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Old 02-19-2010
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Originally Posted by smc View Post
Canada & Switzerland. At a certain point (and although I'm for Canada all the way), I didn't care who won. I just kept thinking: THIS is hockey!
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Originally Posted by shadows View Post
Looks like Canada wanted to make a game of it. They blew a 2-0 lead(maybe Brodeur thought he was playing for the Devils this particular game?) and had to win it in a shootout(darn it! We can't even escape the shootout in the Olympics!).....

.....2. Canada beat Switzerland 3-2 in the shootout.......
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Originally Posted by km1 View Post
We're not going to be winning any gold medals in hockey if we need to go to a shoutout to beat the Swiss. That was discouraging to say the least......
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Originally Posted by dauls View Post
A great game, shame it was decided by a shootout! Maybe Canada should think themselves lucky, remember 2006's 2-0 loss to the Swiss.......
The best description of the game that I heard today was that it was a really intense game; and so it was.

The Swiss coach is originally from Canada and he sure knows how to pick and coach a team.
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