Official Olympic hockey thread

[Darkstone42]

Sweden's women's goalie is really good. USA is up 5-0, but it should be a lot worse.

But I'm guessing this goalie change is more about letting the backup appear in her fourth Olympics.

 

[puckhead]

Shots in the 1st period were 29-1
Fair to say that there is still a gap between top two and the rest

 

[Cobiemonster]

Thank god Team USA is playing at 12pm EST next game!

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Of course we're playing at 12 -___- Because I have a doctors appointment at 12:30 that day. The one day I was hoping we would be early morning, we're not. Just my luck.

 

[dash]

Okay Canada, time to dispose of the Swiss Misses...

 

[BlueWolfZero]

3-0 already. On our way...

 

[mattola]

Woman's hockey in this tournament is such a farce. I support all of them I do but its not even close for other countries outside Canada and the US. sure there was an upset with Sweden/US in a previous tournament but that is so flipping rare.

I really just think have them play the tournament as they should but have some crazy rule if Canada and US make the final only GOLD is up for grabs the loser gets nothing. the silver and bronze can be a seperate game between the two teams that lost to canada and the US which will happen for a long long time.

 

[dare2be]

Thank god Team USA is playing at 12pm EST next game!

Surprised the USA game isn't on USA instead of NBCSN...a lot more households get the USA network than NBCSN.

 

[pixburgher66]

I saw that it was on USA on twitter today, so not sure what the answer is there.

 

[Vadered]

Surprised the USA game isn't on USA instead of NBCSN...a lot more households get the USA network than NBCSN.

A) Does USA have an HD channel?
B) Are they deliberately putting a premier sports game on a less accessible but sports devoted channel in order to hopefully get people to order the cable packages?

 

[mattola]

im loving the swiss hanging in here. prove me wrong ladies keep it tight to the end


I said pardon

 

[pixburgher66]

A) Does USA have an HD channel?
B) Are they deliberately putting a premier sports game on a less accessible but sports devoted channel in order to hopefully get people to order the cable packages?

No clue about A, but I definitely think B is true. Sort of a double edged sword though, no? If you want good ratings and people to watch your network, you make it as accessible as possible. But, making something people want to watch just out of reach is an equally intriguing approach.

 

[mattola]

those are 2 awesome looking stadiums wow. what the hell are they going to do with them after?

 

[mattola]

canada is just letting the swiss hang around here. you have to respect the swiss on both mens and womens they have great work ethic.

 

[Cobiemonster]

A) Does USA have an HD channel?
B) Are they deliberately putting a premier sports game on a less accessible but sports devoted channel in order to hopefully get people to order the cable packages?

At least for my cable it does have an HD channel

 

[dash]

canada is just letting the swiss hang around here. you have to respect the swiss on both mens and womens they have great work ethic.

Matty, you can always bank on the Swiss giving Canada all they can handle.

 

[Darkstone42]

That Swiss goalie was incredible. Wow.

Switzerland versus Sweden could be quite the interesting goaltender battle...

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Barry Melrose hyping up MacTruck on ESPN right now I love it.

 

[dash]

That Swiss goalie was incredible. Wow.

You ain't kidding, DS. Florence Schelling is her name.

 

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