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Originally Posted by Yamer
The mere fact that people make that comparison rather than taking the sport within its own context is enough. Fact or no, why must the highest pinnacle of women's hockey be compared to men's?
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Probably because most people don't watch womens hockey regularly and were surprised at how slow the game seemed on TV. My comment on the midget boys comparison was to help explain why.
99% of Canadians myself included are very proud of the Canadian women and what they accomplished. Also a bit of schadenfreude at the Americans loss as they made it easy to dislike them.