2010-olympic-hockey Stories - Second City Hockey
Olympic Hockey Gold (and Silver and Bronze) Odds
People were betting on four outcomes yesterday: 1) USA over Switzerland handily; 2) Canada to beat Russia in a tight game; 3) Czechs over Finland in a tight game; and 4) Sweden over Slovakia. The pre-game odds: Round Favorite Win...
Welcome Home, Alex Ovechkin
"Every Canadian dreams of playing like Ovechkin" - Bobby Clarke "He plays like a Canadian!" - Don Cherry "Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player." - Vladislav Tretiak Three quotes from three men who have each logged more than forty years in the game of hockey, all saying...
2010 Vancouver Olympic Hockey: US vs Canada for the gold (women's)
A version of this post was first published at Cycle Like the Sedins on 22 February 2010. There’s been a lot of discussion about women’s ice hockey lately. The United States will meet Canada to play for the gold medal – again – tonight at 6:30 Eastern, and it was pretty much...
One Hell of a Day of Hockey
Justifiably unwilling to part with Canada-Russia tickets, and unable to sell USA-Switzerland and Sweden-Slovakia tickets, I saw all three games today. Miscellaneous thoughts: USA vs Switzerland: closer than the shots would indicate, but not that close overall. The puck went in the net five times;...
Canada v. Russia Post-Game: Unbelievable
It was supposed to be epic. It was supposed to be a classic. It was supposed to be close! Yes, it was supposed to be the tournament's two best teams, meeting unexpectedly in the quarterfinals, fighting tooth and nail to the bitter end to determine who would march on as favourites for gold and...
Clicks and Clippings: Wednesday's Olympic Action is Four "Game 7's" and Open Thread
If Sunday's Olympic hockey contests pitting rivals vs rivals was to your liking, then get ready for today' s four quarter-final elimination games, with the high-speed, bone-crunching do-or-die match-up of Russia vs Canada at the center of the attention. Here's the schedule for Wednesday: 3:00pm...
Canada - Russia GDT: Showdown!
Canada - Russia. Say it aloud, let the words linger, then lick your lips and taste the anticipation. Canada - Russia. Are there two words which in combination are more likely to quicken the pulse of a red-blooded fan in either of these great hockey nations? Ask a Canadian and s/he will likely...
"Miracle" and the incoherence of 140 Twitter characters
I'll have to admit that I have yet to figure out the finer points of twitter - our blogging software automatically posts links for us on it, but beyond that, I'd have to say that I'm a neophyte. I did just figure out this morning how to see things that other people have written directly to me. ...
Do you believe in NBC miracles?
I cannot believe it -- we west-coast hockey fans might get to see a critical Team USA game on our televisions at the time that it actually happens! No more Peacock Rape! Steve Lepore, you're my hero: The USA semifinal men’s hockey game against the winner of the Czech Republic vs. Finland...
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