USA DEFEATS CANADA 5 - 3 !!!!!!!

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[The Pack Knight]

USA is the #1 seed, gets the first round bye, and plays the winner of Switzerland-Belarus in the quarterfinals. It also means we won't have to play the Canadians, Russians, or Swedes until the gold medal game, which is big.

I've found a bracket here.

[b4its2late]

I bet Obama had his money on Canada.

[dfwgator]

I bet Obama had his money on Canada.

I wonder if he made a bet with the President of Canada.

[hoagy62]

Thanks for the bracket find! It’ll make it easier explaining it to my wife. :)

So basically, for all involved (except for the semis), it’s “win or go home”.

[airborne]

Watch it! I’m going to again!

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From a news report -

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“Everything was stacked against us,” U.S. coach Ron Wilson said after the 5-3 victory, “and we still came out on top.”

By everything, he wasn’t kidding. “(Bleep) USA! (Bleep) USA!” some of the bitter Canadians were chanting in the arena’s upper reaches as the demoralizing reality sank in.

[dfwgator]

Maybe Canada will retaliate by bombing the Baldwin residence.

[skeeter]

If you don’t have the sense to avoid the internet when trying to supress real time info then you are a dummy.

Thanks for your opinion granny, but the way the game was being referenced by NBC it was not clear it'd been played yet.

[skeeter]

NBC did blow it, but it is more disappointing for hockey in general that they did not showcase the game for everyone to see. Great hockey.

I'm still p*ssed. Especially since I've seen the CHINESE WOMENS TEAM play THREE TIMES on MSNBC.

[al_c]

I like they way team USA came out playing hard and scored in the first minute. That set the tone for the entire game.

[OriginalChristian]

Amen, soon and often.

[ColoCdn]

It’s kind of hard not to be bitter when your team outshoots, outhustles, outplays the other team and has a 37 year old goaltender who just got his US citizenship in Dec. 2009, and played like a 37 year old American!

Other than that, we’re not bitter.

[dfwgator]

I really wonder what the breakdown is of all athletes in the games who are actually US Citizens or at least live and train here throughout the year, even though they compete for other countries.

[ColoCdn]

If you count the Canadians who live within 90 miles of the border... about 97%.

[dfwgator]

The problem of the Canadian team is typical of “dream teams”. Too many egos.

[MEG33]

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/2/22/1321387/olympic-hockey-bracket-2010-standings-seeds-usa-canada-schedule-results

Find all of the information you need on the rest of the Winter Olympics men’s hockey tournament, with complete bracket and seeding information.

[airborne]

Excellent link!

Thanks!

[airborne]

Other than that, we’re not bitter.

LOL!!Glad you cleared that up! ;^)

[MEG33]

It helped me sort it out..

Our women just won and will play for the gold.

[airborne]

At the risk of being a spoiler,

USA WOMENS HOCKEY WINS 9 -1 !!!!

WOOOOOOO!!!!!

[MEG33]

At the risk of being a spoiler

I'll take some of the hits ...LOL