Wednesday's QF Schedule

[DevilFisch]

Awesome, I can catch USA/Finland and Canada/Russia provided I don't get asked in for a meeting by anyone (knock on wood).

What I Want to Happen:

Finland 2 vs. United States 4
Switzerland 3 vs. Sweden 1
Russia 2 vs. Canada 1
Slovakia 3 vs. Czech Republic 2

What I Predict to Happen:

Finland 1 vs. United States 2
Switzerland 1 vs. Sweden 5
Russia 4 vs. Canada 3
Slovakia 2 vs. Czech Republic 4

 

[FLYLine27*]

Finland vs. United States is at 11:30 and Switzerland vs. Sweden is at 10:30/.

 

[Agasthya]

Russia is going to own us if we play like we've been lately.

 

[GKJ]

Why are they overlapping games? This is terrible. No wonder people have been upset with the Olympics. The NHL stopped so that they can try and give proper exposure...so what does the IOC do? Overlap the games, so that I can only see one and I can't even tape the other game if I wanted to (and even so I'd still know the result) Is this supposed to be a penalty for the lockout, because in 2002, they had a game at 12, 3, 6 and 9...




Terrible


If I were Gary Bettman I would be sending whoever made the schedule some hate mail.

 

[Mr Brownstone]

Why are they overlapping games? This is terrible. No wonder people have been upset with the Olympics. The NHL stopped so that they can try and give proper exposure...so what does the IOC do? Overlap the games. Is this supposed to be a penalty for the lockout, because in 2002, they had a game at 12, 3, 6 and 9...




Terrible

What does the figure skating schedule look like? I assume the same arena(s) are used for that.

 

[GKJ]

What does the figure skating schedule look like? I assume the same arena(s) are used for that.

They're not. The ice would have to be melted so they could remove the blue and red lines. And done at the same time.

 

[Caz]

Check the times guys (and gals)

http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/IH/X05_20060222.html

Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 31
( SUI - SWE ) 16:35 Torino Esposizioni
Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 32
( FIN - USA ) 17:35 Palasport Olimpico
Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 33
( RUS - CAN ) 20:35 Torino Esposizioni
Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 34
( SVK - CZE ) 21:35 Palasport Olimpico

EST is -6hrs from the times displayed.

 

[Mr Brownstone]

They're not. The ice would have to be melted so they could remove the blue and red lines. And done at the same time.

Yeah, I thought of that after the fact. I don't see why they can't alternate rinks and play at 12 and 6 at one and 3 and 9 at the other. It makes a hell of a lot more sense.

 

[Mr Brownstone]

I'm having a lot of trouble accessing the NBC TV listings page (damn IE). Is this USA-FIN game live at 11:30 on USA Network?

 

[GKJ]

I'm having a lot of trouble accessing the NBC TV listings page (damn IE). Is this USA-FIN game live at 11:30 on USA Network?

no it's 10:30 on msnbc

 

[habitue*]

I just hope the Swedish team will sweat bullets against the Swiss. Swedes deserve to loose after that "performance" against Slovakia.

 

[Macman]

So those of us in Canada will NOT get to see the Slovakia-Czech game...b/c TSN has to show the first round of Golf...

The CBC said tonight they will join the Czech-Slovak game in progress after the Can-Russia game.

 

[Sotnos]

Why are they overlapping games? This is terrible.

I agree it totally sucks and in the quarterfinals is totally unecessary. It also sucks that I can't figure out the horrible schedule grid-thing on the NBC site. I could swear it says one of the games is at 8AM, and that is totally wrong.

If anyone figures out what is on at what time on what channels in the US please enlighten me.

 

[puck57]

Is the Canada-Russia game on MSNBC or USA station- I can't figure it out from the Olympic NBC site. I assume it is on MSNBC which has carried all the other Canadian games- at least that is what I am setting on my tv to tape it. Better be right- if anyone sees it differently please respond- thanks.

 

[Mr Brownstone]

no it's 10:30 on msnbc

Great. I don't get MSNBC at school. Son of a *****.

Why does the IIHF website say 11:30 if it's at 10:30?

 

[Sotnos]

Is the Canada-Russia game on MSNBC or USA station- I can't figure it out from the Olympic NBC site.

Glad I'm not the only one. I hope someone can figure it out.

 

[MeN_Ace2]

Finland - U.S. is at 11:30am ET, or 8:30am PT. Live on both MSNBC and Universal HD.

 

[thebodyczech]

Russia: 4-2
Slovakia: 5-3
Finland: 5-1
Sweden: 3-0

 

[Sotnos]

This is what I figured out. Most games have a half hour pregame show scheduled.

all times EST

10:30 - MSNBC - Sweden vs. Switzerland
11:30 - USA - US vs. Finland (also in HD)
2:30 - MSNBC - Russia vs. Canada
3:30 - USA - Czech Rep. vs. Slovakia (also in HD)

 

[puck57]

This is what I figured out. Most games have a half hour pregame show scheduled.

all times EST

10:30 - MSNBC - Sweden vs. Switzerland
11:30 - USA - US vs. Finland (also in HD)
2:30 - MSNBC - Russia vs. Canada
3:30 - USA - Czech Rep. vs. Slovakia (also in HD)

Thanks Satnos- would be SO much easier if everything was all on one station!!!

 

[Czech Your Math]

Heart:

Swiss
USA
Canada
Czech

Brain:

Sweden 3, Swiss 1
Finland 3, USA 0
Russia 4, Canada 2
Czech 4, Slovakia 3 (OT)

 

[Bill McNeal]

I usually don't like making predictions, so I'll just go with an enormous cop-out.

My brains says:
Finland
Russia
Czech Republic
Sweden

My heart says:
Finland
Canada
Slovakia
Switzerland

My gut says:
USA
Canada
Czech Republic
Switzerland

Everybody wins!

Hey! My brain was 4-0!
Gut and heart both awful 1-3.

 

[Czech Your Math]

Brain good

My picks in Semifinals:

Russia over Finland: Finns better bring A game, or they go home for sure. Russia getting excellent goaltending and playing smart game.

Czech over Sweden: Even game, Czechs look crisper to me against good teams (Finland, Canada, Slovakia), while Sweden mostly untested this tournament, but Forsberg is back and rested, so it may come down to goaltending. Lundquist has been solid, if unspectacular. His counterpart is no slouch, allowing 1 goal in 5 periods against Canada and Slovakia. The pressure will be on Sweden to get the Czech moneky off their back.

Russia-Czech would be a great final, a rematch of many great past games, and they both put on a clinic when they are that their best.