Saturday, May 2, 2009

2009 World Ice Hockey Championships

Attended the 2009 World Ice Hockey Championships held in Bern and Zurich Switzerland. We saw two games on consecutive weekends: USA vs. Latvia on April 25 in the preliminary round and USA vs. Russia on May 2 in the qualification round. Both were very exciting contests with USA beating Latvia 4-2 and Russia beating USA 4-1. USA eventually played Russia again in the semi-final round, losing 3-2. Russia continued on to beat Canada in the finals 2-1.

Photo from Getty Images. BERNE, SWITZERLAND - MAY 02: Denis Grebeshkov (L) of Russia fights for the puck with Lee Stempniak (R) of USA during the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship qualification round match between Russia and USA at the Post Finance Arena on May 2, 2009 in Berne, Switzerland.

Rooting with the Latvia fans.

Enjoying the action. Front row, L-R: Barrie, Edward, Francis, Marguerite, Ali; Back row: Jackie, Daniel, Max, Theo (out of picture).

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