Toronto Bars to open at 6am for Gold Metal Game

[Bryan G]

Yup, Toronto Council is allowing bars in the city to open at 6am tomorrow and start serving booze for game

[SilentKnight]

You just know Mayor Ford will be the first in a drunken stupor.

And then Monday morning he'll be really, really...really sorry.

[Penny24Seven]

get your scarf on and anal beads ready, it will be a great game I hope

[fuzebox]

It's a Medal

I rarely play grammar police, but come on, this is important.

[just a punk]

As far as I know, gold is a METAL ;)

[Bryan G]

Originally Posted by fuzebox

It's a Medal

I rarely play grammar police, but come on, this is important.

Opps lol. They will be no "medal" for the usa in hockey. Getting pumped 5-0 lol

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Brian837

get your scarf on and anal beads ready, it will be a great game I hope

[Ramp]

Canada is gonna get Silver :P

[CDSmith]

I saw a video on the news of mayor Ford jumping up and down when Canada scored against the US.

I could swear I felt the earth shake all the way over here in Winnipeg.

[seeandsee]

meanwhile in america pics please

[Jman]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

You just know Mayor Ford will be the first in a drunken stupor.

And then Monday morning he'll be really, really...really sorry.

LMAO Hopefully he'll relapse and make all of us some entertaining content to watch on the news

[NEW XTC]

great sport if only they made that tiny goal about 6 feet wider - you guys really ok with sitting through an entire game and the score ends up being 0-0? Or if you're lucky there might be a couple goals?

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by NEW XTC

great sport if only they made that tiny goal about 6 feet wider - you guys really ok with sitting through an entire game and the score ends up being 0-0? Or if you're lucky there might be a couple goals?

Go watch a soccer match - that'll really give you something to whine about.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by NEW XTC

great sport if only they made that tiny goal about 6 feet wider - you guys really ok with sitting through an entire game and the score ends up being 0-0? Or if you're lucky there might be a couple goals?

Sport is not about the most points accumulated.
"More points = better sport" is not a correct phrase. Pretty ignorant actually. Somehow it usually comes from North America

[NEW XTC]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

Sport is not about the most points accumulated.
"More points = better sport" is not a correct phrase. Pretty ignorant actually. Somehow it usually comes from North America

You are equating my post to mean something that I in no way intended and I'm the ignorant one? Maybe English is a second language for you...but I never said anything even similar to "More points = better sport"

How about less GIANT pads on the goalie so a pitiful FEW more points per game can happen...I like Hockey...but 1-0 after sitting through an entire game...thats a problem for Hockey and I'm not the only one with that opinion.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by NEW XTC

You are equating my post to mean something that I in no way intended and I'm the ignorant one? Maybe English is a second language for you...but I never said anything even similar to "More points = better sport"

How about less GIANT pads on the goalie so a pitiful FEW more points per game can happen...I like Hockey...but 1-0 after sitting through an entire game...thats a problem for Hockey and I'm not the only one with that opinion.

Well you just said it - sport would be better if more points were scored
If that would be the case then hockey, football, handball would broaden the goal zones.. Easy solution to make sport more popular and more profitable. Not.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by NEW XTC

How about less GIANT pads on the goalie so a pitiful FEW more points per game can happen...I like Hockey...but 1-0 after sitting through an entire game...thats a problem for Hockey and I'm not the only one with that opinion.

Humour me here...who are the others?




btw - Finland beat the U.S. 5-0 to win bronze.

[Mutt]

NEW XTC is right - they are using the same sized nets as they used 100 years ago, when the average goaltender was 5'6" and the pads and gloves goaltenders used were a fraction the size of today's equipment. Just go on youtube and check out games from the 70's and 80's to see the difference in goalie equipment. Add in that today's goaltenders are coached in technique from an early age, goalie coaches and specialized camps for them didn't exist 25 years ago.

The vast majority of goals scored today are junky fluke goals where the goaltender is screened so has no view at all of the puck or it hits somebody in front of the net and deflects into the net.

My pet peeve with today's game is all the shot blocking by skaters, the armor these guys today have including visors have made them all into goalies. 20 years ago you would have a couple of defencemen who would block shots per team - now in the defensive zone all 5 of the skaters are expected and will block shots.

Fans want goals - the 80's a typical NHL game score was 7-5, 6-4 - today it's 2-1.

The NFL tinkers with their rules all the time to make sure NFL football games are exciting and that means rules that are friendly to the offense and creates more touchdowns. The NHL is run by dinosaurs.

The sport was not intended to be soccer on ice.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Mutt

The sport was not intended to be football on ice.

Well since football is undisputed number 1 sport in the world being that sport on ice would be pretty decent

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by NEW XTC

How about less GIANT pads on the goalie so a pitiful FEW more points per game can happen...I like Hockey...but 1-0 after sitting through an entire game...thats a problem for Hockey and I'm not the only one with that opinion.

People who have never played the game tend to have opinions like that.

[Porno Dan]

What's the big deal I go to pubs to watch football and drink beer at 6am all the time in Los Angeles

[NEW XTC]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Humour me here...who are the others?

btw - Finland beat the U.S. 5-0 to win bronze.

Is low goal scoring becoming a problem again?

In the Jan. 16 issue of The Hockey News, a stat page revealed NHL-wide scoring was trending downward in the post-lockout era. Consequently, goalie save percentages trended upward over that span, from .901 in 2005-2006 to .913 in 2010-11. But shots per game generally rose during the same period, indicating chances aren?t the problem. Goalies are. They?re just too darned good.

Is equipment to blame? The league reduced goalie pads from 12 to 11 inches in ?05-06, but is it time to reassess?

http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...lem-again.html

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/10...t-nhl-scoring/


10 Ways to Boost NHL Scoring
Make the nets bigger

The logic: The goalies are bigger and their equipment is bigger, which adds up to a lot less net to shoot at. So why not make the nets bigger, too, and restore some of that balance we?ve lost over the years?

http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ype=blogs&_r=0

Poll: Does the NHL need to address the decline in goal-scoring?

Whether you?re alarmed by the trend towards defensive hockey depends on your taste (and probably which team you support), but generally sports fans enjoy scoring.

If the NHL does choose to address the issue, it could look at clamping down on obstruction (again) and/or reducing the size of goalie pads.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2...-goal-scoring/

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...hl-goaltenders

[NEW XTC]

[Maqua]

The bars will be packed

[Axel_Crak]

Originally Posted by Maqua

The bars will be packed

They are , just saw some in the news

IM at home, and my bar is open too !

[just a punk]

Sweden for the winner. The Golden Medal should stay on the continent ;)

0:0 so far...

[Phoenix]

anyone have a working stream for it?

i am blocked out

[MaxCandy]

canada scores

[MaxCandy]

use http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/v...ing-34234.html with a VPN

[Nicky]

It's unfortunate we have to play this game with 3 of our top center men out :/ Also is It really that kosher to have 3 Canadian referee's in this game?

[MaxCandy]

Originally Posted by Nicky

It's unfortunate we have to play this game with 3 of our top center men out :/ Also is It really that kosher to have 3 Canadian referee's in this game?

Nobody is bitching about any calls, so far, so that is non issue.

[Axel_Crak]

Crosbyyyyyyyyy !!!!!!


Refs are fine so far...

[Axel_Crak]

Originally Posted by Porno Dan

What's the big deal I go to pubs to watch football and drink beer at 6am all the time in Los Angeles

Its illegal normally for bars, for example in quebec bars can open only frpm 9am to 3am

[just a punk]

Congrats to Canada!

[MaxCandy]

Canada Takes GOLD

[Mutt]

Weird gold medal game to wrap up a weird tourament, this game never felt like a gold medal game. Canada came to play, Sweden didn't.

Canada needs the Russians to be great again and the US to keep improving - just doesn't feel that great beating Sweden. Nobody hates Swedes.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by Mutt

Canada needs the Russians to be great again and the US to keep improving - just doesn't feel that great beating Sweden. Nobody hates Swedes.

Well said

[fris]

i kinda wish it was a russian vs canada, always good matches

[CarlosTheGaucho]

Well worth it, congrats! In case you're someplace together say Hi to DH!

Wished it would be US or Russia in the finals, could make for more heated match, but that doesn't change a thing on the fact that this time it indeed was the best playing team that won!

[MaxCandy]

Originally Posted by Mutt

Weird gold medal game to wrap up a weird tourament, this game never felt like a gold medal game. Canada came to play, Sweden didn't.

Canada needs the Russians to be great again and the US to keep improving - just doesn't feel that great beating Sweden. Nobody hates Swedes.

So true!

[CDSmith]

For the record Winnipeg bars opened at FIVE am.

We win.

[Jman]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

For the record Winnipeg bars opened at FIVE am.

We win.

I think Vancouver bars went round the clock and did not close

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by Jman

I think Vancouver bars went round the clock and did not close

Yeah but Vancouverites are a bunch of alkies. :D

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by Mutt

Weird gold medal game to wrap up a weird tourament, this game never felt like a gold medal game. Canada came to play, Sweden didn't.

Canada needs the Russians to be great again and the US to keep improving - just doesn't feel that great beating Sweden. Nobody hates Swedes.

I said the exact same thing to the wife during the game. Beating Sweden is like stepping on a small puppy.

I grew up with memories of the '72 Canada/Russia series - and back then we loathed and hated the USSR. It was more than hockey - it was the good guys (democracy) against the evil guys (communism). We were ecstatic when Canada beat the Russians. It made such an impact on the nation that Paul Henderson still gives sold-out speeches about it 40+ years later.

Canada vs. the U.S. has always been a long-standing rivalry. It's always very satisfying to beat an ego-driven country that thinks of itself as being the center of the universe. Especially when you realize the U.S. has 313 million people vs. Canada's 34 million.

At least the beer was cold this morning at 7am.

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by Mutt

Canada needs the Russians to be great again and the US to keep improving - just doesn't feel that great beating Sweden. Nobody hates Swedes.

Yep, nothing beat the cold war era olympics.

.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

I said the exact same thing to the wife during the game. Beating Sweden is like stepping on a small puppy.

You mean the Sweden that won bronze in '84 and '88 while Canada was completely shut out of the medals?
The Sweden that kicked Canada's ass in '94 at Lillehammer to win gold?
Or the Sweden who won gold in 2006 (Turin) again while shutting Canada out of the the medals?
That Sweden?

Ohhh my fellow Canuckians... lest we show our arrogance. The Swedes are no puppy. In 4 years time in Korea I'd like to think we have a shot at a threepeat for our third Olympic gold in a row but you can damn well bet Sweden will again be one of the countries having the most to say about it.

They were soundly thrashed THIS time. But small puppy? I hardly think so.

To be honest, thanks to the Swedish Elite League, KHL, etc, NONE of the European and traditionally "lesser teams" are lesser at all. They're all dangerous these days.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

You mean the Sweden that won bronze in '84 and '88 while Canada was completely shut out of the medals?
The Sweden that kicked Canada's ass in '94 at Lillehammer to win gold?
Or the Sweden who won gold in 2006 (Turin) again while shutting Canada out of the the medals?
That Sweden?

Ohhh my fellow Canuckians... lest we show our arrogance. The Swedes are no puppy. In 4 years time in Korea I'd like to think we have a shot at a threepeat for our third Olympic gold in a row but you can damn well bet Sweden will again be one of the countries having the most to say about it.

They were soundly thrashed THIS time. But small puppy? I hardly think so.

To be honest, thanks to the Swedish Elite League, KHL, etc, NONE of the European and traditionally "lesser teams" are lesser at all. They're all dangerous these days.

You completely missed the mark with your reply.

My 'puppy' reference was meant to convey we don't think of them with the same negativity we reserve for the Russians and Americans. It had nothing to do with their obvious talent and skill level. I'm well aware of Sweden's hockey history over the years.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

You completely missed the mark with your reply.

My 'puppy' reference was meant to convey we don't think of them with the same negativity we reserve for the Russians and Americans. It had nothing to do with their obvious talent and skill level. I'm well aware of Sweden's hockey history over the years.

My mistake then. How could I have misread "Beating Sweden is like stepping on a small puppy " ?




I did like your comments regarding the '72 Summit Series though. That was the biggest wakeup call - kick-in-the-pants that Canada needed back then. Everyone thought since they were finally coming to play our pros instead of our junior amateurs (like they'd been playing against at the Olympics and beating the crap out of for years before, and several Olympics after as well) that we would kick their asses all over the ice in 17-0 massacres. Boy were we wrong.

I, like others here I'm sure, know exactly where I was when Henderson scored "the goal". :D

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Nicky

It's unfortunate we have to play this game with 3 of our top center men out :/ Also is It really that kosher to have 3 Canadian referee's in this game?

your medal sir
requires some assembly

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

your medal sir
requires some assembly

Wonder if it'll have extra parts leftover after assembly.