international i saw there were eight teams from just as many countries and the tournaments with e.j. h.e.l. all star squad representing the united states you know hockey is one of the few sports that is truly worldwide and in a sport that the united states does not dominate in which most of our professional sports are majority american born players but hockey is one where they have to compete with players from all over the world so for have them have the experience to the common and see how they match up against some of the best from around the world is outstanding well the russian fans were dreaming of a final that would involve their team against the canadians the american selects and their own agenda asser winning two games against teams from latvia and slovakia the juniors from the states found themselves to be among the favorites to reach the final run them over three on the russians are out of sitting on russia. i think we feel pretty good about what we're doing right now our concern earlier where we were we are. starting to come together the boys are starting to gel you know we're g