Olympic Preliminary Round: Day 5
by Matthew Dirt on Feb 20, 2010 9:46 AM CST
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Well, after a couple very exciting games on Thursday... we kind of got a stinker of a day yesterday. None of the games were really anything to write home about... unless you were Daniel Sedin. He scored the first goal against the Belarus Christmas Explosions and I'm guessing he still writes his mom after every goal. He and Henrik are probably spending a fortune on stamps this year. Latvia almost made it an exciting game against the Czechs but never got the game closer than two goals once the Tomas Kaberle put them up by four. I didn't watch much of the Finland/Germany game but I did see my guy Tuomo Ruutu open the scoring on a very solid Finnish power play squad. He followed that up with a penalty just a few minutes later... and that pretty much sums up Ruutu's career.
The most exciting thing about last night was probably the very real chance that our hero Jeremy Roenick turns to his left and decks Mike Millbury. As much as NBC has screwed up with their hockey coverage this year (and they have screwed it up quite a bit), they've really found a gem in pairing up these two. I don't know what JR has against Milbury but he seems to have a hatred for him normally reserved for Islanders fans.
Today's games don't look to provide much more excitement as the Olympics seem to be taking two days off before we get a blockbuster day tomorrow. Here we go
2:00 - Norway Vs. Switzerland: So far, these two teams have combined for exactly one point in these Olympics. This could be an exciting game simply because neither team is really likely to roll over the other. However, if Switzerland plays like they did against the Canadians then we'll probably see the Swiss grab their first victory... especially if Hiller stands on his head again.
6:30 - Latvia Vs. Slovakia: Yeah... I don't have anything witty to say about these two teams. Slovakia should get another victory today. I do think it's funny to hear Doc say that "the Hossas" are coming up the ice. Granted, Marcel doesn't make opposing goalies shit their pants the way Panda does.. but it's still fun.
11:00 - Zee Germans Vs. Belarus: Is the Olympic schedule condensed this year too? Both of these teams played last night and they'll play again today. Neither team has won anything yet so today will at least break that streak. In fact, someone should tell the krauts that the tournament has started because they haven't scored a goal yet. Goal differential matters guys... get on it.
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Marcel and Marion relaxing
in the Olympic Village after going through Slovakia’s game plan against Latvia.
Competitive violence, that's why you're here!
What
is going on immediately behind those pandas? Are those two naked statues playing “touch me here”? Kopecky instructional statues?
Wow, I guess it's a good thing
I didn’t even notice that.
Competitive violence, that's why you're here!
and really, is it possible to much like Milbury?
the guy was a douche as a player, and total disaster playing post-career.
The Islanders will remain a basket case for years to come from the course set by Milbury
They're both egotistical jerks
And that’s what makes them perfect for this job!
Chicagoan in the Lou.
How long will it be until JR calls MIlbury "dummy?"
The fact that he’s not done it yet is a sign of how much he’s grown.
Occam's Razor keeps the cutting clean.
doesn't thatsound like a name
for a tall, hunky blonde porn star?
by krome on Feb 20, 2010 4:26 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Slovakia 3-0 Latvia and we've got 2 min left in the first.
I’m having a lot of fun watching the Slovaks play hockey this tournament (especially when they’re beating Russia). They all just seem so happy to be out there. Panda has acquitted himself well so far, couple of good chances and he just drew a penalty to end the period. Kopecky has been playing… not like Kopecky. Maybe he’ll keep up the energy burst when he gets back to Chicagoland.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 20, 2010 7:11 PM CST reply actions
happy panda
gets a PP goal at the beginning of the 2nd. Poor Latvia.
THE CAP IS COMING! THE CAP IS COMING! REPENT ALL YE BANDWAGONERS FOR THE CAPOCALYPSE IS NEAR!
Vikingsquad
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where’s the Iceland squad?
by OMFS88 on Feb 20, 2010 8:22 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Open Warfare
JR and Milbury are really going at it right now.
Great TV. JR rolling his eyes cracks me up.
"Whats your location Chief?"
"Well, Im on a road. Appears to be asphalt. I am directly under the Earth's sun......now."
Man, its hilarious
MM: “How come I got the tie and you got the whole open collar thing”
JR: “Cuz I can, Im the younger, better looking one, you couldnt pull off this look”
seriously, Id pay to watch JR beat the ever loving dog shit out of Milbury, that would be the Olympic highlight right there
by BigCSouthside on Feb 20, 2010 9:07 PM CST up reply actions
I turned on the Wolves game because the Slovaks were too dominating...
…and then the Wolves put up a six-spot on Houston in the first.
by GenPabloSecobar on Feb 20, 2010 9:35 PM CST reply actions
I was at the Wolves game
Houston shouldn’t have adopted the color scheme of their NHL affiliate. I had to look at Minnesota Wild green all night. Yuck.
But at least the game was fairly entertaining.
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Duncan Keith's Vancouver postcard
Well, if you hadn’t noticed previously, it’s becoming quite obvious that these guys are hockey players and not neo-classical lit majors. Duncs at least went the extra mile, instead of the obligatory 3-5 sentences written by the other Hawks so far. I find it interesting/humorous that he is obviously in awe of “so many different people from all the different countries”. My first thought was “Duncs, didn’t you get off the farm much??” but I guess that’s the power of the Olympic experience.
By the way, he’s rooming with Rick “Finished Also Means Done” Nash, Scott Niedermayer, Brenden Morrow and Roberto “The Rainmaker” Luongo.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 21, 2010 7:47 AM CST reply actions
I love this...
…thanks for sharing. Sounds like a really decent guy – not complicated, nice, kind of a microcosm of Canada.
Makes it hard to work up the patriotic two-miuntes hate later today, but I’ll give it a try.
by cliffkoroll on Feb 21, 2010 10:02 AM CST up reply actions
For you and I (and probably 99% of us), the "hate" is all in good sport
but words can’t describe how much I’d enjoy seeing Kaner undress either Keith or Seabrook tonight and then give them a little grin.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 21, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
I'm with you
it’s very hard for me to really care about international competition. I like the US to win, even dominate, but we’re so dominant in so many things, hockey just isn’t a big deal to me. For me, it’s more a chance to joke around with the guys at work.
And my many, many dates.
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
Ryan Kessler already does!
I knew it was only a matter of time before this idiot would run his mouth as written here. Why this guy hasn’t been forced to wear a full-on muzzle I have no idea. Hopefully, for your sake, this doesn’t come back to bite him like it did Willie Mitchell in last year’s playoffs.
I like to think this was directed at Andrew Ladd but that would be giving him some credit as Kesler is a moron no matter what country you’re rooting for tonight. I just can’t wait until the 5th of March when Ladd kicks his ass at the UC.
Anyways, good luck tonight! And man, are you guys ever kicking ass and taking names at the Olympics. It’s been pretty awesome to watch with Chicago native Shani Davis with a GOLD and a SILVER.
Let the Olympic spirit live in everyone.
GO CANADA GO!
Congratulations to Alexandre Bilodeau on being the first Canadian to win on home soil.
GOLD MEDAL#4: Montgomery in Skeleton.
Three-part question...
..through yesterday, which country:
a. has collected the most gold medals at these games?
a. has collected the most silver medals at these games?
a. has collected the most bronze medals at these games?
Answer:
USA! USA! USA!
by cliffkoroll on Feb 21, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
This
is what got you so upset?
“I hate them,” said Ryan Kesler, U.S. center and a player for the Vancouver Canucks. “It’s a big rivalry. I wouldn’t say I hate them; you have respect for the other team. Canadians expect to win the gold, and anything less is not good enough. It’s going to be fun to try and knock them off.”
If this nothing comment is enough to get under your skin then all I can say is AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
"I hate them...
…I wouldn’t say I hate them."
This sounds like Canadain-style passive-aggressiveness.
Stupid, but not really motivational material for Canada, is it?
Imagine the mental states of US v. Canadian players right now. On the one side, mid-day limo rides through Vancouver. On the other side, furrowed brows.
by cliffkoroll on Feb 21, 2010 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
Canadians aren't really passive-aggressive
You’re projecting Minnesotan onto our neighbors to the north. That’s unfair and disrespectful to the Canadians.
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
In his defense
CSN carried some interview the Hawks did with the Big Three after they resigned them on some WGN radio show and I found Keith to be a pretty intelligent sounding guy. He spoke on the state of Hockey in Chicago now as opposed to when he arrived and his visions on the Hawks future. He is no idiot, he went to MSU.
I agree that postcard ain’t the pen of Jefferson or Adams but who wants to put more than the bare minimum amount of time into something lame like the Tribunes postcard when your living a possible once in a lifetime experience like the Olympics.
"Whats your location Chief?"
"Well, Im on a road. Appears to be asphalt. I am directly under the Earth's sun......now."
I don't get the sense that Keith isn't bright
he’s just a horrible interview. Look up the video the Hawks did during the circus trip where they asked the various Blackhawks what they would do if they were in the circus. Keith’s interview is painful, almost comically painful it was so bad.
He just speaks slowly
so his interviews tend to take forever. The circus bit was cringe-inducing all around, not just Keith
by Katherine215 on Feb 21, 2010 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
learning to come across well on TV takes some training
Keith has always struck me as more “uncomfortable” leading to ’freeze up" when on camera
His quotes in the paper are usually pretty astute...
…and his hockey IQ is off the charts- he just strikes me as quiet, simple, country folk.
by cliffkoroll on Feb 22, 2010 10:54 AM CST up reply actions
What, no GD thread today?
It’s hockey Christmas day and we’re alreday well into the Czhzeczk – KGB game.
For the record...
I was just working… not hungover
by Matthew Dirt on Feb 21, 2010 10:31 PM CST up reply actions
I wish Maguire would stop talking.
How much would it cost to pay some KHLer to “accidentally” break his jaw with a stick?
I love he’s telling us what’s going on on the benches. Does he speak Czech and Russian?
I don't remember who it was
But early in the game someone said, “The Czechs are speaking Czech and the Russians are speaking Russian.”
No…REALLY?? I never would have guessed!
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
hahahaha
that guy’s so funny, he just gets me…
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
Tell your Canadian (girl)friends to keep him
by Katherine215 on Feb 21, 2010 10:47 PM CST up reply actions
you know i was joking, right?
i really hate his commentary. he’s good on the radio during his half hour call-in every evening, but i’d rather not even have to think about him during tv broadcasts.
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
YES
Jeez, I miss one joke days ago and everyone thinks I’m an idiot.
by Katherine215 on Feb 21, 2010 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
I'm glad that this game is on NBC
but why can’t we get the USA game on as well instead of fucking ice dancing? At least put it on CNBC so we can watch in HD instead of MSNBC which is broadcast on the piece of string connecting two Campbell soup cans.
I haven't bitched about the Olympic hockey being on cable yet
but the fact that I’m watching these commies playing in HD, but USA vs USJR won’t be, is f’d up. Wow, they really blew it.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 21, 2010 3:29 PM CST up reply actions
Let's fire Conan and bring back Leno...
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
Right before the 2nd goal...
The announcers said the crowd was doing a “multi-lingual wave”…
Wow.
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
I hate to sound
like a Canucks fan but the officiating in really screwing over the Czechs.
Competitive violence, that's why you're here!
I'm going to be sick
I can’t take anymore of this Ovie dick sucking.
"FACEOFF!" "Makes the pass." "FIGHT!" - 8 bit hockey
Yes but...
…its better than Crosby dick sucking.
He destroyed Jagr.
"Whats your location Chief?"
"Well, Im on a road. Appears to be asphalt. I am directly under the Earth's sun......now."
Great play no doubt
But listening you would have thought he actually scored the goal, saved a kitty from a tree and discovered the cure for cancer.
"FACEOFF!" "Makes the pass." "FIGHT!" - 8 bit hockey
Tough day for our boy Vokoun...
2 hours til the big game…
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
What. A. Gaaaaaaaaame!
So many things to say about that game. I’ll say only one thing because I don’t feel like typing that much…but, that was probably the best EN goal I have ever seen. I only compliment Kesler now (never again though)
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
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