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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
Nikolai:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 22 Feb 2014, 04:50 ---
whoa whoa whoa, don't forget Pavelski, Kessel, van Riemsdyk as skaters, and Quick, Howard, and what's his tits from the Sabres as net minders. I am proud of the U.S. team even though Canada definitely nailed it. I'm pulling for a Canuckistani gold this year.
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What I meant was that my only real allegiance to either team was the players from the Blackhawks.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Metope on 22 Feb 2014, 07:15 ---So... Ready for Ragnarok today?
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GM is ready to Ragnarok and roll!
So Finland beat the USA in ice-hockey? Now that surely must be David beating Goliath... :-D
GarandMarine:
Yes! It's also a Finnish tradition, so they might not appreciate the Judeo-Christian inference when they can just say "Just like that time we curb checked the Red Army at 100 to 1 casualties, or pretty much every war proceeding."
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 22 Feb 2014, 13:47 ---Yes! It's also a Finnish tradition, so they might not appreciate the Judeo-Christian inference when they can just say "Just like that time we curb checked the Red Army at 100 to 1 casualties, or pretty much every war proceeding."
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Now that's an exaggeration, but yeah. There was a lot of high-fiving today in these parts.
I don't know how the media in US/Canada saw this tournament, but our bronze was nothing like the biggest upset in the history of the game. The NHL players have been allowed to participate in the olympics since 1998 (Nagano), so this was the fifth time. Medals won in those five tournaments are (we don't know the outcome of tomorrow's final, so I list both alternatives for Canada and Sweden)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Canada 3/2 1/0 0 3
USA 0 2 0 2
Sweden 2/1 0/1 0 2
Russia 0 1 1 2
Czech Rep. 1 0 1 2
Finland 0 1 3 4
Yeah, the color of our medals could be brighter, but I guess I'm relatively happy with what we can take. Note:
* No medals to any nation other than the listed six. At this level hockey is not very widespread. Slovakia and Belarus made it into the bronze medal game in 2010 and 2002 respectively, but drew the short straw.
* At SLC and Vancouver games the final was between USA and Canada. At Nagano and Torino, the final was a European affair. This time we get a mixed final. Variations in rink size may explain this a bit, but not fully. All the games in these five tournaments have had at least one of the refs from NHL.
If you include the earlier olympics, Canada and USSR dominate by a clear margin, followed by Sweden and Czech(oslovakia). USA won in 1980 (Miracle on ice). So admittedly I was very selective in pickiing the recent tournaments :-D
GarandMarine:
Which part? Because my rough numbers for the Winter war (1-100 KIA) are on par, I had to research it for work.
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