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Olympic ice hockey thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Mark2010, Feb 3, 2014.

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Which nation will win the gold medal in men's ice hockey at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games?

Poll closed Feb 17, 2014.
  1. Canada

    11 vote(s)
    23.4%
  2. Czech Republic

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Finland

    1 vote(s)
    2.1%
  4. Russia

    12 vote(s)
    25.5%
  5. Slovakia

    2 vote(s)
    4.3%
  6. Sweden

    9 vote(s)
    19.1%
  7. United States

    10 vote(s)
    21.3%
  8. Other

    2 vote(s)
    4.3%
  1. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Is there any point to an invasion? Other than the oil in Alberta, is there anything the US wants?
     
  2. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Bronze medal game, Saturday, 10 am ET, NBCSN.
    Gold medal game, Sunday, 7 am ET, NBC (live all time zones).
     
  3. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I didn't think Price did anything particularly great. He had a clear line of sight on every shot and almost never had to reach. Canada's defense was fantastic.

    Without Quick, OTOH, it's about 4-zip.
     
  4. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Canada's entire corps of defensemen are tournament MVPs so far.
     
  5. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    They don't do that for any other sport. Judging and officiating pools are always a representation of many countries. I'm not suggesting most officials are overtly biased, but it would be better to have officials from neutral countries. They're already on site at the tournament.
     
  6. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    True. With all the great offensive players Canada has, their last three games have been 2-1, 2-1 and 1-0.
     
  7. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    The officials from other countries are horrific, it should be NHL guys like it was today.
     
  8. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Why are you stunned? Have you seen the way the Canadians play defensively, including their forwards? They were clinical today in getting out of their end. The game wasn't as close as the score.
     
  9. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Totally agree. That was one of the most lop-sided 1-0 games I've seen in a while. And a great point by Michael Gee about Team Canada's defense in the tournament. Those guys did a terrific job of negating the Americans speed today.

    Quick's work didn't surprise. If he's not the best goaltender in the world, I guess it's Hank. Kudos to Price, he might not have faced the number of quality shots Quick did, but he made some big saves when they all counted.

    Congratulations to Team Canada. If it can harass Hank in front of his own net Sunday, gold goes to Canada.
     
  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Damn, that was a fun game to watch.
     
  11. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    What do you think the odds are that a nation that can't produce enough hockey players to compete at this level would produce Olympic calibre officials?
     
  12. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    I'm not suggesting officials from, say, Andorra or Thailand.

    There are officials from several different hockey countries at the tournament. Unlike, say, figure skating or snowboarding there are only two teams competing at a time. So it wouldn't be that difficult to make assignments of countries not competing in that game. Let American and Canadian officials do the Finland-Sweden game and vice versa. Not that hard.

    The point is that IF there happens to be a controversial call and the official making or not making it happens to be from a country of one of the participating teams, well, you can see the mess that could be at least implied.
     
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