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Started by Jacob, February 05, 2010, 02:48:08 PM

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MadImmortalMan

Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 26, 2010, 07:01:50 PM
Quote from: sbr on February 26, 2010, 06:30:27 PM
Did everyone see the outrage over the Canadian women celebrating on the ice last night?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10628735
Check out the oddball sport Kiwis follow.

I don't get the outrage either, but what are the advantages of slugging down a 2-4 on a frozen surface?


If we have to listen to outrage, it should at least have some stripping action footage to go along with it. Womens' soccer players know how to roll.
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Neil

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PRC

Canada up 2-0 over the Slovaks going into the 2nd period... Slovaks look way to defensive.  They need to start taking some chances if they want to succeed.

jimmy olsen

Quote from: Barrister on February 24, 2010, 11:55:00 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 24, 2010, 11:22:50 PM
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One shoe has a piece of teflon on it.  That's your slider.  The other shoe just has a rubber sole with a lot of little pockmarks.  It's called your gripper, as it doesn't really slide at all.
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Syt

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Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Grey Fox

The Rematch is on!

There's a real possibility that Gold-Silver-Bronze will be the same in both women & men hockey.

Go Canada!
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PRC

Canada will have something to prove against the US... this is going to be a fantastic Gold medal game!  Congrats to the Slovaks for their best ever finish in the Olympics... they will play for a medal tomorrow and I think they can take the Finns.

BuddhaRhubarb

Heart attack finish. Slovaks are the new NJ Devils. ugly but good. Bronze is a good medal for that style.
:p

BuddhaRhubarb

Oh BTW, Own The Podium? :yes: Who has the most gold medals? Who was Best more times than any other country?

:Canuck: That's who.
:p

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

BuddhaRhubarb

Quote from: Syt on February 27, 2010, 12:12:42 AM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on February 27, 2010, 12:07:08 AM
Oh BTW, Own The Podium? :yes: Who has the most gold medals? Who was Best more times than any other country?

:Canuck: That's who.

http://olympia.ard.de/olympia/ergebnisse/medaillenspiegel/ewigermedaillenspiegel/index.html




Oh snap. The slogan is only from these olympics. The past is just that. irrelevant like the Russians in Hockey, now.
:p

Syt

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on February 27, 2010, 12:22:08 AM
The past is just that. irrelevant like the Russians in Hockey, now.

Well, unless Tikhonov gets free reign and dictatorial powers again to rebuild the team I don't see that changing anytime soon.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

BuddhaRhubarb

Too much Oligarchy not enough Despotism... They are in Maple Leaf Territory but with Gangsters and KGB, instead of dull witted lawyers.
:p

katmai

It's so cute when Canadians Try to be smug. Still 13 medals behind USA.
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