Canada vs USA: Feel the Hate

North American hockey may be our usual drug of choice around these parts, but with the World Championships on display in North America this month, there’s been a whole lot of NHL stars taking to the ice outside of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

And no game so far has been bigger for Canadian and American fans than today’s matchup.

Says Roy MacGregor in today’s Globe & Mail, these are two teams set “to get their hate on,”  and there’s certainly some history to that idea. 

“They hate us and we hate them.”

Keith Tkachuk, 1996 World Cup

Excellent. I thoroughly approve of a little hockey hate. 🙂

More information can be found at the links below, and I’ll be posting updates, photos and maybe some odd trivia at the Kukla’s Korner: Canucks & Beyond page throughout the game.  Feel free to stop by and contribute your own photos, commentary, whatever you want.

Canada vs USA – 3:30pm ET
Video: In Canada on TSN & RDS; In the USA, on WCSN (paid sub); International viewers check IIHF
Audio: Fan590 streaming live.
More Info: Complete tournament schedule [PDF], and power rankings.
Team Rosters: Canada [PDF] and USA [PDF]
hockeyfights.com: World Championships forum, World Championships page