Team Canada 2010 Olympic hockey thread

[jayman74]

I feel like I've watched the Oilers play the last 2 Olympic games.

[Ronald Ohlander]

Did anyone else feel like the Canadians were ripped off by the refs last night?

On the empty netter, for example, which ever Canadian player couldn't even get to the puck because the American had his arms wrapped right around him when he hit the puck. What a joke.

I guess Bettman had to rig the Olympics so that the Americans win; what better way to sell hockey to people who don't care than for the team to win gold again.

[Terry]

Didn't matter about the reffing. The team stunk. They chose an all-star team rather than a championship team. They still have a chance but I have my doubts.

[Ronald Ohlander]

I know this team isn't great. I've had my hesitations about them from the start; I've never been 100% confident that they can win gold. But the reffing last night was absolutely brutal. The Americans showed up as a team, and had they won the game fair and square that's fine, but they didn't. I didn't watch the Russian/Czech game last night, but from what Rem told me the reffing was just as bad. I just hope that which ever team wins enjoys a tainted medal.

[FNG™]

Feb 19, 2010 12:33:29 GMT -5 thedarkangel1975 said:

You guys had to be sweating that game. For some reason Canada has a lot of trouble with Switzerland.

How was the perspiration today vs Switzerland, smartass.....lol

[Terry]

Feb 24, 2010 21:02:01 GMT -5 FNG™ said:

Feb 19, 2010 12:33:29 GMT -5 thedarkangel1975 said:

You guys had to be sweating that game. For some reason Canada has a lot of trouble with Switzerland.

How was the perspiration today vs Switzerland, smartass.....lol

The States eked that one out. It was a win but not one people will feel confident about. Now the U.S. gets the Finns. Might be a U.S./Canada final.

[thedarkangel1975]

Feb 24, 2010 21:02:01 GMT -5 FNG™ said:

Feb 19, 2010 12:33:29 GMT -5 thedarkangel1975 said:

You guys had to be sweating that game. For some reason Canada has a lot of trouble with Switzerland.

How was the perspiration today vs Switzerland, smartass.....lol

The Swiss are like The Devils were in the 90's. No scoring really, great defense, and great goaltending. If they had scoring they be in the semi's.

jaime the Americans won deal with it. You didn't see me come on hear crying everytime you guys ran Miller over wanting a penalty. you should like a Leaf fan. You shouldn't lose to the Slovaks, but no one can tell in these tournments. I figure we should face each other for gold. The empty net goal, both players could have gotten penalties. Also there are plenty of US AMERICANS taht care and watch hockey.
Jayman, Canada did look like like The OIlers until The Russians said no we are the Oilers

[thedarkangel1975]

Congrats on the women's gold, if anyone watches that. I think it is silly to play hockey with no checking. Its like playing football with no tackling and baseball with no strikes lol

[Terry]

BY WEB STAFF
sportsnet.ca

Canada's 3-2 overtime win over the U.S. in Sunday's gold-medal Olympic men’s hockey game has become the most-watched television broadcast in Canadian history, with nearly half of the country's population watching the entire contest.

Some 26.5 million, roughly 80 per cent of Canadians, tuned in for part of the final at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver, with an average audience of 16.6 million viewers. The game aired live on nine television networks in eight languages.

The closing ceremonies averaged 14.3 million viewers, with 24.5 million watching some part of the broadcast.

South of the border, NBC said the hockey final was the most-watched hockey game in the U.S. in 30 years.

The NBC broadcast drew an average viewership of 27.6 million, the biggest hockey number since the U.S. versus Finland 1980 gold medal game in Lake Placid (32.8 million). It got a 17.6 overnight rating, about four times what the NASCAR race on Sunday did.

With files from THE CANADIAN PRESS

www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/2010/03/01/ratings_record/