How Hockey Changed An Iraqi Family

The Detroit Red Wings foreign scout flies to Baghdad to watch a young Iraqi play hockey in the new American sponsored league, and is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over to the US .

Ken Holland signs him to a one year contract and the kid joins the team for the preseason.

Two weeks later the Wings are down 4-0 to the Blackhawks with only 10 minutes left. Mike Babthingy gives the young Iraqi the nod and he goes in. The kid is a sensation - scores 5 goals in 10 minutes and wins the game for the Wings! The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are delighted, and the media love the new star.

When the player comes off the ice he phones his mom to tell her about his first day of NHL hockey. "Hello mom, guess what?" he says in an Iraqi accent. "I played for 10 minutes today, we were 4-0 down, but I scored 5 goals and we won. Everybody loves me, the fans, the media, they all love me."

"Wonderful," says his mom, "Let me tell you about my day. Your father got shot in the street and robbed, your sister and I were ambushed, raped and beaten, and your brother has joined a gang of looters and all while you were having such great time."

The young Iraqi is very upset. "What can I say mom, but I'm so sorry."

"Sorry? You're Sorry? !!" says his mom, "It's your fault we moved to Detroit in the first place!"

Canadian Hockey

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After losing game 7 at a score of 4 - 0, the Canadian fans or simply any Canadian citizen as seeing that if the stereo type are true that all Canadians eat, breath and sleep hockey took to the streets to express their outrage at losing to a non-Canadian team. To add insult to injury, a team from a country that is still waking up to the realization that Hockey is a professional sport.

Even when an American team wins there is a large gathering of people celebrating with little to no damages. The fans of the losing team just drink their sorrows away. Granted, to lose by by that margin is embarrassing but not enough to do what the Canadians did to their own city. American have had riots but those were related to social injustice like Martin Luther King Jr.s death or the LA riots from cops pulling over a man and beating him. All sports are entertainment but to destroy an entire of a city over losing a game is nuts.