Well it turns out the "Superstars" team carry that name for a reason, as they were the first squad to beat us in the round robin stages fo this tournament. I have to say that I wasn't completely surprised, in a tournament with as much quality as this one everyone can beat everyone, but I still would've expected us to have the upper hand of course. The superstars of one generation vs the superstars of all the other generations that came before them? Should have been a win for us but oh well, luckily things aren't that easy and predictable in hockey. Unless you are the current version of the SHL of course where parity is a constant issues and seasons are more predictable than ever. But I digress. One thing that did become apparent in this loss was the physical aspect of the game - players today simply are in much better shape than we had to be in our primes, and it showed in the battles along the boards and as the game went on and Enduracne became more and more important. I would argue that we had a slight edge in raw skill but we couldn't quite match their combination of both skill and physicality this time so this is definitely something we have to figure out until our next matchup...