Don't forget about short track speed skating!

That's my personal greatest sports moment for sure, with Joe Carter's HR.

Nothing like winning the cold war, baby. :doh!::D

No reason to feel bad aboot it. The Canadians were far superior to the United States. It's hockey for crying out loud. The US can't hold Canada's jock in hockey.

Let's not lose perspective:
http://stuffandthingsblog.files.word...t-tshirt-1.jpg

That picture makes the US look like a drooling reatrd with a ski jump nose.
Anyone else see it?!?:shrug:

first televised hockey game I've ever watched all of. Too bad we lost.

Great game. Good for Canada. None of these games count since they all went pro anyway...

It should be pointed out that it might be smart to stay off the roads if you're in Canada tonight.

You don't like me pointing out his use of the word?

mmaddog
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I get it. I don't disagree with you. But it seems like you do more posting on this forum when you're arguing with people about that word than you do participating in actual conversation.

Really?

I'm sorry I don't meet the "positive to negative" proper quotient needed....

And if you really look at the number of times that word is used here that I just overlook maybe you wouldn't feel that way.

And I am a reasonable person....if you can show me where my arguing posts about this word is much greater than the other posts I do here, I will be glad to refrain from saying anything about about the word for the remaining portion of 2010.

mmaddog
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These Canadiens are acting like they just won the Super Bowl. It's hockey, and you won a 12 team, 2 week tournament. Settle down now. I never understood the fascination for hockey all of those Canadiens have.

Stop whining. This is their Super Bowl.

Just to reiterate my point....out of my last 200 posts (going back to December) i have 4 posts about this issue and 2 were from the same thread.

But since my harping seems to bother everyone I will refrain from pointing this out going forward.

Sorry if I offended.

mmaddog
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You got that right. This was like an NHL All Star game

Really? This isn't even the most popular winter olympic sport. Why the fascination from the Canadiens?

NHL All Star games are boring and played without intensity or hitting. That was one of the best hockey games ever played in terms of talent and effort.

Why do they change the rules in OT? That just seems stupid. That would be like switching to 7 on 7 in OT in the NFL.

A couple of things, asshole.

#1. It's Canadians. Canadien refers to people from the French part of Canada.

#2. Hockey is by far the most popular winter sport.

#3. Are you seriously asking why Canadians are fascinated with the sport that they are best at? Should we ask next why Americans enjoy watching football or baseball?

Yeah because the losers of the All-Star game are always holding back tears in the aftermath, eh?

Moron...

To make it more exciting and allow for a goal to be scored, instead of going to a shootout.

In the playoffs, however, they don't go to 4 on 4. They just play 5 on 5 until someone scores. That can take a while.

So the winner is not the best team at what they have been playing the whole tournament. Its who can play the best 4 on 4. Plus shootouts are stupid in both Hockey and Soccer. Just play sudden death until somebody wins.

Canada was the best team in this tournament, I doubt playing 5 on 5 instead would have changed the result.

However, I agree with you about the concept of shootouts.

I guess that makes sense. It's kind of like marathons in Africa then? Since they are good they find it interesting but the rest of the world goes on like nothing happened. The difference is the World Series and the Super Bowl are actually watched around the world.

And yet you are here whining about it and trying to downplay their victory. It apparently meant enough to you to come be an asshole about it.

Nobody cares about football outside of North America.

So are the Olympics. :doh!:

He's on a roll! I hope he doesn't stop now.

That $100 million Canada invested in their Olympic coaches and facilities really paid off.

I'm really not whining at all. Sorry if you think I'm trying to be a dick. I just really never understood the obsession of Canadian hockey fans. I have a few friends from Canada and they are the only people I know who care about the NHL at all and they are die hards about it. It was more of a question. I guess I just don't understand the culture up there. I didn't even watch the game so I really could care less about it. I'm glad Canada won since they care so much about it.

I was referring to pros vs pros. The Miracle on Ice was seasoned championship pros against a rag tag group of college kids that hadn't played together as a team. That was one of the all time great victories in sports history.

Certain olympic events are watched in different countries but I can guarantee their weren't too many countries tuned into the hockey match today.

stick it up your ass douche. I was referring to pros against pros

Most people in the world don't watch football and don't understand the American obsession with it (in fact, football is a different sport). But I guess we should downplay the Super Bowl when it occurs every year.

Good. So am I.

They've gotta put all those taxes somewhere, no?

Fair enough. I didn't realize it was bigger than football up there. Like I said it was merely a question. Is youth hockey bigger than youth football and baseball up there too?

Yes. I played hockey from the time I was 4 years old until I grew tired of it in my late teens. It's undoubtedly the sport I'm best at, but I haven't played it for years. That goes for most people who live there...the best athletes play it.

So when America wins gold in basketball (or loses, nothing's set in stone) are you going to say it's a meaningless All-Star game?

Get over it dude, the Olympics have been about pro athletes for well over a decade; it's not about amateurs anymore. maybe it should be, but as it stands right now it isn't.

Your guys lost. They played a helluva game. Don't try and trivialize the achievement as a meaningless All-Star game because you're butthurt.

Let's simmer it down a bit, I don't think he was trying to downplay the win. He's just saying Miracle on Ice was bigger, and I would agree. Just as Canada's win over the Soviets in 1972 was probably bigger than this.

That seems crazy to me. We don't even have one high school hockey team in Missouri I don't think. I'm sure the weather plays a big part in it. I suppose this is the reason we never get to see much of you Canucks in the summer games I suppose. You're wasting all that talent on ice skating events. :p

Not surprisingly, it's much more popular in areas where you could conceivably do the sport outside. There are a lot of K-12 hockey teams around here.

Indeed. A lot of it has to do with funding as well, though. Canada doesn't put much money into their summer sports. However, oddly, the two family members of mine that have been in the Olympics for Canada were both in summer sports (discus and rowing).

I would agree as well, as far as political significance and whatnot goes. This is still a pretty big deal though, as without a hockey gold, the Olympics would've felt kinda hollow for many Canadians.

I'm not trivializing it. It was a great game between the two best teams in the tournament who both lost one game; to each other. You seem to have trouble with your reading comprehension. I was responding to JD's post about it being between pro hockey players and if the US won it would have not been on the same level at the 1980 team winning the gold. Is that clear enough for you?

Yes we do, there are teams in both KC and St. Louis.

Really? I guess that shows how popular it is around here. :LOL: Private schools I assume?

Dude are you serious? Have you ever been to Europe?

Some but not all. I know Park Hill has a team.

There's close to 50 high schools with sanctioned teams in STL, with another 20 or so that are considered "club" teams.

Less than 10 are private schools.

You keep saying that, but you're 1-1 against the U.S. Not only that but the game you won was in overtime with a rules change. Quit acting like Canada was just the far superior team. Whether that's the truth or not, America gave them all they could handle and then some.

I tried finding something about hockey on the MSHSAA website but all they have is Field Hockey. Are you sure it goes through the high school or is it just club teams?

You did watch both games, right? Canada outplayed the Americans in both of them, and would have continued to outplay them in future games. The better team usually wins, and as I mentioned before, if you play more games, the variation of luck is removed. That goes for any sport and any team.

They are the far superior team, I don't have to act like they aren't. Where, though, have I given the impression that I'm disrespecting the American team?

THAT

KC connection: what equipment was Miller wearing? his sabres gear. what he knows and what he's comfortable in. Not luongo. he's out there in brand new stuff, droppin puck after puck with his NEW glove. biggest game of his career and hes breaking new gear in and for what? so white looks better than canucks green and blue? what a fool! he dropped that easy wrister in the last minute , they never got the puck back til it was in the net. he dropped 4-5 glove saves and crosby bailed his ass out. media sayin he was fightin the puck- uhhh, yeah, thats what happens when you break new gear in. jack ass luongo- what a chump.

I never said Luongo played that well in this game. That was probably one of the reasons.

Well, it's huge for Canada and if the US couldn't win it, I'm glad it was Canada that did. Congrats

I'm not on the attack-just an observation. also closing ceremonies suck-unless your a chick

This was a great historical event. Canada deserved it. Good shit.

Just think Crosby and the Penguins were [thisclose] to moving to Kansas City

You really think KC had a legit shot? I think Lemieux used KC as leverage.

The Penguins would've moved to Hamilton before they moved to KC... take heart though, the Thrashers are for sale and whoever gets them isn't going to have to pay Ilya Kovalchuk 110 million dollars! Great for a franchise in a new market :D

Canada was the far superior team, it's not even debatable. That doesn't mean the victory by the US doesn't count, but Canada had way more talent.

i think all the bastards that make money playing in the U.S.A but turn around and stab us in the back by helping cananda beat us should be pummeled in the nuts with a frozen sea bass.

Both self proclaimed "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" winning events, but other than the NFL going to Mexico once, England a few times it's just the USA who plays in the league (NFL Europe is just that) Still can't understand how a ONE country sport creates WORLD championships???
As for baseball, only 2 countrys playing for the "WORLD SERIES" are teams from Canada, and USA,
Again, How do you get "WORLD" champions from this?
Our boys played hard, gelled in 2 weeks, and beat people from OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

I may hate hockey, but don't be dissen us cuz we smoked yer azz's. I can only wonder how much friggen crow would have been slug on this board if Your Red/white & Blue boy's had won.

BTW
Joking or not all them "F**K Canada" remarks a few pages back can be shoved right back up the chit chutes they came out of 4321

If Canada is so great why do most of their players work in the U.S.?

Because you havent got enough players down there to make a team LMAO

Hey, I like watching the Winnipeg Jets and the Quebec Nordiques and... uh, never mind. :D

Cool. Hope it translates to at least a short-term jump in overall hockey viewership, but I wouldn't count on it.

You want to see something else interesting... when you break it down by individual markets, it's amazing how well it did. It got a 50+ share in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Minneapolis. That means over half of the TV's that were watching TV were tuned to the game.

But also, the game did tremendously well in KC... 12th highest in the country.

http://puckthemedia.wordpress.com/20...ld-medal-game/

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Maybe not for American fans. :)