Oh-fical olympics thread

[nikimcbee]

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[mako88sb]

I was watching most of the snowboard cross and Mike Robertson came oh so close to getting gold. Congrats to Seth Wescott for his come from behind win. Pretty exciting event to watch.

[Platapus]

I was happy that the Canadians finally won a gold medal at home. I wished the lady would have won it, but that's competition for you.

[ReFaN]

Im proud of Charlotte kalla.

wont sleep before she gets her gold

[Weiss Pinguin]

To be honest I haven't really kept up with them so far. But hey, 2 more weeks to go!

What did ya'll think of the opening ceremony?

[nikimcbee]

I'll roll out my standard winter olympics complaint. And yes, I've been on sport's talk radio with this AND both hosts agreed with me.

Why do they have women's hockey as a olympic sport? Really now, there are only 2 decent teams: the US and Canada. All of the other teams suck. Where's the sport in this, all they (US/Canada) have to do is get off the plane and one of them is getting the gold. They should just have the US and the Canadian team play each other head to head 7 times, winner take all. Then let the other teams play each other as they are mostly on the same skill level. I would argue the demand-development-skilled players of women's hockey in North America is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay higher than Europe (and the Chinese women that are drafted into hockey by the state).

Plus, I'd even argue that women's hockey is pretty d&mn boring if you ask me, and yes I've seen a bunch of matches. It's like watching a peewee hocky match.

[Highbury]

Originally Posted by mako88sb

I was watching most of the snowboard cross and Mike Robertson came oh so close to getting gold. Congrats to Seth Wescott for his come from behind win. Pretty exciting event to watch.

That was a great race. I think Robertson was playing it a bit safe once he got some room, and Wescott was amazingly fast at the end. Congrats to him!

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Why do they have women's hockey as a olympic sport? Really now, there are only 2 decent teams: the US and Canada. All of the other teams suck. Where's the sport in this, all they (US/Canada) have to do is get off the plane and one of them is getting the gold.....

Well it is still a developing sport. Men's hockey was the same in the Olympics early on, and still can be when some of the weaker teams come up against the NHL-stacked teams.

Most Goals, One Team, One Game (Pre-War Era)
33 – Canada, vs. Switzerland, 33-0, 1924
30 – Canada, vs. Czechoslovakia, 30-0, 1924
29 – USA, vs. Switzerland, 29-0, 1920
Most Goals, One Team, One Game (Modern Era)
31 – USA, vs. Italy, 31-1, 1948
23 – USA, vs. Poland, 23-4, 1948
23 – Sweden, vs. Italy, 23-0, 1948
23 – Canada, vs. Austria, 23-0, 1956

If there are no major tournaments to aspire to, the other countries will never develop as they did in Men's. Look how good the Soviets became when the Olympics was the only thing they could aspire to.

I do agree with you about the entertainment value, but boring sports have always been allowed in the Olympics.

[ETR3(SS)]

WTS snow to Canada for Olympics, $50000 a truck load.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Well, here are some of the sports I find interesting, in no particular order:

bobsled (2 and 4)
biathlon
cross country skiing
ski-jumping (one of my cousins is a couch!!)
figure skating
downhill skiing over various types
luge

Speaking of which:




Um...yeah.

[nikimcbee]

Before the men's hockey starts, is it possible to see the entire match( is somebody broadcasting the entire game, not the ADD network version)

[Dowly]

Wooot! Lions start their hockey tomorrow! (Well, the gals started it already, but meh )

I'm hoping to see Ruutu to give a biiig welcome back hug to Jagr.

Originally Posted by Dowly

Wooot! Lions start their hockey tomorrow! (Well, the gals started it already, but meh )

I'm hoping to see Ruutu to give a biiig welcome back hug to Jagr.

Love the retaliation by the Czechs. Not a big Ruutu-fan myself.



Check out some nice goals against Finland. My favourite is Saarinen's deciding goal into an own empty net.

[Highbury]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Before the men's hockey starts, is it possible to see the entire match( is somebody broadcasting the entire game, not the ADD network version)

Depends where you are I guess. I get them all live, but the NBC coverage has been odd to say the least.

I have tickets to the Canada - Norway game tomorrow. I am pretty sure it won't be much of a matchup lol, but it was the only Team Canada game I could get tickets too. They had a lottery system for tickets, and if you won they were still very expensive. I took a pass on Opening Ceremony tickets when the only ones I could get were $1100 each

[Dowly]

@OTH

[ReFaN]

was hoping to see bulgaria in OS tbh.



Vs canada it would be awesome :P