olympics hockey - Page 2

On February 22 2010 15:55 nolan wrote: all you canadians wanna claim you "raped" and got unlucky when you lose , but when you win it's status quo cause you're team is sooo great. y'all need to learn how to take a loss like gentleman. shots don't win games, goals do.

I'd say in a one game series the chances of Canada winning vs. the USA are probably something like 70-75%. We did dominate the game. We did rape you.

45-21 in shots doesn't mean anything to me you're right, shots don't win games.

23-11 in scoring chances does mean something to me. Scoring chances almost always decide the game. The Americans were lucky, and MILLER was very good. He is currently the best goaltender in the world and nobody with half a hockey-brain would debate that. He could even take you all the way.

However if you ran those stats in 10 games straight, Canada would probably win 7 or 8 of the games. Your team was dominated but they happened to win. Full marks for winning but by no means did you outplay Canada. You got your ass kicked and pulled of a win. Sometimes it happens. They weren't lucky in the sense that it was a fluke victory. They were lucky in the sense that when you're that badly outplayed you lose the game 90%+ of the time.

meh i dont care much about hockey.

Honestly Nolan here is the equivalent of your argument:

USA is better than Canada because you beat them one time in a game where you were badly outplayed.

You must also think 1010 is better than AA all-in pre-flop because you sucked out one time in a hand where you lose 80% of the time. Then you go on to debate about how you out-played the guy with 1010 because you happened to win the hand.

That's the argument your making. Suggesting that USA is somehow better than Canada at hockey is just retarded. Canada is the best in the world. Why do you think it feels so good when you beat us? Sometimes we lose, but we sure as fuck are the favorite every time we play. We've only one what 5 of the last 6 World Jr. Golds? Then on top of that 2nd place in pretty much every other tournament for the last 10 years. Even though its a single elimination tournament and the reality is each team probably only had a 40% chance of winning at the start of the tournament? We're not cocky. We're just the best at this sport. Russia is a close 2nd. That's just the reality.

so much nerdrage over a stupid sports game rofl

especially Bejamin1 lol

this is worse than the die-hard football fans in Europe

Lol was afun game to watch, hopefully we can take down Russia and get a rematch for a medal

Why are you all trying to prove something to a proud american kid..? lol He knows Canada is the better team - he simply hates when canada wins thats it.

On February 22 2010 16:15 Naib wrote: so much nerdrage over a stupid sports game rofl especially Bejamin1 lol this is worse than the die-hard football fans in Europe

Yeah I'm a nerd that makes total sense. Nerds love sports right.

I live in Canada. In case you didn't know hockey is our religion here. I've sat 5 rows from the ice at over 500 NHL games here in Ottawa and been playing it my whole life.

I've grown up watching every single one of these players. I'm passionate about hockey and I love it. In my life the most important things to me are Family + Friends, Home, Health, and Hockey + Sports in general. These are the cornerstones that make me want to get up every morning. Things I always look forward too.

You can try and demean me for being passionate and knowledgeable about a sport that's been a huge part of my life but really you just come off as a jackass who apparently needs to try and be cool on the internet. I bet you watch a bunch of youtube videos all day and comment about how lame you think they are. Wow you're so cool.