There are a few glum faces around the department today. The male staff in the department left promptly yesterday to join most of Canada in watching "The Big Game" on TV- Canada vs Russia in the Gold Medal final game of the World Junior (!) Hockey Championship. Apparently Canada looked strong going into the third and final period 3-0 ahead only to choke spectacularly eventually losing the game 5-3. You can read about the game here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/world-juniors/canada-suffers-epic-collapse-in-world-junior-final/article1859366/
Hockey is as as popular here as football and cricket is to the English, hence the glum faces. All that national pride and expectation resting upon a small number of individuals only to end in disappointment. To the English this experience is so familar we even have a popular phrase for it.
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