My 2010 Olympic Hockey Predictions by Greg LaForge

The 2010 Olympics in Vancouver are coming up. They are only a few months away. When they get here, the entire world will support their athletes.
Every hockey fan will also be supporting their country. Some are looking forward to the 2010 Olympics as an opportunity for a gold. Other countries can't wait until they're done.

Anyway, here are my predictions for who is going to win the medals.

There are a lot of good teams that are going to be competing in the tournament this winter. The biggest ones are Russia, Canada, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. These are the teams that are probably going to win the top 5 spots.

You may notice that the United States is not on this list. They have a young team and will probably place in the lower half of the pack.

Of the 5 teams that I mentioned above I've got Canada winning the gold. Canada has a lot of all stars and is extremely prepared for the Olympics. They are going to take some of the hard lessons that they learned in the last tournament and use them this winter.

The silver medal will go to Russia. This year, Russia will be trying to win it's first gold since its days as the Soviet Union. However, I don't think that they have to defense to match up with Team Canada.

The bronze medal is going to be interesting. They're are a lot of good teams that are still in the tournament. Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic all have a good chance of winning the bronze medal.

However, my bet is going with Sweden. They have a lot of good players. In fact, they are pulling most of their talent from the Detroit Red Wings. Definitely not a bad team to pull a good portion of your Olympic team from.

Anyway, those are my predictions for the 2010 Olympic Hockey Tournament. Once again, there are a lot of teams that could place well, but the two teams that you will want to watch are Russia and Canada. Even though I have Canada winning the gold, there's a good chance that Russia will beat them.



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