Sochi Winter Olympics General Thread.
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okay now you guys are just getting mean. honestly if I had been asked to bet on the game today I would have lost the bet. I thought this was the USA's year.
In fact heading in to the games, I thought it'd be the USA, Russia and either Sweden or Finland on the podium. I didn't think our goalies would stack up against Quick and their European counterparts. But Price has been fantastic and even if he weren't, he's playing behind such great defence, I am glad to have been so wrong.
In fact heading in to the games, I thought it'd be the USA, Russia and either Sweden or Finland on the podium. I didn't think our goalies would stack up against Quick and their European counterparts. But Price has been fantastic and even if he weren't, he's playing behind such great defence, I am glad to have been so wrong.
So looks like you're gonna get the double golds in the two sports that matter up there in Canuckistan.
Although I will caution against something about eggs & hatching or something like that. Sweden isn't gonna be a pushover.
For the longest time people never remembered that the "Miracle on Ice" win over the USSR in '80 was NOT a medal game. The US still had to beat Finland to win the gold medal - & there was even a scenario where the US could lose to Finland & not get ANY medal.
Point being - don't lose focus.
Anyways - not sure which was worse... the way the women lost a 2 goal lead with 4 minutes to play, or the men getting flat shut out. I think I'm gonna go with the women's loss, but it's close.
Although I will caution against something about eggs & hatching or something like that. Sweden isn't gonna be a pushover.
For the longest time people never remembered that the "Miracle on Ice" win over the USSR in '80 was NOT a medal game. The US still had to beat Finland to win the gold medal - & there was even a scenario where the US could lose to Finland & not get ANY medal.
Point being - don't lose focus.
Anyways - not sure which was worse... the way the women lost a 2 goal lead with 4 minutes to play, or the men getting flat shut out. I think I'm gonna go with the women's loss, but it's close.
Welp - I was referring to the Canadians, but it's even more appropriate now as the US is staring down the business end of a 2 goal deficit to the Finns.
Bronze medal indeed...
And now Kane misses his 2nd Penalty Shot of the game.... ugh
Bronze medal indeed...
And now Kane misses his 2nd Penalty Shot of the game.... ugh
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Never a good idea to count your chickens before they come home to roost but... things are looking pretty good.
So,
Bars in Toronto will be open and allowed to serve alcohol at 7am tomorrow for the Gold Medal game. City council voted 37-4 in favour of the early start. This isn't Ontario wide, because my province has a stick up its butt. Ottawa apparently won't have bars open early. Normally, in Ontario, bars cannot serve alcohol until 11am.
In Manitoba, bars will be allowed to open and serve alcohol at 5am tomorrow.
Alberta bars will also have a 5am start.
BC bars are allowed to stay open, but apparently they won't be allowed to serve alcohol during the game? What the hell, BC?
I haven't seen anything on Quebec and the Atlantic Canada provinces. I assume all your bars are open all the time anyway because you guys are the cool kids.
Bars in Toronto will be open and allowed to serve alcohol at 7am tomorrow for the Gold Medal game. City council voted 37-4 in favour of the early start. This isn't Ontario wide, because my province has a stick up its butt. Ottawa apparently won't have bars open early. Normally, in Ontario, bars cannot serve alcohol until 11am.
In Manitoba, bars will be allowed to open and serve alcohol at 5am tomorrow.
Alberta bars will also have a 5am start.
BC bars are allowed to stay open, but apparently they won't be allowed to serve alcohol during the game? What the hell, BC?
I haven't seen anything on Quebec and the Atlantic Canada provinces. I assume all your bars are open all the time anyway because you guys are the cool kids.
C'mon USA light em up! U S A! U S A! U S A![DOUBLEPOST=1393087822,1393087545][/DOUBLEPOST]
Our bars close at 5 AM to allow for restocking. But that has been dimissed for Sundays game. Otherwise the entire city would be drinking at the Casino and watching the game there.
Whoa whoa whoa.
Chaz?!
Chaz?!
Anyway, I am happy for Komarov. Now that he got his medal, can he please come back to the Leafs?
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5-0 now. Make it stop. They're already dead...[DOUBLEPOST=1393089216][/DOUBLEPOST]
Aww, cheer up. Maybe one day we'll teach you guys how to play some hockey.
Truth, though I think it's silly that one dude can win like 3 medals in slightly different distances of speed skating and those medals are worth the same as a hockey tournament.
BROFISTS FOR ALL![DOUBLEPOST=1393180149,1393179915][/DOUBLEPOST]I am so exhausted but that was worth getting up at 6am to bus to the bar for.
And in Maple, ON, you could catch the game at the local mosque (They showed this on the CBC coverage, in case you missed it)
And, our final standings in the medal count:
TM = Total medals (Gold, silver, bronze)
PTS = Point System (10 for gold, 6 for silver, 4 for bronze)
% All = Percentage of all medals awarded (295 total medals awarded)
EDIT: Can someone PLEASE tell me how to format this #### properly?
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Rk Nation G S B TM PTS %All
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1 Russian Fed. 13 11 9 33 232 11.19%
2 United States 9 7 12 28 180 9.49%
3 Norway 11 5 10 26 180 8.81%
4 Canada 10 10 5 25 180 8.47%
5 Netherlands 8 7 9 24 158 8.14%
6 Germany 8 6 5 19 136 6.44%
7 Austria 4 8 5 17 108 5.76%
8 France 4 4 7 15 92 5.08%
9 Sweden 2 7 6 15 86 5.08%
10 Switzerland 6 3 2 11 86 3.73%
11 China 3 4 2 9 62 3.05%
12 Korea 3 3 2 8 56 2.71%
13 Belarus 5 0 1 6 54 2.03%
14 Czech Republic 2 4 2 8 52 2.71%
15 Poland 4 1 1 6 50 2.03%
16 Slovenia 2 2 4 8 48 2.71%
17 Japan 1 4 3 8 46 2.71%
18 Italy 0 2 6 8 36 2.71%
19 Finland 1 3 1 5 32 1.69%
20 Great Britain 1 1 2 4 24 1.36%
21 Latvia 0 2 2 4 20 1.36%
22 Australia 0 2 1 3 16 1.02%
23 Ukraine 1 0 1 2 14 0.68%
24 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 10 0.34%
25 Croatia 0 1 0 1 6 0.34%
26 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1 4 0.34%
==============================================PTS = Point System (10 for gold, 6 for silver, 4 for bronze)
% All = Percentage of all medals awarded (295 total medals awarded)
EDIT: Can someone PLEASE tell me how to format this #### properly?
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How are you getting the point total? If PTS = Point System (3 for gold, 2 for silver, 1 for bronze), then aren't those totals way off?
Russia:
(13*3)+(11*2)+(9*1)
39+22+9=70
USA:
(9*3)+(7*2)+(12*1)
27+14+12=53
Norway:
(11*3)+(5*2)+(26*1)
33+10+26=69
Canada:
(10*3)+(10*2)+(5*1)
30+20+5=55
Russia:
(13*3)+(11*2)+(9*1)
39+22+9=70
USA:
(9*3)+(7*2)+(12*1)
27+14+12=53
Norway:
(11*3)+(5*2)+(26*1)
33+10+26=69
Canada:
(10*3)+(10*2)+(5*1)
30+20+5=55
It's funny how the "official" numbers on Belgian and Dutch (and most European I've seen) TV show a different ranking than that one, which ca nbe found all over US news sources.
I'm not saying one or the other is better - the way to balance and value different medals against one another is arbitrary - but it's just funny.
And yes, "our" numbers put the USA on spot #4 for less golds.
Either way, good job to all of you except those filthy Dutchies who couldn't even let us have one little medal
I'm not saying one or the other is better - the way to balance and value different medals against one another is arbitrary - but it's just funny.
And yes, "our" numbers put the USA on spot #4 for less golds.
Either way, good job to all of you except those filthy Dutchies who couldn't even let us have one little medal
