IHWC Update

After his hat-trick to open the WCs against Khazakstan, Alex Ovechkin has been held scoreless in two straight games while Russia has gone undefeated to win Group C. The USA, meanwhile, went 2-1 in the preliminary round, with wins over Norway and Denmark and a loss to Canada, to move on to the qualifying round.

Is it wrong that I'm more interested in the fortunes of Team Russia, because of Ovechkin and Alex Semin, than I am Team USA?