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Archive through February 22, 2006

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Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Here is the schedule for Men's Hockey.

Thursday, Feb. 16
Finland vs. Italy, Noon
Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, 1 p.m.
Sweden vs. Russia, 4 p.m.
Slovakia vs. Latvia, 5 p.m.
Canada vs. Germany, 8 p.m.
United States vs. Kazakhstan, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 18
Kazakhstan vs. Russia, 11:30 a.m.
Italy vs. Germany, 1 p.m.
Canada vs. Switzerland, 3:30 p.m.
Sweden vs. Latvia, 5 p.m.
Slovakia vs. United States, 8 p.m.
Czech Republic vs. Finland, 9 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 19
Germany vs. Switzerland, Noon
Russia vs. Latvia, 1 p.m.
Slovakia vs. Kazakhstan, 4 p.m.
United States vs. Sweden, 5 p.m.
Czech Republic vs. Italy, 8 p.m.
Finland vs. Canada, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 21
Latvia vs. Kazakhstan, 11:30 a.m.
Switzerland vs. Italy, 12:30 p.m.
Finland vs. Germany, 3:30 p.m.
Canada vs. Czech Republic, 4:30 p.m.
Sweden vs. Slovakia, 8 p.m.
United States vs. Russia, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 22
Quarterfinal (A1-B4), 4:30 p.m.
Quarterfinal (A2-B3), 5:30 p.m.
Quarterfinal (B1-A4), 8:30 p.m.
Quarterfinal (B2-A3), 9:30 p.m.
**order of quarterfinal games is subject to change

Friday, Feb. 24
Semifinal, 4:30 p.m.
(winner A1-B4 vs. winner B2-A3)
Semifinal, 9 p.m.
(winner B1-A4 vs. winner A2-B3)
**order of semifinal games is subject to change

Saturday, Feb. 25
Bronze Medal Game, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 26
Gold Medal Game, 2 p.m.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Here are the most recent rosters. Several players from different teams had to withdraw this week because of new injuries, or nagging old injuries that haven't healed. Peter Forsberg of Sweden is still a question mark at this time.

LINK

*perhaps some really nice mod could do their magic and make the link smaller for me*

<happy to oblige, Mary :-):-) - Jan>

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
It sounds like both the Canadian and US ladies are doing an outstanding job so far.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Yesterday the Detroit Red Wings really gave their Olympians a classy send off. They had all nine Olympians line up at Center Ice.

At this point OLN broke to commercial, but immediately realized their error and came right back...we missed the first part which appeared to be Chris Draper being presented his Canadian Olympic jersey by his son. I'm not 100% sure if the boy presenting Chris's jersey was his son..but it looked like he could be.

Then the whole crowd goes "aaaawwwww" as the most darling little tyke who appeared to be about 3 three years old with dark hair and big brown eyes wearing a Czech Republic #20 jersey and carrying one for his dad...who had to be Robert Lang. If ever there was a Robert Lang "mini-me" this little guy was it. What a beautiful little boy. Robert skated over to him and carried him...but by gosh...the little guy could skate!

Then in the bright yellow representing Sweden, out skates a stocky young lad with a round face and big blue eyes, that was definitely a Holmstrom. Tomas Holmstrom was looked proud and happy.

Then out skates the youngest of Nicklaus Lidstrom's sons. He presentes his dad with his jersey.

Next comes Nicklaus Lidstrom's older son who presents the jersey to Michael Samuelson...that boy skates with such ease and grace!

Then with robust energy that one would expect from a Babcock...out skates the coach's son to present the jersey to Henrik Zetterberg. You could tell the boy was thrilled.

Then out skates young Igor Larionov the son of the great and well respected Russian to present the Russian jersey to Pavel Datsyuk. Igor was and probably is Pavel's mentor, so it was very fitting that his son do these honors.

Next comes the cutest red haired, round face little kid who looks a whole lot like Opie Taylor. He either is the spitting image of his mother, or he's adopted because there is no resemblance to Matthieu Schneider! Matthieu takes his son's hand and they skate off..and you should have seen how fast the little guy's legs were going trying to keep with Dad. Both with great big grins.

and then...out skates Katie Chelios, who is about 11 or 12. In glasses and pig tails, that cannot hide the dark beauty she will be one day in the not so distant future. She was wearing the USA colors, and probably with Olympic hockey dreams of her own as she does play hockey...she presents her dad Cris with his Jersey. You could tell that Chris is very proud of her. In another time, not so long ago...that never would have happened.

It was a very special ceremony, and hats off to OLN for coming right back to show it to us.

Cindori
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07-25-2003

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cindori a private message Print Post    
That sounds like it was a great ceremony - I'm sorry I missed it.

Rubyroo77
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08-13-2005

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rubyroo77 a private message Print Post    
Thank you Marysafan- We were watching the Carolina game and did not see this- I just shared it with my son, and will share it later with my hubby. You did a wonderful job of writing what happened- I feel like I saw it! Thanks again!

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Not that I'm excited for the hockey to begin, but I got up and came downstairs just like a kid at Christmas...and discovered it was only 1:30am! Dang! Back to bed for a couple more hours.

But I was up and ready again at 5:00am! It's going to be a great day!

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Hockey Update: Dominic Hasek appears to have been injured during the first period of the game between the Czech Republic and Germany. He has gone to the locker room with what appears to be a knee injury.

I am also happy to report that because the announcers are familar with the players from the NHL...they are doing a fine job with the Finnish names today. Thank goodness!

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Hasek is doubtful now and so are his doctors that he will be back. It was a groin injury and it was confirmed today in a MRI. Man that hospital in Turin has probably not seen that many patients in eons!!!!!!!!!!! Between Skiing, Hockey, Luge etc. the ambulances and helicopters have all been busy too!

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
The Czech Republic got a double whammy losing both Dominic Hasek and Patrick Elias for the remainder of the games.

Why is no one talking about Slovakia? That top line of Marion Hossa, Marion Gaborik, and Pavel Demitra is down right scary. I read off the roster to hubby and said...I don't know about anyone else but...this sounds like a pretty formidable team to me.

Any talk of the USA men's team making it to the medal round is just that ...a lot of talk. The goaltending is way below what is needed, there aren't any truly elite scorers still in their prime, and the defense is just OLD. That said...Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez look like a pair to build a future around. And barring injury Ryan Miller won't be left behind next time.

I can't even feel bad for the USA women losing to Sweden today. I knew it was going to happen as soon as I heard the Team USA captain in an interview yesterday talking about going up against Canada in one game for the gold where "anything could happen".

Teams that dismiss their current competition and look to the next one before the game is played deserved to lose. Team USA got full serving of humble pie delivered by a Swedish team who's coach was smart enough to emulate Herb Brooks and used the movie Miracle as a motivational tool.

Maybe Peter Laviolette should be doing the same thing.

And HUGE props to David Aebischer the Swiss goaltender who stood on his head yesterday. I have never seen him so play so well! It takes a lot for me to something nice about someone who plays for Colorado. THAT's how good he was.

And I better not watch any more German games with hubby in the room...it's just getting to hard to hide my lust for Uwe Krupp. Oof DA!

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Jagr of the Czech team got a huge gash on his forehead too........He left the ice and went to get medical attention!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kinetic
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12-05-2005

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kinetic a private message Print Post    
wow... i thought we had a great hockey team...

Jan
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08-01-2000

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
maybe we do, Kinetic, but Finland is just better?? they are undefeated so far i gather:-(

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
The Canadian team is best described as an "All Star" team. There is a line in the movie "Miracle" where Herb Brooks is criticized for not picking the best players...and he answers "I don't want the best players...I want the right ones." Like Herb, Finland built a "team". They all had a role to play and they all played them well.

Like the USA, Canada went with "All Stars" many of whom are no longer at their peak. I thought they were vulnerable from the beginning. Add to that there are players on the Canadian team, who were selected based on their past performance not on their current efforts.

We have the Direct TV Center Ice package. Other than The West Wing and Grey's Anatomy, we watch hockey every night. I knew going into this tournament, that it wasn't the slam dunk the Canadian press was saying it was going to be.

There is a lot of talent in the NHL, and the number of Canadian players in the NHL is substantially less than it used to be. The rest of the world is catching up. It's not that the Canadian team is a "bad" team...it's just that other countries are as good, as is evidenced by some outstanding hockey being played. As a hockey fan, this is by far and away the best tournament I've ever seen.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
So far I think the Canadian team have stayed at home and it is just an illusion they are there playing!!!!!!!!! What the heck is going on???? Gretzky better shake them boys up. Either that or get some of the women to play because unlike the men they went to Italy to win!!!!!!!!!

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Gretsky is a part of the problem. He has a penchant for cronyism that interferes with his judgement.

Kinetic
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12-05-2005

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kinetic a private message Print Post    
I can live with Canada loosing to Finland... but cmon... to the swiss team...

I can't understand why Alexandre Tanguay has not been chosen to play with the team.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Anyone can get stoned by a hot goalie...and right now...the Swiss Team has two of them!

There is a headline today on TSN.ca where Gretzky is calling for the young players to "step up". Uhh...they would Wayne, but you left them home!

If you want Dany Heatley to be your "go to" guy...then why didn't you give him Jason Spezza as his linemate? Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson are one of the top lines in the entire NHL...and Canada had the chance to have 2/3rds of it...but Gretzky couldn't see the wisdom in that. The fact that Eric Stahl and Jason Spezza were left off the team had me yelling at my tv.

And to have Draper without Maltby is like having Abbott without Costello, or Ginger Rogers without Fred Astaire...or just one Sedin twin. When those two went to the world championships together a couple of years ago, everyone sang their praises and credited the duo with much of the success of the team winning the gold medal. They've only been working their magic together for over 10 years! It was a no brainer.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Yes Spezza should be there for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a huge blunder!

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
newsarticle today:

Russia-Canada Only One of Great Matchups

TURIN, Italy - Games this good aren't supposed to come this early in the Olympic men's hockey tournament. How about Canada vs. Russia — hockey's biggest rivalry for a half-century — in Wednesday's quarterfinals?

Or the world champion Czechs against Slovakia, barely a dozen years after Czechoslovakia split to form two countries and one fast-growing rivalry on ice?

And there's Sweden getting the game it wanted against Switzerland, which plays great against the good teams and awful against the bad ones.

As for the Americans, they have a formidable quarterfinal matchup with undefeated Finland.


<snipped for length>

Yahoo

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
so Mary, which way is your heart leaning - Finland or USA????

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Well, I discovered that I am a Red Wing fan to the ultimate. The other day, when the USA lost to Sweden, my hubby comes in the room and says, "I'm sorry your team lost."

I smiled and said, "My team won! I am pulling for the Swedes. I love those guys!"

Hubby gives me this puzzled look? I said, "Sweden has four Red Wings, the USA only has two!"

And then he about fell on the floor when he heard me cheer for Russia! He looked at me like I had two heads. I looked back at him with big ol' grin, and said, "Two words...Pavel Datsyuk!"

I knew from the outset that the USA was far below the other teams talentwise so I never thought for a moment that they would win.

I was happy that Sweden won this morning. They are my underdog team to take it all. And I was also happy for Finland. They deserved to win. They played to win, and they have the talent, the heart, and the work ethic to win. If Finland wins the whole thing...I will cry because I will that happy for them.

And of course, there is a personal reason. A few years back when Saku Koivu was struck down with cancer. I sent him an email...and when he was mending...he wrote back. I never will forget that.

Oh and one more thing! Ya'll know how I've been complaining about how the commentators screw up the Finnish names and how it bugs me to death. I was talking to hubby about this the other day and we were both scratching our heads at how Teemu Selanne (I ADORE Teemu Selanne) was the exception.

Today I learned that he wasn't the exception. His name is supposed to be pronounced with the accent on the first sylable like the rest...it's just that when he came over, everyone was saying it wrong and he finally decided it was just easier to let them "Anglicanize" it. lol!

So Hats off to the Finns! I am so very proud and happy for you. And to Swedes...GOOOOOOO WINGS!

*Phew*...I'll be glad when this whole thing is over with and things get back to normal...these divided loyalities are taking it's toll! But the upside is...there is always something to be happy about!

Okay, I'm off to cheer for Russia! Two words...Pavel Datsyuk! I absolutely love that guy! I would adopt him in heartbeat."

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
but Mary, The ruskies are playing the Canadians!! I can't be with you on this one, sorry since I don't watch hockey, I have no divided loyalties:-):-):-)

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 4:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Well, the medal round is set. Russia will be playing Finland and the Czech Republic is playing Sweden (I wish that were the gold medal game.)

The NBC announcers are clearly concerned that the viewers in North America won't watch now, and I suppose they have a point. But darn it, the best teams won, and that's the way it should be.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
too true, Mary:-(