Olympics: Team USA 2022
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William H Bonney
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William H Bonney
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Our lack of a PP QB without Sanderson might doom us. I hope we don't regret leaving a guy like Attard at home.
ORRFForever
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Some brutal attempts in the shootout. Beniers couldn’t get one of the 5 attempts?? Different look same team USA. Have to think Sanderson helps them convert on one of those PPs.
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One ofvthe worst power plays I've ever seen. Blew 4 chances including a 5v3 for 90 seconds. Awful shootout attempts as well. Deserved the loss.
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Ugly loss. Pissed away the game with one minute to kill and an empty net on the other end. Pathetic shootout effort. Congrats to Slovakia who actually wanted to win.
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That was a close game…. Both goalies played their ass off. USA was better in o.t.
surprised as hell beniers didn’t shoot in the shoot out.
surprised as hell beniers didn’t shoot in the shoot out.
William H Bonney
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It wouldn't be a hockey tournament without the USAH QF choke to bow out of the tournament. By no means was this team the favorite but to not play for a medal as the #1 seed is a massive failure. That game was a slog for both teams. Congrats to Slovakia on the big win. Excited to see them restoring their great hockey tradition.
Those were some terrible shootout attempts. I know shootouts are hard in these random situations but they didn't do enough to test Rybar. Brisson and Farrell with the same attempt, Smith with a low percentage deke, and Miele basically handed it right to him. Miele in particular had a pretty awful game.
In the end, I think we made two glaring mistakes with the roster. We should have picked some more size. We sacrificed too much size for speed. There's big guys who skate well, too, but it was basically NHL ice and we struggled at times against the size of Slovakia and Germany. And we should have brought along an Attard and/or Lohrei to man the PP along with Sanderson. Our PPs continually died a slow death at the point and it cost us the game.
Those were some terrible shootout attempts. I know shootouts are hard in these random situations but they didn't do enough to test Rybar. Brisson and Farrell with the same attempt, Smith with a low percentage deke, and Miele basically handed it right to him. Miele in particular had a pretty awful game.
In the end, I think we made two glaring mistakes with the roster. We should have picked some more size. We sacrificed too much size for speed. There's big guys who skate well, too, but it was basically NHL ice and we struggled at times against the size of Slovakia and Germany. And we should have brought along an Attard and/or Lohrei to man the PP along with Sanderson. Our PPs continually died a slow death at the point and it cost us the game.
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mrmovies779
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They blew it.4 pp's and couldn't bury 1.the shootout attempts were even worse
USA Hockey needs to develop better coaches. They all coach so regressively. That in the end was a coaching loss between the 5-on-3 and leaving Beniers on the bench in the shootout.
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mrmovies779
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That's called a David Quinn Special
William H Bonney
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The coaches had no idea what to do with the PP. I saw Perbix, Kampfer, Ness, Warsofsky, and Faber on the PPs tonight. How are we this far along and still using 5 different d-men on the PP because we don't have it figured out? I get that losing Sanderson was a big blow to the PP as he was the top QB but we should have (a) never assembled a roster with only 1 sure-thing to run a PP and (b) adjusted throughout the tournament as Sanderson has missed most of it and the PP hasn't looked good the whole time.
No one excuse for not getting better opportunities on the 5\3. Didn't try to force anything coming off the elbow.
Also don't understand why Ness was out at the end.
Should have been Kampfer and Perbix.
Guys are going to be crashing low so you don't want a smaller D man there.
To leave the best player in overtime on the bench during the shoot out was absolutely mystifying.
Coaches aren't the issue. They opted to go young and
some inexperience cost them tonight. Faber lost his stick behind the net and went after it instead of going directly in front and possibly blocking the shot. Experienced player doesn't do that.
William H Bonney
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Our Olympic gold drought now sits at 42 years and counting
It's like a warm blanket at this point. Don't worry though. The head honchos at USAH will hold up the U18 Championships to celebrate themselves as if those mean much of anything.
William H Bonney
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Few things sting like the fact that a certain game in Vancouver still remains the closest we've gotten to glory since 1980
Our Olympic gold drought now sits at 42 years and counting
US has won 2 Golds in 62 years or 17 Olympics.
3 Silvers in that time frame also. Not exactly beating down the doors.
