Hockey

[dauls]

Originally Posted by shadows

Nothing can make Joe Morgan's commentary look good.

He comes across as a nice guy, but when I first heard him commentate he knew less (only just, got in there before you could) about the game than I did.

How does Jon Miller survive working next to him?

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

He comes across as a nice guy, but when I first heard him commentate he knew less (only just, got in there before you could) about the game than I did.

How does Jon Miller survive working next to him?

Lots and lots of liquid courage.

(And you're lucky that you made the comment about yourself before I did.)

[shadows]

Pronger called for Holding? I guess he wanted to give the Russian fellow a hug before the game was finished.

[Captn Sacto]

Originally Posted by dauls

He comes across as a nice guy, but when I first heard him commentate he knew less (only just, got in there before you could) about the game than I did.

How does Jon Miller survive working next to him?

Joe Morgan knows more about baseball than most of the other announcers put together, the problem is he talks down to everybody as if they know nothing. He is an absolute bore to listen to and I can't stand him. I almost never watch Sunday Night Baseball because of him. Jon Miller is a much better radio announcer than TV. He talks too much on TV.

Oh and Finland is ahead 1 to 0 with 5:30 to go. Great goal tending on both sides.

[smc]

Originally Posted by Captn Sacto

Oh and Finland is ahead 1 to 0 with 5:30 to go. Great goal tending on both sides.

A truly amazing hockey game!!

[shadows]

It is over!

The Canadian women have captured Olympic gold! They beat the US 2-0 for their third straight gold medal.

Congratulations ladies!

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

It is over!

The Canadian women have captured Olympic gold! They beat the US 2-0 for their third straight gold medal.

Congratulations ladies!

Well done. I knew it would be a close game.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by shadows

It is over!

The Canadian women have captured Olympic gold! They beat the US 2-0 for their third straight gold medal.

Congratulations ladies!

Good game, and a deserved win. But no one could score on powerplays. It was predictable that the Canadians would open the scoring soon after surviving that first 5-on-3. The Canadian goalie had a really good game.

Their post match boozing and smoking on the ice was bound to upset the IOC suits. I suppose they'd have gotten away with just drinking champagne, but 6-packs and cigars was going too far.

[dauls]

Sorry fellow hockey fans, but I've been watching the Six Nations Rugby (Wales-France) on BBC, and at half time (France leading 20-0 in Cardiff) I realised the USA-Finland hockey had started.

So I switched over to the BBC's extra channel only to catch the deathly silence that filled the airwaves during the break between the 1st and 2nd periods of the hockey.

The BBC and their now infamous hockey-novice commentator have a habit of walking away from the mic at the end of the period and leaving dead air. All we're left with are the mumbles of the crowd and a long shot of the Zamboni machines circling the ice.

There wasn't even a caption on the screen to show the USA lead 6-0. The BBC can be really crap sometimes.

I had to return to the rugby because a demolition of the Welsh is simply too entertaining for me to miss.

I hoped the French would totally humiliate the Welsh in the second half, but the Welsh fought back to 20-13, before a couple of French penalties and a last minute Welsh try meant the game ended 26-20. Still I'm happy the Welsh lost. Tomorrow it's England-Ireland, should be a close game.

Now the rugby has finished it's back to the hockey for the 3rd period. How the hell did the second period remain scoreless?

[smc]

Originally Posted by dauls

All we're left with are the mumbles of the crowd and a long shot of the Zamboni machines circling the ice.

At least they're using Zambonis and not those weird eco-friendly things that got the speed skaters so riled up!

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

Sorry fellow hockey fans, but I've been watching the Six Nations Rugby (Wales-France) on BBC, and at half time (France leading 20-0 in Cardiff) I realised the USA-Finland hockey had started.

So I switched over to the BBC's extra channel only to catch the deathly silence that filled the airwaves during the break between the 1st and 2nd periods of the hockey.

The BBC and their now infamous hockey-novice commentator have a habit of walking away from the mic at the end of the period and leaving dead air. All we're left with are the mumbles of the crowd and a long shot of the Zamboni machines circling the ice.

There wasn't even a caption on the screen to show the USA lead 6-0. The BBC can be really crap sometimes.

I had to return to the rugby because a demolition of the Welsh is simply too entertaining for me to miss.

I hoped the French would totally humiliate the Welsh in the second half, but the Welsh fought back to 20-13, before a couple of French penalties and a last minute Welsh try meant the game ended 26-20. Still I'm happy the Welsh lost. Tomorrow it's England-Ireland, should be a close game.

Now the rugby has finished it's back to the hockey for the 3rd period. How the hell did the second period remain scoreless?

Be thankful all you heard was dead silence and not a huge fart due to his eating a El Grande Burpo Burrito.

[smc]

Originally Posted by dauls

Good game, and a deserved win. But no one could score on powerplays. It was predictable that the Canadians would open the scoring soon after surviving that first 5-on-3. The Canadian goalie had a really good game.

Their post match boozing and smoking on the ice was bound to upset the IOC suits. I suppose they'd have gotten away with just drinking champagne, but 6-packs and cigars was going too far.

Do you think any of those Canadian players are the kind of gurls we like?

Oh, just the thought of it!

[ila]

Originally Posted by dauls

Their post match boozing and smoking on the ice was bound to upset the IOC suits. I suppose they'd have gotten away with just drinking champagne, but 6-packs and cigars was going too far.

I don't see anything wrong with having beer and champagne after winning. I thought it was rather stupid to start smoking; they are after all athletes and smoking is not conducive to athletic performance.

I see that Hockey Canada apologized to the IOC for the women's team. To me it seems stupid to apologize for the actions of someone else. I don't see what there was to apologize for either. They won the game, let them have their celebration. Hockey Canada and IOC; grow and get a life.

[smc]

Originally Posted by ila

I don't see anything wrong with having beer and champagne after winning. I thought it was rather stupid to start smoking; they are after all athletes and smoking is not conducive to athletic performance.

I see that Hockey Canada apologized to the IOC for the women's team. To me it seems stupid to apologize for the actions of someone else. I don't see what there was to apologize for either. They won the game, let them have their celebration. Hockey Canada and IOC; grow and get a life.

I'm thinking about starting a poll. Which is worse? Canadian women's hockey team members celebrating an outstanding Olympics and a gold medal with beer, champagne, and cigars, or IOC members taking bribes to pick a particular city for the Olympics?

[ila]

Originally Posted by smc

I'm thinking about starting a poll. Which is worse? Canadian women's hockey team members celebrating an outstanding Olympics and a gold medal with beer, champagne, and cigars, or IOC members taking bribes to pick a particular city for the Olympics?

That is an excellent idea.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

Good game, and a deserved win. But no one could score on powerplays. It was predictable that the Canadians would open the scoring soon after surviving that first 5-on-3. The Canadian goalie had a really good game.

Their post match boozing and smoking on the ice was bound to upset the IOC suits. I suppose they'd have gotten away with just drinking champagne, but 6-packs and cigars was going too far.

As was said by one of the Canadian hockey players, if it had been the men who had done it there would have been a heck of a lot less hooplah about it. It was not a big deal to me, but of course the IOC will overreact.

[ila]

Originally Posted by dauls

......Their post match boozing and smoking on the ice was bound to upset the IOC suits. I suppose they'd have gotten away with just drinking champagne, but 6-packs and cigars was going too far.

Originally Posted by shadows

As was said by one of the Canadian hockey players, if it had been the men who had done it there would have been a heck of a lot less hooplah about it. It was not a big deal to me, but of course the IOC will overreact.

I read in the paper this morning that the IOC are going to do an investigation of this incident. I also read that the celebration took place after all the spectators had left the arena and that the incident was reported to the IOC by a member of the media. It looks like people really are making a big deal out of nothing and that the IOC members really don't have a life. After all, one of the most heinous crimes that one can commit is to celebrate a win in a sports competition.

[smc]

Originally Posted by ila

I read in the paper this morning that the IOC are going to do an investigation of this incident. I also read that the celebration took place after all the spectators had left the arena and that the incident was reported to the IOC by a member of the media. It looks like people really are making a big deal out of nothing and that the IOC members really don't have a life. After all, one of the most heinous crimes that one can commit is to celebrate a win in a sports competition.

I have a theory. This investigation is being pushed behind the scenes by jealous, vindictive Americans who think the cigars being smoked were Cuban and who can't stand the fact that Canadians can get them while Americans cannot. It's a proxy for all the many other things about Canada that are better than the United States.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by ila

I read in the paper this morning that the IOC are going to do an investigation of this incident. I also read that the celebration took place after all the spectators had left the arena and that the incident was reported to the IOC by a member of the media. It looks like people really are making a big deal out of nothing and that the IOC members really don't have a life. After all, one of the most heinous crimes that one can commit is to celebrate a win in a sports competition.

Sounds like it's a case of the Media wanting to sell more papers with a "created controversy".