USA Takes Silver in 2010

So Ryan Miller and Company took home silver....

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and that makes me a saaaaaad panda

and then this happened.

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At least the USA would never put inflatable beavers in the closing ceremony.

Seriously Canada?  As if there aren't enough jokes about being Canadian...

USA 5, Canada 3: Squee-Off

Hot damn Sunday's game was sexciting.  Canada may have outplayed the US, but the a-MER-icans found a way to win. I didn't sit down the entire first  period, I jumped in the air for every Team USA goal, and I found myself squeeing over several different players throughout the game.  Who do you think wins the Squee-Off for the US in their 5-3 win over Canada?  Here are the contenders:

1. Brian Rafalski

Brian Rafalski, the sex symbol

Rafalski has represented Team USA several times but for some reason every time I see him on TV or hear his name I think he's European.  But thank God he's an American because he has the golden stick in these Olympic games.  He looked like Niklas Lidstrom in the game against Canada.  He got Team USA the lead very early in the game, took the back lead by embarrassing Marty Brodeur and almost secured a hat trick, but instead received an assist after Jamie Langenbrunner deflected his shot.  How could you not fall over a guy who can score so easily.  Plus, if he had hair, he would look like Lubomir Visnovsky and everybody loves Lubo!

2. Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller attempting to bring sexy back

Ryan Miller looked like a controlled Dominik Hasek in the game against Canada.  He was brilliant but never quite crossed the line into "holy-shit-how-did-he-make-that-save-I-bet-he-sold-his-soul-to-the-devil" territory.  42 saves, 3 goals allowed, and a whole lot of awesomeness.  Girls wanted him, guys wanted him, and everyone wanted to be him tonight.  It definitely was Miller Time.  

3. Ryan Kesler

Who's in style? Yeah, this guy.

First, he talked shit about the Canadians before the game, which got JR's approval during the pre-game show.  Then he secured the win with his amazing one-handed empty-netter, which sent ladies across America throwing their bras at him (on TV).  So basically, Ryan Kesler went from being a Vancouver darling to pissing all over Canada's Maple Leaf logo. I liked him in the NHL2K10 commercial, but now I really like him. 

Verdict: Tough call, but the winner goes to Miller.  No offense to the backup netminders, but there is no way the US would have won with either Timmy Thomas or Jonathan Quick in net.  Kesler of course is totally squeeworthy but Miller won the game.  Let's hope he continues to be absolutely insane in net throughout the remainder of these Games.

USA! USA!

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USA vs. Canada....it's on bitches!

I should probably be over the whole

"my country is better than your country" argument,

but then I watch the movie "Miracle"

and realize that I love my country

because it is awesome. 

I want to rub it in everyone's faces.

So what if it's childish to think that, 

the Olympic Games are all about national pride.

I want the US Men's Hockey Team

to upset Canada because somehow

that will prove again that the US

is still superior to all the other countries.

Go USA!!

Demitra is Beastly

Pavol Demitra always was Mr. Automatic when it came to shootouts.

Vancouver 2010

Oh, look.  He's smiling.

 I love watching him in shootouts because you know three things will happen:

1. He'll move slowly...scary slow
2. He'll skate wide to one side, making a long sweeping arc
3. He'll make an awesome move and bury it

So....he didn't quite score on his first attempt against Bryz, but no one's perfect.  When he stepped up for his second attempt I knew the game was over.  He threw is arms in the air for a silent Demitra celebration (the camera wasn't on his face, but hopefully he allowed himself to crack a smile) as his teammates threw themselves on him and mankissed him.

P.S. who knew curling was so exciting!

Those Norwegian Curlers Sure Know How to Dress

Nothing says gold medal contenders like these bad boys

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Who the hell designed the pants for the Norway men's curling team?  They're on TV right now and the pants they're wearing are more orange-based, so they're brighter and more obnoxious if that's possible.  Can you imagine the men's hockey team wearing these?

Norwegians, you can send your hate mail to second Chris Svae, the man responsible for outfitting his teammates in clown/joker/pajama/"my-mom-dressed-me"/"I-was-bullied-as-a-little-kid" pants at the Winter Olympics.

Well done, Norway....well done.

Chinese Women Play Ice Hockey?

Apparently not very well....

screenshot from Vancouver Olympics 2010 - Ice Hockey

I can't decide if I'm more surprised that the Chinese were able to field a womens Olympic ice hockey team or that the US Women's team beat them 12-1 in the preliminary round.  

On Monday's PTI episode Wilbon and Kornheiser debated whether Women's ice hockey should even be in the Olympics because Canada and USA continue to completely dominate the other countries.  At first I thought the whole debate was total crap but after seeing the scores of some of these US and Canada games....yeah, they might have a point.  12 goals to 1 is pretty bad, but check out the shots on goal statistic of this USA vs. China game:

USA 61 shots...China 7 shots.   7!!  7!

Olympic Break - What Will Kopitar Do?

Poor Kopitar

Can't he just get his American citizenship and play for the US of A?

We'd welcome him with open arms.