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  11. 2014 Olympic Hockey

    in Sports Talk

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    I honestly dont think Canada has what it takes to win against USA today. I hope I am wrong. We will have to wait n see.

    I think they're proving you wrong at the moment lol. Where was this team when they were playing Latvia?

    It's the same team. Did you not see what happened to the Latvian goalie? He collapsed in the third period from exhaustion, they had to get the trainers out on the ice to cool him down. Canada shelled him all game, he played one of the best games as a goalie in hockey history.

  12. 2014 Olympic Hockey

    in Sports Talk

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    They were hacking at the goalies the entire dam game and none of it was called. The ref pulled that right out of his ass and that wasn't even a slash. It was a meager attempt to play the puck BOO FUCKING HOO. I don't care if USA lost it doesn't matter who woop de doo. Ya'll would have been bitching if that puck didn't hit the post cause the ref got in ya'lls way. Yes protect your goalie, but cross checking to the face? Negative. I guess sneezing near the goalie constitutes as a penalty at this point right? Yes bravo for them coming back and making the game interesting and Team USA shouldn't have let that happen, BUT ref's determining the outcome of the game ain't right and its disheartening. That penalty is as questionable as it gets and should never have been called unless its obvious and it wasn't. By the way cross checking someone in the face while they are already on the ground is still a no no.

    It's fun to see biased opinions come into play. Let's talk goalie interference, how about those two non-calls that never happened when USA players body checked our goalie behind and in front of the net. You can go back and forth on calls and miscalls, but at the end of the day both sides were even with their misfortunes. Team USA isn't blaming the refs (which by the way are women, not men Mamora), they are blaming themselves for letting it get away from them. The officials had no influence on the goals scored by the Canadians in the third period that went on to force overtime, that was the younger USA team cracking under the pressure. The officials weren't the ones that gave Canada a breakaway in overtime that led to a penalty, it was Team USA's defense. So before you start diminishing an amazing Canadian women's team effort, question your hockey IQ a little bit because you're basing the outcome solely on the officiating rather than the accomplishments of both teams. Canada beat the US once already in the preliminary round and they've won the gold medal 4 times in a row, so don't automatically conclude that officiating decided this outcome. The psychological side of sports plays a huge factor in games, if you were part of Team USA and Canada scored late wouldn't doubt creep into your mind? Especially if you're a 20-some year old player that knows how good Canada can be? USA beat themselves, I can equate this game to last year's NHL playoffs game 7 Toronto versus Boston. Boston didn't beat Toronto, Toronto beat themselves by letting the pressure get to them. Both sides can argue non-calls, at the end of the day Team Canada came back in the third period and had the momentum in overtime which led to a breakaway that ultimately ended the game.

  14. Bill Nye debates Ken Ham

    in Politics?

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    Why can't religion and science get a long? We are actually hundreds of years behind in science because the Catholic Church banned it in the middle ages. Think of what we could have accomplished in science and the kind of world we could have been living in if that didn't happen?

  16. 2014 Olympic Hockey

    in Sports Talk

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    Does anyone else think that letting Professionals play in the Olympic's has ruined it?

    How has it ruined it? The Olympics are about the best athletes in the world competing for gold. Professional hockey players are the best in the world and they want to represent their country just like every other Olympian. Not letting the best players play is not a true representation of what a country has to offer. In 1998, the NHL and IOC came to an agreement to allow professional hockey players to compete in the Olympics for their countries. Before that, the USSR dominated the Olympics because they were not technically professional players, they were part of the Red Army and were therefore being paid for their service to their country rather than being paid to play hockey. This arrangement allowed them to play together all the time, build team chemistry, and not worry about anything else except hockey. I don't know about you but I don't like that type of circumvention to the rules which leads to years of unfair advantages. Allowing every country to be represented by the best players they have to offer is what the Olympics are all about, and for that there's nothing else I'd rather watch.

  17. 2014 Olympic Hockey

    in Sports Talk

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    I feel that third goal by Russia should have counted. Quick was the one who moved the net and the net was off by less than an inch. Good game nonetheless, both teams got a point and T.J. Oshie + Jonathan Quick got the second point for USA.

  25. What's on the box?

    in The Slope Chute

    Posted

    My favorites, can't go wrong with any of these:

    Sons of Anarchy

    Game of Thrones

    House of Cards

    Suits

    Rescue Me

    Mad Men

    Entourage

    Prison Break

    Homeland

    Firefly

    Rome

    Boardwalk Empire

    Band of Brothers

    The Pacific

    Walking Dead

    Hell on Wheels

    The Following

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