While Canada is getting good wishes and inspiration from virtually every Canadian, Team USA isn't without their supporters.
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U.S. men's hockey team not short on inspiration
- February 21, 2010 5:56 PM |
- By Erin Valois
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By Ron Nurwisah, National Post
While Canada is getting good wishes and inspiration from virtually every Canadian, Team USA isn't without their supporters.
Many of Team USA's players have been receiving letters of encouragement from U.S. soldiers and veterans.
From the Rochester Post-Bulletin:
Each USA player has been adopted by a wounded warrior from their home town, university or NHL city. They were informed that "you are not just playing for your country, but for your warrior as well". A personal package was provided containing a letter of encouragement and various other items, even bullets taken from the soldier's bodies to be placed in the player's locker.
Team USA GM Brian Burke apparently started building the relationship between the military and his players.
Burke's boys have also been getting inspiration from this guy, five-year-old Josh Sacco, who recites Herb Brooks' speech that spurred the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" team to gold. What's better than an inspirational pre-game pep talk. One delivered by an adorable moppet.
About the Author
- Bruce Arthur Bruce Arthur is the National Post's national sports columnist. A Vancouver native, he has been with the Post since 2001, and a columnist since 2005. He is covering his second Olympics, after the 2008 Games in Beijing. He expects these Games to be slightly less propagandistic, and for China to win slightly fewer medals.
- Joe O'Connor Joe O'Connor is a roving sports feature writer with an open-ended beat. He joined the National Post in 2002, and has spent the past seven years bouncing from sport to sport, offering fresh perspectives and delivering unique stories wherever he goes. Whether it has been getting Don Cherry to open up about his love life; George Chuvalo to talk about heartbreaking loss; or racing down the side of a mountain with former Crazy Canuck, Dave Irwin, the veteran Postie chases a story wherever it leads. Before joining the newspaper he was a two-time silver medalist at the National Magazine Awards. Vancouver will be his first Olympics.
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