This isn’t just the Olympics, this is All-Star Week. We’re watching the Puck Control Relay, the Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot, Breakaway Challenge and Elimination Shootout. We’re watching the playoffs. We’re watching the Stanley Cup finals. We’re watching the culmination of careers and dreams. The hopes of countries that often don’t get to show their national pride on a global stage. Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Slovakia all get to wave their flags and scream until they’re hoarse. They’ve got a shot at gold in hockey and that only comes once every four years at best.






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