2018 Winter Olympics

Meanwhile...



American Mikaela Shiffrin overcame the "mental strain" of her quest to win multiple Olympic gold by storming to victory in the giant slalom on Thursday.

One down, several to go for the 22-year-old, who produced an explosive second run to beat Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel to the title by 0.39 seconds, with Italian Federica Brignone claiming bronze.

Shiffrin sank to her knees and sobbed tears of joy before hugging her coach as Italy's Manuela Moelgg, running last of the gold medal contenders, failed to reproduce the form that saw her pip the favourite in the morning.

"I told you guys you have to go for gold and I really went for it," said Shiffrin, who has a short turnaround before coming back on Friday to defend the Olympic slalom title she won in Sochi four years ago.

"There were moments when I thought 'I don't know if I'm good enough to do this'," added the American. "And then there were moments where I thought 'Who cares? You gotta try, you're here!'
"It's an incredible feeling to know that my best effort is good enough."

 

Canada should play this squad Vs Switzerland all the time. The Swiss usually give us tons of trouble.

 

USA VS CANADA (WOMEN) ICE HOCKEY - Great game. Lots of action. As t he game ended, a little fisticuffs from the ladies and the goalie from Canada got involved. Canada hangs onto the win.

 

Ryan Donato scored two power-play goals and Troy Terry dominated with his speed as college players led the United States to an important 2-1 victory over Slovakia on Friday at the Olympics.

Russia up next...

 

Sweden coach Rikard Gronborg on why he scratched Rasmus Dahlin: "He’s one of 8 defensemen. We can only dress 7. ... He’s a tremendous hockey player. There’s no question about it. I don’t think you need me to tell you that. But he’s also 17 years old."

 

and where the fuck is Adam Gaudette?

 

2-2 , I'm trying, it's -14 outside, seeing kouzun and klinkhammer, I have the marlies and ahl not too far away, whenever I want to watch B hockey.

 

USA gonna finish 3rd in group and be fav in the quarterfinals. I predict these standings heading into the final games.

1. Finland/Sweden Winner
2. Czech Republic
3. Slovakia
4. Canada
5. OAR
6. Finland/Sweden Loser
7. USA
8. Switzerland
9. Germany
10. Slovenia
11. Norway
12. South Korea

 

Russia blows out US men in Olympics hockey

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) -- Ilya Kovalchuk scored two back-breaking goals as the Russians outplayed, outhit and outclassed the United States in a convincing 4-0 shutout Saturday night as each team wrapped up pool play at the Olympics.
With the loss, the United States is guaranteed to have to play in the qualification round Tuesday. U.S. goaltender Ryan Zapolski allowed four goals on 26 shots, including Kovalchuk's goals less than 33 seconds apart at the end of the second period and start of the third.
Los Angeles Kings 2012 draft pick Nikolai Prokhorkin scored the Russians' first two goals in a dominant performance.
As close as the shots on goal were, the U.S. rarely generated the quality scoring chances against Vasily Koshechkin the Russians did around Zapolski, who played all three preliminary-round games. Koshechkin stopped all 29 shots he faced for his first shutout of the tournament.
This night lacked the tense political subtext of the Cold War from their 1980 meeting and the pomp and circumstance of Russian president Vladimir Putin attending and the pressure on the home team in Sochi in 2014, but it had the same kind of in-arena atmosphere. U.S. and Russian fans filled Gangneung Hockey Centre and went back and forth with "U-S-A" and the "ROSS-I-YA" chants that made up the background noise at the Olympics four years ago.
There was at least one disagreement in the stands between those fans and plenty more on the ice. Pushing and shoving followed countless whistles, and at one point U.S. forward Jordan Greenway and Prokhorkin got tangled up and came as close to a fight as players can without dropping the gloves.
In a tournament full of mistakes, the U.S. made a couple to allow the Russians to take the lead 7:21 in. Alexander Barbanov had all the time in the world behind the net and dished the puck to KHL star Sergei Mozyakin, who found Prokhorkin free and clear in front for the deflection goal.
Ryan Donato had the Americans' best chance of the first late in the period when he pinged a shot off the crossbar behind Koshechkin. The Russians hemmed the U.S. in its zone late in the period, and the fatigue took its toll as the game went on.
Left open on the rush as the U.S. was slow to backcheck, Prokhorkin scored his second goal 2:14 into the second, using a Jonathan Blum screen on Zapolski to make it 2-0. The U.S. spent the rest of the second period unable to convert on a delayed-penalty chance and a couple of power plays.
Things tilted even further when Sergei Andronov held the puck away from U.S. defender Bobby Sanguinetti and passed it to Kovalchuk, whose shot went under Zapolski's arm and in with 0.2 seconds left in the second. As if that goal wasn't deflating enough for the U.S., Slava Voynov sprung Kovalchuk for a semi-breakaway and the former Atlanta Thrashers and New Jersey Devils sniper beat Zapolski clean 32 seconds into the third for a 4-0 advantage.
NOTES: U.S. defenseman Will Borgen was a healthy scratch for the third consecutive game. Forward Jim Slater was also scratched. ... David Leggio backed up Zapolski.

 

I feel like Canada caught a major break. OAR won the group thanks to Slovenia and now the Russians have a free path to the semifinals.

 

I wonder what the maximum capacity is there, it looks like there aren't many seats.

 

scoring more goals tonight for the huskies

 

did I mention winning face-offs also.

 

How do you get Canadian bacon from curling in a pan?
























take away their tiny brooms?

 

Dammm she's purdy!!!

 

I used to eat bacon and eggs, 4 slices of buttered toast and home fries a lot when I was younger. About 25 years ago I went on a weight loss spree and cut it out. I would boil one or two eggs and have it with one slice of dry toast. I lost about 35-40 lbs, not saying it had all to do with the bacon. It hasn't really crept back into my diet, even though I heard that it's not really that bad for you.