USA Women beat Canada for Gold Medal in hockey (1 Viewer)
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dickzapper
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Yessss, this means Gear labels are half off for Yanks this month.
Boo.
I meant, CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM USA!
(boo)
I meant, CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM USA!
(boo)
Super happy for the US win, but I always hate to see it decided by a shoot out. It's a gold medal game, it's not like they have other games on their schedule – they need to play it out.
moose
4 of a Kind
Overtime continues until a goal is scored or the closing ceremonies starts....then they can go to a shootout.
Milo013
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Sorry, moose, as much as I agree with you in terms of the silliness of using the shoot-out, them is the rules. Win some lose some, it all works out in the end.
Congratulations to our neighbours to the south. Enjoy that Gold Medal, ladies, we'll be back for it in four years.
Congratulations to our neighbours to the south. Enjoy that Gold Medal, ladies, we'll be back for it in four years.
Psypher1000
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Psypher1000
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slisk250
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It is amazing that a country with only 2% of the population able to ice skate can win a gold in hockey. Next thing you know that Tonga dude will be ski jumping like the Norwegians.
justsomedude
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JTBass
3 of a Kind
Congrats to the American Women.......They played a good game.
BeesKnees
Two Pair
That was one of the best games of hockey I’ve seen in quite some time. Every player in that game left it all on the ice. Win or lose those girls are all champs.
Of course, I'm sad to see our women lose, but I kinda felt like it was a bit of karma after Marie-Philip Poulin's brutal hit on Brianna Decker:
It's shameful that she was not tossed from the game (which are the rules for head hits), let alone given a penalty. (The refs were pretty terrible throughout.)
That said, I hate-hate-hate settling gold-medal hockey games with a shootout. Regular season NHL games, sure fine, it's exciting and ultimately probably doesn't matter much, but why do it in a final?
When the WSOP main event gets down to heads-up, do they just cut for high card to decide the winner? No.
When there's a tie at the Masters, do they just have a longest-drive competition to decide the winner? No.
So why on earth is it a good idea to settle an OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL game with a coin-toss shootout ... how about playing actual hockey until there's a winner??
Congrats to USA women's hockey on the win.
Sigh. See you in Beijing 2022.
It's shameful that she was not tossed from the game (which are the rules for head hits), let alone given a penalty. (The refs were pretty terrible throughout.)
That said, I hate-hate-hate settling gold-medal hockey games with a shootout. Regular season NHL games, sure fine, it's exciting and ultimately probably doesn't matter much, but why do it in a final?
When the WSOP main event gets down to heads-up, do they just cut for high card to decide the winner? No.
When there's a tie at the Masters, do they just have a longest-drive competition to decide the winner? No.
So why on earth is it a good idea to settle an OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL game with a coin-toss shootout ... how about playing actual hockey until there's a winner??
Congrats to USA women's hockey on the win.
Sigh. See you in Beijing 2022.
Psypher1000
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My thoughts exactly. In a playoff/finals situation? Have’em play until they drop it until the pick goes in a basket.
I think it should cost you American scoundrels 200% MORE!
I worked as a skate guard for about 4 years during college. I seriously doubt the percentage is that high. All I did all day is pick people up off the ice.
bentax1978
4 of a Kind
So, 25% off then??
USA! USA! USA!
Do you like all your labels with a Canadian flag watermark? Because that’s how you get all your labels with a Canadian flag watermark.
slisk250
Straight Flush
Then they need to quit mixing EPO into their vodka!
Lol
they were laundered by the sports court !
it was a political attack against Russia nothing about sport.
Psypher1000
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Against multiple athletes? Doubtful. The chain of poession and control methods used for these things make it difficult for tampering to occur undetected, let alone to occur for multiple samples across multiple athletes in different sports & training camps.
But...
I'd believe that.
I assume that most countries (not most athletes - most countries) are cheating, but it would be bad for the IOC if that news got out. So I just figure the powers that be simply ignore all of it until they're mad at a country, and then that country gets flagged for doping.
It wouldn't shock me if as many as 20% of all Olympic athletes are doping. Too much money on the line to think that folks aren't angle-shooting there.
Was Russia unfairly targeted? Possibly. But I don't believe for a second that most - if even a single one - of those banned athletes were actually clean.
https://www.google.fr/amp/s/amp.the...ned-courts-of-arbitration-for-sport-athletics
a well-known example was the 1992 NBA dream team in Barcelona. to come they asked for no anti-doping control and did not reside in the Olympic Village otherwise they did not come!
Slept just fine. The USA has been beating us everywhere but at the olympics, so this didn't come as a big surprise. Congrats
P.S. at least we still have a shot at the men's gold, which means way more anyway
slisk250
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...I guess we also have a Men's Curling team? How many Americans even know what curling is?
BeesKnees
Two Pair
I won’t be sleeping tonight, men’s curling final until probably 2am. Men’s hockey at 5 am. Then I’ve got to try and stay awake to pick up my father in law at 10am, and I’ve had a few whiskies....
On the lighter side, I suppose it’s been a reasonable amount of time since my wife has threatened to kill me so maybe I’m overdue.
On the lighter side, I suppose it’s been a reasonable amount of time since my wife has threatened to kill me so maybe I’m overdue.
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legend672
Full House
Slept just fine. The USA has been beating us everywhere but at the olympics, so this didn't come as a big surprise. Congrats
P.S. at least we still have a shot at the men's gold, which means way more anyway
So much for that idea. Maybe the men can grab that bronze in curling or hockey. Tough times for the Canadians on the ice these days
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legend672
Full House
Oh well.... no curlng metal but still alive for bronze in hockey
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