SPOILER- USA vs RUSSIA men's hockey. SPOILER!!

[Are_grits_groceries]

SHOOTOUT!

USA wins! 3-2

[The Straight Story]

1. Figures, damn gun nut humpers get in a shoot out with russians

[aikoaiko]

9. banz the high-powered puck.

[The Straight Story]

13. And make then use smaller sticks. No one needs those big ones

they are just over-compensating for other short comings.

[big_dog]

25. high powered puck goes BOOOOOOOOOOM!! (in the russian net)

[elfin]

2. What a game!

Wish it were the final game for the gold..

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Amen!

But when you know you can beat them, it has to help their confidence?

T.J.OSHIE!!!

[maddezmom]

4. Great game

And the first Olympic thing I have watched.

[OKNancy]

8. it was, wasn't it?

I don't watch hockey much ( I'm a figure skating kind of gal) but wow! that was so exciting.

[narnian60]

11. +1 nt

[maddezmom]

19. I saw USA win at Lake Placid

So since have always watched as many hockey games as I can. I do love the ice skating tho.

[The Straight Story]

5. Putin's reaction:

[HappyMe]

12. Heh heh!

Poor Pooty.

[Fla Dem]

33. You vill all spend time in the gulag! nt

[ileus]

6. Was that live just now...

I would have been more excited if I'd realized that. LOL


It was a great ending for sure...I thought they had us there for a few minutes.

[steve2470]

7. awesome ! nt

[narnian60]

10. I loved it when

the announcer called it a "tremendously tremendous" game.

[The Straight Story]

14. Another pic from the game:

[big_dog]

31. Oshie for the win

[Brickbat]

39. Minnesota boy!

[Botany]

36. T.J. Oshie

I think his ship has just come in ..... looks, talent, and he is a cold blooded too.

[big_dog]

41. a new american hero!

[Botany]

50. He shoots .... he scores!

[postulater]

15. It didn't seem like hockey to me. I didn't see any brawls. Aren't there usually brawls in hockey

where they stop the game and watch them beat each other up for several minutes?

This seemed almost genteel.

[iandhr]

16. In international rules you get tossed for fighting.

[postulater]

18. As it should be. I would watch more if it wasn't fit the brawls.

That was exciting. The athletes were great. And I appreciate the sportsmanship of both teams.

[bluedigger]

34. Try college hockey.

They aren't allowed to fight there, either.

[iandhr]

45. Are you familiar with Hockey East.

[bluedigger]

46. Go Black Bears!

Olympian Jimmy Howard

[iandhr]

47. I am a Catamount.

I saw a fair share of fights at The Gut.

[bluedigger]

49. Before or after their program got suspended.

Most fights I've seen usually resulted in the players getting tossed; it's fair to say college hockey isn't fight-free, but it's a lot less than the pros.

[iandhr]

51. Sure

I was there afterward

I saw Victor Stalberg (currently with Chicago) play when I was there.

[bluedigger]

52. The Catamounts are having a decent year.

Right on the playoff bubble with the Black Bears.

[Logical]

32. Pros should be the same nt

[groundloop]

20. Yes, there was an altercation 4 1/2 minutes into the first period

And hey, I know that we won and I was excited as hell about that, but we got very very luck with the disallowed goal. In the NHL that goal (for Russia) would have counted.

[penultimate]

17. Dammit, I missed it...

The last Olympic game I really wanted to watch was the US/Canada hockey match back a few years ago...

[A Simple Game]

21. I quit caring when the pros started playing. n/t

[badtoworse]

22. It was a great game - I watched it.

[Bluzmann57]

24. One heckuva game.

Thoroughly entertaining and team USA won. Good way to start the day.

[squareandcompass]

26. Why do you watch Sports.

Sports is a tool of mass distrasction. People who watch it waste their time and energy. Read here http://endalltyranny.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/sports-is-a-corporate-circus/

[big_dog]

28. Miracle on Ice

The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22. The United States national team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet Union national team, which had won the gold medal in six of the seven previous Olympic games.

Team USA went on to win the gold medal by winning its last match over Finland. The Soviet Union took the silver medal by beating Sweden in its final game. In 1999, Sports Illustrated named the "Miracle on Ice" the Top Sports Moment of the 20th Century.[1] As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) chose the "Miracle on Ice" as the century's number-one international ice hockey story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice

[Rhythm]

29. I am a sports spectator (but specifically and ~only~ ice hockey) because...

...due to my physical limitations, i can no longer PLAY the sport that i love so much...

I go to local college games, and catch an occasional game on TV because i live vicariously through those who ~can~ shred the ice and stop the pucks like i used to...

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Honestly, Squareandcompass, ALL forms of the entertainment industry can be said to be 'tools of mass distraction' in one form or another...

Welcome to DU, btw...

[Lizzie Poppet]

30. Almost as much of "a waste of time and energy" as trolling a celebratory thread.

Just sayn'...

[Rhythm]

44. I was thinking similarly...

I mean, you register a name and all in order to make THIS ONE f'ing post?!?

srsly?!?

[HappyMe]

35. Your post is distracting from the fun.

[Cali_Democrat]

38. LOL

[OKNancy]

42. so is dance, art, opera, reading fiction

television, sitting on the internet and lecturing others about their pastimes.

[Jamaal510]

48. +1

[Rhythm]

27. YES!!!!!

[grasswire]

37. Reportedly, hockey gold matters most to the Russians.

They REALLY want to win the gold.

[big_dog]

40. hockey means more to them then the rest of the olympics combined

so this is a big loss for them today

[Puha Ekapi]

43. Heheh...