Official Olympic Hockey Thread
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- uberdesigner0
hockey is like the french language of the sporting world
- flavorful0
Switzerland... :)
- Jaline0
oh my. Swiss are on a role.
At least I know the women's Canadian team won't disappoint :P
- mrsparkle0
Yeah, the swiss looked like the damned Minnesota Wild.
Too bad our goal didn't count.
We'll see how it goes against Finland today. They have a great team.
- chz0
So are the US out now afte their loss today to Sweden?
- pascii0
We'll kick ass
- mrsparkle0
Situation Upgraded to:
National Crisis
- uhohseangettio0
F, Canada lost. Shit,
- NegativeSpace0
crapppy, Finland's defence is solid, seems like so much of the game happened in their end but Canada just couldn't score.
- chz0
That Finnish goalie was amazing. So from what I can make of it, even if we lose to the Czech's we're still in it.
- ephix0
lemme get this straight, finland beat canada???
- chz0
Anyone know a site that has radio play-by-play of the game?
- planet010
Aren't all the Olympic teams full of NHL players anyhow... rather silly then isn't it?
- chz0
No.
- mrsparkle0
Canada over Czechs, barely. Who are we playing in the medal round now? I think we're the second seed behind Finland?
- mrsparkle0
So Canada is up against Russia tommorow in the Quarter Finals.
Russia has looked very good, but they barely beat the US who looked less than impressive in the Round Robin. Did the US play great in the final game?
Canada hasn't looked that great, even in beating the Czechs today.
Thoughts on the match-up?
- ephix0
I can't believe how much ass Finland is kicking. I'ts great.
Goals for:against 19:2
- jmteow0
So Canada is up against Russia tommorow in the Quarter Finals.
Russia has looked very good, but they barely beat the US who looked less than impressive in the Round Robin. Did the US play great in the final game?
mrsparkle
(Feb 21 06, 15:21)I thought the US played quite well today. The start was sluggish, but they climbed back steadily. They pretty much owned the 2nd period, and did well in the third.
The Russians got a bit lucky in the third since Esche misplayed an easy shot by Kovalev. At that point, it was tied and the mid-third period.
Aside from that, I thought it was really leaning towards the US. They had a lot of good chances. I was really expecting the Russians to own the match after 2-0, but the Americans surprised me.
Ovechkin was pretty good. In one rush, he dodge two bodychecks. He also played the body.
- jmteow0
Oh and in the two minutes, the Americans really poured it on.
Plus their powerplay was stellar. Kept Russia on their heels.
Even though they lost, I think that the Americans played much better than Canada today, who got lucky in the first.
- mrsparkle0
Yeah, Finland looks amazing.
The have some skills but I think their biggest edge is that they are well coached. Jarri Kurri is awesome.
I hope that next time around Canada gets rid of Quinn, he puts no systems in place at all. He just wants to sit back and watch Canada win.
Coaching is why Slovakia and the Swiss are doing so well also.