RegDunlop

Agreed - but I must admit, if I were a linesman, I'd be afraid of stepping in front of Tie's kid as he's getting ready to throw a punch. Sucks to be Kesler on this play. He gets hit with a dirty cross-check, then goes down hard when he tries to defend himself.

Yeah, you can sometimes tell that these guys haven't played a game in a few months, but they're definitely going all out - really fun to watch so far. And as gimmicky as Team North America is, you can tell they really want to win this thing, and other teams really don't want to lose to them. During the second intermission on Thursday, Sportsnet interviewed Gaborik - he seemed completely out of breath and pissed off about being down by three to a bunch of kids.

Hadn't noticed it either!