A Tough Way For Us To Finish

Posted by Mike Fisher on May 12, 2009

(Editor's note: Senators centre Mike Fisher represented Canada at the IIHF 2009 World Hockey Championship in Switzerland. He has been sharing his thoughts on his experiences at the tournament with ottawasenators.com readers in an exclusive series of blog posts).

The world championship didn't end the way we wanted, with a 2-1 loss to Russia in the gold-medal game. It was definitely a disappointing finish to a great trip. I thought we played very well against the Russians, especially in the last two periods. That's hockey, though. Sometimes you play well and lose. It's tough because in a tournament like this, it's a one-game series that decides it.

It's always an honour to represent your country. Not many people get to do it, so I felt very blessed to be part of Team Canada at this world championship. You never know when you'll get another chance, so you have to enjoy every minute of it. Representing Canada at the Olympics next year in Vancouver would be a dream come true. It's been a goal of mine for a few years now to be on that team, but I know it's going to be a very hard to team to make so we'll see what happens.

I arrived back in Ottawa last night. A bunch of the other guys were doing some travelling in Europe this week, but it's been a long three weeks in Switzerland and I just wanted to get home and settled in to the cottage in Peterborough for the summer. It's my favourite spot to relax and I'm really looking forward to relaxing a bit this summer. It's been a long year and I'll take a few weeks off, then start training in June again.

I'll be running my Mike Fisher Hockey Camp in Orleans again this July and everything looks good to go. We are sold out, which is awesome. It's going to be so much fun and we are all looking forward to it again this year.