Official 2010 Olympic Hockey Thread

[G. Keenan]

Fantastic [expletive] game!

[Socnorb11]

Somebody tell me what happens now. This is pool play, right? So does USA have a medal locked up, or not?

[Tambourine Man]

Sad Canadians make me so happy.

[Lesson]

Sad Canadians make me so happy.

That and sad Mets fans.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Somebody tell me what happens now. This is pool play, right? So does USA have a medal locked up, or not?

USA clinched a bye in the elimination round. They'll be either #1 or #2(Finland needs to win in regulation later to knock them to 2) of the 4 byes. The remaining 8 teams play each other for the right to go to the quarterfinals and face the bye teams. Canada now has to beat Germany and then Russia in the Quarters.

[Socnorb11]

Somebody tell me what happens now. This is pool play, right? So does USA have a medal locked up, or not?

USA clinched a bye in the elimination round. They'll be either #1 or #2(Finland needs to win in regulation later to knock them to 2) of the 4 byes. The remaining 8 teams play each other for the right to go to the quarterfinals and face the bye teams. Canada now has to beat Germany and then Russia in the Quarters.

So basically the US is in the final 8?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Somebody tell me what happens now. This is pool play, right? So does USA have a medal locked up, or not?

USA clinched a bye in the elimination round. They'll be either #1 or #2(Finland needs to win in regulation later to knock them to 2) of the 4 byes. The remaining 8 teams play each other for the right to go to the quarterfinals and face the bye teams. Canada now has to beat Germany and then Russia in the Quarters.

So basically the US is in the final 8?

Yes, and they'll face a team that finished at best 3rd in their pool for the right to go to the semis.

[JackofDiamonds]

Just got back from watching the game with one of my hockey teams (only one guy on the team had FIOS so we could get MSNBC in HD, house was packed). How incredible were the last 3 minutes? Kesler's goal was stupidly good. Wow! I just can't...that was too great.

[Socnorb11]

Somebody tell me what happens now. This is pool play, right? So does USA have a medal locked up, or not?

USA clinched a bye in the elimination round. They'll be either #1 or #2(Finland needs to win in regulation later to knock them to 2) of the 4 byes. The remaining 8 teams play each other for the right to go to the quarterfinals and face the bye teams. Canada now has to beat Germany and then Russia in the Quarters.

So basically the US is in the final 8?

Yes, and they'll face a team that finished at best 3rd in their pool for the right to go to the semis.

Thanks Tiger. So if the US loses their next game, they get no medal, right?

[RickStain]

Thanks Tiger. So if the US loses their next game, they get no medal, right?

Yes, it's elimination from here on out, except that the semifinal losers play for bronze.