Gillipig wrote:Sweden-Canada it is then. The last time Sweden and Canada met was in 2002, Salt lake city olympics were Sweden won a round 1 meeting between the teams with 5-2. That was Canada's lone loss in a tournament they won, and Sweden went on to lose in the quarterfinals in an infamous game against Belarus. This loss is remembered in Sweden as the biggest disappointment in the history of swedish sport. Not just hockey, but any sport.
The last time Sweden and Canada met in a single game knockout match in the olympics was in 94, when Sweden won the gold medal game against Canada. Let's re-enact that game on Sunday .
Oh and I think the King will be in the arena on Sunday, no I'm not talking about Lundqvist, although he'll be there as well I sure hope. The King of Sweden has been following a lot of the sporting activities in Sochi personally and it would be very surprising if he didn't come to the biggest event of all. And to all you Canadians who don't know who the Swedish king is let me say that he's a huge sportfan and often very vocal during games. He'll probably be more vocal than all canadian fans put together in the arena. Don't believe me, photographical evidence! Look at the lady sitting on the row below him in the first pic. It's pretty obvious this wasn't the first time he yelled during the game, hehe.
You're staring yourself blind at the Olypmics though. Sweden beat Canada in the world championships Quarter-Final last year, as I'm sure you will remember if you put your mind to it, as we won the whole thing
I picked Finland and USA in the right place. There is still a chance for my Canada and Russia placements to just be transposed and I will get 3 of the top 5 right. Serbia could get one right. AoG could get one right. notyou2 could get one right. Duke, denominator and nietzche and BBS have 1, could get a second right.
Gillipig wrote:Sweden-Canada it is then. The last time Sweden and Canada met was in 2002, Salt lake city olympics were Sweden won a round 1 meeting between the teams with 5-2. That was Canada's lone loss in a tournament they won, and Sweden went on to lose in the quarterfinals in an infamous game against Belarus. This loss is remembered in Sweden as the biggest disappointment in the history of swedish sport. Not just hockey, but any sport.
The last time Sweden and Canada met in a single game knockout match in the olympics was in 94, when Sweden won the gold medal game against Canada. Let's re-enact that game on Sunday .
Oh and I think the King will be in the arena on Sunday, no I'm not talking about Lundqvist, although he'll be there as well I sure hope. The King of Sweden has been following a lot of the sporting activities in Sochi personally and it would be very surprising if he didn't come to the biggest event of all. And to all you Canadians who don't know who the Swedish king is let me say that he's a huge sportfan and often very vocal during games. He'll probably be more vocal than all canadian fans put together in the arena. Don't believe me, photographical evidence! Look at the lady sitting on the row below him in the first pic. It's pretty obvious this wasn't the first time he yelled during the game, hehe.
You're staring yourself blind at the Olypmics though. Sweden beat Canada in the world championships Quarter-Final last year, as I'm sure you will remember if you put your mind to it, as we won the whole thing
Gillipig wrote:Sweden-Canada it is then. The last time Sweden and Canada met was in 2002, Salt lake city olympics were Sweden won a round 1 meeting between the teams with 5-2. That was Canada's lone loss in a tournament they won, and Sweden went on to lose in the quarterfinals in an infamous game against Belarus. This loss is remembered in Sweden as the biggest disappointment in the history of swedish sport. Not just hockey, but any sport.
The last time Sweden and Canada met in a single game knockout match in the olympics was in 94, when Sweden won the gold medal game against Canada. Let's re-enact that game on Sunday .
Oh and I think the King will be in the arena on Sunday, no I'm not talking about Lundqvist, although he'll be there as well I sure hope. The King of Sweden has been following a lot of the sporting activities in Sochi personally and it would be very surprising if he didn't come to the biggest event of all. And to all you Canadians who don't know who the Swedish king is let me say that he's a huge sportfan and often very vocal during games. He'll probably be more vocal than all canadian fans put together in the arena. Don't believe me, photographical evidence! Look at the lady sitting on the row below him in the first pic. It's pretty obvious this wasn't the first time he yelled during the game, hehe.
You're staring yourself blind at the Olypmics though. Sweden beat Canada in the world championships Quarter-Final last year, as I'm sure you will remember if you put your mind to it, as we won the whole thing
It's hard to forget such a recent fond memory, winning on home ice to boot as well. But it was in the WC, not in the olympics. And we had home ice advantage. I'm not sure who the russians will be cheering for in Sochi but it won't be like in Globen, even if our king is present .
AoG for President of the World!! I promise he will put George W. Bush to shame!
Gillipig wrote:Sweden-Canada it is then. The last time Sweden and Canada met was in 2002, Salt lake city olympics were Sweden won a round 1 meeting between the teams with 5-2. That was Canada's lone loss in a tournament they won, and Sweden went on to lose in the quarterfinals in an infamous game against Belarus. This loss is remembered in Sweden as the biggest disappointment in the history of swedish sport. Not just hockey, but any sport.
The last time Sweden and Canada met in a single game knockout match in the olympics was in 94, when Sweden won the gold medal game against Canada. Let's re-enact that game on Sunday .
Oh and I think the King will be in the arena on Sunday, no I'm not talking about Lundqvist, although he'll be there as well I sure hope. The King of Sweden has been following a lot of the sporting activities in Sochi personally and it would be very surprising if he didn't come to the biggest event of all. And to all you Canadians who don't know who the Swedish king is let me say that he's a huge sportfan and often very vocal during games. He'll probably be more vocal than all canadian fans put together in the arena. Don't believe me, photographical evidence! Look at the lady sitting on the row below him in the first pic. It's pretty obvious this wasn't the first time he yelled during the game, hehe.
You're staring yourself blind at the Olypmics though. Sweden beat Canada in the world championships Quarter-Final last year, as I'm sure you will remember if you put your mind to it, as we won the whole thing
It's hard to forget such a recent fond memory, winning on home ice to boot as well. But it was in the WC, not in the olympics. And we had home ice advantage. I'm not sure who the russians will be cheering for in Sochi but it won't be like in Globen, even if our king is present .
It was in the WC? That's what they call toilets in Europe, isn't it?
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Gillipig wrote:Sweden-Canada it is then. The last time Sweden and Canada met was in 2002, Salt lake city olympics were Sweden won a round 1 meeting between the teams with 5-2. That was Canada's lone loss in a tournament they won, and Sweden went on to lose in the quarterfinals in an infamous game against Belarus. This loss is remembered in Sweden as the biggest disappointment in the history of swedish sport. Not just hockey, but any sport.
The last time Sweden and Canada met in a single game knockout match in the olympics was in 94, when Sweden won the gold medal game against Canada. Let's re-enact that game on Sunday .
Oh and I think the King will be in the arena on Sunday, no I'm not talking about Lundqvist, although he'll be there as well I sure hope. The King of Sweden has been following a lot of the sporting activities in Sochi personally and it would be very surprising if he didn't come to the biggest event of all. And to all you Canadians who don't know who the Swedish king is let me say that he's a huge sportfan and often very vocal during games. He'll probably be more vocal than all canadian fans put together in the arena. Don't believe me, photographical evidence! Look at the lady sitting on the row below him in the first pic. It's pretty obvious this wasn't the first time he yelled during the game, hehe.
You're staring yourself blind at the Olypmics though. Sweden beat Canada in the world championships Quarter-Final last year, as I'm sure you will remember if you put your mind to it, as we won the whole thing
It's hard to forget such a recent fond memory, winning on home ice to boot as well. But it was in the WC, not in the olympics. And we had home ice advantage. I'm not sure who the russians will be cheering for in Sochi but it won't be like in Globen, even if our king is present .
It was in the WC? That's what they call toilets in Europe, isn't it?
You word-twister there, misunderstand me correctly!!
AoG for President of the World!! I promise he will put George W. Bush to shame!
Gillipig wrote:Okay so what are your predictions for the gold medal and bronze medal games? I think the Bronze medal game is going to be between two noticably tired teams and therefore I don't see a low scoring affair. USA wins 4-3. Gold medal game is going to feature two teams that have gotten more rest and also the two best defensive teams with hot goalies, I see a low scoring game with Sweden edging out a win late in the third period. 2-1. But of course it might be the other way around, and Canada wins with a small margin. What would really surprise me is if the game turns into goal feast or that one team clearly wins the game with several (none open netter's) goals.
Looks like you're way off with both predictions, man. However I can't criticize too much since I never made an official prediction myself...
The best team won, the only close period was the first period, after that it was Canada all the way. One team was just clearly better. I guess that means canadians have bragging rights for another four years, sigh. Well earned though so I can't complain.
Guess the next thing to look forward to is the world championships in spring. Let's try to defend that title and prevent Canada from pulling a double this year !
AoG for President of the World!! I promise he will put George W. Bush to shame!
Gillipig wrote:The best team won, the only close period was the first period, after that it was Canada all the way. One team was just clearly better. I guess that means canadians have bragging rights for another four years, sigh. Well earned though so I can't complain.
Guess the next thing to look forward to is the world championships in spring. Let's try to defend that title and prevent Canada from pulling a double this year !
It's a good thing. After we lost in the World Juniors, there were calls for an Official Inquiry into the state of Hockey Canada.
Back to back shutouts... and back to back Gold Medals. Last team to do that was Russia who went 3x.
It's a shame Sweden's roster was lacking centers, but Team Canada's defense was awesome with few pucks finding the back of their net. Just 3 in 6 games???
DoomYoshi wrote:Here's my Official Prediction: 1-Russia 2-Sweden 3-Finland 4-USA 5-Canada 6-Czech 7-Slovakia 8-Switzerland 9-Norway 10-Slovenia 11-Latvia 12-Austria
denominator wrote:I know I'm a bit late, but the games earlier today don't really affect much:
01) Russia 02) Canada 03) Sweden 04) USA 05) Finland 06) Slovakia 07) Czech Republic 08) Austria 09) Slovenia 10) Switzerland 11) Latvia 12) Norway
Serbia wrote:1. Sweden 2. Russia 3. USA 4. Canada 5. Slovakia 6. Finland 7. Czech 8. Switzerland 9. Austria 10. Latvia 11. Slovenia 12. Norway
Bollocks.
Army of GOD wrote:Usually I would join you guys in facetiously reposting the list but I'm too serious about hockey.
1. USA 2. Canada (yes, it'll be a US/Canada rematch) 3. Russia 4. Sweden 5. Czech 6. Slovakia 7. Finland 8. Norway 9. Latvia 10. Switzerland 11. Slovenia 12. Austria
I win gold. Correction: Your Team & Country win Gold. No surprise anyone in the Great White North would pick CANADA all the way. OR was this actually an educated guess?
Now I'm wondering who had the stones to win Curling?
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