Something cold is hot in state of Denmark

Now as I do not usually comment on hockey, though my two home countries have been in most of the recent world junior, senior and Olympic championship Gold medal finals, I have to state that I am not surprised by the outcome for these European hot up and comers in the world of cold ice to which I still have familial connections there.

Koln, being a western German city near the Netherlands, is home to the 2010 IIHF world senior ice hockey championship, along with Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen, completing the sport's year long circuit, where America won the world junior and Canada won the Olympic championships respectfully. Internationally, Denmark has always been a middle power political player, but now with tournament wins against Finland 4-1 and the United States in overtime 2-1, the Danes may start getting long awaited respect in the wide world web of sports too, especially in a sport where it lost to Canada 47-0 way back in 1949. All that is missing would be a couple wins against Russia, the Czech Republic and of course Sweden, a sweet victory if the 13th ranked Danish club indeed pulled it off, quite like a win over Canada, something that came very close to happening in 2003, when Denmark did defeat America 5-2 and tied Canada at 2, after 54 years of not playing the sport.

Having one whole side of my family being originally Danish itself, myself tempted in the past to play American football and even in the future train for a possibly run bobsled for a Team Denmark if they compete for 2014, I am personally very proud and happy for the state which is anything but rotten with these superior results on the world stage.