2026 Olympic Hockey

[rrlbees]

crazy

 

[jncuse]

Here comes the darned offside rule.
This might be coming back.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Canada pulling games out of their ass

 

[jncuse]

The 4 last men's games, and the gold medal women's game, have all either had a tying goal or winning goal in the last 2 or 3 minutes of regulation.

So much drama.

 

[jncuse]

Canada pulling games out of their ass

They did outplay the Finns by a fair amount today, but it could have easily went the other way.

This is certainly not like 2014 for Canada.

 

[JustPherU]

Here comes the darned offside rule.
This might be coming back.

Not a hockey guy but I love the rule that if you lose the challenge you have to play short handed.NFL should adopt it.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Not a hockey guy but I love the rule that if you lose the challenge you have to play short handed.NFL should adopt it.

Losing a timeout is usually pretty important

 

[jncuse]

Not a hockey guy but I love the rule that if you lose the challenge you have to play short handed.NFL should adopt it.

I'm not crazy about a penalty for a failed challenge (obviously I'm in the minority as the NHL voted to add a penalty a few years back)

To me, if you are going to grant one challenge then grant it with no strings attached.

For example, Canada's second goal today (with 10 minutes left) apparently may have been an offside. But the Finns declined to challenge out of fear of being penalized.

To me the one challenge should give you chance to get a call right, and not a strategic call in case you are wrong.

 

[jncuse]

These uniforms are too close to each other.

US flying early.

 

[GoSU96]

Hey Tage, where has that been all year?

He’s been greater 5 on 5 this year. His pp one timer has disappeared this season.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Fins were outplayed but yet and still I think their goalie was going to steal it for them had they not hamstrung him by taking two terrible high sticking penalties leading two 2 ppg and the other goal due to his D man dumping Marchand onto his lap

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Oshie is pretty good at this

 

[orange79]

End of 1: USA 2-0

 

[rrlbees]

over

 

[OrangeXtreme]

5-0 / End 2nd

 

[BuffOrange]

I'm realizing Olzyck is to passing what football announcers are to 4th downs. Nonstop hindsight yammering except when it works, then you just never mention it.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[sutomcat]

Why would you expect them to not be really disappointed with a silver? Even if they were a decent dog in this one based on the US dominating the recent 4 game rivalry series, this team core has a history of winning the big game and it will always jolt them to lose to the USA. These two teams have been very close to each other for 25 years... and no other country has ever become close to a peer, making the rivalry even bigger.

- Canada has won gold 4 of the last 5 Olympics before this one. Their captain has 3 gold medals, a number of players have two.
- They have won the World Championship 3 of the last 5 years.

This team based on their history expects to be able to have a good chance to win these games (of course they will some lose some as well). And when they lose they won't be happy just to have competed.

Not to take anything away from the US who has been the far superior team in 2025/2026 - probably the "largest gap" they have ever had over Canadian woman from what I have heard.

I had no expectations regarding the reaction the Canadian women had to winning the silver.

They did get humiliated by the Americans a couple days before. I would guess it was the worst loss Canada has ever had in women’s hockey.

Anyway, I have watched a lot of teams react to medal ceremonies over the years. The Canadian women were polite but looked like they all really wanted to be somewhere else.

It will be interesting to see how they do against the US in the future. I will be watching.

 

[jncuse]

I had no expectations regarding the reaction the Canadian women had to winning the silver.

They did get humiliated by the Americans a couple days before. I would guess it was the worst loss Canada has ever had in women’s hockey.

Anyway, I have watched a lot of teams react to medal ceremonies over the years. The Canadian women were polite but looked like they all really wanted to be somewhere else.

It will be interesting to see how they do against the US in the future. I will be watching.

Women's hockey is unique in that it literally has only 2 countries that have a chance to win.

There have been 24 World Championships... 23 of 24 times the final has been the US vs Canada!

They knew at the start of the every major event one of them (Canada or the US) will get the gold and one will get the silver, So "Silver" moreso than any other sport at the Olympics, feels like a loss for these two rivals.

 

[tbonezone]

watched both games. great hockey. we get our replay of the four nations classic. canada had to struggle back and the use breezed. should be a great gold medal game. exactly what we hoped for.

 

[Briancuse]

Ok ill be that guy, you put your gold medal game on 8 am? Seriously?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Ok ill be that guy, you put your gold medal game on 8 am? Seriously?

2 PM Italy time.

Closing ceremonies start at 8:30 PM Italy (2:30 PM Eastern).

In 2008 Beijing, the MBB finals started at 3 AM Eastern.

 

[Briancuse]

2 PM Italy time.

Closing ceremonies start at 8:30 PM Italy (2:30 PM Eastern).

In 2008 Beijing, the MBB finals started at 3 AM Eastern.

How about a Saturday night game? Reconfigure the schedule.

 

[jncuse]

Ok ill be that guy, you put your gold medal game on 8 am? Seriously?

The Ontario premier just put out a notice that bars are allowed to open and serve alcohol starting at 6:00 AM on Sunday.

 

[jncuse]

How about a Saturday night game? Reconfigure the schedule.

The Gold Medal Hockey Game has always been the final event on Sunday as far as I can remember.
Why would they change it.

8:00 is not that early. You could tape the game, start watching at 9:00 -- fast forwarding commercials and intermission, you will be fully caught up by the start of the 3rd period.