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GDT: Gold Medal Game • Jan. 5 • Canada 5, United States 6 (OT) • Part #4
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Thank you Elon!
actually i too was being sarcastic...but if i was JC, and with all that respectful chanting towards him as you claim, i would have done something to that crowd.
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When did they start awarding the Stanley Cup in the middle of the winter?
AmericanDream
Thank you Elon!
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The best at what?
What major tournaments have we won lately, other than the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, which the US doesn't send their best team to but we do.
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That's okay. I do not appreciate the attitude that Sweden seems to carry these days. It is not a case of the media overblowing anything, and completely to do with how they conduct themselves on the ice and off.
I think they have a brittle organization and it should probably be rebuilt. They seem rather desperate these days, all talk and not much else.
I thought us Swedes where sore loosers.
But I guess it's the same for every country
At least we don't go around beating our chests and still claim to be the winners.
But I guess it's the same for every country
At least we don't go around beating our chests and still claim to be the winners.
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Joseppi
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Words of wisdom from a canucks fan. Now I've seen everything.
It's a tough pill to swallow, but looking back there were many times where the streak could've ended. I'm just happy the boys could pull through and make it a game.
6 in a row would've been nice, but now we've got the hunger for next year. GO CANADA!
I thought us Swedes where sore loosers.
But I guess it's the same for every country
At least we don't go around beating our chests and still claim to be the winners.
A few people making childish statements on a message board don't really constitute a 'country's opinion'. Forgive me for assuming you don't speak for the entire populous of Sweden.
Best team won as it should be. Aside from somewhat shaky goal tending from either side you couldn't have scripted a better game, it had it all.
Actually, the U.S. has just as many rinks as Canada, and scorefolds more than Sweden and Finland. I have lived in a handful of States and visited all but Maine. Only in a few rural areas in the South have I noticed a total rink absence.
The biggest difference is that hockey is for the most parts not included in that Soviet like sports program practiced in the U.S., which provides free college tuition, room & board, and health insurance on the tax payers' dime for those kids who are good enough to block for a quarterback or dunk a basketball to be on a team that 99% of the population couldn't care less about. Ad nasium, many parents drill their kids, even at toddler age, to become good enough athletes to get a free ride somewhere.
I've coached basketball and hockey here for years, and my kid has played flag football, basketball, lacrosse and baseball , besides hockey, so I'm not talking out of my ass on this one. I can tell which sports are "recreational" and which ones have a "future." Imagine growing up with that pressure on you.
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Joseppi
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As a Coyote fan here in the desert, yes that is great! Hockey is an amazing sport and the more it spreads the better it is for all hockey fans.
Ohh I'm not. I'm just taking a stab at those people that made swedes into "whiners".
No disrespect, I've seen Canadian posters here that have handled the loss well, and congratulated the US as they should.
Our loss was hard as well, but they played an excellent game.
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