I'm forwarding the following message for those of you on the list who don't get to read rec.sport.hockey. Team USA is playing in the Tampere Cup in Finland, which began yesterday. They won their first game over Tappara, 5-4, as the below states. Hopefully we will see more from Juha... - mike From: [log in to unmask] (Juha Koivisto) Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey Subject: TAMPERE CUP (1st day) Date: 23 Aug 91 06:33:50 GMT Organization: City of Tampere TAMPERE CUP will be played for the third time now. This year there are eight top-ranking teams including Olympic teams from Canada and U.S., Soviet and Swedish champions and strong domestic teams. The teams play a simple series in two divisions (A and B) during August 22 through 24. Ranging is determined by the principle applied in the elimination round of the A pool in World Championships. The finals will be played on Sunday, August 25. TEAMS: DIVISION A: DIVISION B: Lulea-Hockey, Sweden Djurgarden IF, Sweden Canada Olympic Team Skoda Plzen, Czech. Dynamo, Moscow, USSR USA Olympic Team Ilves, Tampere, Finland Tappara, Tampere, Finland TAMPERE CUP 22.08.1991 DIVISION A: Ilves - Lulea-Hockey 1 - 5 (1-1,0-2,0-2) Dynamo - Canada Olympic Team 6 - 2 (2-0,2-1,2-1) DIVISION B: Djurgarden IF - Skoda Plzen 4 - 2 (1-0,0-1,3-1) Tappara - USA Olympic Team 4 - 5 (1-1,3-3,0-1) -- Juha Koivisto * Department of Information Technology [log in to unmask] * City of Tampere, Finland