2010 Winter Olympics thread...

**Grace** · 02-20-2010, 10:57 AM

And then there is Petra Majdic, a cross country skier from Slovenia.

She won the Bronze Medal in the Individual Classical Sprint with 4 broken ribs and a Pneumothorax!!

Story is here.

**RICHARD** · 02-20-2010, 03:24 PM

OMG!!!!

One of the Army Knives just scored a incredible goal - stunning!

**cassiesmom** · 02-21-2010, 08:28 PM

Here is a nice story. I hope this young man has a lot of success in his future.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olymp...el-bosco_N.htm

I'm watching the U.S. and Canada hockey game. The Blackhawks wear red jerseys so half the time I'm looking at the wrong team! On the other hand I don't guess there really is a "wrong" team because 3 Blackhawks players are on the Canadian team and one (Patrick Kane) is on the U.S. team. He was just in the game. There's been a lot of interest in hockey in Chicago ever since we had the Winter Classic last year. The sports analyst on the evening news said it may be a close game.

Edited to add: Picture of 2 Blackhawks players. Patrick Kane on left, Jonathan Toews on right. A couple of babies, they are each 21.

**RICHARD** · 02-21-2010, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by cassiesmom

Here is a nice story. I hope this young man has a lot of success in his future.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olymp...el-bosco_N.htm

I'm watching the U.S. and Canada hockey game. The Blackhawks wear red jerseys so half the time I'm looking at the wrong team! On the other hand I don't guess there really is a "wrong" team because 3 Blackhawks players are on the Canadian team and one (Patrick Kane) is on the U.S. team. He was just in the game. There's been a lot of interest in hockey in Chicago ever since we had the Winter Classic last year. The sports analyst on the evening news said it may be a close game.

Great story..

What a game, eh?

Skin the Finns!

**Puckstop31** · 02-21-2010, 09:14 PM

USA 5-3 over Canada. Insane...

What a game. Miller was freaking incredible. Brodeur.... Ehhhh, what was with the silly stick work?

**Alysser** · 02-21-2010, 09:43 PM

Waiting patiently for the short track event wednesday, I can't wait to see how Apolo Ohno does. He's definitely my favorite athlete this olympics.

**Grace** · 02-21-2010, 10:07 PM

FANTASTIC hockey game!!

Rafalski - 2 goals, 1 assist!!
Ryan Miller - super performance!!

eta:
Far as I can figure, Sid the Kid was on the ice for 3 of the USA goals. And Brian Rafalski's 4 consecutive goals, on 6 shots, equals this season's production for the Wings. And he is the oldest player on the US team

**JenBKR** · 02-22-2010, 08:45 AM

Wow - that hockey game was just amazing. Talk about exciting!

Originally Posted by Puckstop31

USA 5-3 over Canada. Insane...

What a game. Miller was freaking incredible. Brodeur.... Ehhhh, what was with the silly stick work?

I agree with you about the goalies - Miller

just Wow. Brodeur was a disappointment...don't know if he was just trying to get too fancy or what but it wasn't working for him. And what was with the 'USA' on the end of his stick? Did they figure that one out, does anyone know?

**Puckstop31** · 02-22-2010, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by JenBKR

Wow - that hockey game was just amazing. Talk about exciting!

I agree with you about the goalies - Miller

just Wow. Brodeur was a disappointment...don't know if he was just trying to get too fancy or what but it wasn't working for him. And what was with the 'USA' on the end of his stick? Did they figure that one out, does anyone know?

Yeah, that baseball bat swing at the puck right before the 2nd US goal was nuts. What the heck was he thinking? The only place it could go was back in the slot, which was crowded with people at the time. Little good can come from that. Actually, both goalies took a lot of silly chances with the poke check... 2 of the US goals were a result of a bad poke check attempt.

So says the armchair goalie... LOL Seeing that puck handling is by far the weakest part of my personal game, I guess that was easy for me to say.

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The commentators mentioned something about the USA on his stick. Something to do with the sticks being keepsakes someday or something... He wanted to know what stick was used in what game. OR, it could be he might have been thinking about taking a shot on goal if the US had to pull their goalie late. With the (silly, IMO) trapezoid gone, he was free to roam and he IS one of the best puck handling goalies in the game.

That said... I bet it was burned last night. LOL

**JenBKR** · 02-22-2010, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by cassiesmom

On the other hand I don't guess there really is a "wrong" team because 3 Blackhawks players are on the Canadian team and one (Patrick Kane) is on the U.S. team.

I'm feeling the same way - I love Crosby and would love to see him win, so in a sense I was cheering on Canada.....but of course I am always cheering for team America, and there are a few players on the USA team that I love (Orpik, Ryan Malone, although not a Pengiun anymore, is still one of my favorites and a native of Pittsburgh). My husband was laughing at me because I cheered every goal, no matter which team scored