Bleh. Well Sweden deserved to win against Canada, they played really well. But Canada's pulled it together since then so who knows what will happen :)
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Bleh. Well Sweden deserved to win against Canada, they played really well. But Canada's pulled it together since then so who knows what will happen :)
Well, they pulled it together VS. the Czech's anyways... we looked pretty bad against the Germans, hell, everyone beat them by at least 3 or 4 goals, and we beat them 3-2. Yay
Finland really pulled their game together too, I'm impressed.
Yeah but Germany's second goal was a total fluke
A goal is a goal is a goal. Canada hit three posts at least against Sweden, but it was still an ugly loss, cause those don't count!
OH MY GOD BELARUS BEAT SWEDEN!!!!
Russia beat the Czechs right after the Sweden game....2 upsets back to back..
This is so USA's tourny to lose now.
I am glad to see Sweden out, the way they were playing, they honestly looked like the best team in the tournament.
Only 3 hours till Canada's game!
I'd love to see Canada vs Russia for the gold. Just like the old days :)
Yea, same Tilea. And also, of all the teams in the tournament, the US is the LAST team I would want to lose to, simply cause we will never hear the end of it :). Canada is starting to really turn it up, Blake and Jovanovski were nailing guys left and right last night, and we skated Finland into the ice, was good stuff.
It was looking like they were going to tie it up at the end of the 3rd their though, it was hella tense there.
If Brodeur can play the next two games like he did against Finland, Canada will be very hard to beat.
It would be great if the U.S. played Canada and won :p
Poor Sweden =\
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I cant believe it! :(
Canadian women just downed US women for the Gold! Wooooot! It was a hard fought game, and it was great to see Canada come out on top.
And I would just like to add that I have never seen such a farce of reffing in my entire life. That reffing was so disgusting and piss-poor I am in absolute shock. Canada was the least penalized team in the tourney coming into the game, with 13 penalties against, total. Tonight they had 13 penalties in one game alone. 8 IN A ROW were called against Canada. Having played hockey for the majority of my life, I have never seen something like that in a regular season or exhibition game, let alone the gold medal game of the Olympics.
A ref's job is to try to keep the game within the rules as much as possible, while not affecting the outcome of a game. Calling 8 penalties in a row, including two two (wo)man advantages, against one team is disgusting. Some of the penalties were perhaps plausible, but twice I saw tripping penalties where the American player simply fell on their own, but the whistle happy ref tossed the nearest Canadian player in the box. Since when is telepathy a two minute minor?
Again, EIGHT PENALITES IN A ROW to one team. There is no way that should happen. The way refs in hockey work is that they try to keep penalties even, to make their impact less important on the game's outcome. If you call three penalties in a row against one team, no matter how blatant, generally the ref will look to give the other team a penalty next, to even things up slightly.
Just to break out the conspiracy theories, I don't think there is any surprise that the ref of the game was indeed American. All I can say is that I am glad Canada won anyway, because had we not, it would have been one hell of a bitter loss to swallow, with all the penalties stacked against us.
*edit!* Just wanted to mention that I don't think people are out to get us or anything. In Canada's game against Finland the ref did an excellent job maintaining the flow of the game, and very few penalties were called against either side. And that ref too was an American. Just wanted to make it clear that I don't think that there is a conspiracy out, just that the ref of the women's final was pretty blatantly one-sided.
Can't wait to see ya when US men beat Canada. :D
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All this proves is that U.S. women are less manly than Canadian women...
Hi Amby!
ROFLMAO!!!
Honestly, I'll be surprised if the US gets passed Russia tonight at all. Just a feeling.