Olympic Hockey gold medal game - Canada vs U.S.A

[driverdriver]

I'm in a condo overlooking Yonge street in downtown Toronto and people are going bananas in a polite Canadian way.

[danshaz82]

I'm in a condo overlooking Yonge street in downtown Toronto and people are going bananas in a polite Canadian way.

man, im so bummed, but that was one of the best games of hockey ive ever seen.

[troskinatior]

whats with the beef with with crosby?

[APEXi240]

He stunk it up th entire tournament and still ends up the "hero".

[AppleBonker]

whats with the beef with with crosby?

Well, I could probably write a novel about this, but I'll try to keep it short.

Crosby cries all the time. Seriously. He expects every call to go his way. He complains to the refs all game, even when they're clearly calling the game to his favor. If I wanted to watch crying and diving to get calls, I'd watch soccer.

To be fair (only somewhat - I'm clearly biased), the NHL has thrust him into the poster boy position, so he's always in the spotlight. Since he's always there, and you always see a lot of him, it seems everyone either loves or hates him. But, as a fan, I'm supposed to be the one crying about calls. Not the athletes. They need to go out and play and not cry and moan the whole time. Just my two cents.

[danshaz82]

Well, I could probably write a novel about this, but I'll try to keep it short.

Crosby cries all the time. Seriously. He expects every call to go his way. He complains to the refs all game, even when they're clearly calling the game to his favor. If I wanted to watch crying and diving to get calls, I'd watch soccer.

To be fair (only somewhat - I'm clearly biased), the NHL has thrust him into the poster boy position, so he's always in the spotlight. Since he's always there, and you always see a lot of him, it seems everyone either loves or hates him. But, as a fan, I'm supposed to be the one crying about calls. Not the athletes. They need to go out and play and not cry and moan the whole time. Just my two cents.

QFT

[G_whizz]

Crosby cries all the time. Seriously. He expects every call to go his way. He complains to the refs all game, even when they're clearly calling the game to his favor.

Ummm...he's the captain, it's part of his job to question the calls.

I don't understand all the hate either??

[BusyBadger]

Well who has more overall metals? Ummm..... thats what I thought.

Shouldn't you be working on your fantasy drift lineup?

[troskinatior]

Shouldn't you be working on your fantasy drift lineup?

Your just jelous I'm going to win free prizes and umm.... umm..... shut up.

[AppleBonker]

Ummm...he's the captain, it's part of his job to question the calls.

I'd argue that is more the coaches responsibility. Even so, he gets most of the calls in his favor already. Why keep complaining? It's part of the reason I don't watch the NBA. The same favoritism is shown towards guys like Kobe and LeBron (and Jordan got it too). Again, just my opinion.

[AppleBonker]

Way to go Canuckies!!

Sorry, it has to be said. Way to go, you squeaked out a win over the US in a sport you invented.

[ESP]

With glowing hearts, we kick their a**! <-- as quoted by a friend of mine currently living in Laguna.

That was a freakin' amazing game! I don't think I've ever seen a game quite like that before. Big props to the US team though...they played a wicked game!

Well who has more overall metals? Ummm..... thats what I thought.

Typical...

[troskinatior]

I have never seen this many candians on here in my life. Maybe there's a instinct in candians that when they win a hockey game the go on Nico.

Typical...

I was joking.

[Red coupe]

That was a freakin' amazing game! I don't think I've ever seen a game quite like that before. Big props to the US team though...they played a wicked game!

If we are going to be honest I knew pretty quick that Canada was gonna take it.Going into OT I though we had it. We spent the second and most of the third (save the begining) really taking it to them. If we could have kept up like that we would have had it.But the whole OT Canada was running things, they were making some good shots and ours were just kind of desperate attempts to get the puck going towards their goal.

PS Canada cheats

[wa-chiss]

Crosby would have never gotten the puck back to score if the damn ref wasn't in the damn way. He cleared it, hit the refs skate, took puck back, and scored.

[Red coupe]

Crosby would have never gotten the puck back to score if the damn ref wasn't in the damn way. He cleared it, hit the refs skate, took puck back, and scored.

We wouldn't have made that first goal if the ref noticed that offsides.

It goes both ways. That is sport. All sports have their aspects that are unfair and beyond all control, but over time it all evens out.

[AppleBonker]

^This

I try not to complain too much because it does generally even out. Sometimes there are really lopsided games, but I wouldn't call that the norm...

[ESP]

If we are going to be honest I knew pretty quick that Canada was gonna take it.Going into OT I though we had it. We spent the second and most of the third (save the begining) really taking it to them. If we could have kept up like that we would have had it.But the whole OT Canada was running things, they were making some good shots and ours were just kind of desperate attempts to get the puck going towards their goal.

That was pretty much exactly the mood in our pub! About halfway through the third we were all like, "guys...I've got a bad feeling about this......"

Quote » PS Canada cheats [/quote]Entirely unprovable and I refuse to make further comment. In fact, consider this comment null and void. Um...yeah.

[ESP]

I have never seen this many candians on here in my life.

It's cuz we're sneaky. Like ninjas. Beaver-lovin' ninjas.

Quote »I was joking.[/quote]Fair enough!

[troskinatior]

This is all I have to say.

Funny PicturesJK I love you guys, especally Terrance and Phillip

[gmac708]

It's cuz we're sneaky. Like ninjas. Beaver-lovin' ninjas.

[dusred]

I didn't actually watch the game but I'll give a thumbs up to you Canadians. I have friends and relatives in Canada and they are some awesome Hokey players. If the US would have won over Canada that would have been extremely embarrassing for the Canadians because they are the gods of hokey.