Official 2010 Olympic Hockey Thread

[phins]

Chances of medaling high? I keep hearing Russia and Canadia are the heavy faves for the gold, but I think we have a shot at it.

We have a shot for a medal but I think we're clearly behind Russia, Canada, and Sweden. Winning gold would be a major upset.

Well, that sucks.

[JCShutout]

Chances of medaling high? I keep hearing Russia and Canadia are the heavy faves for the gold, but I think we have a shot at it.

We have a shot for a medal but I think we're clearly behind Russia, Canada, and Sweden. Winning gold would be a major upset.

Well, that sucks.

Not at all. We are clearly behind those teams, but we are definetly contenders for a medal, and in hockey, one hot goalie, or one bad game can make all the difference.

[longhornbaseball]

Chances of medaling high? I keep hearing Russia and Canadia are the heavy faves for the gold, but I think we have a shot at it.

We have a shot for a medal but I think we're clearly behind Russia, Canada, and Sweden. Winning gold would be a major upset.

Well, that sucks.

Not at all. We are clearly behind those teams, but we are definetly contenders for a medal, and in hockey, one hot goalie, or one bad game can make all the difference.

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[JackofDiamonds]

Chances of medaling high? I keep hearing Russia and Canadia are the heavy faves for the gold, but I think we have a shot at it.

We have a shot for a medal but I think we're clearly behind Russia, Canada, and Sweden. Winning gold would be a major upset.

Well, that sucks.

Not at all. We are clearly behind those teams, but we are definetly contenders for a medal, and in hockey, one hot goalie, or one bad game can make all the difference.

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It's a short tournament, a hot goalie can steal the whole thing.

[Sutter'sBeard]

USA wins 3-1. Not too bad for having virtually no practice time.

Plus, the Swiss are no longer the pushovers that they used to be.

I do find it funny that the Swiss, who are stereotypically passive and neutral, have one of the most physical hockey teams in the olympics.

Canada crushed Norway so we better do the same tomorrow.

[JackofDiamonds]

USA wins 3-1. Not too bad for having virtually no practice time.

Plus, the Swiss are no longer the pushovers that they used to be.

I do find it funny that the Swiss, who are stereotypically passive and neutral, have one of the most physical hockey teams in the olympics.

Canada crushed Norway so we better do the same tomorrow.

They were really throwing their bodies around, I guess Backes had some beef with a Swiss player from injuring him last season.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

It's really early and I don't know if Norway is any good, but the US team looks great so far today.

[JCShutout]

The US should be dominating Norway, but Norway isn't a complete pushover. Looks like 3-1 USA in the 2nd. I'd like the see the US plot another couple of goals.

More Backes love from stltoday.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports ... enDocument

EDIT: 6-1 win, but the US still stumbling chemistry-wise (3 late goals made it a blowout). They will have to play a lot better to beat Canada on Sat.

[longhornbaseball]

Hiller steals a point for the Swiss and takes one away from Canada. Doesn't change anything as the winner on Sunday will still receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

[JCShutout]

Hiller steals a point for the Swiss and takes one away from Canada. Doesn't change anything as the winner on Sunday will still receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

Color me impressed with the Swiss. The bad part of this could be that the Canadians wake up and are more ready for Sat than if they had a blowout win.

Then again, maybe USA gets some confidence from this.