Ice Hockey World Championship 2009

Dowly · 04-24-09, 07:39 AM

And we are on! Who you bet wins this year? Any country you think will surprise? Anything to say about the IHWC 2009, say it here!

ReallyDedPoet · 04-24-09, 07:55 AM

Excellent, looking forward to this thread. Lot's of hockey on the go between this and the Stanley Cup Playoffs

I'll post back with more on the tournament in general when I get a chance to look at the other teams\rosters.

Go Canada

Tchocky · 04-24-09, 08:07 AM

We'll bust out of Div III someday, just have to get past Mongolia

Going to a hockey tournament over the weekend in support of The Girlfriend (she plays on the national team). Should be fun

Platapus · 04-24-09, 11:26 AM

Hockey - Brutal hand-to-hand combat.......on ice skates

Who would come up with a sport like that?

Let's see

We need big burley guys with big sticks.

We will make some "rule" about not being to "intentionally" hit each other with the stick, but allow slamming of bodies. In fact we need to encourage this.

We need something small and hard that travels very fast to cause the maximum potential damage and give the combatants .. uh ... players something to focus on. I got it a Hockey puck (so named because the first person to get hit in the mouth muttered, between bleeding gums and broken teeth, what the puck was that?)

hmm The "sport" still missing something. What can we add to make this unique. Other than the sticks it sounds like Rugby.

"Smedely, you had your hand up. Got an idea?"

"Uh put em on unicycles?"

"Smedely, you don't have to attend these meetings any more. Thank you."

"Milton, got anything better than unicycles?"

"How bout puttin em on iceskates?"

And the rest was history.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-24-09, 11:39 AM

Have you ever been to a professional hockey game?

True there is some off what you are mentioning, but there is also a tremendous amount of skill, speed, creativity, and clean body checking ( yes there is a proper way to do this ) .....

Plus it's a contact sport and the lads playing are well protected. Hockey gear today is much different than it once was. It's not that far from armor.

As far as being brutal, you could also say that about.

- American Football
- Basketball
- Baseball ( bench clearing brawls, pitchers beaning batters etc. )
- Soccer
- Insert many other professional sports here

Platapus · 04-24-09, 11:41 AM

It was a joke. A humourous posting designed to invoke temporary feelings of mirth.

It was not intended to be a serious critique of the game of hockey.

nikimcbee · 04-24-09, 02:42 PM

The sad thing is, this will get zero press here because of the region and basketball play-offs.

Is there a good news link for all of this?

nikimcbee · 04-24-09, 02:44 PM

Just for RDP

Dowly · 04-24-09, 02:55 PM

*sigh* I hope we wont see this again, poor Numminen.

(translation in the description)

ReallyDedPoet · 04-24-09, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Just for RDP

Yeah that was a rough one last year

Russia will be tough again this WHC, especially if Washington gets put out of the NHL Playoffs. Ovechkin and Semin will most likely join the team then.

What is interesting is that these championships will be a springboard to next years Olympic Games in Vancouver. I know
Team Canada in many ways is treating this years WHC as sort of a try out for 2010.

August · 05-08-09, 11:26 AM

Because of all the fights I consider hockey only slightly more entertaining than professional wrestling which i totally loathe.

Jimbuna · 05-08-09, 01:03 PM

Are either Canada or Sweden up to defeating the defending champions?

Dowly · 05-08-09, 01:12 PM

I'd say both Canada & Sweetpies can take the title from Russia. But the question is, can the sissy swedes win Canada tonight? I doubt it.

Jimbuna · 05-08-09, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

I'd say both Canada & Sweetpies can take the title from Russia. But the question is, can the sissy swedes win Canada tonight? I doubt it.

Didn't those 'sissies' go a round further than them impotent ferrets?

ReallyDedPoet · 05-08-09, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

Because of all the fights I consider hockey only slightly more entertaining than professional wrestling which i totally loathe.

See an earlier post in this thread on this subject:

Here

Up 3-0, time to stay focused and finish strong.

04-24-09, 07:39 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Ice Hockey World Championship 2009 And we are on! Who you bet wins this year? Any country you think will surprise? Anything to say about the IHWC 2009, say it here!

04-24-09, 07:55 AM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Excellent, looking forward to this thread. Lot's of hockey on the go between this and the Stanley Cup Playoffs I'll post back with more on the tournament in general when I get a chance to look at the other teams\rosters. Go Canada __________________ Back in the Day

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	We'll bust out of Div III someday, just have to get past Mongolia Going to a hockey tournament over the weekend in support of The Girlfriend (she plays on the national team). Should be fun __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

04-24-09, 11:26 AM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Hockey - Brutal hand-to-hand combat.......on ice skates Who would come up with a sport like that? Let's see We need big burley guys with big sticks. We will make some "rule" about not being to "intentionally" hit each other with the stick, but allow slamming of bodies. In fact we need to encourage this. We need something small and hard that travels very fast to cause the maximum potential damage and give the combatants .. uh ... players something to focus on. I got it a Hockey puck (so named because the first person to get hit in the mouth muttered, between bleeding gums and broken teeth, what the puck was that?) hmm The "sport" still missing something. What can we add to make this unique. Other than the sticks it sounds like Rugby. "Smedely, you had your hand up. Got an idea?" "Uh put em on unicycles?" "Smedely, you don't have to attend these meetings any more. Thank you." "Milton, got anything better than unicycles?" "How bout puttin em on iceskates?" And the rest was history. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-24-09, 11:39 AM	#5
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Have you ever been to a professional hockey game? True there is some off what you are mentioning, but there is also a tremendous amount of skill, speed, creativity, and clean body checking ( yes there is a proper way to do this ) ..... Plus it's a contact sport and the lads playing are well protected. Hockey gear today is much different than it once was. It's not that far from armor. As far as being brutal, you could also say that about. - American Football - Basketball - Baseball ( bench clearing brawls, pitchers beaning batters etc. ) - Soccer - Insert many other professional sports here __________________ Back in the Day

04-24-09, 11:41 AM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It was a joke. A humourous posting designed to invoke temporary feelings of mirth. It was not intended to be a serious critique of the game of hockey. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-24-09, 02:42 PM	#7
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The sad thing is, this will get zero press here because of the region and basketball play-offs. Is there a good news link for all of this? __________________

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Just for RDP __________________

04-24-09, 02:55 PM	#9
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	sigh I hope we wont see this again, poor Numminen. (translation in the description)

05-08-09, 11:26 AM	#11
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Because of all the fights I consider hockey only slightly more entertaining than professional wrestling which i totally loathe. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,453 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Are either Canada or Sweden up to defeating the defending champions? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-08-09, 01:12 PM	#13
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I'd say both Canada & Sweetpies can take the title from Russia. But the question is, can the sissy swedes win Canada tonight? I doubt it.