Carter's view of the carnage.
Ryan Carter, writing his second blog from the IIHF World Championships on the Ducks' Web site, offers a few insights into why the U.S. is facing relegation after losing all three of its pool-play games.
Turns out they're allowed to smoke inside the arena, which, if you've ever been to Europe, shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Carter and his teammates might just want to burn the place down after this tournament.
Turns out they're allowed to smoke inside the arena, which, if you've ever been to Europe, shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Carter and his teammates might just want to burn the place down after this tournament.

J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.


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