The Official Olympic Hockey Thread
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Man o man,Im so proud today for our SLOVENIA hockey team! WE ARE THE MIRACLE ON ICE! With only 6 hockey halls and maybe 80-100 professional players overall,only one professional club,we are unbeliavable..
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The casualty list keeps growing.
Zetterberg - herniated disk
Kopecky - head
Barkov - knee
Elias - illness
Zuccarello - broken something-or-other (Google Translate isn't working )
Zetterberg - herniated disk
Kopecky - head
Barkov - knee
Elias - illness
Zuccarello - broken something-or-other (Google Translate isn't working )
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Hand injury.
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Pens4Life wrote:Man o man,Im so proud today for our SLOVENIA hockey team! WE ARE THE MIRACLE ON ICE! With only 6 hockey halls and maybe 80-100 professional players overall,only one professional club,we are unbeliavable..
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whoa whoa whoa...miracle on ice. let's not get crazy, bro. win something, first.Pens4Life wrote:Man o man,Im so proud today for our SLOVENIA hockey team! WE ARE THE MIRACLE ON ICE! With only 6 hockey halls and maybe 80-100 professional players overall,only one professional club,we are unbeliavable..
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Slovenia being there and making it to the quarter finals is a pretty huge accomplishment.
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Eh, they beat a broken down Slovak team and got beaten up by the Russians and the US. Then they beat an underwhelming Austrian team. I guess it's cool for them, but let's not act like it's anywhere close to the Miracle on Ice.
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I think it's pretty cool.
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Looks like the US will be playing the Slovaks since the Czechs are starting Pavalec.
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They had never made it to the Olympics before. It doesn't matter who they've played. They've never been good enough to go to any other Olympic tournaments.
It's huge. Like an expansion team making it to the conference finals, except this expansion team is full of AHLers in the NHL.
It's huge. Like an expansion team making it to the conference finals, except this expansion team is full of AHLers in the NHL.
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It may be even more impressive than the Miracle on Ice considering the number of rinks and professionals in the country.Crankshaft wrote:Eh, they beat a broken down Slovak team and got beaten up by the Russians and the US. Then they beat an underwhelming Austrian team. I guess it's cool for them, but let's not act like it's anywhere close to the Miracle on Ice.
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They beat an Austrian team that has 3 NHLers on it...two of which are on the Islanders.
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No offense, but your efforts to marginalize their accomplishments are rather deplorable.
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And they only have 1 NHLer and 1 guy who wasn't good enough to stick in the NHL. What's your point.Crankshaft wrote:They beat an Austrian team that has 3 NHLers on it...two of which are on the Islanders.
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Let them enjoy it. No need to poo-poo on them.
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Go Latvia!
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Did a Slovenian kick your dog or something? Eesh.
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When two bad teams play, one of them is going to win by default.MRandall25 wrote:And they only have 1 NHLer and 1 guy who wasn't good enough to stick in the NHL. What's your point.Crankshaft wrote:They beat an Austrian team that has 3 NHLers on it...two of which are on the Islanders.
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I guess I was just turned off by the "WE ARE THE MIRACLES ON ICE" comment.legame wrote:Did a Slovenian kick your dog or something? Eesh.
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Jags getting his mandatory "rub down" right now. Makes me uncomfortable.
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The Swiss are unbelievably bad at scoring. Down 1-0 to Latvia so that game might be over..
Czechs up 2-0 early.
Czechs up 2-0 early.
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2-0 Latvia. This game is probably over.
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Latttttvvvviiiiijjjjjaaaaaaa.
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He's kind of getting a knack for the deplorable.Gaucho wrote:No offense, but your efforts to marginalize their accomplishments are rather deplorable.
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What do you mean? I didn't mean to come across as deplorable. That's a strong word to use in this case.PghSkins wrote:He's kind of getting a knack for the deplorable.Gaucho wrote:No offense, but your efforts to marginalize their accomplishments are rather deplorable.