Drug test time.
Sadly for Russia everyone is looking at how great Germany did nobody cares how they did.
Drug test time.
I am sure that Dave Duncan and William Raine would be willing to test some.
Can't believe they gave up that shortie, the gold medal was theirs.
Sorry for the country, not the athletes.I hate to sound insensitive, but chances are the russian athletes, while "clean" have been involved in doping in some way prior to this including the previous olympic games. Hard to feel sorry for cheaters, even if it's the culture itself that pushes them to cheat.
The real olympics was the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.So why was the NHL not in the Olympics again?
What a joke. Glorified all-star games vs the freaking Olympics.The real olympics was the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Yeah, so much this for me.I want the Germans to win so so bad. I have German heritage so if it's not Canada i want Germany to win
You sound like someone who has never played hockey or competitive hockey lol Players and teams get better and as long as the team can skate and play good defense then they will rarely get blown out. And don't give me that crap about not finishing well lol a hot goalie can steal any game and anys sniper. Pretty easy to make those comments when you never played at a high level in hockey . Players are not super human . I liked the Olympics this year much more than the boring hockey in Sochi where Canada dominated in their style of play but it wasn't exciting. Canada's best players would of beaten any other teams best players this year again. But i found this Olympics more entertaining and Canada could of easily of won gold this year. I was hoping Germnay would beat Russia but what a lame call in overtime in a gold medal game.Just a comment. If Canada played Germany in the WC it wouldn't come down to "the goalie played brilliantly" under any circumstance. Nor should it, or nor should it be used as an excuse.
The reality is shutdown hockey is shutdown hockey. Inferior clubs don't too much mind if its a low scoring defensive oriented game. Its the only one they can win against a superpower.
Plus the vast majority of times a team gets "stoned" by a goalie in hockey its the team not finishing very well and the goalie making stops.
In relatively equally matched play goalies can and do make a difference, often. In a mismatched situation like Latvia vs Canada it shouldn't be the case.
just saying
I'm one of those that felt Canada has been exceedingly good at shutdown hockey in Sidney Crosby/Drew Doughty era Olympics. But they hadn't really dominated the score in several of the knockout games.
You sound like someone who has never played hockey or competitive hockey lol Players and teams get better and as long as the team can skate and play good defense then they will rarely get blown out. And don't give me that crap about not finishing well lol a hot goalie can steal any game and anys sniper. Pretty easy to make those comments when you never played at a high level in hockey . Players are not super human . I liked the Olympics this year much more than the boring hockey in Sochi where Canada dominated in their style of play but it wasn't exciting. Canada's best players would of beaten any other teams best players this year again. But i found this Olympics more entertaining and Canada could of easily of won gold this year. I was hoping Germnay would beat Russia but what a lame call in overtime in a gold medal game.
It really is. Its OT, gold medal on the line, Russian sniper fire, a rattled German goalie in the cage. Game was over soon as they made the call. I know theres going to be responses saying "a call is a call and you have to call everything" but theres reasons to have a threshold on calls in OT because it so often decides results. especially if it results in 3 pk coverage. There was no way Germany was going to survive it as I stated.Germany winning gold could've drastically changed hockey in that country and would've been massive for the game overall. Instead we get some fake OAR Russian team winning gold off a weak call. Brutal.
4 on 3 on the big ice was a goal waiting to happen, that's ridiculously difficult to defend, such a terrible way to lose.
Well yes and no. It wasn't a fluke this year getting to the final because they played hard and deserved to be but don't expect this to be a trend . Like i said any team that skates well and plays a good system can be competitive in international hockey and have close games. But Germany had a huge Canadian influence on that team which really helped too. Don't expect it to be a norm having Germany in the medals lolGermany in the QF in the IIHF WHC last year (losing 2-1 against CAN with McKinnon, Duchene, Scheifele etc) and the Olympic final this year. This is good for hockey, I am excited to see the IIHF this year. Drai will probably be playing and I bet Germany will want to show that this was not just a fluke.
Miracle on Ice was huge for hockey development in the USA the amount of American players in 1980 were quite low compared to today.It was beautiful while it lasted. Didn't really expect Germany to advance against our swiss neighbours, boy was I wrong.. Probably the most exciting week in my life when it comes to international hockey, Silver and just 55sec away from Gold is huge. That being said, I doubt this will have any bigger impact on hockey in Germany, though I'd love to be wrong about this one..
Olympic Silver für Deutschland, **** yeah!!