2010 Winter Olympics
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Per Yahoo!:
On an uncommon night when the biggest cheers were for an opposing player who didn’t step on the ice, the Pittsburgh Penguins kept the Buffalo Sabres in their pre-Olympic slump.
Sidney Crosby? He didn’t star in his first game since winning the Olympics for Canada, but the Penguins still had enough offense to beat the [...]
Canada wins Olympic Gold Medal!
Monday, March 1st, 2010Per NHL.com:
Step aside Paul Henderson, you no longer have the most important goal in Canadian hockey history.
Thirty-eight years after Henderson’s goal in Moscow clinched a Summit Series victory for Canada, Sidney Crosby became the newest sports uber-hero in his country.
Isn’t that just fitting?
“Sid The Kid” has been Canada’s most visible and important athlete since Wayne [...]
Ryan Miller prank call to MSNBC
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Canada sneaks past Slovakia to force rematch with USA!
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Per The Province:
Shortly after he’d almost caused a nation-wide cardiac episode, Roberto Luongo was asked to describe the final couple of minutes of Team Canada’s semifinal against the Slovaks.
“Fun,” he said. “It was a lot of fun.”
Fun? Friday night was fun?
“It was the most fun I’ve ever had,” he said.
Which just means play dates at [...]
Team USA embarresses Finland to move onto Gold Medal Game!
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Per NHL.com:
Team USA parlayed the most complete 13 minutes of hockey it has played in this Olympic tournament into a 60-minute date with destiny on Sunday.
The rabid Americans torched a usually reliable Finland team for a half-dozen goals by the time 12:46 had elapsed in the first period of Friday’s semifinal before cruising to an [...]
Canadian women makes asses out of themselves…embarrass themselves and country
Friday, February 26th, 2010Finland sneaks past Czech for a date with Team USA
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Per Nesn:
The Czech Republic finished its quarterfinal matchup with Finland with zero goals and six penalties. Needless to say, the Czechs are on their way home from Vancouver.
Miikka Kiprusoff stood up to all 31 Czech shots, backstopping Finland to a 2-0 victory over the Czechs. Finland will go on to face the United States on [...]
Slovakia upsets Sweden to move on to face Canada!
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Per NHL.com:
Pavol Demitra called it the biggest win in Slovakia’s ice hockey history and it’s hard to disagree with him.
Hours after Canada steamrolled the Russians here at Canada Hockey Place to earn a berth in the semifinals, Slovakia stunned Sweden, 4-3, winning the right to try to take down the big bad Canadians on Friday [...]