3-2 Canada, I think I'm gonna hurl!!

**wingwop** · 02-24-2002, 03:17 PM

OH MY GOD!!!

**FLII ME** · 02-24-2002, 03:23 PM

Richter has been playing great hockey, according to my track sheet here, based upon great scoring chances and posts Canada should be up 7-4

Canada's forwards are really outskating the American forwards and are beating them to the puck. It seems to me that the canadians are hungrier. Richter is just playing a solid game, some plays have gone his way, and Lemieux missing that open net, GEEZ

It will be a great 3rd period

**wingwop** · 02-24-2002, 03:26 PM

Lemeiux's miss was unbelievable!! I agree, the Canadians look more hungry. I think the USA can still take advantage of the 4 man rush that Canada is using. How about the 5 on 3 penalty kill. The US team already has lots of moments to reflect on if they're to win. Man, a hell of a game though, eh??

**FLII ME** · 02-24-2002, 03:31 PM

The US will get more scoring chances in the 3rd, as canada will play a defensive role halfway into the period

**wingwop** · 02-24-2002, 03:33 PM

That depends on how fast either team can score. One more by Canada and they're gonna protect it.

**FLII ME** · 02-24-2002, 04:47 PM

I think the USA would have won this game if they would have tied it up ay 15:15 when Brodeur stopped Hull on a one timer.

Both goalies played a hell of a game

**wingwop** · 02-24-2002, 04:48 PM

It's too bad someone had to lose. I loved the shot of Hull, Cheli, Yzerman and Shanny taking a picture with their medals though.

**FLII ME** · 02-24-2002, 05:02 PM

I saw that as well, great sportsmanship!!

**wingwop** · 02-24-2002, 05:15 PM

Yeap, now lets get the NHL season back in gear!! I hope the NHLers are out of the olympics in Turin, Italy in 4 years. I wish we had the NHL for this week and a half or so.

**FLII ME** · 02-24-2002, 05:23 PM

Why would you want teh NHLers out????

**wingwop** · 02-24-2002, 08:27 PM

Because I am more interested in the NHL than the olympics and if they played in the summer I wouldn't care but it bothers me to watch the players put so much into the olympics and then spend half the season coasting rather than playing their hearts out. That's what they're getting paid for and it should come first. And also it's like Case Sensitive said, the pre-qualifing teams got screwed because their players weren't allowed to help their teams get to the tourney. Just too many politics involved. If it was as innocent as intended where it's all about the atheletes it wouldn't bother me but let's face it, the athletes are about the last thing the olympic money making machine cares about.

**ken_valyi** · 02-24-2002, 09:57 PM

Belarus having to play 9 games in 17 days is ridiculous!

If they do do it again, pre-qualifying should happen in the summer or at sometime before the games.

**wingwop** · 02-24-2002, 10:07 PM

That's a good suggestion. Also, is there a rule about the host country getting a pass in the qualifiers? The reason I'm asking is since the olympics are in Italy next go round, maybe a team Italia jersey would be available for purchase. God they'd get smacked!!