Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

[bukie]

Olympic Hockey

 

All-Star Team

 

 

Goaltender: Ryan MILLER (USA)

 

Defenceman: Brian RAFALSKI (USA)

 

Defenceman: Shea WEBER (CAN)

 

Forward: Pavol DEMITRA (SVK)

 

Forward: Jonathan TOEWS (CAN)

 

Forward: Zach PARISE (USA)

 

Most valuable player: Ryan MILLER (USA)

 

 

Tournament Directorate Best Player Awards

 

 

Goaltender: Ryan MILLER (USA)

 

Defenceman: Brian RAFALSKI (USA)

 

Forward: Jonathan TOEWS (CAN)

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 

Tournament Directorate Best Player Awards

Forward: Jonathan TOEWS (CAN)

:yahoo:

[bukie]

 

Tournament Directorate Best Player Awards

Forward: Jonathan TOEWS (CAN)

:yahoo:

Being named best forward in that tournament is a huge honor.

[kujay]

 

Tournament Directorate Best Player Awards

Forward: Jonathan TOEWS (CAN)

:yahoo:

Being named best forward in that tournament is a huge honor.

 

Very well deserved.

[biittner77]

USA Canada was everything that Canada -Russia was supposed to be but with fewer goals scored.

 

It's important to remember that if the US hadn't beaten Canada they might not have even won a medal.

 

I was disappointed that Toews didn't get more love from the Canadian crowd. He was their best player throughout the tournament but he got about the same applause as Seabrook.

[chuckywang]

Toews was not on the ice for a single goal against.

[Careless]

Nearly half of the Canadian population watched the entire game on average, while 80 percent of Canadians watched some part of the game

They were a million short from the American viewership

[jersey cubs fan]

USA Canada was everything that Canada -Russia was supposed to be but with fewer goals scored.

 

It's important to remember that if the US hadn't beaten Canada they might not have even won a medal.

 

I was disappointed that Toews didn't get more love from the Canadian crowd. He was their best player throughout the tournament but he got about the same applause as Seabrook.

 

I thought he got a pretty nice ovation that stood out from most.

[jersey cubs fan]

Even though I'm saying this as a casual fan at best, hockey is a lot more engrossing without the fighting. That game was so streamlined and thrilling it was ridiculous.

 

I think the fighting has nothing to do with it. This game felt streamlined and thrilling because there were barely any commercials, and I believe none in the 3rd period and OT, it was filled with the best players in the game, and it was US/Canada for gold in Canada. Very few NHL games are actually marred by fighting. At most there's one short battle that ends quickly and they go on from there.

[17 Seconds]

yeah, fighting had nothing to do with it. it seems like casual fans think that there are a ton of fights every game or something. there aren't.

 

it felt different because of lack of commercials

[Soul]

Toews was not on the ice for a single goal against.

 

He is one hell of a player.

[biittner77]

USA Canada was everything that Canada -Russia was supposed to be but with fewer goals scored.

 

It's important to remember that if the US hadn't beaten Canada they might not have even won a medal.

 

I was disappointed that Toews didn't get more love from the Canadian crowd. He was their best player throughout the tournament but he got about the same applause as Seabrook.

 

I thought he got a pretty nice ovation that stood out from most.

 

He deserved the same ovation that Miller got.

[Mike Aller]

kinda nsfw, but hehe regardless:

 

http://static.funnyjunk.com/gifs/luge_suit_tears.gif

 

[NCCubFan]

kinda nsfw, but hehe regardless:

 

http://static.funnyjunk.com/gifs/luge_suit_tears.gif

Oops.

[Sammys Boombox]

Ryan Miller gets a louder ovation in Pittsburgh than Sidney Crosby tonight.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4960646

[chuckywang]

Ryan Miller gets a louder ovation in Pittsburgh than Sidney Crosby tonight.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4960646

 

Well deserved and not much of a surprise to be honest.