February 13th, 2018 at 9:26 AM ^
Hell yeah!
February 13th, 2018 at 9:32 AM ^
February 13th, 2018 at 12:37 PM ^
Very glad I'm not the only guy out there humming Black Rock or Love and Memories every time I see that.
So Russian athletes take steroids, but Olympic Athletes from Russia are clean? Call me crazy but I don't see the difference.
February 13th, 2018 at 9:37 AM ^
February 13th, 2018 at 9:45 AM ^
You stay classy, Canada!
February 13th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
February 13th, 2018 at 10:18 AM ^
Actually, I think champagne and a cigar should be the mandatory gold medal celebration for every event, come to think of it. Why not? You just won a gold medal at a f*cking Olympics and you can wear that thing for the rest of your life and ask people, "What were YOU doing when I did this?".
February 13th, 2018 at 10:14 AM ^
Can she suck the chrome off of a trailer hitch, and relax with a beer afterwards?
Cuz to me....THAT'S a lady....!
February 13th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
February 13th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
Agreed. The Nagano games were bad minus the US and Canada. I remember Canada beating China by a ridiculous score something like 13 or 14 to 0. Much better competition now a days in the Women's field.
The mens tournament in Nagano however probably is the best of the NHL-players era in my opinion. That gold medal game between the Czech Republic and Russia was amazing. Hasek was out of this world that game.
February 13th, 2018 at 11:10 AM ^
My opinion is that 2002 was better. Best hockey I've seen anywhere in my life, beginning to end. But this is all subjective.
RE: Women's hockey: The North American primacy is dangerous for the sport if other nations can't at least be competitive. Sports like basketball and curling are also dominated by single nations, but they are widely played and there is at least some question of how things will turn out.
The upside is that the field is getting more international. Women's college hockey in the States has a wide variety of international players, and here in Duluth it's not uncommon to see teams fielding players from four or more different countries on one roster. Hopefully things will continue to improve, but the sport needs at least one or two other nations to field teams strong enough to compete for gold.
February 13th, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
February 13th, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
February 13th, 2018 at 1:50 PM ^
I haven't been following this closely but I suspect that as long as women's college hockey remains stable things will continue to equalize as more schools look for international talent and girls growing up in foreign hockey hotbeds see that playing hockey is a good way to get a good education (ie, play well enough and it benefits your future).
All I know is that UMD has had some serious international diversity on its teams and that has to mean good things for the sport overall.
FWIW it's not men's hockey but I try to take in women's games with my kids periodically. We can sit right on the glass, so there's something to interest the younger kids, and taken in a vacuum it's still a fast and skillful game that's fun to watch.
February 13th, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
Right - the Finnish goalie was the Gopher goalie for some of its most recent best teams. That's why I knew they could stay in the game.
February 13th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
What is Issac Haas doing in the ring?
February 13th, 2018 at 9:47 AM ^
Getting dropped by a 5 foot, 40+ year old man, apparently.
February 13th, 2018 at 10:29 AM ^
HE'S NOT A MACHINE.
Let's kick Russian ass in everything in this Olympic games. I'm ready. Goddamn cheaters.
February 13th, 2018 at 11:54 AM ^
Let's kick Russian ass in everything in this Olympic games. I'm ready. Goddamn cheaters.
^^^^
This x 1000
February 13th, 2018 at 12:10 PM ^
Karma police is comin' for those Russians! About time!
February 13th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
Beathing the Russians as OAR feels even better than beating USSR or Russia. They are appropriately de-legitimized by their name, and then we beat them badly where it really hurts - their precious sport hockey.
February 13th, 2018 at 12:52 PM ^
"they just pulled the greatest goalie in the world"
February 13th, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
Speaking of OAR, have any of you watched the ICARUS documentary on Netflix?
I can't speak to its validity, but I enjoyed it.
February 13th, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
February 13th, 2018 at 4:58 PM ^
The GOLD!!
February 13th, 2018 at 5:22 PM ^