Olympic ice hockey

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by TexMurphy
Canada should have had the equalizer... it hit the back of the net and went back in under the keeper BEFORE the ref blew the whistle....

I couldn't tell, would love to see/hear the video.

[TexMurphy]

Showed it on TV here several times from several angles.

It was a hard shot that went in and bounced out very quickly. It bounced back in under the goalie. Wasnt a issue of just cutting the puck bounced of the back of the crease.

Tex

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by TexMurphy
Showed it on TV here several times from several angles.

It was a hard shot that went in and bounced out very quickly. It bounced back in under the goalie. Wasnt a issue of just cutting the puck bounced of the back of the crease.

Tex

Yeah, clearly saw the puck go it, but was it before or after the whistle?

[Sandman]

I saw Bettman on the Olympics the other day. FWIW, I think he's wrong.

Bringing the NHL to the Olympics hasn't helped hockey and it certainly hasn't helped the NHL.

I think it's high time we let the "amateurs" play again or at the very least, keep the major leagues out.

It's just not worth it. Off the top of your head without doing any research can you name the three teams that medaled in 2002? How about 1998? Every hockey fan I know can tell you where they were when the U.S. won the gold in 1980, but will be hard pressed to remember what has happened since.

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by Sandman
It's just not worth it. Off the top of your head without doing any research can you name the three teams that medaled in 2002?

Nope, just gold and silver.  But that was the only game that counted.  As far as helping hockey, I don't know.  But our win in Salt Lake city was massive, I mean truely massive here.  It brought our country together like nothing in my lifetime.  Heck maybe like nothing since the Canada/Soviet Hockey Summit in '72.

[TexMurphy]

@Subject of Canadas goal.

The whistle came when Nabokov was on the ice. The puck went under him in and out which and hence the puck was in the net before the whistle.

I mean you cant really blame anyone no one saw it not even the players.

@Subject of NHL and Olympics

The biggest problem with hockey on a global level is that NHL is a bunch of arrogant arses and think they are above the international ice hockey federation.

Due to this ice hockey doesnt have a world championship where the best players compete against each other. Its a scandal in it self. Every sport worth the name has a world championship where the best athletes compete against each other. Soccer, Athletics, Alpine sports, Basketball, Rugby, you freekin name it.

But not hockey.

This is the biggest problem hockey has when it comes to spreading the sport.

Currently the Olympics is the only championship where the best players face of against each other for their nation. Dont give me the crap about the NHL propaganda tournament called World Cup where Canadian refs referee games between Canada and the Czech Rep. Where everything is setup to create Canada vs US finals.

If the World Championships would have involved the best players then the NHL could have stayed out of the olympics. But now, no way.

Imho what hockey as a global sport needs is for the NHL to become part of the IIHF and have the following tournament schedule.

World Championships every 4 years, between olympic years.
Olympics every 4 years.
World Junior Championships every year.

Tex

[Thrawn]

"Due to this ice hockey doesnt have a world championship where the best players compete against each other."


Yes it does..

http://www.iihf.com/archive/archive.htm

[lasersailor184]

Those who lost just didn't want to win as much as the other teams.  You can't just assume you are going to win because you come from a good league, you still need to work your bellybutton off.


Case and Point, US Basketball team 2004 Olympics.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by TexMurphy
This is the biggest problem hockey has when it comes to spreading the sport.
Tex

I'm trying to figure out why the sport needs to be spread.

From what I can see, market share has absolutely zero to do with the quality of the games played.

[Krusher]

Originally posted by Panzzer
WTG Team Finland! And too bad for my American friends here.

Fin-USA 4-3.

Congrats !

I missed it, work sucks.

It sounds like it was a good game though.

btw 5 of the Dallas Stars ar Fins.

[Boroda]

Russia-Canada game with US judge. WTFG. I love olympics. And I still can't understand why Canada Cup stayed in Canada in 1981.

Unfortunately, in semi-final Russia meets Finland. It means that we'll get bronze again

I bet ten to one on Finland

But OTOH I already said that Slovaks will win over CZ.

If our team will win - i think that Msk will simply blow up. Kaboom.

After 1999 world championship in Leningrad... Well... That time Russian team was #13. Slogan was "Pack up and go back to your America!". Now we have a TEAM. Not only a gang of North American stars.

When I was a kid we all waned to be like Kharlamov. Or as Tretyak. Kharlamov-Petrov-Mikhailov, Fetisov-Larionov-Krutov - Real Men.

Nice to hear "Ros-Si-Ya!" and good old "Shai-Bu! Shai-Bu!" from Russian fans in Italy.

[Suave]

In some countries the olympics are like bigger than saturday morning cartoons. Seriously, I'm not exaggerating.

[Boroda]

Originally posted by Suave
In some countries the olympics are like bigger than saturday morning cartoons. Seriously, I'm not exaggerating.

You see, we don't make tanks any more, so we need a substitute

[Wmaker]

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4-0

Eat that Boroda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Off to a bar to get seriously wasted!

[Suave]

Originally posted by Boroda
You see, we don't make tanks any more, so we need a substitute

Ah but you do, good ones too.

http://www.interdacom.ru/~tanks/

Too bad they cost more than my car.