Nhl thread

[El Kabong]

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement are the greatest play by play and color around!


Also the USA are getting Gold!

[El Kabong]

I just found out that USA Men's Olympic Hockey Coach (and Pittsburgh Penguins Coach) Dan Bylsma played 2 years for my hometown minor league hockey team.


How's about that? Pretty cool shit.

[El Kabong]

Next round of men's hockey is set

Sweden-Slovenia
Finland-Russia

USA-Czech Republic
Canada-Latvia


It's a no brainer to think the final 4 will be Sweden-Russia and USA-Canada, but I'm thinking Finland has a pretty damned good shot at beating the Ruskies

[Beanflicker]

Russia put out by Finland, WOW. I knew the Russian team had some issues, but I never expected that one.

[El Kabong]

Russia put out by Finland, WOW. I knew the Russian team had some issues, but I never expected that one.

I did (see above)...the Fins are a really good team and with the Swedes lacking Zetterberg and one of the Sedin's they could very well make the Gold Medal round especially with Rask in goal.

For the other matches only the US really have anything to worry about, Canada won't slip up vs a team like Latvia, not a chance. The Czech's are decent, but the US should hammer the piss out of them.

[Beanflicker]

The Russian's really under performed for most of the tournament. Goes to show that its not just about putting the best players possible on the ice: a lot of times guys just won't have chemisty and will put up underwhelming performances. Epic fail for the Russians on home turf.

Yeah the Czechs could be a live underdog against the States, personally I don't see them pulling it off, but who knows.

[Beanflicker]

Ted Nolan has done a great job with Latvia. They are incredibly scrappy.