it. Well, besides Thomas still having to wear that dastardly face mask.

I think if Austria loses to Latvia (I'm pretty sure this is the relegation round, but correct me if I'm wrong), I might cry. I know Austria is obviously not a frequent country that pumps out hockey players left and right but I would love to see them stay in this and not go back to their previous division. Not only because I think it would be cool for them to get a little recognition somewhat, but you can imagine Sir Vanek is going to be emo again that he didn't help the team enough. Seriously dude, I love you, but get a grip.

Lindy Ruff named head coach of Canadian team at World Championships.

From Yahoo! Sports:

CALGARY, Alberta (AP)—Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff will lead the Canadian team at the world championships.

Ruff just completed his 11th season with the Sabres. This is his first time to coach the Canadian national team.

Nashville coach Barry Trotz and Dallas’ Dave Tippett will serve as assistants.

Canada opens the world championships against Belarus on April 24 in Switzerland.

The team’s initial roster is expected to be announced Monday.

I obviously wish he were instead coaching the Sabres through the playoffs, but this will have to do. Congratulations to him for getting the honor!

Also, happy Easter to my blog friends and those who bother to stop by here every now and then. I should have Part One up later of what I learned yesterday from my brother about wanting to be a journalist.

I've been thinking...

I'd like to move the blog over to WordPress, but I have no idea when I might go through with that commitment. I have a paper to write over spring break, and I always tend to have ADD when it comes to the computer. I can't stick with doing one thing for too long or else I get bored and move on to another task. For those who have their blogs on WordPress, how hard was moving everything there? I want to know so that I can set how much time I will need to do it...

I want to say something positive about the Sabres right now, but I can't find anything positive to say. I'm not looking forward to Saturday because I'm pretty sure that will be the last time we see the boys until Training Camp. At least, the guys not participating in the World Championships. Five to six months is too long.

At least I will still have the Pens, 'Nuckies and Ducks to keep up to date with during the playoffs.

*sigh* ):

To Switzerland!

So I know that the Sabres aren't officially out of the playoffs yet, but I am already looking forward towards the World Championships. This will be my first year watching them and I am extremely excited. I find these games much more entertaining than those in the NHL just because players are playing for their native country. There's a lot more pride put into these games I think, and the guys look like they have plenty of fun.

I went onto the main IIHF website and looked at the schedule for the WCs:

I am so pumped for the USA-AUT game, you have no idea. I am hoping they show that on the NHL Network, otherwise I will have to try and get a feed online somewhere.

My Spring Break unfortunately will be over by the time the festivities begin, but I will try and DVR most of the games so that I can watch them when I get home from school. I would love to catch teams that I normally never hear about. Like the Latvia team, I never hear about them. Or the German team.

Gosh, I am really pumped for this now. I should be all down in the dumps because of more than likely no more hockey from our boys after the season is done with but...there is more hockey to be played elsewhere! At least it's something.