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QUOTE(SnB @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 03:49 PM)
Olympic hockey is always somethin I've loved to watch and it's what the winter olympics are about for me.  But for some reason, that interest just doesn't carry over into the NHL.

Watch the NHL playoffs and the interest will carry over.

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Tied Latvia. What a f***ing joke.

 

Dominated the 1st and 3rd, but they played a s***ty 2nd period and it cost em.

 

Now we could easily be staring at a 4 seed in Group B...means we could easily open against Canada. We're going to need at least 4 pts out of the Sweden, Slovakia, and Russia games.

 

I don't want to hear any excuses either, jet lag, none of it. Canada, Sweden, and Finland all rolled against s***ty teams. You coasted through the 2nd period when you thought you had the game under control and got burnt by it.

 

Great start. No one else will lose a point to Latvia.

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Well Russia didn't fold it up, that's for sure. They came out today and played a great game in all areas and torched Sweden 5-0. Their defense was very physical, Nabokov was brilliant, and they buried their chances. I guess yesterday's loss to Slovakia was enough of a wake up call for them. They were really good today.

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QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 16, 2006 -> 09:08 AM)
Well Russia didn't fold it up, that's for sure. They came out today and played a great game in all areas and torched Sweden 5-0. Their defense was very physical, Nabokov was brilliant, and they buried their chances. I guess yesterday's loss to Slovakia was enough of a wake up call for them. They were really good today.

They were rocking and Nabokov played tremendous. I was only able to watch a little over a period before going to school, but It was the first of Olympic hockey I've watched this year and I was quickly reminded of how much better the play is ni the olympics.

 

I absolutely love the bigger rinks cause it allows for more spacing and just a more fluid game.

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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 16, 2006 -> 12:21 PM)
They were rocking and Nabokov played tremendous.  I was only able to watch a little over a period before going to school, but It was the first of Olympic hockey I've watched this year and I was quickly reminded of how much better the play is ni the olympics.

 

I absolutely love the bigger rinks cause it allows for more spacing and just a more fluid game.

Much better with the big rink. Some college teams play with it, you can easily see the difference in style of play.

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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 16, 2006 -> 12:21 PM)
They were rocking and Nabokov played tremendous.  I was only able to watch a little over a period before going to school, but It was the first of Olympic hockey I've watched this year and I was quickly reminded of how much better the play is ni the olympics.

 

I absolutely love the bigger rinks cause it allows for more spacing and just a more fluid game.

The fact that the top teams are essentially all-star teams has more to do with it than the big rink. It helps, but it's not the biggest factor as far as the game being better goes.

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Shots on goal in the 3rd: Canada 26 Swiss 1. BUT who cares, the Swiss win 2-0! As always, it's proven again that the team with the hot goalie wins, that Gerber guy had quite a game.

 

I hope Gretzky didn't bet on his team in this game. /obligatory

 

EDIT: Move this to the spoiler thread if you have to, I figured i'd post it here since the game was on TV live.

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