Ryan Kuwabara is a key member of Japan's national ice hockey team currently playing at the Pool A World Championships in Sweden. Kuwabara, a Japanese-Canadian who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens and now stars for Japan Ice Hockey League champion Kokudo, has agreed once again to keep a journal chronicling some of the team's experiences.
First of all, I would like to thank The Japan Times and the sports department for this opportunity to bring all the news from our team at the World Championships in Sweden to all the hockey fans back in Japan.
Well, we've been in Europe for about eight days now. Last weekend, we had some tune-up games against the Latvian national team. These games are great for us because they give us a chance to work on building some structure for our systems as most of us have played on different teams throughout the year.