winter olympics

[Yooper]

OMG- love Neil Young! He's playing the guitar and harmonica at the same time. Great!

 

[buffalobrewer]

I had a feeling he was going to play "long may you run". Not a fan of the comedy part of the closing ceremony.

great hockey game, that is why i didn't want to play Canada again. Damn that kid! Beats Sabres in a shoot out in the winter classic, beats the US in overtime in the olympics, probably beat the sabres tuesday night....

 

[annasdadhockey]

OMG- love Neil Young! He's playing the guitar and harmonica at the same time. Great!

+1 Yoop. Awesome!!!

I suppose "After the Gold Rush" would have been appropriate, too.

 

[Yooper]

didn't like the "comedy" at all, and not a fan of the skating and the canoes.

 

[cowperc]

you canucks are weird lol...i don't know what to make of this at this point.

 

[Yooper]

didn't like the "comedy" at all, and not a fan of the skating and the canoes.

And the inflatable beavers just were too over the top.

I mean, really. Inflatable beavers?

 

[r2eng]

YOOP's WHIP iS BACK! All is right with the world...

Yeah, opening and losing ceremonies are not my thing, and inflatable beavers suck (that sounds weird).

I rather enjoyed watching the WO on TV. Now I have to catch up with Top Gear and Axe Men...

 

[Memorex88]

Neil Young FTW!

 

[friarjohn]

werent those the biggest beavers that you ever saw!!!!

 

[JohnnyO]

Can someone confirm whether Mel Brooks orchestrated the closing ceremonies? That was just surreal. I understand that the mounted police are pretty big up there, but come on!!

I actually liked the inflatable beavers and moose (meese?). It made me feel like it was Thanksgiving.

 

[Brewer_Steve]

I understand that the mounted police are pretty big up there, but come on!!

Actually, mounties are not so big up here. We do have them, but they don't ride around town on horses or anything.

The closing ceremonies were a little tongue-in-cheek, and showed a lot of Canadian stereotypes. Pretty funny stuff. The question is whether other countries realized we were poking a little fun at ourselves with the stereotypes, or whether other countries will think that our cops actually ride around on horses down Main Street, and that we have pet moose.

 

[Fingers]

Actually, mounties are not so big up here. We do have them, but they don't ride around town on horses or anything.

The closing ceremonies were a little tongue-in-cheek, and showed a lot of Canadian stereotypes. Pretty funny stuff. The question is whether other countries realized we were poking a little fun at ourselves with the stereotypes, or whether other countries will think that our cops actually ride around on horses down Main Street, and that we have pet moose.

I don't think anyone would believe we have pet moose because of the sheer size of them. Most of us keep beaver as pets but they come with their own challenges. They're often very fast little buggers and they'll escape from the house and go romping down the street. If left untended they'll actually begin to cut down trees in people's yards! So it's not unusual to see a bunch of Canadians running around town chasing beaver. In fact, chasing beaver can sometimes be considered a popular winter pasttime up here.

 

[bradsul]

...go romping down the street...

I don't know why but this reminded me of Men with Brooms?

 

[Memorex88]

I don't think anyone would believe we have pet moose because of the sheer size of them. Most of us keep beaver as pets but they come with their own challenges. They're often very fast little buggers and they'll escape from the house and go romping down the street. If left untended they'll actually begin to cut down trees in people's yards! So it's not unusual to see a bunch of Canadians running around town chasing beaver. In fact, chasing beaver can sometimes be considered a popular winter pasttime up here.

I used to chase beaver all the time when I was younger!

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Congrats to Canada for Hockey Gold, most gold medals evar, and a great olympics in general. I'd love to go to BC some day.

IMO, the Canada Women's Hockey Team should not have apologized. They had absolutely nothing to apologize for. They worked their butt off, played their butt off, and then did what every other friggin' team does after a championship victory. If anything the sports media owes them an apology for being so judgemental. Baseball teams have champagne-spewing parties in their plastic covered locker rooms just for making the playoffs and nobody bats an eye. And these women get flak for a private party on the ice? Double standard imo.

 

[JohnnyO]

Actually, mounties are not so big up here. We do have them, but they don't ride around town on horses or anything.

The closing ceremonies were a little tongue-in-cheek, and showed a lot of Canadian stereotypes. Pretty funny stuff. The question is whether other countries realized we were poking a little fun at ourselves with the stereotypes, or whether other countries will think that our cops actually ride around on horses down Main Street, and that we have pet moose.

Sorry my Canadian friends. I hope you didn't take my post as a slight against Canada. I think Canada did an amazing job in hosting the Olympics. I don't recall ever watching this much of the games before this year.

I just felt the closing ceremonies were a bit weird. But that's culture for you. Everyone else's can seem strange when viewed through another's eyes.

I agree with whomever posted that they would love to come up and visit one day. I had never thought of doing that before.

 

[wildwest450]

Sorry my Canadian friends.

Don't apologize to those hoser's! They stole our gold in mens hockey. Admit it, you were out played and lucked out!

 

[Memorex88]

Don't apologize to those hoser's! They stole our gold in mens hockey. Admit it, you were out played and lucked out!

 

[FlyGuy]

Don't apologize to those hoser's! They stole our gold in mens hockey. Admit it, you were out played and lucked out!

We lucked out? Were you watching the same game wild-dude? (Maybe you only saw the last five minutes of the third period.)

 

[wildwest450]

We lucked out? Were you watching the same game wild-dude? (Maybe you only saw the last five minutes of the third period.)

Maybe not "lucked" out, but the US did carry the play most of the game.

 

[FlyGuy]

Maybe not "lucked" out, but the US did carry the play most of the game.

LOL. You almost sucked me in there! I thought you were serious at first.

Cheers!

 

[Fingers]

Maybe not "lucked" out, but the US did carry the play most of the game.

If the US carried the play most of the game, why didn't it translate into more goals? There's a reason the puck didn't go into the net. Was it good defense or poor offense? As you say, it's not reasonable to credit luck with 60 minutes of hockey.

The only explanation is that neither team carried the play most of the game. I'd like to see the stats of the amount of time spent in each other's ends and the number of shots on goal. That will tell the story. We might perhaps be a bit biased rooting for our favorites.

 

[Memorex88]

Shots on goal...
US 8-15-9-4=36
Can 10-15-7-7=39

In today's Globe and Mail

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Now, I know damned all about hockey......But if it can be compared in any way at all to soccer (I think it can) then the part that I saw (Overtime) had the Canadians all over the US apart from a couple of break away chances. No "lucking out" involved.

 

[buffalobrewer]

Shots on goal...
US 8-15-9-4=36
Can 10-15-7-7=39

In today's Globe and Mail

and a lot of the us shots were from just inside of the blue line with no traffic in front of the goalie. not very effective.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

If the US carried the play most of the game, why didn't it translate into more goals? There's a reason the puck didn't go into the net. Was it good defense or poor offense? As you say, it's not reasonable to credit luck with 60 minutes of hockey.

I dunno crap aboot hockey but I think the first game between US/Canada was just this. US got outplayed but got lucky. This gold medal game was imo pretty damn close but Canada played better once they went to 4-on-4.

I also agree that the US was making a lot of long shots where the Canada team seemed to take better shots.

 

[ytsejam]

All hail Jonathan Toews!

Wow! What a tourney he had. He showed the world that he is an elite player on both ends of the ice at just 21 years old.

He will be an immeasurably valuable asset to Team Canada for many years and I hope he wears the C in Chicago until he retires.

 

[day_trippr]

I'm gonna apply the paddles to this "only mostly dead" thread because tbh I don't think the Twenty-Twenty-Whatever Winter Olympics deserve a thread.

But I do have something to say: in a world where fairy tale endings are expected it was refreshing to see Shaun White go out sans additional jewelry and just enjoy his run for what it was: phenomenal.

And on the flip side...seeing Lindsey Jacobellis finally slay her personal Olympic Curse after 5 tries (2006/10/14/18/22) was cool. I appreciate dedication as long as it isn't obviously the vanity project of an overcooked contestant.

That is all. Go about your business

Cheers!

 

[bracconiere]

That is all. Go about your business

i wish i knew how curling was going (or went)...but i don't have tv....just had a funny thought about the sweepers and you guys sanitizing your stuff! yelling "SWEEP, SWEEP!"

 

[day_trippr]

You can find a stream for pretty much everything if you look...and have a VPN account for safety's sake...

Cheers! ("Let's be careful out there" )