Aww, that's a Shame!

[DeathToTheOil]

Harper, Putin not playing Summit Series hockey galas: PMO

The Prime Minister's Office is denying a published report that Stephen Harper is making plans to play hockey this fall against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

The Prime Minister's Office says the claim is false.

The Toronto Star cited unnamed sources as saying Harper was making plans to play on a Canadian hockey team in two exhibition games against a Russian team that would include Putin.

The two exhibition games would help mark the 40th anniversary of the Canada-U.S.S.R. Summit Series.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/01/09/sp-hockey-canada-russia-harper-putin.html

The real reason it's a no-go? There's not a hockey arena on the planet big enough to hold those two egos.

[sharp_stick]

1. Putin would put that milquetoast Harper

face first into the boards so fast he wouldn't know what happened.

In all honestly though I don't think either Government would allow anything of the sort to actually happen.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. +1, Harper would be one of those yappy players that gets punched out in the first 5 minutes

Of course, a severely concussed Harper would be a fitting inspiration to his base of atavistic throw-backs.

[RZM]

2. Maybe this would have happened again