Kevin Bieksa's Injury in the Czech Republic

Bieksa telling the Zebra's "I lost my fucking tooth!"

The next day, after the blood was all washed away and the stitches were in place, this is what he looked like.

 

He truly is a warrior and leader on this team.  Good luck on the rest of the way to Gold, Bieksa! No one deserves it more.

Team Canada wins vs Team Sweden! 3-2!

Woke up at 6am again to watch Team Canada take on Team Sweden.  It was certainly entertaining.  Sweden took at 2-0 lead in the first only for the Canadians to make their comeback.  They finally fell into their groove and got a goal from Brayden Schenn to open it for Canada. They followed up that play with a right handed Defenceman taking aim at the net. Kevin Bieksa got rewarded with his second goal of the tournament tying up the game in bieksellent fashion.  Of course, nothing was decided in regular time and had to go to OT.  Ryan Ellis got the OT goal on a 2-1 with Jonathan Huberdeau winning the game in sudden death.

Canada will now go on to face Norway on May 20th, 2:30am PT.

Go Team Canada!

WCH 2014 Canada 4 - Slovakia 1!

After the crazy and shocking shootout loss to France on Friday morning, Team Canada has finally found their first win against Slovakia.  Joel Ward scored twice, Cody Hodgson scored once and Kevin Bieksa added another to the pot in the third period.  I was on Vancouver Island this morning so I wasn't really able to watch it but woke up to find that Canada had won.  So proud and happy for Bieksa.  He's taking charge of his team on a world stage now and proving to everyone why he deserves to wear the "C" on his jersey.

He also dished out a sweet hit on Slovakia.  His opponent never knew what hit him.  Go Bieksa!

TSN Highlights of the Game (Bieksa hit and interview included):

Canada vs Slovakia Highlights

Enjoy!

Next match is Canada vs Czech Republic on Monday, May 12th 1:45pm ET/ 10:45am PT.

Kevin Bieksa is Captain of Team Canada!

Kevin Bieksa has been named Captain of Team Canada representing at the World Championships.  Kyle Turris and Jason Chimera rounding out the Alternative Captains. 

His first leadership role was to lead the stretch at practice this morning.  So, what did Bieksa make his team do?  He had them making snow angels on the ice before they focused on the game ahead.  Nice.  Keeping them loose at practice and focused at game time. 

I am so happy and proud that Bieksa finally got the recognition he deserves by Captaining Team Canada.  Any Canucks fan can tell you that he has the Heart of a Canuck.  The heart and soul of the team.  His passion and leadership has been prevalent with the Canucks over the last few years and it's obvious that he's a natural born leader.

Jason Garrison and Alex Burrows are also on this amazing journey with him.  Garrison is blogging on the Canucks wesbite of their adventure over seas.  Make sure you read it.

First game is on Friday morning 6:30am on TSN vs France.  Go get'em Juice!