Hockey

[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.

[smc]

Only a few moments to opening face-off.

Who is watching? ila, I know you're around.

shadows, are you stuck at work?

dauls, are you up in the middle of the night with those wacko BBC guys?

Go Canada!

[ila]

Originally Posted by smc

Only a few moments to opening face-off.

Who is watching? ila, I know you're around.

shadows, are you stuck at work?

dauls, are you up in the middle of the night with those wacko BBC guys?

Go Canada!

I'll be checking the game throughout the evening.

[smc]

So, I guess this is the equivalent of live blogging about hockey on a tgirl forum.

1-0 Canada, at about 6:20 left in the 1st period, on a goal that required some review!

[smc]

Make that 2-0 Canada. What a goal, too!

[dauls]

Originally Posted by smc

Only a few moments to opening face-off.

Who is watching? ila, I know you're around.

shadows, are you stuck at work?

dauls, are you up in the middle of the night with those wacko BBC guys?

Go Canada!

I saw the game last night, the Beeb even tried their best to show the game in full with actual commentary to accompany the crowd noises.

The only interruptions to the live action were when the Beeb cut away to show a couple of short-track speed skating races. The rest of the time they limited showing other events to the breaks between periods.

Maybe the BBC will do the decent thing on Sunday and show the final uninterrupted, which shouldn't be difficult because all the other events are scheduled to have finished by then.

So Canada were cruising at 3-0, only to end up inches away from conceding an equaliser in they dying seconds against the 6-on-5 Slovaks.

Why do Team Canada do this to their supporters?

Maybe the emotion of seeing the Canadian Women lose the curling final finally hit them half way through the 3rd period, and then the fear of a Canadian double-choke allowed the Slovaks in for that second goal.

If Canada let the moment get to them on Sunday they can kiss the gold medal goodbye. Team USA appears to be showing no fear.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

If Canada let the moment get to them on Sunday they can kiss the gold medal goodbye. Team USA appears to be showing no fear.

Honestly, I think the US game was more of Finland forgetting to show up than the US dominating. Giving up 6 goals on 13 shots(even Nabokov wasn't that bad against Canada the other night) is pathetic! I think that the Canada/US game will be a doozy! Hopefully it will be finished(and the good guys victorious) by the time I have to go to work on Sunday.