Re: The 2010 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
absolutely agreeThis is one of the most exciting hockey games I've ever seen.![]()
absolutely agreeThis is one of the most exciting hockey games I've ever seen.![]()
congratulations to the Canadian team - I couldn't work up any venom for the Canadians - so many have been the players I've watched every year. I just wish there was something more the college grads could do that would keep their immense talents in the world view.
Ok, but give the US credit for winning World Championships in 2005, 2008. 2009 (and they'd lost every championship before that). Surely the US program is in a much better position than 4 years ago. It's not like the overall gap between Canada and the US is widening, even though the Olympic gold medal count is.I feel the same. While I'm disappointed for Team USA, with Jen Botterill and Sarah Vallaincourt playing for Team Canada, there is small solace in their taking the gold. But frankly, Canada is now dominating women's hockey having won the last three golds. Yes, the US can play with them but beating them is another matter altogether.
I am disappointed it wasn't a closer game. Yes, the play was exciting, but I pretty much felt the outcome wasn't much in doubt after the US whiffed on the second 5-on-3 early in the 2nd.
Agreed, this was the critical moment.
What an amazing game though.
I am disappointed it wasn't a closer game. Yes, the play was exciting, but I pretty much felt the outcome wasn't much in doubt after the US whiffed on the second 5-on-3 early in the 2nd.
They ambled back onto the ice an hour after the medal ceremony, swigging champagne and beer and smoking cigars. While Meghan Agosta and Marie-Philip Poulin posed for pictures with goofy grins, Rebecca Johnston tried to drive the ice-resurfacing machine.
Long after the crowds had gone, 14 players returned to the ice and toasted each other with bottles of champagne and cans of beer. Haley Irwin poured a drink into Tessa Bonhomme's mouth and Agosta and others enjoyed cigars, the smoke wafting up into the stands.
Gilbert Felli, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, said he wasn't aware of the celebration until informed by an AP reporter.
"If that's the case, that is not good. It is not what we want to see," he said. "I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values. If they celebrate in the changing room, that's one thing, but not in public.
"We will investigate what happened. We will talk to the federation and the NOC. We will first find the facts and then act accordingly," he said.
Canada shuts out Americans, claims gold in women's hockey
Next Volly in the US-Canada rivalry?
Being in the building for this I can tell you that yes the crowds were gone when this occurred however there were still quite a few people, family members of players and children present for the actions described above.
Now on to the Men's action....
Men play Hockey?![]()