so as you know i'm in vancouver and watching all these hockey games.
i went to the US vs CAN womens hockey gold medal game. it was a great time, until the end. there was almost a weird fight in the stands because some drunk canadian retard brought in some fake silver medals and started trying to put them on USA fans necks from behind. however, the fight was inter-canadian as some older Canadian guys took huge issue with the problems he was stirring. things got kind of elevated when a few canadian fans rushed the boards behind the US players during the silver presentation and put up some "Hockey is Canada's Game" signs behind them. I thought this was a bit tacky as well, and a little disappointing to see, but I'm sure alcohol was a factor and there's always going to be a few goons in any crowd. I might be on a youtube video because someone was filming it, I'll have to check it out.
Other than that, it was a great game (as far as womens "sports" can go), and the gold medal game environment was sick. Canada's women played an excellent 60 minutes and their goalie was a real warrior in the crease. The US Women seemed to have a clear speed edge, but the Canadians had way more grit and tact in how they controlled the game.
Vancouver has been a top notch host city imo, and is probably one of the best cities I've had the pleasure of visiting. It's a very easy walking city with excellent scenery. The public transport here is pretty impressive as well. I've been surprised at how few foreign visitors appear to be here. There is a ton of people from Scandinavian countries and Russia, but that's about it. The American turnout is very very low particularly considering we're hardly 50km from USA. I think it's fair to say that the amount of Americans present is = to Europeans if not slightly outdone. It is possible some people are more afraid to wear USA gear and "represent" as it is no longer trendy to be proud of being an American in the global scene these days.
As of right now, the USA is guaranteed to play in the Gold Medal game, with home advantage. This is a good thing for us, even though it will surely only be a home advantage with regard to line changes. I'm pretty torn with regard to Canada tonight. I kind of want them to lose because it'll be humorous, but at the same time I'm sure it will effectively kill the vibe in the city. I don't feel any need for USA to "prove" themselves in the gold medal game because we already beat Canada once and in USA the champion is crowned due to the rules of the tournament, not some delusional theories about best of 7's, what if's, and whose goalie is "Hot."
That being said, it is likely we'll have a North American showdown, and I doubt anyone in North America can feel bad about that. I expect teh gold medal game to be a battle regardless, and will be surprised if there is a blowout in any of the possible matchups. I was glad to see the US Coach resting our players fairly early in the Finland game, and I think it was a great statement game for the US and played out basically perfect with regard to building steam heading into the most important hockey game in US history since the Miracle. It's also pretty neat that both our men and women played in a Gold Medal game, I'm quite proud and happy for them.
Time to watch teh Canada/Slovak game, I expect big things. Very exciting time moving forward.
switzerland takes it to OT, costing the cowardly canadian a point.
pretty unreal how tilted and lost the canadians are. they are doing chippy things all over the ice. reminds me of the spoiled fat brat who isn't getting his chocolate cake. swiss are just killing them with class and workin them as best they can on the ice.
truly entertaining.
also, on an unrelated note. canadians also do dominate online poker as far as im concerned. many of the best regs at all stakes seem to be canadian (kind of interestin in and of itself if you ask me, given their overall small population).
the games get noticeably better while these games are on (imo) and are softer in general i presume due to many regs watching the olympics. sucks i'm leaving this weekend for them, ill probably miss out on some pretty good games.
watching the first two games of the hockey here, and would like to share my impressions thus far:
most importantly, U S A
USA looked alright off the bat. Swiss missed two open net goals, which means the game could have easily been 3-3. This is not good. The US offense looks better than I ever remember seeing it, and our goaltending should be pretty solid considering we have three of the best performing goaltenders in the NHL. I'm hoping that they were a little rusty today, and if they continue to improve throughout the tournament they have a real chance. It's also worth mentioning that Switzerland is generally an under-rated team imo.
Canada
Where to start with these shitheads. First off, the great Dominion of Canada seems to like to go throwback style when it comes to hockey tournaments. They take the old British line of trying to screw everyone else. It seems like every time there is a hockey tournament in Canada these scumbuckets try as hard as they can to rig it so that they will have as close to a cakewalk as possible into the Gold Medal. This way they can be the "champions" despite fielding a bunch of mediocre goons. Fortunately they're playing possibly the weakest team in the field (Norway) and couldn't even score in the first period, so things are looking alright. Having notorious chumps like Eric Staal on the squad over grizzled veterans like Shane Doan is a joke at best. How these idiots could let Yzerman pick the unit is pretty laughable.
I mean, this guy basically has the "Nursing Home" defensive line of Niedermeyer and Pronger. It's going to be a competition to see which one has a heart attack on ice first. Then he goes and picks a bunch of fan favorites on the offensive side rather than players who actually have offensive output. Rick Nash, good player? Yep. Playing better than Shane Doan this past year? No fuckin way. Let's not forget Shane Robidas, only the most prolific scoring defensemen in the NHL right now. Nahhhh, fuck it, we'll just have Neider and Pronger out there, in this new politically correct environment the new rules will allow them to spin their wheelchairs around the ice.
St. Louis is also a questionable omission from the lineup. It's obvious they won't take him because he is little (and possibly beacuse Yzerman hates francophones), but the guy puts up numbers, and in the olympic game playing against teams like Russia, speed is important.
Basically Canada is a bunch of jerkoffs and is destined to finally end their hockey reign of terror despite being cheater scumbag losers, who couldn't pick a good coach if their lives depended on it.
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