from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,
When examining the David vs. Goliath World Cup match-up that pits the heavy underdogs of Team Europe versus the overwhelming favourites that make up Team Canada, let’s remember that there already has been a miracle in the world of team sports earlier this year.
Did you forget that tiny Iceland beat mighty England in soccer at Euro 2016?
Iceland has a population of 320,000, England’s is 53 million.
If that real-life fairy-tale ending could play out like that, who is to say a roster melding players from eight different European nations can’t unite to beat Canada, a country that has won the past two Olympic gold medals?
Doug Armstrong knows anything can happen in the upcoming Canada-Team Europe best-of-three final, which begins Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre.
He also understands that a loss to a team that was specifically plopped together just for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey would be a wart on the legacy of he and his players that likely would never be forgotten in hockey mad Canada.
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