Well, I bet you are thinking, that is random.
Well, I have a pretty random blog 
. I had a bunch of friends on my college hockey team and have some hockey-fan Canadian friends here in Amman. We also just watched Miracle with the kids, the story of the US Olympic hockey team upset over Russia in 1980. It brought back SO many college memories. Facebook has been a fun tool to re-connect with those days (although for several friends, I found them through their kids).
So it was that Team Canada’s attempt to capture a sixth straight World Junior championship crashed and burned with a dramatic 6-5 victory by a feisty group of Americans who defied both history and a capacity crowd of 15,171 at the raucous Credit Union Centre, which was a sea of red.
In the process, the Americans spoiled not only Canada’s streak of five straight, but perhaps the most clutch performance in Canadian international hockey history since Paul Henderson’s heroics in the ‘72 Summit Series.
After all, Jordan Eberle — who, remember, scored the game-tying goal with just 34 seconds left in regulation in last year’s thrilling semifinal victory over Russia that led to gold in Ottawa — scored twice in the last three minutes Tuesday night to force overtime against the Americans, who were leading 5-3 deep into the third period.
Eberle first scored on the power play with 3:57 left before tying the score 5-5 with 1:35 remaining in the period to force overtime.
However, Team USA’s John Carlson broke a nation’s heart, beating Team Canada netminder Martin Jones — who had replaced starter Jake Allen in the third — at 4:31 into overtime on a three-on-one break.
It was a gold medal final for the ages, nonetheless, marking only the Americans’ second WJHC title. Team USA’s only previous gold was in 2004, against Canada, which then proceeded to win the next five straight world championships.
