Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Putin hockey goal

  • The Sport of Kings may be horse racing but presidents and prime ministers seem to have the option to choose whatever game best fits them -- and their constituencies. Russian president Vladimir Putin seems to be choosing hockey.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • This time he decided to celebrate a little differently by playing hockey. Putin went and played with a local amateur team in a match and, somehow, scored a goal in the game and in the shootout. Oh, I see how he did it now.
  • (CBS Sports)
  • Putin, playing Tuesday against a squad of legends including Slava Fetisov in a game meant to celebrate his election to another term, scored on his first shift, assisted on the game-tying goal and went backhand shelf in the shootout for the game-winner.
  • (Sporting News)
  • Celebrating his inauguration as Russian president in typical macho style, Vladimir Putin scored a goal, made an assist and converted a penalty as his team clinched a last gasp victory in his new favourite sport of ice hockey.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Here's a clip of newly-reelected Russian President Vladimir Putin participating in an exhibition hockey game between a team of Amateurs (Putin's team) and a "Legends Of Russia" team of former Russian professionals.
  • (BestWeekEver.tv (satire))
  • instead playing in a nationally-televised ice hockey exhibition match after he was sworn in Monday.
  • (RIA Novosti)
  • Minutes after the Kremlin ceremony, Mr Medvedev passed Mr Putin the black nuclear suitcase with the codes that control the countrys vast nuclear arsenal, official images showed.
  • (ABC Online)
  • and scored the game-winning overtime goal on a penalty shot. Great, completely non-staged day of hockey for Putin. [RT] • The top 5 craziest John Tortorella moments.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • PUTIN PLAYS HOCKEY…And where was Vladimir Putin during all this? He played in a nationally televised ice hockey exhibition match after his swearing-in ceremony. He scored a goal and assisted on another.
  • (ABC News)

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