Which country will come out on top in the Canada vs. USA hockey game?

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The discussion centers around the intense rivalry between Canada and the USA in hockey, particularly during a recent game that sparked passionate opinions among fans. Canadian supporters expressed disappointment in their team's performance, noting that despite outshooting the USA, poor goaltending from Martin Brodeur contributed to their loss. Many highlighted the effectiveness of American goalie Ryan Miller, who made crucial saves, and praised the US defense for its strong performance. The conversation also touched on the overall intensity and excitement of the game, with fans discussing the implications for national pride and potential rematches in the tournament. There were critiques of both teams' defensive strategies, with some arguing that Canada's offensive talent did not translate into success on the ice. The thread reflects a deep engagement with hockey, showcasing the emotional stakes involved in international competition.
  • #31


What idiotic idea to held the Olympic Games in such a remote place. I am not going to shift my daily routine by 10 hours just to watch the hockey
 
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  • #32


Is there any connection between this sport (?) "hockey", and Michael Mann's "hockey stick graph"?
:confused:
 
  • #33


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  • #34


Borek said:
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Okay, so these hockey games can become quite heated? :confused:
 
  • #35


And you think these sticks are just ornamental? If you select dozen young, strong, fast and aggressive males, if you split them into teams, put them on the ice, give them sticks and throw a puck at a random one, don't expect them to start singing psalms.
 
  • #36


Oh, does the hockey game involve brandishing the hard sticks of young, aggressive males?

I had no idea, when is the next match? :smile:
 
  • #37
Actually females show their sticks too:

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey-schedule-results/
 
  • #38
Borek said:
Actually females show their sticks too:

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey-schedule-results/

That's unnatural..
 
  • #39


LOL arildno and Borek.
 
  • #40


zomgwtf said:
LOL arildno and Borek.

Lol??

As in that Millie Small tune?
 
  • #41
Borek said:
Actually females show their sticks too:

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey-schedule-results/

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!
 
  • #42


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!

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? :eek:
 
  • #43


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? :eek:


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!
 
  • #44


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!

That's kind of an understatement, no? :biggrin:

Okay, Thursday 3:30 PST Women's Olympic hockey gold medal round, Canada vs. US. I guess I'm leaving work early on Thursday. I got to watch the Canadian Women's National Hockey Team play an exhibition game locally prior to the Olympics. Oh wow are they impressive to see live and in colour.

So. Canada vs. USA (Hockey) again!
 
  • #45


They actually beat bulgaria not belarus.
 
  • #46


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!

Yes, I've seen that before. I've never heard of it going on for anything close to 60 minutes though.
 
  • #47


Take it easy, 60 minutes at 5 sec per goal gives 720:0, we are talking about 82:0 only.
 
  • #48


Borek said:
Take it easy, 60 minutes at 5 sec per goal gives 720:0, we are talking about 82:0 only.

Of course when you put it that way, it's much better. :smile:

I had to look this up. How embarrassing.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=3577150"

The second paragraph states that this isn't even the record. Thailand lost 92-0 to South Korea in the 1998 Asia-Oceania U18 Championship.
 
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  • #49


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? :eek:

No, but, ironically, Slovakia could have. Slovakia outshot Bulgaria 139-0.

Scores like that are why you need fighting in hockey. You didn't have a fight break out in that game until there were only about 10 seconds left in the game - and that in response to a brutal hit from behind by a Slovakian player.

"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.


That was an Olympic qualifying tournament and Bulgaria might have been demoralized by time of the Slovakia game. They had lost their earlier games 30-1, 39-0, and 41-0.

Supposedly, there were only 37 spectators for that game. How often do you see more goals than spectators? http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=96794

Back when I coached a division 4 girl's soccer team, we lost to the best girl's team in the state in an indoor game 21-0. I thought that was pretty bad. Fortunately, they moved over to the boy's division the next session. They beat a division 4 boy's team 22-0. Their coach was really ticked. He felt the referee was letting the girls get away with overly physical play just because they were girls. And I was supposed to keep from laughing when all I could think of us was, "They beat you worse than they beat us! They beat you worse than they beat us! They beat you worse than they beat us!"
 
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  • #50


Well Canada faces Russia tomorrow. To be honest this game is MORE important than vs. Team USA. Most Canadians don't really care about beating Team USA other than we get to brag... but most Americans don't really care much for hockey anyways or they pull the 'it's your sport' card. (Funny how they beat us and MANY are talking loads of trash).

But Russia on the other hand has had a HUGE rivalry with Canada in hockey and they love it just as much as we do :smile:. Hopefully we get a rematch against America after though.As an aside anyone here watch the Slovakia v. Norway game? What happened to Bartecko was definitely scary, the entire time I was just thinking I hope he will be ok.
 
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  • #51


It ain't pretty, but videos from the 82-0 Slovakian slaughter of Bulgaria:
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog...dence-of-Slovakia-s-82-0-slaug?urn=nhl,107581

I'd heard that the Bulgarian goaltender was some 16-year old with good reflexes that they found a set of goaltending equipment for. Apparently, there are only 30 something women hockey players in the entire country!

Maybe they can take some pointers from the Russians and send some of their female players over there?

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)
 
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  • #52


Canada vs. Russia in men's hockey is always epic, isn't it? Anyone who remembers the Canada/Russia series in the 70s can attest to that.
 
  • #53


yup it's always a great game. Even if the teams end up playing horribly the intensity is awesome.

I'm going to assume no body saw the hit on Bartecko?
Here it is:


It's pretty 'graphic' just to warn you. This also shows the original hit... very scary, from what I've read however (like 20minutes after the event) is that Barteko was stiched up on the side and didn't need to go to the hospital. He had a concussion though.
 
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  • #54


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)

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).
 
  • #55


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).

I hope that the Americans beat Finland. I would love Canada to come out on top of this AND face USA again.
 
  • #56


zomgwtf said:
I hope that the Americans beat Finland. I would love Canada to come out on top of this AND face USA again.

The question is whether the USA and Switzerland both played incredible games when they played Canada (Switzerland took them to overtime), or whether Canada just might not be as good a team on ice as they are on paper, or whether Canada just wasn't all that inspired by round robin play when every single team advances to the knock-out phase.
 
  • #57


USA vs Switzerland is under way, and it is an exciting game! 49 seconds to go in the 2nd period, and still 0-0.

Last-second goal by the US was ruled no goal. Puck was not through the posts at the buzzer. EEEK!
 
  • #58


USA scores with 17:52 left in the 3rd on a power play. Very BUSY! Hiller has made all the saves, but one slipped by him when the US got multiple shots on goal.
 
  • #59


Yay! Empty-net goal for the us against 6 Swiss attackers with only 11 seconds left. I really want to see a US-Canada matchup again.
 
  • #60


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.
 

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