vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
....and into overtime. Congrats to Canada - by far the best and most exciting Hockey played in the Olympics in a loooooooooooong time.
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seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
Congrats to Canada.
The lost match with USA in the group has been 4gotten now...
The lost match with USA in the group has been 4gotten now...
Catch22
Major
Great game by the US, that's for sure. Some clutch play. Very proud of our guys though, pulling it off! I almost died there though haha.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
"... The lost match with USA in the group has been 4gotten now..."
No - it's part of Canadian hockey strategy, Seesul. For Canadians the game is about "overcoming adversity". After the game the NBC commentator noted that the USA had sailed through the Olympic Hockey Tournament without "adversity" thanks to a strong hot goalie. Canada didn't sail through ... Switzerland, USA, Slovakia. But tonight - when it mattered - the Canadians did what the country expected of them.
Congratulations USA and Finland.
Go Canada Go!!
MM
No - it's part of Canadian hockey strategy, Seesul. For Canadians the game is about "overcoming adversity". After the game the NBC commentator noted that the USA had sailed through the Olympic Hockey Tournament without "adversity" thanks to a strong hot goalie. Canada didn't sail through ... Switzerland, USA, Slovakia. But tonight - when it mattered - the Canadians did what the country expected of them.
Congratulations USA and Finland.
Go Canada Go!!
MM
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
All the winners of the Olympic tournaments suffer the same strategy. At least from 1998. I don´t know how it was before but as my memory serves since Nagano 1998 all the Olympic tournament winners lost at least one match. And if am I not wrong in Albertville (92) Russians lost one match as well. But I may be wrong.
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Catch22
Major
You are correct. I think MM might have been joking as nobody likes to lose haha. However losing DID show us who was more qualified to play goal for us, and it was worth it.
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
What is DID?
Catch22
Major
Sorry, it's just the word did, but I was emphasizing it.
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
Ah, o.k., thanks!
You´re absolutely right. It was exactly the same situation for us in Nagano. In the group we lost one match with Russians and we got them back in final and then we won.
You´re absolutely right. It was exactly the same situation for us in Nagano. In the group we lost one match with Russians and we got them back in final and then we won.
Crimea_River
Marshal
US played a solid game. Could have gone either way.
Crimea_River
Marshal
You almost did!
