[GDT] FEB 20: Canada vs. USA Women's Hockey Gold Medal Game 10am

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Glad Canada won, but a little disappointed with some of the sore winners out there. Yeesh.

Me too, then I remember guys like Kesler bad mouthing Canada, the women's team disrespecting the Canadian flag, etc....

Looks good on them.

[Miniac]

No handshake between Canada and USA?

[Red John]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

Still hard to believe that the US where a goal post away from gold.

A lot had to go right for for Canada to pull that off when you think about it. They were the second best team out there for 56 minutes.

But the hockey gods have a funny way of coming through when called upon. You saw it with 2011 canucks and countless other times. The Oilers every year after trying to tank. Etc.

The U.S. had it coming.

[Aegypticus]

Is anyone surprised that the officiating was crappy? When was the last time any of us watched a women's hockey game with good reffing? As far as I'm concerned, ####ty reffing is just a part of the sport at this point.

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by Locke

Clear penalty shot. It wasnt even remotely a cross check, it was a trip, the US player clipped her heels, but there was no attempt to play the puck on a clear breakaway and the Canadian player never got a shot off.

Ironclad penalty shot.

Yup, when I first watched the replay I was looking for upper body contact and didn't pay attention to the feet. After watching again, you can clearly see the skates clipping.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

Why can't it? In this situation it was 5 on 4 for the US because of the cross-checking penalty. During that PP the slash happens making it 4 on 4, then the cross-check possible penalty shot happens and it's 4 on 3.

Something like this could happen in any NHL playoff game.

Oh yeah it can happen, but it never does. Officials usually put the whistles away in sudden death situations, and you rarely see one penalty called let alone three. Who knows when the last time there was actually a 4 on 3 in the NHL playoffs. Just not a good way to decide games of this magnitude.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Locke

Clear penalty shot. It wasnt even remotely a cross check, it was a trip, the US player clipped her heels, but there was no attempt to play the puck on a clear breakaway and the Canadian player never got a shot off.

Ironclad penalty shot.

Yup, agreed. Though I was thinking the same thing that was posted, that the 4-3 might be the better bet anyway.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

Me too, then I remember guys like Kesler bad mouthing Canada, the women's team disrespecting the Canadian flag, etc....

Looks good on them.

That was 4 and 12 years ago, respectively. The former was good-old fashioned trash talk, and the latter was a stupid decision already met by justice at least 3 times over.

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by Troubamaker

Great point. The reffing was bad this game but at least the calls went both ways. In Salt Lake it was one of the worst cases of biased reffing ever seen. The Canadians winning the gold in 2002 was the miracle on ice.

yeah the Americans didn't seem too concerned about the reffing in that game.... that was ok I guess

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

Yup, when I first watched the replay I was looking for upper body contact and didn't pay attention to the feet. After watching again, you can clearly see the skates clipping.

Originally Posted by Daradon

Yup, agreed. Though I was thinking the same thing that was posted, that the 4-3 might be the better bet anyway.

But thats not up to the refs. I think the super-soft 'slashing' call was a make-up call for the super-soft 'cross-check' but the final call was pretty clear and they even deliberated.

Either way though, its a coin toss. 4-on-3 for 2 minutes or a penalty shot likely have equal probabilities of success at the end of the day. If that slashing call hadnt been made on the US they probably would have won.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Delgar

Is there any other olympic sport where people compare the talent to the opposite gender? Please, give it a rest. Our females are the best in the world at hockey. I'm proud.

no kidding, its like saying there shouldn't be Womens track and field because usain bolt would kick their asses.

Best womens hockey team in the world, not too shabby

[Northendzone]

americans seemed to be solid for about 57 minutes and then the craziness ensues....canda gets a fortunate goal off of a week shot that is deflected, then the lineswoamn boxes out the D and the shot on the empty net hits the post, then canada gets a feed in the slot courtesy of the goalie......canada takes and obvious penalty, then the us a dumb one and suddenly there was a ton of ice and haley gets knocked down from behind (i think she was out of gas and likely could not have skated much further) and then when everyone in the room is yelling shoot, Caanda makes one mroe pass to strike gold......gotta be tough for the americans to be within 180 seconds or less of thier goal and lose.......on the other hand, congrate the ladies for not giving up and continuing to push back......

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Yamer

That was 4 and 12 years ago, respectively. The former was good-old fashioned trash talk, and the latter was a stupid decision already met by justice at least 3 times over.

Nope, not enough justice yet. How long did the curse of the bambino last in Boston? I'm thinking that for the American Women's Hockey team.

Never seen anything close to class out of them since Nagano.

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by Miniac

No handshake between Canada and USA?

they shook after the game, before hte medals were handed out.

[Tinordi]

Love the amateur vibe from all of this, seeing all the family members in the crowd, nice that these athletes have a stage like this at least every four years.

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Daradon

Yup, agreed. Though I was thinking the same thing that was posted, that the 4-3 might be the better bet anyway.

nm

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

Why can't it? In this situation it was 5 on 4 for the US because of the cross-checking penalty. During that PP the slash happens making it 4 on 4, then the cross-check possible penalty shot happens and it's 4 on 3.

Something like this could happen in any NHL playoff game.

But the Americans would have started with a 4-on-3 and have it aken away.
4-on-3 is way easier to score than 5-on-4.

I have often argued that 4-on-3 is even easier to score than 5-on-3!

[ForeverFlameFan]

This game was almost decided by an empty-netter... This game was literally inches to an American gold...

[dino7c]

it was 3 on 3, US allowed a break away that led to a penalty...quit crying about it. Like canada didn't have any bad calls against

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Yamer

That was 4 and 12 years ago, respectively. The former was good-old fashioned trash talk, and the latter was a stupid decision already met by justice at least 3 times over.

I agree with the sportsmanship post you made, but beating the US never gets old.