The term “miracle on ice” is thrown around a bit too much these days, especially with the USA making it to the gold medal game in this year’s Olympics. This time, I think it’s warranted.
Not enough attention is given to Paralympics, and sledge-hockey certainly doesn’t get the attention it deserves. It may not be as fast-paced as ice hockey (how could it be) but it’s certainly just as exciting. And now we have another miraculous win on ice, as Japan took down Canada 3-1 to move on to the gold medal game.
Yes, Japan.
“My head went blank,” said [Japanese coach Kojin] Nakakita, when asked how he felt immediately after the game ended.
“I knew if we played Canada 1,000 times we were going to lose 999 times. But not this one. We had a huge loss against the U.S. [6-0 on Tuesday] but we came back very strong.”