[GDT] February 14 General Thread

[Kelekin]

After a disappointing day at the Olympics for Canada, there will be a couple crucial games in team sports and a great medal shot for Patrick Chan in Men's Figure Skating. Slow day overall in advance of a busy Saturday.

Events of Note:

[10 PM] Curling – Men’s: #5 CAN (3-2) vs #4 NOR (3-1): Canada, currently 5th in the round-robin, has a must win game versus Norway. If Canada wins, they will pass Norway on the standings.

[3 AM] Cross-Country – Men’s 15km Classic: Alex Harvey will lead the Canadian contingent as they try once again to get on the Cross-Country podium.

[5:30 AM, 7 AM] Skeleton – Men’s Heats 1 & 2: Eric Nielsen and John Fairbairn compete for the men in the first two Skeleton runs. Neither are expected to compete for the medals, but Top 10 showings are within their reach.

[8 AM] Figure Skating – Men’s Free Skate: With a world record skate from Yuzuru Hanzu, Patrick Chan finds himself in 2nd place going into the final skate. Due to a surprising amount of below-capability performances from many of the skaters, Hanzu and Chan have a solid lead over the rest of the field; at least, much more than the usual Olympic figure skating competition.

[8:40 AM, 9:50 AM] Skeleton – Women’s Heats 3 & 4: Disappointing first day in the event, and Canada will be unable to medal here. Sarah Reid will see if she can push into the top 5, and Melissa Hollingsworth will attempt to make the Top 10.

[10 AM] Ice Hockey – Men’s: CAN (1-0) vs AUT (0-1). Canada won their first game versus Norway and should easily defeat the Austrian team as well (but this is CP, you all know that).

Other Events:

Freestyle Skiing - Ladies’ Aerials
Ski Jumping - Men’s Large Hill Individual Qualification Round
Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super Combined Downhill
Biathlon – Women’s 15km Individual

[trackercowe]

Isn't hockey on at 10 AM again?

[Tyler]

so we didn't win anything today did we?

[GirlySports]

Kelekin should create Olympic GDTs for life!

[J epworth]

You forgot the Sweden vs Switzerland game, where Berra is making his first Olympic start!

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Isn't hockey on at 10 AM again?

Fixed!

[GirlySports]

Those pants...

[OffsideSpecialist]

Norway looks fabulous

[MRCboicgy]

Finally Jacobs on track

[OffsideSpecialist]

Watching curling is so much better now that I play and understand it.

[Kelekin]

I think there should be way more fashion in Curling in general, really.

[GirlySports]

Im amazed those brooms never break with those two brothers sweeping. Maybe they should make hockey sticks out of that.

[OffsideSpecialist]

What a beauty of a shot.

[Kelekin]

Amazing four point end! That is what they have needed all week.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Wow, 4 in the 7th to take a commanding 7-3 lead. Great shot.

[GirlySports]

Norway going around that guard was suicide. Need to draw to the pile of red for damage control force Jacobs to 1.

A 4 for Jacobs!

[Arsenal14]

And that's the game. Team Jacobs is starting to find their groove. Still shocked that China is giving Edin all he can handle. The Chinese men have never been competitive in the past.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Norway going around that guard was suicide. Need to draw to the pile of red for damage control.

A 4 for Jacobs!

Yeah, I thought he might just draw into the pile of red and give up one, maybe two. Risky shot and it didn't pay off, that might be the game right there.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by Arsenal14

And that's the game. Team Jacobs is starting to find their groove. Still shocked that China is giving Edin all he can handle. The Chinese men have never been competitive in the past.

They qualified sixth, they're a way better team than in previous years.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Yeah, I thought he might just draw into the pile of red and give up one, maybe two. Risky shot and it didn't pay off, that might be the game right there.

We almost sound like experts