I was bummed to see how the media just ran with the whole airplane incident, but I guess that’s just what happens with those types of things. I heard so many great things about the Russian kids from local people which makes me even happier that they won. They even stumbled upon a kids birthday party while they were at the mall on that extra day in Buffalo and played hockey with all the kids.

It is interesting to hear Kuz say those things about the Canadians making the sign about him, because at the semi-final game against Sweden, there were these two guys in Canada sweaters who were by the tunnel where I was and yelled some not so nice things (things that I cannot repeat on here) specifically at Kuz when he came out. Then they said, “Ok let’s follow him over by the glass!” so they could yell at him some more. Well, I guess that’s a sign of a really good player when there are guys at a game that their team isn’t even involved in yelling things at you! haha