Buffalo Boy's Blog

The guys are coming over tonight, my Ryan Miller plaque is going up next to the TV and we are all enjoying our favorite Miller beer to support our man Ryan Miller who will be Team USA's starting goalie tonight when they take on Team Canada.

I think Team Canada is in for a rude awakening tonight, they may be the best collection of individual hockey players but they are NOT the best team. Ron Wilson has the best team as head coach of Team USA and through the first two games for the US they have shown it.

Tonight they have to continue to play as a unit. Team Canada hit a bump the other night and squeaked out a win over Switzerland, that is not supposed to happen and might have exposed them for maybe not being as tight a team as some of the others. Canada might be over confident too.

This is not their tournament to win, there are other teams who could win this thing, the Swiss showed they can play with Canada, The US already beat the Swiss 3-1 in regulation and we destroyed Norway 6-1 Thursday.

Tonight will prove a lot, this might not be USA vs Soviets of 1980, but its still pretty big. Do we have the best players? No, but, we might have the best goalie, and that can do wonders in a short tournament like this. Thats what Jim Craig proved in 1980 and thats why if team USA plays with the same kind of team effort they displayed so far in front of Miller tonight, it could very well be Miller Time at the end of the night.

U-S-A!