Canada outclassed USA in the preliminary round. Score was not indicative of dominance. Hope it changes tonight.
Couldn’t disagree more. The U.S. carried the play, possessed the puck and had more jump in the first meeting. The first period tonight however was all Canada.
Obvious icing just missed and probably the easiest 5 min penalty call you could imagine with Poulin head hunting in front of the net. Thought the USA did a great job to fight through that period. Let’s go USA!
Especially USH: for sending over the most disjointed, ego maniacal, individualist oriented group of athletes, but particularly both hockey teams.
Passing to an open, better shot is unheard of I guess, passing is casual and often poor, and awareness is not required.
But at least the women will get a medal.
all objectivity, the truly deserved the win and the gold! Way to go girls and how about that little spitfire Rooney?! She’s something else with that wry smile behind the mask.
After all the history between these teams, after being outplayed early, they fought and fought and fought and slayed the beast. Sick move on the winning goal. Best part of the Olympics so far.
all objectivity, the truly deserved the win and the gold! Way to go girls and how about that little spitfire Rooney?! She’s something else with that wry smile behind the mask.
agree, they were totally outplayed for the first 30 min, maybe even you could say the first 45 min Canada owned the play, but from that point on they dominated and their goalie was phenomenal.
all objectivity, the truly deserved the win and the gold! Way to go girls and how about that little spitfire Rooney?! She’s something else with that wry smile behind the mask.
agree, they were totally outplayed for the first 30 min, maybe even you could say the first 45 min Canada owned the play, but from that point on they dominated and their goalie was phenomenal.
At some point in the 2nd period they started to play with more confidence and speed. They were stringing together crisp passes and coming out of their own zone with purpose. They had Canada on their heels throughout much of the 3rd and the OT wasn’t even close. Just glad they were able to bring it home, even if it was in the so-called skills competition.
Couldn’t disagree more. The U.S. carried the play, possessed the puck and had more jump in the first meeting. The first period tonight however was all Canada.
Oh boy, Canada outplaying us right now.
captain obvious, but huge 3rd period.
Passing to an open, better shot is unheard of I guess, passing is casual and often poor, and awareness is not required.
But at least the women will get a medal.
Rooney is MVP in my mind.
agree, they were totally outplayed for the first 30 min, maybe even you could say the first 45 min Canada owned the play, but from that point on they dominated and their goalie was phenomenal.
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all objectivity, the truly deserved the win and the gold! Way to go girls and how about that little spitfire Rooney?! She’s something else with that wry smile behind the mask.
agree, they were totally outplayed for the first 30 min, maybe even you could say the first 45 min Canada owned the play, but from that point on they dominated and their goalie was phenomenal.
At some point in the 2nd period they started to play with more confidence and speed. They were stringing together crisp passes and coming out of their own zone with purpose. They had Canada on their heels throughout much of the 3rd and the OT wasn’t even close. Just glad they were able to bring it home, even if it was in the so-called skills competition.
That’s up there with Marek Malik winning a 15 round shootout for the rangers vs the capitals by shooting the puck through his own legs