USA vs. Canada Gold Medal Match Open Thread
by lemonverbena on Feb 28, 2010 10:30 AM PST
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PrintBy virtue of an unbeaten tournament record the U.S. is the designated home team in today's Olympic Hockey match, giving them the option to wear their circa-1960 throwback uniforms. That is where the advantage ends for the American side. This battle will be waged deep in funny-accented enemy territory. Our intrepid wanderers Matthew and Jeff are presumably experiencing their own drunken Miracle on Ice and are compelled to provide a full report whence they return from the not-so-frozen North.
United States vs. Canada, 12:15 PM Pacific, NBC. Line: Canada -1. Over/under: 5½.
All-time Gold Medal match records: Canada 7-4, USA 2-7. Head-to-Head in Gold Medal matches: Canada 5-1.
Last Olympic Hockey Gold Medal: Canada 2002 (Salt Lake City), USA 1980 (Lake Placid).
The U.S. has clinched the overall medal count victory in these Olympics, while Canada has won the most gold medals. The host country's claim to "Own the Podium" will ring hollow for Canucks and Québécois alike if the Americans beat them out of hockey gold on their own ice. This is for all the Vancouver 2010 marbles.
My contribution may at some point be reduced to all-caps incoherence and/or spilling beer on the keyboard.
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The beer would have to be:
Miller High Life. The Champagne of Beers.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 28, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
If the USA doesn't win I will kill myself.
Oh, wait, no, I’ll just be a little sad for an hour and get ready to get back to NHL hockey.
I’m predicting OT, because that’s what I’m hoping for. Who wins is less important than getting to OT.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 28, 2010 11:14 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I am ready to go America all over everybody's ass.
Suck it Canada. You take you’re friendly people, gorgeous women, and affordable drugs and shove it. Let’s fuckin’ do this…
Remember the...Oregon Boundary Dispute!
54-40 or fight!
by lemonverbena on Feb 28, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
I'M SO PUMPED EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN HOUR AWAY!
You got slurved!
by Slurvey on Feb 28, 2010 11:21 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I've never watched a Hockey game live in my life, but if it's on UK TV I might actually watch this.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 28, 2010 11:24 AM PST reply actions
I so badly want us to win this...
But I don’t see it happening unless we get an early lead. Extra dose of that pixie dust today, ok Miller?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
RYAN MILLER AMERICAN HERO!! I want a clean slate from you, son!
But will take a W.
by lemonverbena on Feb 28, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Justin Morneau is rooting for Canada.
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
Ha! Great comment from the game commentator! "A great Oh goes up from the crowd. They are...ha... slightly partisan."
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Nice trip by the goalie
I fucking hate you Mariners
Dammit!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Stupid icings.
Not a good idea to give them free face offs in the offensive zone. That’s two already. Need to get a stick on the puck.
Start up the team bus
OMG, it’s over!
I fucking hate you Mariners
I thought the crowd would be going a little crazier considering how big this game is supposed to be.
Must be full of corporate folk.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 28, 2010 12:41 PM PST reply actions
Well it is the olympic gold medal game.
Tickets must be up in the four or five figures.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Well this is going swimingly
I fucking hate you Mariners
Think of it...
Your children pledging allegiance to the maple leaf. Mayonnaise on everything. Winter 11 months of the year. Anne Murray – all day, every day.
I love mayo
And fuck miracle whip..disgusting.
I fucking hate you Mariners
What? That stuffs great!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Mayo on fries doesn't work for me
But mayo on chicken, burgers, tuna, etc… all great.
Have you at least tried the mayo/ketchup combo on the fries?
I fucking hate you Mariners
Stop the fucking icing, retards.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Canada, you just awoke a sleeping giant.
You’re fucking going to get your ass handed to you in the next 40 minutes.
We are definitely more physical right now..we hate those fuckers with a passion
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 28, 2010 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Tiger Woods did it
I fucking hate you Mariners
Jesus guys.
What the shit is this?
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Please capitalize
I fucking hate you Mariners
Posting from a phone
Damn droids
by Brian Floyd on Feb 28, 2010 1:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
??
Doesn’t your droid auto capitalize the first word like mine?
Not in the subject line, oddly enough
It does in the body though
by Brian Floyd on Feb 28, 2010 1:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I approve of this idea.
Build them up and crush their hopes and dreams
I understand that.
But we have heart, something they don’t have.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
What horrible PP by the US..ugly
I fucking hate you Mariners
Apparently BBC is a thousand times better than NBC so we should be slightly thankful
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, they're doing a decent job
I suppose there was always going to be a bit of bias with a canadian commentating and the English guy doesn’t seem to have grasped that this isn’t football.
Still, minor complaints and at least we’re getting the games live, albeit at silly o’clock.
GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Me too.
I might actually start getting into this sport.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I won't go that far.
But I’ll watch a game once every 4 years
Sports doesn't get much better than the end of hockey games (or periods).
Especially live if your team is down a goal. Oh, its so much fun.
WIN USA
So I can go to sleep.
Please.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 1:54 PM PST reply actions
Fuck Dowd in his unseeing eyeball.
Sitting across Wembley I could see that was a bloody foul.
But hey I’m not upset.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Watching the Americans take so many shots on goal (and miss) is giving me a strange sense of deja vu.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:12 PM PST reply actions
"The cake has been baked, but it is not yet finished"
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:21 PM PST reply actions
Please stop talking about Crosby
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:22 PM PST reply actions
He sucks.
"Why did he run when I was going to throw him out?"
- Ichiro Suzuki
by Slow Country on Feb 28, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Precisely
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Point conceded.
"Why did he run when I was going to throw him out?"
- Ichiro Suzuki
by Slow Country on Feb 28, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
One minute of desperatin with a pulled goalie
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:26 PM PST reply actions
GOALLLLLLLLL
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
WE FUCKING TIED IT UP USA USA
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:29 PM PST reply actions
I am just kidding.
I am just giving a nudge towards those who always have to correct someone when they aren’t a mod.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Sorry - it's all the rush of the game.
Actually, I should thank you too. I don’t think I’ve posted an image since last season. I had completely forgotten about the subject line rule.
Im numb and dizzy! I THINK I HAD A STROKE!
I fucking hate you Mariners
*Opens a bottle of whiskey*
I fucking hate you Mariners
My heart stopped there for a sec. Wow, that was amazing.
Miracle on ice 2.0.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Who do you play for?
I play for the United States of America!
"Why did he run when I was going to throw him out?"
- Ichiro Suzuki
by Slow Country on Feb 28, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
So I picked a good game to watch for my first hockey game
From start to finish that is
Roenik is gonna faint!
I fucking hate you Mariners
I'm a nervous wreck for overtime
I fucking hate you Mariners
This game reminds me why I used to love watching hockey so much.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
I can see street hockey being a real possibility.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Yay Ruutu and Finland!
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:41 PM PST reply actions
Jarko is a killer
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Hey you got your wish.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
LOUD NOISES!!!!!
Karma police, arrest this man.
by wyte_lightning on Feb 28, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
BANG BANG BANG
I fucking hate you Mariners
I made my TV screw up I screamed so loud.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Congratulations
You made an electronic device have a seizure..
Karma police, arrest this man.
by wyte_lightning on Feb 28, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
I obviously care that we win, but what a fucking treat to be able to have watched this game. WOW
I fucking hate you Mariners
I can't wait for Jeff and Matthew's recap of the game on their podcast.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
If they're not already blacked out drunk
Karma police, arrest this man.
by wyte_lightning on Feb 28, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
KEEP CROSBY AWAY FROM NET
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:50 PM PST reply actions
FUCK YOU CROSBY
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 28, 2010 2:54 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I would have been ok if it had been anyon else.
"Why did he run when I was going to throw him out?"
- Ichiro Suzuki
by Slow Country on Feb 28, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
FUCK YOU CROSBY I HOPE YOU GET VAGINAL CANCER YOU FUCKING DOUCHEMONGER
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 28, 2010 2:54 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Canada needs a 9/11
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 28, 2010 2:55 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
Multiple 9/11s
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
More
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Oh wait, they only have two real cities.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And one road.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
by Fin on Feb 28, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Horrible goal allowed...yikes. He's been awesome but yikes
I fucking hate you Mariners
Fuck silver in the face
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 28, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Their faggy leaf annoys me.
I fucking hate you Mariners
How awkward to just sit around waiting for these slow fucks to get the medal ceremony done.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Fuck the medals.
I want blood.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Or goal differential
I fucking hate you Mariners
Fuck Canada.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 28, 2010 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Second.
My Mariners blog SodoMojo, My Twitter Feed
by Griffin Cooper on Feb 28, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
I turned that off.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 1, 2010 12:38 AM PST up reply actions
Geoff Baker is beating off to a pic of Crosby right now.
Karma police, arrest this man.
by wyte_lightning on Feb 28, 2010 3:17 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Food will never taste good again.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
!
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l’épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓇᖕᒥᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ!
ᐱᖁᔭᑏ ᓇᓚᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ.
ᐊᖏᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑎ,
ᓴᙱᔪᓗᑎᓪᓗ.
ᓇᖏᖅᐳᒍ, ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ,
ᒥᐊᓂᕆᑉᓗᑎ.
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊ!
ᓇᖏᖅᐳᒍ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᑉᓗᑎ,
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ, ᓴᓚᒋᔭᐅᖁᓇ!
by Robert on Feb 28, 2010 10:22 PM PST reply actions 9 recs
Get fucked
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
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