[Revolting cat!]

Being fourth among 236 countries playing ice hockey is not all that bad!

[Alberta's Child]

The problem is that there are only six teams that can credibly compete for a gold medal these days: Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, and the United States. Slovakia can occasionally put together a strong team, but not often.

So the U.S. is really #4 out of six teams, not 236. I can't think of too many U.S. hockey players who take pride in the fact that their team is better than the national teams of Italy, Greece or Japan.

[dfwgator]

Being fourth among 236 countries playing ice hockey is not all that bad!

They play ice hockey in Africa?