OT: XXII Olympic Winter Games - Sochi 2014

[Dr Pepper]

Completely forgot Ruff was on that team too.

So the Stars get two gold medallists back (and one Bronze ) in Dallas this week!

 

[Elysian]

Completely forgot Ruff was on that team too.

So the Stars get two gold medallists back (and one Bronze ) in Dallas this week!

Too bad coaches don't get medals...

 

[Kalamazoo Wings]

Lots of growth for Benn this year with the 'C' and now the Gold. Good on him, and great that he will be bringing this experience back to lead the Stars this season and well beyond!

 

[MetalGodAOD*]

I think this means Benn will be a playoff beast once we finally get back there. Also Ruff might consider using Benn on the PK more after this game lol.

 

[SolidusAKA]

Great win today. Now I think im going to stay off the main boards for a few days and avoid the inevitable horrible threads that will be popping up soon enough

 

[Elysian]

Glad Olympic hockey is finally over. Ready for the Stars to get back to work.

 

[Satan]

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! a

 

[TrillMike]

How did Benn look? I missed the 6:00am start.

 

[Elysian]

How did Benn look? I missed the 6:00am start.

I only saw the 3rd, but he had more chances on Sweden's power play than Sweden had the whole period.

 

[SonicSpeedDash]

Finally this Olympic **** is over. Stars hockey is coming back baby!!

 

[TrillMike]

I only saw the 3rd, but he had more chances on Sweden's power play than Sweden had the whole period.

Good to hear. Thanks.

 

[KriminellPipa]

I'd say Benn was one of the better players for Team Canada throughout the whole tournament. Perfect experience for him.

 

[TrillMike]

I'm so glad this is over and our guys didn't get too banged up. Thursday can't come soon enough.

 

[Captain Awesome]

He was probably just happy to play a meaningful game, probably hasn't done that since his run to the finals with the Texas Stars after his rookie season.

 

[Rune Forumwalker]

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! a

No, I don't believe in miracles, which clearly don't exist as Canada won.

 

[glovesave_35]

Benn was being used more and more as the game went on last night. He was one of the best players on the ice in that gold medal game and in the tournament as a whole. His impact was noticeable often and Babcock started giving him a bigger role as things went on.

Will Benn playing PK for Team Canada help put to sleep any questions about his defensive awareness/abilities?

 

[Anhero]

Yeah Ja.Benn could play on our PK, but we have a team full of Penalty Killers.

Garbutt, Eakin, Peverely, Eakin, Roussel, and Fiddler.

Jamie should be resting when we are killing penalties. I do agree he looked awesome killing Penalties but I trust those guys up there.

 

[MBTendy]

Hopefully Stars fans at our next home game give Benn (along with Kari and Ruff) a nice standing ovation for their accomplishment. They deserve it.

 

[DaStars99]

Hopefully Stars fans at our next home game give Benn (along with Kari and Ruff) a nice standing ovation for their accomplishment. They deserve it.

Would be shocked if there isn't a jumbotron acknowledgement for them Thursday night

 

[piqued]

Yeah Ja.Benn could play on our PK, but we have a team full of Penalty Killers.

Garbutt, Eakin, Peverely, Eakin, Roussel, and Fiddler.

Jamie should be resting when we are killing penalties. I do agree he looked awesome killing Penalties but I trust those guys up there.

And Benn is arguably better than all of them at PKing. He plays the 78th most even strength minutes per game amongst forwards in the league and 65th most in total minutes per game. Giving him some more PK time isn't going to wear him out, in fact it might energize him.

 

[glovesave_35]

And Benn is arguably better than all of them at PKing. He plays the 78th most even strength minutes per game amongst forwards in the league and 65th most in total minutes per game. Giving him some more PK time isn't going to wear him out, in fact it might energize him.

You beat me to it.

I really hate the "he needs to rest" argument about not using your best players on the PK. The team is better when your best penalty killers kill penalties. Datysuk, Zetterberg, Bergeron, Loui, Morrow (even during his career year), Modano, Thornton, Marleau, Kopitar, and the list goes on for ages. A lot of guys are more in tune with the game when they don't have to miss a shift due to penalties.

Ruff was giving him more PK time before the break too, which happened to coincide with Benn getting out of his slump.

 

[Jack of Blades]

Too bad coaches don't get medals...

Uhh why wouldn't they? I wouldn't even bother going if I was a coach and there was no chance of getting a medal.

 

[jhr1986]

Uhh why wouldn't they? I wouldn't even bother going if I was a coach and there was no chance of getting a medal.

Because they aren't athletes and they aren't competing. But the "why" is irrelevant here, the fact is that coaches do not get medals at the Olympics.

 

[PuckFrozen]

Uhh why wouldn't they? I wouldn't even bother going if I was a coach and there was no chance of getting a medal.

Sounds weird. I believe that the coaches(and the players) are there for the feeling of winning the olympic gold, not for medal.

 

[glovesave_35]

Somebody should update Herb Brooks' wiki page. Among his career accomplishments he is credited with a gold medal in 1980 and a silver in 2002.