Yeah I do remember that. I also remember Canada not even medalling that year. Maybe he should have had Brendan "third or fourth line player" gaunce on the team instead of Gauthier, leier, petal, and rychel, who all struggled emmensly that tournament and are not even really nhl players. As a team we struggled to score, defend and win faceoffs that year, all of which gaunce excels at (scored in jr). The tournament was also in Sweden on big ice. You think they would have had gaunce on the team even if it was just his familiarity with it considering he played on international ice for the majority of his JR career.
I'm glad we're back to our winning ways but team Canada's thick headedness cost us some winning years. For a while it was a popularity contest to make the team not the best performance.
Rant over.