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[CanuckInUSA 0]

I was partially wrong. Goaltending was key, but instead of "who would be the hot goalie", it was "who would not be the hot goalie". Of course it was a great game if you are a fan of Team Canada, they definitely came out wanting this one and they got the job done, plus it was the first time Canada beat Russia (or the Soviet Union) in the Olympics since 1960 ... 50 years if you can believe it. The 2nd Corey Perry goal in the 2nd period from Getzlaf and Staal was cherry. Great passing.

I am not sure yet who they will play in the semi-finals, but I hope it's not the USA. If we play the USA again I hope it is in the finals (assuming both teams make it that far).

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[Remster 30]

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I was partially wrong. Goaltending was key, but instead of "who would be the hot goalie", it was "who would not be the hot goalie". Of course it was a great game if you are a fan of Team Canada, they definitely came out wanting this one and they got the job done, plus it was the first time Canada beat Russia (or the Soviet Union) in the Olympics since 1960 ... 50 years if you can believe it. The 2nd Corey Perry goal in the 2nd period from Getzlaf and Staal was cherry. Great passing.

I am not sure yet who they will play in the semi-finals, but I hope it's not the USA. If we play the USA again I hope it is in the finals (assuming both teams make it that far).

If Canada and the US meet, it will only be in the gold medal game (or, I guess, the bronze medal game if they both loose in the semi's). They are on opposite sides of the bracket.

Canada will play the winner of SWE-SLO tonight in the semi's on Friday.

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/men_ihm400000vm_playoff-dE.html

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[murrays 0]

Canada plays the winner of Sweden - Slovakia I believe. The US gets the winner of Finland - Czech Republic. Not to discount any of the other teams but right now I think a Canada - US rematch is a distinct possibility....and one I will be hoping for.

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[CanuckInUSA 0]

Cool ...

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[skypuppy 1]

In 1988 when the canadian curlers realized they'd won the right to compete in the Calgary Olympics, and the government was giving them a whole bunch of money for training, they went to a strip club to celebrate. Before they left, they'd hired on of the strippers as a coach and flew her to the Games on the gov't tab....

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[ridestrong 1]

Evgeni Plushenko Awards Himself “Platinum” Medal in Vancouver.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/evgeni-plushenkos-awards-himself-platinum-medal-in-vancouver/

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Already old news now but that is some funny shit... what a douche.

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[BillyVance 35]

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Evgeni Plushenko Awards Himself “Platinum” Medal in Vancouver.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/evgeni-plushenkos-awards-himself-platinum-medal-in-vancouver/

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Already old news now but that is some funny shit... what a douche.

Yeah, and his agent is saying he didn't do that.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[murrays 0]

Slovakia knocked off the Swedes last night! That's a bit of a surprise.

Canada - Slovakia, US - Finland semifinals.

I watched the Finns beat the Czechs last night and was so impressed with Teemu Selanne. The guy can still play at a high level at 40 years of age.

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Murray

"No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey

[CanuckInUSA 0]

Will history repeat itself. So far the partial answer is yes.

The Canadian women play the US women tonight for the gold medal in womens hockey (no surprise here, there really are only two elite countries playing womens hockey). But will the Canadian women (three) repeat as Olympic gold medalists? Or will the USA win gold on Canadian soil just like Canada won in 2002 on US soil?

Secondly, will the Canadian men and US Men win their respective semi-final games and meet again like they did in 2002 for the gold medal rematch? And if they do will Canada win again? Or will the US win on Canadian soil?

We don't have to wait long for the women's games (less than 8 hours away) but we are about 36-40 hours from knowing the men's puzzle. But history has a way of repeating itself.

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[Amazon 7]

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Will history repeat itself. So far the partial answer is yes.

The Canadian women play the US women tonight for the gold medal in womens hockey (no surprise here, there really are only two elite countries playing womens hockey). But will the Canadian women (three) repeat as Olympic gold medalists? Or will the USA win gold on Canadian soil just like Canada won in 2002 on US soil?

Secondly, will the Canadian men and US Men win their respective semi-final games and meet again like they did in 2002 for the gold medal rematch? And if they do will Canada win again? Or will the US win on Canadian soil?

We don't have to wait long for the women's games (less than 8 hours away) but we are about 36-40 hours from knowing the men's puzzle. But history has a way of repeating itself.

It sure is a good thing the Olypmics allows womens sports..

Germany overall medals 25 Womens 15 medals

Canada over all medals 15 Women 11 medals

USA Overall medals 28 Womens 10 medals

And more to come before its over this weekend
http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html?__source=binganswers

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It sure is a good thing the Olypmics allows womens sports..

Germany overall medals 25 Womens 15 medals

Canada over all medals 15 Women 11 medals

USA Overall medals 28 Womens 10 medals

And more to come before its over this weekend
http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html?__source=binganswers

Haha... for every event that offers medals for both men and women, there will be exactly the same number of medals awarded to women as men.

But I do like how your comment insinuates that more women have won medals than men. A good example of how portraying factual data can help argue a false point. You may have meant it was a good thing for those individual countries, in which case I agree with your statement.

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[CanuckInUSA 0]

The Canadian girls are awesome. They are great athletes and we are very proud of their winning achievements. But Canada is a winter sports nation. I will give you one guess what sport most Canadian males concentrate on ...

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[Remster 30]

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The Canadian girls are awesome. They are great athletes and we are very proud of their winning achievements. But Canada is a winter sports nation. But I will give you one guess what sport most Canadian males concentrate on ...

Bocce ball.

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[CanuckInUSA 0]

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The Canadian girls are awesome. They are great athletes and we are very proud of their winning achievements. But Canada is a winter sports nation. But I will give you one guess what sport most Canadian males concentrate on ...

Bocce ball.

Close. The drunk ones who are at high risk of having heart attacks curl ... try again.

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[Amazon 7]

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The Canadian girls are awesome. They are great athletes and we are very proud of their winning achievements. But Canada is a winter sports nation. But I will give you one guess what sport most Canadian males concentrate on ...

Bocce ball.

Close. The drunk ones who are at high risk of having heart attacks curl ... try again.

Its probably boys playing with sticks...

BUT just remember the Girls have more gold than the boys.. and they have only had it in the Olympics since 1998

In your lifetime so far.. its
Canada Men Gold 1
Canada Men Silver 3
Canada Men Broze 1

Canada Women Gold 2
Canada Women Silver 1

But the USA aint doin so bad either

USA Men Gold 2
USA Men Silver 2

USA Women Gold 1
USA Women Silver 1
USA Women Bronze 1

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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In your lifetime so far.. its

You are obviously much older than I am because since blood has been flowing through my body the US men have only won one gold medal.

Besides what are you trying to do here? Have this thread sent to the Speaker Corners because you want to turn it into a sexism thread?

There are some sports when one's gender is irrelevant (I can't for the life of me think of any rational reason why a female curling team count not beat a mens curling team) and there are some sports from a spectators point of view where I would prefer to watch the girls over the men (take women's tennis as an example. The mens game is all power with hardly any rallies while the women can get some great rallies going). But while the elite female Olympic hockey players are great athletes, the level of play they compete at is at the same level of boys midget AAA hockey.

The women's gold medal game is starting now. I am going to watch it and hope the Canadian girls kick some USA ass. But enjoy the game, because it could be the last womens Olympic hockey game we see in a while. Unless the rest of the world can catch up to the Canadian and American girls, the IOC may remove the sport from the games citing lack of competition.

PS: the rest of the world needs to spend some money, and ship their womens national teams to Canada during our winter months and get involved playing some of our boys midget AAA teams.

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[CanuckInUSA 0]

After the 1st period of play.

Canada 2
USA 0

Good start (plus Canada killed off a 5-3 US power play).

but 20 minutes does not make a game.

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[Amazon 7]

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In your lifetime so far.. its

You are obviously much older than I am because since blood has been flowing through my body the US men have only won one gold medal.

Besides what are you trying to do here? Have this thread sent to the Speaker Corners because you want to turn it into a sexism thread?

There are some sports when one's gender is irrelevant (I can't for the life of me think of any rational reason why a female curling team count not beat a mens curling team) and there are some sports from a spectators point of view where I would prefer to watch the girls over the men (take women's tennis as an example. The mens game is all power with hardly any rallies while the women can get some great rallies going). But while the elite female Olympic hockey players are great athletes, the level of play they compete at is at the same level of boys midget AAA hockey.

The women's gold medal game is starting now. I am going to watch it and hope the Canadian girls kick some USA ass. But enjoy the game, because it could be the last womens Olympic hockey game we see in a while. Unless the rest of the world can catch up to the Canadian and American girls, the IOC may remove the sport from the games citing lack of competition.

PS: the rest of the world needs to spend some money, and ship their womens national teams to Canada during our winter months and get involved playing some of our boys midget AAA teams.

That was since 1960

[CanuckInUSA 0]

After the 2nd period of play

Canada 2
USA 0

looks like the difference so far in the game is Canada's goalie. The USA have had a few power plays where they have peppered the net with good shots, but the Canadian goalie has stood her ground.

20 minutes to go ...

the fat lady has been seen in the building, she has not warmed up yet.

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[CanuckInUSA 0]

Final Score

Canada 2
USA 0

Mission Accomplished

The Canadian women have three-peated as Olympic Gold Medalists.

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[murrays 0]

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Final Score

Canada 2
USA 0

Mission Accomplished

The Canadian women have three-peated as Olympic Gold Medalists.

Now, I'm hoping Joanie Rochette can have a good skate and medal.

And good luck to Kyle Nissen, in first place after the first jump in Men's Aerials.

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Murray

"No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey

[Belgian_Draft 0]

Watching the Mens Aerial (Sp?) finals . USA currently 1&2. All I can say is...HOLY SHIT!!! The stuff those guys do is amazing. The only time I have ever come close to anything like that was when I slipped and slid off an icy roof, fell 20 feet onto an embankment, then rolled and flipped to the bottom.
Not nearly as graceful, but the adrenaline score was through the roof.

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[murrays 0]

Yeah, makes you wonder how they train to do all that aerial work. How do they work up to launching themselves 45 feet in the air, etc?

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Murray

"No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey

[Belgian_Draft 0]

I guess one has to be willing to fail a LOT before getting that good.
Belarus-Gold, USA-Silver, China-Bronze

Maybe they can combine it with curling? Make 'em do all that stuff while hanging onto a 20 kilo rock.

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[Amazon 7]

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Yeah, makes you wonder how they train to do all that aerial work. How do they work up to launching themselves 45 feet in the air, etc?

Visit Whistler and check out ramp camp.. You can start in a bungee cord trapeze rack and then they have a training pool with several ramps with the kicker you ski down on hundreds of these weird 8" circular plastic brushes that simulate a snow surface ..hit the kicker..... and do whatever you want to do.. and splash down into the water... which has a bubble system that breaks the surface tension.