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nolan Ireland. Feb 26 2010 17:42. Posts 6205 | | |
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.
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FoolsPlay Canada. Feb 26 2010 17:51. Posts 1335 | | |
| | On February 26 2010 16:42 nolan wrote:
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. |
yeah remember that coward who hid his USA shirt until he got out of transit and into the empty bowling alley? |
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nolan Ireland. Feb 26 2010 17:53. Posts 6205 | | |
oooooooooooh foolsplay pwns |
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Bejamin1 Canada. Feb 26 2010 17:54. Posts 7042 | | |
I think it'll be a battle and it could go either way 50/50. Regardless it's going to be a really exciting game to watch. Hopefully as good as the two World Jr. Championships classics earlier in the year.
Also IMO Miller is not a "hot" goalie. He's the best goalie in the world. He's proved that all year. He's not running hot, he's just that good.
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Stygg Sweden. Feb 26 2010 18:49. Posts 2347 | | |
normally i'd root for Slovakia against Canada, being the obvious underdogs, but a USA-CAN final will be really fun to watch. Go CAN! |
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looserSR Slovakia. Feb 26 2010 19:31. Posts 95 | | |
canada already fucked up two(not too important) matches, maybe can do it third time, go slovakia |
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U S A, U S A, U S A
is my favourite team for this after we got bad beated. gonna be a sick final with can-usa even tho i too are hoping canada will fail against the slovaks |
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Jamie217 Canada. Feb 26 2010 20:02. Posts 4351 | | |
| | On February 26 2010 18:38 hansen jr. wrote:
U S A, U S A, U S A
is my favourite team for this after we got bad beated. gonna be a sick final with can-usa even tho i too are hoping canada will fail against the slovaks |
hey hey cmon now 
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looserSR Slovakia. Feb 26 2010 20:28. Posts 95 | | |
| | On February 26 2010 18:38 hansen jr. wrote:
U S A, U S A, U S A
is my favourite team for this after we got bad beated. gonna be a sick final with can-usa even tho i too are hoping canada will fail against the slovaks |
bad beatet ? u mean that lame perfomance sweden showed in quarterfinale ?? cmon, u almost didnt have any real scoring chance, there was big pressure sure, but not too many chances to score, i guess everyone waited more from that all stars team u had |
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| | On February 26 2010 17:49 Stygg wrote:
normally i'd root for Slovakia against Canada, being the obvious underdogs, but a USA-CAN final will be really fun to watch. Go CAN! |
this.
and im so dissapointed in sweden's game last game, even tough slovakia basically had an evil efficiency, sweden is to blame for playing with such low speed and not firing it up until the end. they should have been more aware that slovakia played a tough game the day before ;(
blah.. would have loved to see sweden canada.
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canada have been playing by far the best hockey this tournament, and i would be really surprised if slovakia beat them.
final is gonna be awsome |
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Slovakia has looked great since the first game though and I wouldn't be surprised if they take bronze |
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Damn im tilted now. Instead of showing the Canada Slovakia game they are showing women's curling here in China. Their 3rd place game or w/e. End tilt rant. |
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nolan Ireland. Feb 26 2010 22:52. Posts 6205 | | |
check if its playing live on the olympic website! |
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SemPeR Canada. Feb 26 2010 22:58. Posts 2288 | | |
the fish on AP tell me 3-0 so far. omgz. |
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