Olympics thread: Can Canada recover from agony of de feet?

All the players are Canadian.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The average age of Team USA is 26.5. The average age of its goal scorers in Sunday's 5-3 victory over Canada? 32. And if you don't count Ryan Kesler, who knocked in an empty-netter in the last minute of the game, the number is actually over 34. So for all those who questioned the callowness of the U.S., it turns out just a little bit of experience can go a long way.

Thirtysomethings Chris Drury, Jamie Langenbrunner and Brian Rafalski, the only U.S. players with previous Olympic experience, were instrumental in pulling the Americans up and over a Canadian team that hasn't quite responded to the massive pressure it is carrying in these Games. It wasn't 21-year-old Patrick Kane or 22-year-old Phil Kessel, with their youthful and dazzling skill, that earned the U.S. its first Olympic victory over Canada since 1960. It was the grinding, workmanlike play of the veterans, the guys who have been around long enough to know how to win big games like these.

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 {;-) Dan in Miami

9 out of 10 kids drown attempting to play hockey on the area's lakes and ponds.

We're used to it.

What the f*** is this?

http://www.slate.com/id/2245033?obref=obinsite

{;-) Dan in Miami

and it's record-breaking non-Olympics coverage of impersonaters claiming to be skaters, Canadians watched the real thing on CTV. We could actually see ice skaters who didn't skate on their ankles, as American hockey players did.

In a display seldom seen outside of a French bordello, "Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir danced their way into history on Monday when they became the first North American couple as well as the youngest ever Olympic figure skating ice dancing champions."

To hide their shame the parents of the "winners" have now moved to an ice flow somewhere near Valdivostok.

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/figure-skating...

{;-) Dan in Miami

Virtue-ous as she was? Such a lovely Canadian name.

American mockey team will get their asses handed to them by Canadians. Yet again.

slid down the Teflon-coated track with grace, while those tarty American girls somehow had sandpaper glued to their asses.

Teach those American girls how to play hockey!

Woof!

And that's the women players!  Now that's my kind of gal.  Can smack a slap shot and belch just like the boys. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR201002...

{;-) Dan in Miami

PS:  If all the women are like that up north maybe I should look for a summer job in Vancouver.  After the last ice melts of course.  Sometime around mid June.

to announce to one and all that the Canadian Womens Hocky team (victorious, I might add), will be offering a puck-handling and skating skills course open to both men and women who might be interested in sharpening their skills over the next four years.

Additional coaching will be offered in choosing cigars, beer and champagne blends to enhance the overall effect of a victory over ankle-skating American boys and girls.

Until next time, suckers.

hee hee hee

I watched every second of it and was mesmerized.  Even someone as ignorant of the sport as myself could appreciate the high level of play in this game.  That second Canadian goal was a work of art.  The US hung in there and once again US goalie Ryan Miller played out of his mind.  I didn't think the US could come back but that last minute US goal with only 25 seconds left in regulation made me think anything could happen.

Congratulations to Canada and all of its fine athletes.

{;-) Dan in Miami

PS:  Now if they could just figure out a way to make the puck visible on the TV screen maybe I would consider following the sport.

Yesssssssssssssss!

How cool would it be to whip out your Zamboni driver's license at the liquor store?  Everyone with something less than a Haz Mat license would be pea green with envy.

 http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/zamboni-driving-lessons/?ex=1283922000&en=05cb9e65c136e11f&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=AU-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M140-ROS-0310-L1&WT.mc_ev=click 

{;-) Dan in Miami

can you be expected to beat up on Canadian girls who smoke cigars and drink beer?

I assume.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/01/condoms.vancouver.olympics/index.html?hpt=Mid

And you know you want to your own damn self.   

Canadians invented Ice Hockey and Basketball.

It took a real American to invent the Zamboni!  Frank Zamboni of Southern California to be exact.   

But you don't want to see that video.  No.  You want to hear the country song that tugs at your heart while telling the true story of a down home boy who yearns to drive the big ice making machine.  Yes it's the biggest and baddest of all grounds keeping devices.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkJbvv3pHg 

{;-) Dan in Miami 

A 15-year-old hockey player in Manitoba was forced to parade around the dressing room with water bottles tied to his genitals

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