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Hey boys, how's stuff here? (lotsa names here, but none intended to influence our draft... :rolleyes: so hoping for a pass)

Had a hoot last night. Cut short a surfing holiday in Bali to watch an exhibition game down here in Australia. Team USA vs Canada in whats called the International Ice Hockey series. Racious crowd of 17,000 for Perth's first big ice hockey match with a play off atmosphere for us expats. Sold out, so added another game tomorrow. Mostly ECHL / AHL guys, ordinary line up but a Cpl of good names. Cpl years since I saw a hockey game live, lockout last I was in Van. Big hype for USA vs Canada with all wearing their jerseys affiliations. Almost a Canuck jersey for every American one in the crowd. They love the Nucks here, made my wife wear a Jets jersey I also have which peaved her a bit. B) They pronounce things funny and everyone went nuts, Go Canooks! :towel:

I swear my Canucks jersey woulda got me laid if it weren't for the Jets fan tagging along... :bigblush:

LOL Konopka is in, but had to sit for some reason. Maybe his drug suspension? :P Emerson Etem was confirmed, but I did not see him in the line up either. Matt Kassian played, but never stood out. Ian Cole from the Blues (man among boys with the only real NHL shot) was the other biggest name left, with teams coached by Wayne and Keith Primeau.

Whale of a game too, 9-6 Canada. Highly impressive speed / intensity. Gobs of Aussies showed up just to see if they really do "drop the mitts?" 3 big tilts. LOL, my father in law thought it was fake, till I zoomed his camera in on them fixing Jordon Southern's broken nose in the sin bin.

Player of the game? None other than our old property (and team Canada captain) Andrew Gordon who got a Hatty! :frantic:

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The Montreal Canadians are also proud to select,

from Edina, Minnesota

Anders Lee!

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Risk / reward pick. Could end up on the top line with Tavares. Course there was an earlier pick by someone else with another prospect having the same aspiration. Could end up not in the NHL...

I reckon a good risk, and the better chance?

I was going to pick Lee with one of my last two picks, but just had to get some defenders on my team.

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