Game Thread: Bronze Medal Game: USA vs. FInland

[MrChangoT97]

You win as a team, lose as a team.

Team USA just didn't have the legs today. Maybe they peaked too early.

 

[BlueWolfZero]

I love how everyone blames Kane like it is his fault. How about everyone not taking stupid penalties and people being able to kill a power play?

There's always has to be a scapegoat...

 

[awaz]

You win as a team, lose as a team.

Team USA just didn't have the legs today. Maybe they peaked too early.

Oh ya, no question. The US wasn't going to win that game today regardless of how any individual played. As a team that were badly outplayed. I was just saying Kane had an especially tough time.

 

[dash]

You win as a team, lose as a team.

Team USA just didn't have the legs today. Maybe they peaked too early.

It's really tough for North American teams to get motivated for bronze medal games. I've seen Team Canada put in a lot of clunkers over the years at the World Hockey Championships as well as the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. Finland is "used" for lack of a better word to playing in bronze medal games and they wanted it for Teemu today.

 

[quoipourquoi]

BBC: The players didn't want to do this for Selanne; Selanne wanted to do this for his country.

/tears

 

[sherbert1421]

embarrassing effort by the US. i know it's only for bronze, but show some damn pride at least

 

[antone112]

What a fucking embarrassment. Playing for an olympic medal and you put forth that kind of effort. hundreds of athletes in Sochi would kill for a bronze medal. Top on down, pathetic!

 

[quoipourquoi]

It's really tough for North American teams to get motivated for bronze medal games. I've seen Team Canada put in a lot of clunkers over the years at the World Hockey Championships as well as the 2006 Olympics in Torino.

It's definitely that Stanley Cup mentality (remember the 1998 Bronze against Finland?), where they check out because they invested so much into the previous day's game. In a way, I understand. But if a team has the right leaders and coaches in the room, I don't know that this should happen. We all know Marc Crawford wasn't going to be that coach in 1998. I didn't think Dan Bylsma would be in that boat though.

 

[puckhead]

bah. snack goals kill the 'under'.

congrats Suomi

 

[quoipourquoi]

 

[mattola]

It's really tough for North American teams to get motivated for bronze medal games. I've seen Team Canada put in a lot of clunkers over the years at the World Hockey Championships as well as the 2006 Olympics in Torino. Finland is "used" for lack of a better word to playing in bronze medal games and they wanted it for Teemu today.

Was. Canada in a bronze medal game in Torino? I didn't think so

Nagano yes and they were abysmal

 

[mattola]

Yeah we lost to Russia in the quarter finals Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[dash]

Was. Canada in a bronze medal game in Torino? I didn't think so

Nagano yes and they were abysmal

Good catch Matty, I got my Olympics mixed up and edited my post above.

 

[mattola]

Good catch Matty, I got my Olympics mixed up and edited my post above.

It's very easy to forget that tourney

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Oh noes ... Stats nerd mafia r probably gonna start saying pdo is a strong indicator of short term performance im awaiting that thesis

Usa pdo prior to canada game 114.3

After the bronze medal game 103.8

REVERTING TO THE MEAN !!!!!!! Arrrrrrrregghhhhhh!!!!

Getting shutout six straight periods and giving up so many v finland will do rhat to yah

 

[puckhead]

PDO useless over a short tourney no?
I thought that was one of the basic premises.
anyone who quotes PDA should know that.

goalies get hot, shooters get cold. not sustainable over full season (minnesota, toronto)
but certainly is over a week or two.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

PDO useless over a short tourney no?
I thought that was one of the basic premises.
anyone who quotes PDA should know that.

goalies get hot, shooters get cold. not sustainable over full season (minnesota, toronto)
but certainly is over a week or two.

Its called a joke

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

I blame Bylsma, Orpik, and Martin

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Forgot the game was on. Guess I don't have to watch the replay.

 

[bt08]

Congrats to Finland and Tuuks on the shutout