SaucyJack Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Can we get the governing body of international women’s hockey to just declare Tuesday morning’s USA v CAN final preliminary round game a draw? Without the ladies taking the ice? With the men missing all NHLers, the inevitable women’s gold medal game between USA and Canada is clearly the one and only meaningful hockey game of the Olympics. The drama would be higher if this was the one and only meeting on the ice. To have to play a meaningless preliminary game just feels wrong. Yeah neither squad will show their best as it won’t matter which finishes seeded 1 of 2. But to play Tuesday morning’s game feels much like a serious midweek scrimmage between the Rams and Bengals would feel. Yuck, spoil the mystery and drama much? The problem here is the oddball women’s Olympic format with the top teams all in one prelim division. Better to split the top teams across two round-robin divisions to avoid the early meeting of the top two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Unfortunately we Europeans can't offer any competition yet. Women's hockey is getting a lot of media attention recently, though. Maybe the girls here will find the sport eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyJack Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, lynxrattle said: Unfortunately we Europeans can't offer any competition yet. Right; not even the higher group players Finland, Switzerland, or Russia. The setup where all five group A teams make the quarterfinals would make some sense if seeds 3-5 were occasionally competitive with our two North American giants. Until that becomes true, we’re better off to have the two giants in different groups. What difference when Canada clobbers the Czech Republic or Japan instead of Finland and Switzerland in the preliminary rounds. Well, we’re left with Ali sparring two full rounds with Frazier a week before The Big Fight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 You're right, that definitely makes no sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyJack Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 But great news for the USA team; they lost the meaningless matchup! Later on, Canaydion… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyJack Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Who had the Czech Republic giving the USA gals a run for their quarterfinal money?! Pic 1 is the opening goal for the Czechs; pic 2 the celebration of the 1-0 lead, and pic 3 showing them still tied well into the 3rd. (Pics are in reverse order of what I just described, perhaps.) Give it up, won’t you, for these Czech Republic girls fighting way over their weight (so to speak) Well Slovak girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear And Norwegian girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I’m up there The Swiss Miss farmer’s daughters really make you feel alright And the Swedish girls with the way they kiss, keep their boyfriends warm at night I wish they all could be Czech Republic (Girls) wish they all could be Czech Republic I wish they all could be Czech Republic girls….. Edited February 12, 2022 by SaucyJack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyJack Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 It’s all set; I don’t need to modify the thread title. (That said, both CZR and FIN posted respectable game scores against USA in the quarters and semis.) 11:10 PM Eastern, Wednesday Night (16th February) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Getting better. I will still have to wait for the day Finland wins one of the big two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyJack Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 (edited) Canada did well eh, overcame any juju I tried here. Can’t blame a Yank for tryin’ ? Edited February 17, 2022 by SaucyJack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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