Flyers Becomes Foes In Olympics
Posted by TheHockeyGuy on February 16th, 2010
When NHL teammates become Olympic opponents, most say there is no special treatment they give each other. No favors.
If, for instance, Team Canada’s Chris Pronger has a chance to level his Flyers teammate, Kimmo Timonen of Finland, apparently the Canadian won’t be giving the Finn a halfhearted, excuse-me check.
Asked of his thoughts if he had an opportunity to crunch Timonen into the boards, Pronger replied: “It sucks to be him.”
You can’t change the way you play, or you’ll likely risk an injury, Pronger said, adding that the action is so quick that you don’t have time to pull away from one of your NHL teammates – even if you wanted to.
“To be honest, half the time I’m not looking at who it is,” said Pronger, a four-time Olympian. “The other half, it really doesn’t bother me. We’re playing a game. You’re playing for your country.
“It’s no different than when you’re traded and playing against your former team. You have to go 100 percent or you leave yourself open to injury, so you have to push yourself to play as hard as you can.”
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