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The 2010 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

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Blackbeard said:
Regardless of the score, it is a great accomplishment for her team to be in the Games.
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And hopefully the Olympic exposure inspires countries like Slovakia, both in terms of young girls taking up the game and the hockey organization putting a solid system in place for women. Because until they do, games involving the bottom of the pool don't do much to promote the sport to the world.
 
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This game saddened me......

I mean, it actually played out pretty much as I expected it would, and I have no doubt that every player on both teams simply played their hearts out and gave their best individual effort, however....

Games like this give me pause, as I can't help but foresee the next round of conversations as to whether women's hockey will continue to qualify as an Olympic sport.

Nobody's fault...it is what it is.

Congrats to Slovakia and Tomcikova. It was a pleasure to see her in person this season as a BSU Beaver, and a pleasure to see her work hard straight through the 60th minute last night. Congrats to Team Canada for simply doing so well at what you've trained so hard to do.

Still, bummer for the future. :(
 
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Eight minutes in... USA leads 1-0 on a goal by Ruggiero and shots are 7-0. :cool:

EDIT: Stack makes it 2-0 at 9:58 on a beautiful feed from Chu.
 
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The refs will give China more extra PPs so they get a chance to score. The slashing call was comical to put it lightly. 15-0 is my guess...
 
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candycanes99 said:
The refs will give China more extra PPs so they get a chance to score. The slashing call was comical to put it lightly. 15-0 is my guess...
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Well the shots are now 19-1. :rolleyes: And the US is back on a PP.

EDIT: Duggan scores on the PP to make it 4-0. Potter had scored the third US goal.

EDIT #2: And make it 5-0 as Potter scores her second, the second US goal in 21 seconds.
 
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Not even done with 1 yet..........

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Second period: Potter completes the hat trick, Chesson scores, and JLam dekes out the Chinese goaltender with a between-her-own-legs effort to make it 8-0 Team USA.

The big story of the period is that Erika Lawler was injured racing for a loose puck... she eventually went back to the locker room, but came back out before the end of the period. Hopefully she'll be alright.
 
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CrazyDave said:
Second period: Potter completes the hat trick, Chesson scores, and JLam dekes out the Chinese goaltender with a between-her-own-legs effort to make it 8-0 Team USA.

The big story of the period is that Erika Lawler was injured racing for a loose puck... she eventually went back to the locker room, but came back out before the end of the period. Hopefully she'll be alright.
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was a nice clip of Lawler dancing lol
 
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CrazyDave said:
Second period: Potter completes the hat trick, Chesson scores, and JLam dekes out the Chinese goaltender with a between-her-own-legs effort to make it 8-0 Team USA.

The big story of the period is that Erika Lawler was injured racing for a loose puck... she eventually went back to the locker room, but came back out before the end of the period. Hopefully she'll be alright.
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That goal was sick. Hope the locker room visit was just precautionary, but no need for her to play in the third unless they just want her to see how she feels for a shift.
 
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JLam's goal was one of the prettiest women's hockey goals I've ever seen.

Very very impressive!:cool:

I need two more goals though in the game so I win my pick in Vancouver pick'em in this game:p

Run it up girls!
 
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Third period: four more US goals -- Duggan, Engstrom, Darwitz, and Chu -- and Jin Fengling gets China on the score sheet. FINAL: USA 12, China 1.

Brianne McLaughlin came in to relieve Schaus with the US up 10-0 at the time. But China scored on their fourth PP opportunity, drawing a roar from the crowd and a big fist pump from goal scorer Jin.

Final shot totals were 61-7.
 
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IceIsNice said:
This game saddened me......

I mean, it actually played out pretty much as I expected it would, and I have no doubt that every player on both teams simply played their hearts out and gave their best individual effort, however....

Games like this give me pause, as I can't help but foresee the next round of conversations as to whether women's hockey will continue to qualify as an Olympic sport.

Nobody's fault...it is what it is.

Congrats to Slovakia and Tomcikova. It was a pleasure to see her in person this season as a BSU Beaver, and a pleasure to see her work hard straight through the 60th minute last night. Congrats to Team Canada for simply doing so well at what you've trained so hard to do.

Still, bummer for the future. :(
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Oh, whatever. There are always conversations. Sportswriters will whine having to cover these prelim games (though I'm actually happy to find few such columns this year -- they're getting to be old hat). There's little marginal difference between 12-0 and 18-0. Nothing will happen.

The fact is, hockey is the only team sport at the Olympic games. The Winter Olympics will have women's hockey as long as men's hockey is an Olympic sport.

A lot of people will compare women's hockey to softball. The huge difference is that the Summer Olympics program is saturated. Softball is an event that needs its own specialized facility, and it's not played in Europe which has the most political power in the IOC. In contrast, the Winter Olympics program is light in comparison, women's hockey obviously shares a facility with men's hockey and no Winter Olympics host minds having to have a hockey rink, and of course it's played in Europe.

You have absolutely nothing to worry about.
 
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dave1381 said:
Oh, whatever. There are always conversations. Sportswriters will whine having to cover these prelim games (though I'm actually happy to find few such columns this year -- they're getting to be old hat). There's little marginal difference between 12-0 and 18-0. Nothing will happen.
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I didn't mean that in a Canada vs. US sense.... Today's US result makes me equally sad for the same reason. All the money and time spent to train and prepare, only to obliterate your opponent in a rout seems like a complete waste of time and money.

I'm excited and hopeful to see the US and Canada ultimately meet, but....to call it a tournament and have only two truly competitive teams just doesn't make sense. And so, if that should become the viewpoint of the IOC, I'd have to say...I get it!

dave1381 said:
The fact is, hockey is the only team sport at the Olympic games. The Winter Olympics will have women's hockey as long as men's hockey is an Olympic sport.

You have absolutely nothing to worry about.
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You're probably right, but still, it would be so much better to see several other countries catch up and really challenge.
 
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Considering that Slovakia humiliated Bulgaria 82-0 (that is NOT a typo) in a qualifying game, I was OK with the Canadians putting up 18....

More impressive was the ovation the crowd gave the losing team as they left the ice....
 
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Update on Erika Lawler, she expects to play Tuesday against Finland.

:)

Said she would have played more vs. China but the trainers and her coaches preferred that she take it easy for the rest of the day.
 
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