TEAM CANADA vs ESTONIA Day 3- Raisio, Finland
Canada was in great spirits, leading up the 3rd match against Estonia, after a tie with Germany and a very close loss against Russia. In order to advance to the semi-finals, it was looking like Canada required a clear victory, against the undefeated Estonians.
The buzz about the Sports Halls of Turku and Raisio was that Canada had a very good team and the players and coaching staff were receiving a lot of praise for both their style of play and their effort on the floor. Petteri Nykky who is The Finnish National team coach is considered to be one of the best tactical coaches of present time, and he had some great feedback for Canadian coaching staff Anthony Herrington and Kevin Bathurst. He said, to stay on course, keep working with the young hockey stars of Canada, teach them footspeed and agility before ball control and tactics. The “Canadian Style” was slightly unorthodox in Floorball circles, yet it was very effective and with a few more years experience, Canada is expected to compete in the top ten nations of Floorball.
It appears that Canada got ahead of themselves a little bit with all of the accolades. They still had not won a game and Estonia was undefeated in the preliminary round. Canada needed to play the game of their lives to stay afloat in this competition.
Fast forward to the first period…Estonia shot out of the gates and scored 6 Goals. The second period saw Estonia blank the Canadians 3-0. Losing 9-0 and going in the third period, The Canadians finally started to relax and enjoy the moment. They won the third period 6-4, for a Final score of 13-6. Greg Beaudin Team Canada
