USA vs Canada Olympic Hockey Game..

[nortech4play]

Congrats to the Team USA Hockey for a great game and win.....USA-5 & Canada 3....:cheers2::cheers2:

[Perlmudder]

miller was on FIRE!! that was an awesome game which could have gone either way at any time.

[catastrophe]

Congratulations to the USA Team.
:USA::cheers2::USA::cheers2::USA:

[Sea-Dated]

:cheers2::cheers2::cheers2:



:USA::USA::USA::USA::USA::USA::USA:

[cigdaze]

That was an unbelievable game. I only saw the last half, but the intensity and speed was incredible. It was a very closely matched game.

[CRC]

Congratulations to the USA Team.
:USA::cheers2::USA::cheers2::USA:

And you are Canadian. Thanks for being a good sport. Great game. Miracle on ice 2!

[fund razor]

That was an unbelievable game. I only saw the last half, but the intensity and speed was incredible. It was a very closely matched game.

I missed it but all the news was about an amateur US team against a professional Canadian team. Was that spin?

[Perlmudder]

I would say in general, that it was not an amateur team vs a pro team but rather two NHL teams.

[fund razor]

I didn't know... it was the talk this morning but when Nick said it was an even match I thought maybe it was just whiney commentators.

[Perlmudder]

Im not a huge hockey fan, but that was one of the best games i have ever seen.

[cigdaze]

I thought there was some great back and forth. I didn't get the feeling that it was all too one-sided.

[Ted]

I missed it but all the news was about an amateur US team against a professional Canadian team. Was that spin?

It was more like first string NHL vs second string NHL. The USA guys were just not as well known as the Canadian guys. I just saw highlights but it looked like a great game.

[fund razor]

Sorry I missed it. Sounds like the reporting was one-sided, not the game.

[CRC]

I missed it but all the news was about an amateur US team against a professional Canadian team. Was that spin?

That is most definately not the case! Canada just seemed to have more talent this year and is/was favored to win gold. I don't know what happened to them but Switzerland took them to a shootout thus robbing them of one point and USA beat them.:USA::USA::USA:

[pullmytrigger]

That is most definately not the case! Canada just seemed to have more talent this year and is/was favored to win gold. I don't know what happened to them but Switzerland took them to a shootout thus robbing them of one point and USA beat them.:USA::USA::USA:

I watched that game.....the Swiss goalie stood on his head!!!.....Canada outshot them 18 -3 in the third period alone....

[bluellama]

It was more like first string NHL vs second string NHL. The USA guys were just not as well known as the Canadian guys. I just saw highlights but it looked like a great game.

That's even a little misleading . :D
Ryan Miller and Tim Thomas are nobody's back ups....

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=60504

[rschap1]

I really enjoyed the game. ALOT of talent, exciting pace, GREAT clean game:)

[ar15meister]

Canada played like crap and Miller is the best goalie in the NHL right now.

But congrats to the USA, they played hard and deserved to win.

Hopefully the Canucks can get their crap together and start playing an actual system instead of the all star game crap they have been playing.

[Perlmudder]

730 pm tonight...

[pullmytrigger]

Hopefully the Canucks can get their crap together and start playing an actual system instead of the all star game crap they have been playing.

Canada 7 Russia 3 last night......lop sided game.....theyre starting to play like a team now......

[pullmytrigger]

Do any of you guys still play???

[cigdaze]

Canada 7 Russia 3 last night......lop sided game.....theyre starting to play like a team now......

Another great game. I really enjoyed that. Down with Russia! :D

[cigdaze]

Do any of you guys still play???

I'll still strap on a pair of skates and mess around every now and again, but I'm in no way, shape or form in game shape. :D

[Perlmudder]

Another great game. I really enjoyed that. Down with Russia! :D

won me fiddy bucks! :)

[cigdaze]

won me fiddy bucks! :)
Nice score. Always bet on home. :)

[catastrophe]

Never got caught up in Good Better Best.

They are all great athletes that are honoured by whoever chose them to even be on their country's team.

Good luck to them all, they are all trying their very best.

Last nights game was great back and forth hockey, and very entertaining.

[cigdaze]

Never got caught up in Good Better Best.

They are all great athletes that are honoured by whoever chose them to even be on their country's team.

Good luck to them all, they are all trying their very best.

Last nights game was great back and forth hockey, and very entertaining.

Very true. One thing that popped out at me during all this these past weeks is how much it feels like NHL games - just with different jerseys. I recognize so many players from North America on all the teams, be it Russia, Sweeden, or whoever. Regardless, it's been great hockey.

[masher44]

It is great hockey and it seems like better hockey because these guys are out playing for their country and not just a paycheck. Team Canada has major talent but the USA boys are always tagged as the underdogs and seem to still lack respect from the world, to a much lesser degree now but they were, just a short time ago the laughing stock of hockey. Even after 1980 they were viewed as a fluke.

You simply just cant mess with Canada's dedication hockey. This is their national past time and they live this sport. We do not.

[catastrophe]

It is great hockey and it seems like better hockey because these guys are out playing for their country and not just a paycheck. Team Canada has major talent but the USA boys are always tagged as the underdogs and seem to still lack respect from the world, to a much lesser degree now but they were, just a short time ago the laughing stock of hockey. Even after 1980 they were viewed as a fluke.

You simply just cant mess with Canada's dedication hockey. This is their national past time and they live this sport. We do not.

In actual fact you'll find a lot of people consider our countries as One.
Pure sports fans just want to be entertained with quality effort.

Superbowl Day up here is just as enthusiastic as anywhere south of the border.
If you go to the thread here entitled BEST FRIENDS you will understand why.

[masher44]

Well the NHL lockout here killed hockey. I cant remember the last time a nationally televised hockey game was on TV, other than the cool games at the baseball parks the last couple years.

If you asked Americans who Mike Modano is (arguably one of our best US born players) they vast majority answer who be HUH?

If you asked who Sidney Crosby was here the answer would be HUH?

I do not think you would have that response North of the border.

I have attended dozens of games here from MA to TX over the years and yes I agree the fans are intense but I would say an average Dallas Stars fan does not compare to the average Bruins fan in dedication. But a Bruins fan would compare to a Senators fan.

So I think the further South you go, the less dedication and overall fan base there is.

[catastrophe]

well the nhl lockout here killed hockey. I cant remember the last time a nationally televised hockey game was on tv, other than the cool games at the baseball parks the last couple years.

If you asked americans who mike modano is (arguably one of our best us born players) they vast majority answer who be huh?

If you asked who sidney crosby was here the answer would be huh?

I do not think you would have that response north of the border.

I have attended dozens of games here from ma to tx over the years and yes i agree the fans are intense but i would say an average dallas stars fan does not compare to the average bruins fan in dedication. But a bruins fan would compare to a senators fan.

So i think the further south you go, the less dedication and overall fan base there is.

agreed

[bluellama]

Do any of you guys still play???

Tuesday at Noon at the University of Ottawa, and every Thursday night in an Over 30 league.

2 Down 2 to go.....

[Airpacker]

Well the NHL lockout here killed hockey. I cant remember the last time a nationally televised hockey game was on TV, other than the cool games at the baseball parks the last couple years.

If you asked Americans who Mike Modano is (arguably one of our best US born players) they vast majority answer who be HUH?

If you asked who Sidney Crosby was here the answer would be HUH?

I do not think you would have that response North of the border.

I have attended dozens of games here from MA to TX over the years and yes I agree the fans are intense but I would say an average Dallas Stars fan does not compare to the average Bruins fan in dedication. But a Bruins fan would compare to a Senators fan.

So I think the further South you go, the less dedication and overall fan base there is.

Substitute NHL for MLB and and reverse the geoghraphy and it would still ring true.
The baseball strike devaststed MLB up here. Crowds of 50 to 60 thousand at every single Jays game have been closer to 15 to 20 thousand since the strike. Canadians, as a whole don't really care about major league baseball.
On the other hand, Canadians from 2 to 92 breathe hockey, well, most of em do. We even have a Punjabi NHL channel :)

[masher44]

I agree. Jays win back to back titles then the strike. It hurt it here too until the Sosa/McGwire epic battles and when the Yanks won 4 titles.

It is a shame that kids here have such limited exposure to guys like Crosby and Ovechkin.

As a kid in Western MA we grew up playing and watching hockey, often trveling to Canada to play and often palyed teams that traveled from Canada. We froze over our driveway and played street hockey during the warmer months.

Who didnt love the Hartford Whalers??????