SPOILER: Women's Hockey

[Are_grits_groceries]

US-0
Canada-0
After first period.

[ellie]

1. SCORE!

The US is up 1-0 in the second.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. 8:00 left in 2nd period! nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. End of 2nd period:

US-1
Canada-0

[joeybee12]

4. Yes!

Hope they hold on!

[pokerfan]

5. Third period just starting!

[Berlum]

6. Put the puck in the net!

[CANDO]

7. SCORE!!!!! 2-0 USA!

3rd period.

[ellie]

8. SCORE!

US 2
Canada 0
in the third.

[Berlum]

9. Yay - Cheering works!

[msanthrope]

10. kick!

[GoCubsGo]

11. Heck of a game!

Going to be another barn-burner tomorrow when the men meet, too.

[Earth_First]

12. Fantastic game thus far...

Watching with my wife and daughter.

[Are_grits_groceries]

13. Skate like the Finns vs Russia at the end! nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

14. Less than 10 min. left! nt

[kcr]

15. Team USA is on fire

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. Below 5 minutes!! Buckle up!

[ellie]

17. Damn!

Canada just scored.
US 2
Canada 1

in the third

[Are_grits_groceries]

18. Hang on! nt

[Earth_First]

19. WOW!

So, so close on the empty net!

[GoCubsGo]

20. Ehrmehgrddd!!!

I haven't been this nervous since the last 58 seconds of last year's Stanley Cup Final!

[ellie]

21. DAMMIT

Canada just scored. It is now 2-2 with less than a minute left.

[pokerfan]

23. 54.6 seconds left, Canada ties it up!

Great game!

[CANDO]

22. SHIT!!! 2-2

Lucky Canadians.

[joeybee12]

24. DAMMIT!!!

SO close.

[GoCubsGo]

25. Bloody hell.

The only thing I hate more than OT is seeing a 2 goal lead pissed away in the last three minutes of the game.

[SidDithers]

26. Whoo hoo!!...

Sid

[mac56]

49. Sid, where can I get that Canada flag smiley?

[SidDithers]

50. right click and save it...

or copy the link and and paste it. I put it in my photobucket account.



Sid

[Berlum]

27. Put the puck in the net - again

[texanwitch]

28. One hell of a game.

[Lizzie Poppet]

30. No kidding!

I'm about as casual a hockey fan as you can get (and still watch the sport at all), and I've got my eyes glued to the screen. This is great stuff...

[texanwitch]

33. Me to.

Glad I said home today.

Not a game for sissys.

[Earth_First]

29. Power Play!

Let's do this!

[GoCubsGo]

31. Not any more. n/t

[Earth_First]

32. Nope.

Squandered.

[GoCubsGo]

35. Just like the 2 goal lead.

I can't watch.

[a kennedy]

34. Ugh....I can't watch....overtime.

just can't watch, nails are gone.

[Earth_First]

36. Great game...

Unfortunate outcome.

Congrats, Team Canada.

[SidDithers]

37. What a fucking hockey game!!...nt

Sid

[Earth_First]

43. You can say that again! nt

[GoCubsGo]

38. After pissing that 2 goal lead away, they deserved to lose.

Dammit.

[ellie]

39. Bah! Canada wins 3-2

That was a good game. Congratulations Canada!

[Old and In the Way]

40. great game....what a finish...thought the US team would end it

at the start of SD.

[Fix The Stupid]

41. Awesome game - a suggestion...

After watching these awesome women this year, all teams too, I propose the following:

A WNHL... Womens National Hockey League...

30 game season.... 10-12 teams.. and they're own version of the cup...

Who's down with this?

[scheming daemons]

44. Would be fun to watch... but would have about 1000-2000 fans per game

Much less interest than the WNBA.


No financial viability.

[GoCubsGo]

48. Yep.

Half the men's teams can't even fill a stadium.

[Brickbat]

61. Our national champion women's college team has trouble filling home games.

[CTyankee]

42. husband is grumpy. Mad at our team...

it coulda, shudda, woulda...

[GoCubsGo]

51. He's not alone.

Choke City. Hope the guys do better tomorrow.

[CTyankee]

53. he grumbled "canucks!" under his breath...

I said "You LIKE Canada! Everybody likes Canada!"

[GoCubsGo]

55. I like Canada, too.

Just not when they play the US in hockey. I will really hate rooting against three of my favorite players tomorrow in the men's game.

[CTyankee]

56. well, I guess I could find sports adversaries from LOTS worse countries than Canada...

I don't think they are sore winners and they seem kinda modest.

[GoCubsGo]

59. Any other time, I usually cheer for them.

Just not when they play us. If the men make it to the gold medal round, it will depend on who they play. If it's Sweden, I'll be torn. How can I choose between Toews-Sharp-Keith and Hjalmarsson-Oduya-Kruger? Please win USA men! Go Kaner!

[CTyankee]

60. we can take the long view...at least these young American athletes have had the experience of their

lifetime that only a few ever do! And I'm not so sure that losing at something you worked very hard to get is the worst thing, either. I think you learn more from a loss than a win.

AND, they're young...

[ellie]

62. It's the nature of hockey

So many times my team is winning only to collapse in the last minute and ultimately lose. I can't even get upset any more!

[pokerfan]

45. Congrats Canuckleheads

[texanwitch]

46. Congrats Canada.

[DrDan]

47. just heart breaking

[texanwitch]

52. Hugs for the American team.

[DrDan]

54. lot of them - they are crushed

but good for the Canadians . . . they never gave up

[texanwitch]

57. I so feel for them.

They work so hard.

It was a great game for women hockey.

[DrDan]

64. I know - their faces during the medal awards said it all

[CTyankee]

58. It's tough to lose esp. when you have such a good chance to win...

OTOH, if they were off their game and let it slip (as my husband says they did), then that's a "teachable moment."

[DrDan]

63. I agree with him - they started to play so as not to lose - rather than to win

but . . . they certainly played well and were sooooooo close to the gold

[CTyankee]

65. that's exactly what HE said...

[pokerfan]

66. Proud of all of them

Damned proud.