Great victories are built on small contributions.

Sweden, Germany and Norway arrived in Toronto over the weekend missing significant amounts of equipment.  Norway was missing 11 bags of equipment while the Germans, fearing their lost luggage may never arrive, had to go out and buy six sets of new equipment.

Sweden had virtually no equipment with them and some team officials were making noise about Tuesday’s pre-competition game against Canada potentially being in jeopardy.

Gamesmanship: That’s the American way!