First game I've watched in years!

That commercial only gives you the tip of the iceberg.

I remember the 1972 Canada/Russia Summit Series and how people stopped whatever they were doing and watched every one of those 8 games.

Agreed, nascar is a competition....not an athletic event. I put it in the same category as golf.

How many fatalities happen on a golf course?

Hockey to Canadians is like what football means to your average Texan. It's not just a sport, it's a way of life.

When I was a kid, anytime I wasn't in school or doing homework I was either out practicing on the local rink or out on the street playing road hockey OR down the basement taking shots on net. And about 9 out of 10 kids I grew up with were doing the same.

I see the argument you guys are making and agree with it to some degree even, but you have to know there is a fair bit of athleticism to driving a NASCAR race. Stamina, reflexes, incredible coordination as well as a keen sense of strategy all come into play throughout any race.

A lot of people would be blown away if they were to try driving one of those cars around a track at that speed for a sustained period of time. Add in 50 other cars and the real possibility of death and you may just change your tune about it not being a sport.

No one I know goes 210 MPH to get to the supermarket. EDIT: except maybe Minte. :D

What part of my comment bothered you. Praising the USA?

I know who I didn't vote for in any previous election...BUSH JR or SENIOR.
Its ok to praise the USA even if some leaders are douch bags.

yeah I know. I though it would be 'Shit and Piss on My Face Happy Time Fun Hour'

<---- HUGE hockey fan (Colorado Avalanche)

Man, that was such an intense game. One of the craziest I've seen in a long long time. You have to admit both teams played just utterly incredible. I cannot say either team gave up the win, both were just ontop of their game and both played an amazing fast paced good game.

Definitely gotta say though Miller made the gap it ended with. If he wasn't on like he was it would have been a much closer game. Also gotta say, I've never seen Brodeur so off his game. It just didn't seem like he was in it. Very surprised they didn't pull him earlier.

But man, that was such a fucking intense game.... I wish all hockey games could be as good as that one was.

That actually makes me wonder why so many Canadians aren't happy about getting to see such a good game like that. I see the avalanche lose sometimes, but if it's a good game I'm still happy to have seen a good game and to have seen the avs play well. Even if they didn't win...

Makes it all the sweeter for us down here...:upsidedow

It's because there's just no pleasing some folks unless that "great game" also comes with a win. And even then they bitch about the details. Thankfully you would likely be surprised just how few of those types there are up here. There may be talk that Canadians are angered/saddened/heartbroken over this game etc etc, but I'd wager most of us actually do think it was just that -- an incredible game, super exciting, one we could just as easily have won if not for a hot goaltender and a few less mistakes on our part.

Me, I'm quite happy with the way Canada played for the most part. We were all over the US's end of the ice for much of the game, had WAY more scoring chances, the shots on goal weren't even close and very lopsided towards Canada. It just wasn't our night, but if we can play like that in the next several games AND remove those few critical errors we have every chance in the world of coming out of this with the gold medal.

In short, absolutely correct it was a great game. One of the best of the tournament so far, maybe THE best.

LOL. This post just made my day.

that makes sense :thumbsup

bastard :321GFY

So that makes it a sport? FYI, numerous people are struck and killed by lightning every year while golfing.

you're right - it was an AMAZING game

so do I - i was in elementary school - game 8 against the Soviets in 1972 was like nothing anybody in any country will ever experience, World Cup soccer finals included. an entire country shut down, like a nuclear bomb had dropped and wiped out civilization - the streets were empty - schools gathered in the gymnasium or lunchroom watching the game on those crappy black and white TV sets on the tall rolling stand. and when Paul Henderson scored to win game 8 it was bedlam, we just ran out of the school like we were on fire into the playground and ran and jumped and the same was going on in every office, store, home, hospital, government building. The Miracle on Ice in 1980 was similar but it was the USA, and hockey is a niche novelty sport to most Americans. To Canadians it's the single most important part of Canadian culture, definitely in 1972 and the circumstances of it being the first time the Canadian NHL stars had ever met the Soviet Union - everybody in Canada before the series started laughed at the Soviets, their shitty equipment, their shitty goaltender Tretriak and thought it would be a sweep of 10-1 games.

i hate getting old but i'm so glad I was alive and old enough to appreciate what happened in September of 1972.

i was alive but had just been born in july........

coke is paying me to bump this thread

bah we have luongo in nets tomorow, then keep him in for the next game, were gonna make a nice comback

The stats you heard? As in the guy commentating the game ? :1orglaugh

Looks like Canada got the rough rode. They have to play Germany to get in. Then they get Russia in the first round. Not a easy task.

:thumbsup :thumbsup

Lu will carry em.

damn thats fucked up... go U.S.A!

historically Russia is the worst (best) competitor Canada has in hockey.