Official 2010 Olympic Hockey Thread

[longhornbaseball]

Olympic hockey is hockey at its absolute best, IMO...

The wider ice surface places a premium on speed and skill, and minimizes the clutching and grabbing and the boring dump-and-chase garbage that mucks up so many NHL games.

It's likely an unworkable pipe dream of mine, but I think the quality of play in the NHL would be immensely improved by mandating the Olympic-sized ice surface in all its rinks.

Wow -- that canuck squad is absolutely loaded, especially in goal....

Unfortunately, because its in Vancouver, they will be playing on a North American sized rink this year.

[JackofDiamonds]

All you hockey nuts psyched about this?

I think the gold is Canada's to lose.

Russia isn't too shabby either..Ovechkin, Malkin, Kovalchuk, Datsyuk, Semin, Federov..(ok, excellent top 5 atleast).

I think Togo has it in them for the win.

I just picked up a new shirt for the Olympics:


Inglourious Backes

[longhornbaseball]

Group A:
Canada
USA
Norway
Switzerland

Group B:
Czech Republic
Russia
Latvia
Slovakia

Group C:
Belarus
Finland
Germany
Sweden

Tuesday:
2:00 USA vs Switzerland
6:30 Canada vs Norway
11:00 Russia vs Latvia

Wednesday:
2:00 Finland vs Belarus
6:30 Sweden vs Germany
11:00 Czech Republic vs Slovakia

Thursday:
2:00 USA vs Norway
6:30 Canada vs Switzerland
11:00 Russia vs Slovakia

Friday:
2:00 Sweden vs Belarus
6:30 Czech Republic vs Latvia
11:00 Finland vs Germany

Saturday:
2:00 Norway vs Switzerland
6:30 Latvia vs Slovakia
11:00 Germany vs Belarus

Sunday:
2:00 Russia vs Czech Republic
6:40 USA vs Canada!!!!
11:00 Sweden vs Finland

Top 4 teams at the end of preliminary rounds get byes to the quarter finals. Remaining 8 teams are seeded and then compete to move on. I'm not sure how they break ties.

[JackofDiamonds]

Oh come on, a 2:00 game?! There's no way I am getting home in time to watch it.

[cards2468]

Olympic hockey is hockey at its absolute best, IMO...

The wider ice surface places a premium on speed and skill, and minimizes the clutching and grabbing and the boring dump-and-chase garbage that mucks up so many NHL games.

It's likely an unworkable pipe dream of mine, but I think the quality of play in the NHL would be immensely improved by mandating the Olympic-sized ice surface in all its rinks.

Wow -- that canuck squad is absolutely loaded, especially in goal....

Unfortunately, because its in Vancouver, they will be playing on a North American sized rink this year.

really? I thought every NHL arena is capable of converting to Olympic size?

[TimeForGuinness]

Olympic hockey is hockey at its absolute best, IMO...

The wider ice surface places a premium on speed and skill, and minimizes the clutching and grabbing and the boring dump-and-chase garbage that mucks up so many NHL games.

It's likely an unworkable pipe dream of mine, but I think the quality of play in the NHL would be immensely improved by mandating the Olympic-sized ice surface in all its rinks.

Wow -- that canuck squad is absolutely loaded, especially in goal....

Unfortunately, because its in Vancouver, they will be playing on a North American sized rink this year.

booooooooooooooo

[longhornbaseball]

Vancouver's really [expletive] up the Olympics.

[JackofDiamonds]

20 minutes until the first game. U-S-A! U-S-A!

[phins]

Is the game on television? It isn't listed on my programming...maybe tonight?

[JackofDiamonds]

It's on USA, or here.