July 16, 2009

Hockey Night in Israel : The United States defeated Canada Wednesday evening to claim the championship of the World Jewish Ice Hockey Tournament – staged for the second time in this northernmost of Israeli towns. The event was the creation of Canadian Sydney Greenberg, head of Astral Media and, while homespun at times, it displayed tremendous professionalism. Like most of the players, officials were drawn from major junior hockey leagues in Canada and from the American Hockey League.........The 10-day tournament had been a great success with teams from five countries (Canada, the United States, Russia, France and Israel) taking part in both senior and junior divisions. There were several close games with two being decided by shoot-outs.

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