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Finland wins bronze over U.S. in men's hockey
CBC Sports ^
| Feb. 22, 2014
| Mike Brophy
Posted on 02/22/2014 10:33:33 AM PST by rickmichaels
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To: Alberta's Child
Being the first or last not getting the joke, on the other hand, is really bad!
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posted on
02/22/2014 10:59:28 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: rickmichaels
The hell with the Olympics! We need World Series and Super Bowels in all sports where “world champions” will always be American!
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:01:07 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: Revolting cat!
LOL.
Reminds me of the days when the Soviet team would walk through the preliminary round by beating teams like Poland and Japan by 20-0 scores. I mean -- how do teams like that end up in the same tournament?
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:01:28 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: Alberta's Child
And the Finns have medaled in 6 of the last 8 Olympics.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:02:33 AM PST
by
stormer
To: Revolting cat!
... Super Bowels ... I'm not sure what would be more comical here -- if this was a type-o or if it was deliberate. ROFL.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:02:37 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: Alberta's Child
Seriously now, was Jamaica competing in Sochi this time?
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:02:43 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: airborne
I thought that Bateman was in favor of continuing NHL participation, especially since the Russian and Canadian players want to play for their national teams..I can't see the NHL attempting to stop it. Do you have a source for the comment?
BTW..thanks for the great job you did with these Olympics. It's appreciated.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:05:07 AM PST
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: stormer
Finland has a reputation for being a difficult hockey team to assess on the international stage. They're certainly one of the top countries in the world, and they've got plenty of Olympic and IIHF world championship medals to prove it. I think they're currently #2 in the IIHF world rankings, after Sweden.
And yet Finland has never won an Olympic gold medal in hockey. Go figure.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:06:16 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: dfwgator
They play ice hockey in Africa?And why not?
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:06:45 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: rickmichaels
I know!
They lost in protest, so Obama’s IRS couldn’t be getting any money for the Olympic medals.
:)
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:06:46 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: hoagy62
But they beat the Russians and that’s a good thing and something they should be proud of.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:07:44 AM PST
by
Hulka
To: Revolting cat!
They had one bobsled team, that’s it.
To: Alberta's Child
I still think we’re better off with a team of amateurs that spend a year before the Games learning to play together...You can’t just put a team of all-stars together in two weeks and expect them to gel.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:08:41 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Where is Africa (you do know Africa in not a ‘nation”. . .right?)
;-)
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:08:46 AM PST
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Hulka
To: Hulka
Well, yes...you are correct. There IS that.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:10:11 AM PST
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: dfwgator
Dubai has one of the largest indoor ice skating facilities in the world:
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:10:14 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: dfwgator
“They play ice hockey in Africa? “
You’ve never watched the Somalian Sonics? :-)
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:12:28 AM PST
by
FreedomGuru
(Time for torches and pitchforks.)
To: rickmichaels
Awwwwwww. I taped the game but haven’t watched it. Might not, now.
Congrats to Teemu!
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:14:52 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: ken5050
I'd say the odds of the NHL sending players in 2018 are pretty slim. Three things come into play here:
1. The season-ending injury to the Islanders' John Tavares, the third-leading scorer in the NHL entering the Olympic break, illustrates a major problem for NHL teams with these tournaments. Most general managers in the NHL hate the Olympics for this reason.
2. The NHL's leadership isn't convinced that interrupting the NHL season for two weeks is a net positive for the league. Sure, they get a lot of exposure for hockey in general ... but there's no certainty that this translates to the bottom line of the NHL.
3. One big issue that's seen more discussion this year than in prior years is that the IOC and IIHF do not provide any concessions at all to the NHL. The NHL does not get any benefits from the Olympics in terms of licensing, promotional concessions, or anything of that sort. In fact, I believe the NHL wasn't even allowed to stream any video from the Olympics on its cable network or its website.
4. The 2018 Winter Olympics are going to be held in South Korea. As with these Sochi games, the time difference with North America is going to be something on the order of 6-12 hours (depending on your time zone). The lack of any live prime-time television coverage of medal round hockey games will diminish the interest of the NHL substantially. In terms of TV exposure, there's a huge difference between broadcasting a USA-Canada game from Vancouver or Salt Lake City and broadcasting it from Asia.
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:17:49 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: dfwgator
I’m sure the Russians agree with you!
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posted on
02/22/2014 11:19:13 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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