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Oh, does the hockey game involve brandishing the hard sticks of young, aggressive males?
I had no idea, when is the next match?
Borek said:Actually females show their sticks too:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey-schedule-results/
zomgwtf said:LOL arildno and Borek.
Borek said:Actually females show their sticks too:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey-schedule-results/
MATLABdude said:I don't know if women's hockey will remain an Olympic sport since the Canadians (and to a slightly lesser extent, the Americans) can win at will. There was an outcry recently at the Olympics when the Canadian team beat up on the Slovaks 18-0, but the same Slovak team had destroyed Belarus 82-0 in a game the year prior.
I don't think I've been able to score that high even on NHL 2007!
Borg said:82-0? More than one goal per minute? That's barely enough time to have the center ice faceoff, skate to the goal, and shoot it in the net. Did Belarus pull their goalie for the entire game?
MotoH said:It is a lot of skating, but it can happen. 2 goals within 5 seconds of each other has happened before.
Bad goaltending and a bad team!
MotoH said:It is a lot of skating, but it can happen. 2 goals within 5 seconds of each other has happened before.
Bad goaltending and a bad team!
Borek said:Take it easy, 60 minutes at 5 sec per goal gives 720:0, we are talking about 82:0 only.
Borg said:82-0? More than one goal per minute? That's barely enough time to have the center ice faceoff, skate to the goal, and shoot it in the net. Did Belarus pull their goalie for the entire game?
"What the Slovaks did to us was kind-of an insulting mockery, and is not at all sportsmanlike", the Chair of the Bulgarian Hockey Federation Dobromir Krustev commented after the game.
MATLABdude said:Speaking of Russians, it's too bad that whoever loses tomorrow between the Canadian and Russian men has no shot at a medal, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Go Canada! (The Russkis can have Sochi)
BobG said:No kidding! USA's victory over Canada completely blasted the bracket. The three best teams (Canada, Russia, & Sweden) all sit on the same side of the bracket, while Finland is set to win their second consecutive silver (unless the US upsets them, too).
zomgwtf said:I hope that the Americans beat Finland. I would love Canada to come out on top of this AND face USA again.
BobG said:Wow, the Canada-Russia game got off to a stunning start. 6-1! Russia's got it back to 7-3 at the end of the 2nd, but I think Canada's got this one.
bizarro - world? Canada is up 7 - 3 over Russia in the 3rd with less than 3 min left. ?BobG said:Wow, the Canada-Russia game got off to a stunning start. 6-1! Russia's got it back to 7-3 at the end of the 2nd, but I think Canada's got this one.
turbo-1 said:bizarro - world? Canada is up 7 - 3 over Russia in the 3rd with less than 3 min left. ?
turbo-1 said:Canada did well. I expected them to bury Russia, not get an advantage and hold them off. There is no Soviet Bloc any more, and the Russians don't have the the nationalistic pride to match the spirit of other eastern Europeans.
gravenewworld said:Team Sweden is better than Russia, you aren't out of the woods yet my Canadian friends. USA still has the best defense in the olympics and a better goal tender than Russia.
zomgwtf said:This statement is only partially true. Team Sweden may be better than Russia is right now... That's the only truth to it. (not that it particularly matters. should have waited for this game to finish. slovakia is not a team to underestimate)
Do you even watch hockey?
You should back up your statement on why you think Miller is a better goaltender than Nabokov. http://www.nhl.com/ice/app Check out the stats yourself. Even Ilya is comparable to Miller with 6 shut outs a .920 SV% and they are pretty even W-L. Some backing up on why USAs defense is the best would be nice too...
Some backing up on why USAs defense is the best would be nice too...
Here I went through the stats on defense for you just comparing Canada and USA:
The only way to see about USAs defense is through the olympics stats... Americas defense is +19 vs Canadas defense of +26... Canadas defense has no players playing negatively and only 2 players at or under +2... America has 1 player in the negative and they have 4 players playing at or under +2. Team USA defense has 11 pts with only 3 players with points. Team Canada has 24pts with all players having pts... I do not see how you can make the statement that USA has the best defense when it is clear they don't.
You can even compare shots on net between Canada and Russia vs. Canada and USA. 42-28 and 45-23 respectively.