Does Olympic Hockey Need a Mercy Rule?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by edn88

No mercy rule (for all of the stated reasons).

But if I was either the Czech republic when it was 18-0 I would have changed my goalie every time there was five shots against. I would guess that the enourmous shot disparity was part of the reason that the Czech goalie got blitzed.

As well, the Czech team needed to not shoot the puck the second they got across the blue line.

Canada was playing Slovakia, not the Czech Republic.

[edn88]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Canada was playing Slovakia, not the Czech Republic.

Duly noted and fixed. I would still have changed my goalie after every five shots.

[Huntingwhale]

As a Flames fan, l am used to seen 1 goal per game, sometimes 2 if l'm lucky. Anytime l can cheer for my hometeam, the more goals the merrier.

[mac_82]

Do the World Juniors need a mercy rule as well then? No one was complaining about the men's teams. I know there are 3-4 teams that could win gold, but still.

Canada beat Latvia 16-0.

US beat Latvia 12-1.

Sweden beat Czechs 10-1.

Finland beat Austria 10-1.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by mac_82

Do the World Juniors need a mercy rule as well then? No one was complaining about the men's teams.

Yeah, there was a lot of whining about that tournament as well.

In short, we as Canadians simply cant enjoy when we are dominating at a sport, but we also whine that we don't win often enough. A really baffling aspect of our national psyche.