Sochi Olympic Hockey Thread

[TripletDaddy]

now that the women's run is over, let's get back to the in-depth analysis on the men's side.

[LiveCoug]

Canada much more dangerous in the early moments

[LiveCoug]

Canada much more dangerous in the early moments

And now the US is attacking well

[TripletDaddy]

Sorry LiveCoug, let me officially get these updates going before any of our hockey enthusiasts start watching.

Good. now we can be inundated with lots of analysis.

[MartyFunkhouser]

It is going to be expected that the United States is going to have fewer shots, fewer chances, and less puck possession. USA is going to have to really go after Canada on the counter-attack. With the quality of the Canadian defense, the team just needs to get the puck on net and hope to get some garbage goals.

[smokymountainrain]

So is today's hockey match women or men?

Yesterday when I was reading posts, I just assumed it was men because people seemed to care. Apparently there are people out there who not only care about men's hockey (which is hard for me to grasp), but also care about women's hockey

(edit) nevermind - just saw TD's post saying the women's run is over.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Not thrilled to see that Babcock decided to actually play Sharp again.

[TripletDaddy]

we have updates!

[MartyFunkhouser]

I really like the line of Kane-Kessler-Parise.

Suter with a stupid penalty. We cannot give Canada chances on the power play.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Seriously how was Babcock dumb enough to scratch Sharp and why isn't he still being that dumb. Sharp with way too many chances and playing great hockey.

[Donuthole]

Seriously how was Babcock dumb enough to scratch Sharp and why isn't he still being that dumb. Sharp with way too many chances and playing great hockey.

Outside of Ovechkin, Crosby, and a few other names, I have pretty much zero familiarity with hockey players. But I can always tell from mpfunk's posts which players play for the Blackhawks.

[MartyFunkhouser]

USA getting dominated since the penalty. Really pathetic power play. Really pathetic.

[Flystripper]

what a first period Quick has been nails so far. The US blue liners need to do a better job of limiting opportunities on the rush

[MartyFunkhouser]

what a first period Quick has been nails so far. The US blue liners need to do a better job of limiting opportunities on the rush

Quick has been great. He is the reason the USA isn't down several goals. Always nice to have the best goaltender in the world (now donuthole is going to think that Quick is a Blackhawk). Dead right with the blue liners. Canada is attacking the zone with speed without having anyone slow them down. We have got to slow them down and/or force them to dump the puck more. Can't give a team with that much talent a chance to attack that quickly.

[MarkGrace]

Outside of Ovechkin, Crosby, and a few other names, I have pretty much zero familiarity with hockey players. But I can always tell from mpfunk's posts which players play for the Blackhawks.

Since you can name that many hockey players I can tell from your post that you are as familiar with hockey as mpfunk.