Hey GAwe....
USA v Finland on Friday. Should be a good one. Americans are riding high right now. Finland is coming together and Kipper has been great in net. Most American hockey fans are totally overlooking Finland, but I know it will be a close game.
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On the other side I can't believe the Swedes lost to the Slovaks. Sweden v Canada would have been great. Now it looks like Canada will roll the Slovaks who are stong up front but are lacking a big time goalie.
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Will we see a USA v Canada rematch in the Gold Medal game on Sunday? IT would be great, but it is by no means a lock.
The US better not relax vs. Finland or they'll be playing for the bronze....
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
I think what most of you guys are forgetting is that most of the time the pop or rock stars from a nation are in the CLOSING ceremonies, not the opening.
Back in Salt Lake City Winter they had both KISS and Bon Jovi at the closing ceremonies.
In Sydney they had Men at Work in the closing. Also in China a few years ago the had Jimmy Page and several others.
Still a chance for RUSH on Sunday night 2/28. I would also guess that maybe Shawnia Twain, Nickleback, Bryan Adams, The Tragically Hip and other of thier type show up.
The real shame will be if ANVIL or Loverboy don't get up and play!!!
About to watch my first womens hockey game....USA USA
Gold medal game vs. Canada...hope its as interesting as I expect..just saw some footage of these teams fighting each other in a game earlier this year. No tops came off tho.......
Pretty damn entertaining, if you ask me....
Very entertaining.Canada is strong.GREAT goaltending..I like the no checking rule..makes for a bunch of offense..Goalie has been a little weak for USA...hasnt defended as many shots I dont believe..USA has missed a couple of opportunities..the chick with that last shot is gonna step up I think .
Canada 2
USA 0
3rd consecutive womens hockey Olympic gold medal. Great game!
A Canada/Us final would be spectacular!
Anne Murray,WOOF.
First Roth Army Kiwi To See Van Halen Live 6/16/2012 Phoenix Arizona.
Team Canada sorry as hockey women party at centre ice
VANCOUVER - Hockey Canada apologized Thursday for an impromptu party the Olympic women's hockey team threw for itself on the Canada Hockey Place ice after winning the gold medal.
Canadian players, still wearing their uniforms and with gold medals draped around their necks, celebrated their victory by drinking champagne and beer at centre ice following a 2-0 win over the United States.
The International Olympic Committee said it will investigate the celebration, which included drinking by one of Canada's underage players.
In a statement released late Thursday, Hockey Canada apologized.
"The members of Team Canada apologize if their on-ice celebrations, after fans had left the building, have offended anyone," the statement read.
"In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn't have. The team regrets that its gold medal celebration may have caused the IOC or COC any embarrassment.
"Our players and team vow to uphold the values of the Olympics moving forward and view this situation as a learning experience."
Marie-Philip Poulin, who at 18 is not old enough to legally drink in British Columbia, was one of the players taking part in the post-game boozing.
Later in the night, Poulin met the media at the Molson Hockey House, but answered only two questions that were restricted to the game.
Gilbert Felli, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, said he wasn't aware of the celebration until informed by a reporter with The Associated Press.
"If that's the case, that is not good," he said. "It is not what we want to see.
"I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values. If they celebrate in the changing room, that's one thing, but not in public."
Felli said the IOC would talk to the International Ice Hockey Federation and the Canadian Olympic Committee to get more information.
The makeshift party was still going on nearly an hour after the game.
Gillian Apps passed around a victory cigar, while tournament MVP Meghan Agosta lay on her back just inside the blue-line, sipping from a can of beer and looking up at the ceiling lights five storeys above her, just savouring the moment.
Some climbed aboard the ice-surfacing machine to have their pictures taken. Others posed at centre ice with their gold medals.
"We understand that they were asked to go back onto the playing field after the stadium had emptied to take a photo," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. "We understand that some people may have felt that their behaviour was over-exuberant."
Steve Keogh, a spokesman for the COC, said the organization had not provided the alcohol or initiated the party.
"In terms of the actual celebration, it's not exactly something uncommon in Canada," he said. "If these athletes were of legal age, then it's not something that's against the law. We can understand there's a lot of sensitivity around celebrations.
"We condone celebrations. ... We don't condone actions of irresponsibility. I think Canadians understand it's quite an emotional moment for our team. It was not our intention to go against any IOC protocols."
Diamond Mafia Forever - 4. To restore fullbug to the prominent place in this board, after various serious attacks by hitch1969 have now damaged his reputation and now is reguarded as a "Retarded, Stoned, Canadian, Dog finger bangin' fuckup"
Dear IOC, Canadian Hockey, and every other namby pamby organization who was offended by the Gold medal Canadian Hockey team, spare the whining and bitching, and go screw yourself....
Those girls played hard...quite the game.
Big Hockey day today would be an understatement.......
Trip to the Gold Medal Game on the line.
USA v Finland
Canada v Slovak
It is fuckin game on!
WOW, didn't expect this.
Ass kicking in progress.
They don't want to let up, but you don't run up the score to be an ass either. Goal diff doesn't matter in this round.
Keep the shifts short and play it out.
Love that Kane is getting in on the scoring with the 3rd line, he needs to pick it up. 2nd line with MAlone and Joe P is also in on the scoring, hopefully Kessel can get going to. ZP and the 1st line is in now as well.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
Drinking And Smoking On The Ice,Good For Them.You Go Ladies.
So, the table has been set. USA and Canada play for the Gold. You couldn't ask for a better game.
Im hoping we can hang with them..its gonna be tough to take two
in their house, but would like the W for sure.
GO USA!!
EUAS
I've been waiting two weeks to be able to say this. Eat your words, Kristy. Nobody's whining up here! :tongue0011:
Vancouver Now - Canada sets Olympic gold record
It's also astounding that according to that list Angel (Full Medal Standings), Great Britain has only a single medal to it's credit. That's merely one more than me, and I didn't even compete.
Looking forward to this game. Canada seems to be on a roll right now, and will be tough to beat.
What the fuck does GB have to do with it????
I'm thinking about watching this year. When do they start?
WOW! The U.S. ties with under thirty to go...OVERTIME!
Congrats, Hosers! I had a feeling this would come down to US vs Canada, and if we had to lose to somebody, it might as well be the folks who invented the game.
Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
Congratulations to the Canadians. Thanks for a great series of games, and a terrific final. Well played.
Was rooting for the USA of course, but if they're gonna lose, let it be from Sid....
Fuckin awesome game. It could've gone either way. The US team played great, great comeback.
Very close game...
Congratulations, Canadians!
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