In the afternoon of Friday December 5, 2014, 8 captains of the participating nations came to Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium for an unveiling ceremony of the Hero Hockey Champions Trophy and to set the stage for one week of top men’s hockey action. The participating teams are; Argentina, Australia, Belgium, England, Germany, Holland, India and Pakistan. No one can doubt that that the champions’ trophy is the real test of the best hockey talent in the world. Standards in the game of hockey are in ascendency and differences between any two top 10 teams are getting narrower by the day. Although Germany,