What the IIHF don't seem to realize is that Canada could have fielded at least one, maybe two more Olympic teams that would have been competitive in that field.
Thats a fact for sure. I am not big on NHL hockey but my brother seems to follow it and he said he doubts many of the Americans would have even made the Canadian squad. I bet Canada could have fielded three teams and possibly won all three medals.
Thats a fact for sure. I am not big on NHL hockey but my brother seems to follow it and he said he doubts many of the Americans would have even made the Canadian squad. I bet Canada could have fielded three teams and possibly won all three medals.
Oh, I think most of the US team would have made any Canadian team; they're pretty damn good players.
What I loved about the game was that it was hockey, it wasn't MMA mixed with hockey. They weren't out to smash and crash, there were good checks, but nobody did anything stupid, trying to end the careers of the good players. It was what good hockey really is - puck handling and skating, passing...that's hockey. I really wish the NHL would get to this level. It makes hockey fun to watch.
Mind you, I'm not impartial, because I have a daughter playing, and I like to see real hockey, not stupid goons trying to be stupid.
Thats a fact for sure. I am not big on NHL hockey but my brother seems to follow it and he said he doubts many of the Americans would have even made the Canadian squad. I bet Canada could have fielded three teams and possibly won all three medals.
I'm a Hockey fan and I don't care who you supported in the USA/Canada Gold Medal game it was the best Hockey game I have ever seen. Both teams were really sharp and worked very hard.
What do you mean? Where were all the fights? Everyone knows that fights are a part of the game and greatly enhance the sport.
Remember that Flyers-Red Army game in 1975? What a gong show that was.
I don't remember, guess I'm too young.
It was a 'friendly' match at the Spectrum. I believe the Flyers won 4-1 but that was the Broadstreet Bullies team and they tried to turn the game in a street brawl. Midway through a period, after a number of Red Army players were mugged, the coach, Victor Tikonov, took his team off the ice and into the dressing room. About 10 or 15 minutes later they returned.
I'm sure the Russians were happy to get out of there alive.
lol lol, we should all write to the ioc and insist that
they introduce fighting to olympic hockey, so that the
brainless who want to see the fighting might show up.
lol lol, we should all write to the ioc and insist that
they introduce fighting to olympic hockey, so that the
brainless who want to see the fighting might show up.
It was a 'friendly' match at the Spectrum. I believe the Flyers won 4-1 but that was the Broadstreet Bullies team and they tried to turn the game in a street brawl. Midway through a period, after a number of Red Army players were mugged, the coach, Victor Tikonov, took his team off the ice and into the dressing room. About 10 or 15 minutes later they returned.
I'm sure the Russians were happy to get out of there alive.
Well, you could count on having Don Cherry there for sure.
I'm going to speak out in defense of the NHL here. I'm not going to say fighting is absolutely necessary but it does have a place and it would show up if this tournament was longer. Personally, I would much rather see a fight than some of the possibly career ending incidents of stickwork, and hits from behind. If we're honest, we should acknowledge that in the 10 games that these guys played, there wasn't as much time to build the hatred that you see in the 82 game NHL season. Some was there (like when Semin headhunted Boyle and Bloyle retaliated at the end of the Russian game) but nothing like what you see in a longer schedule. If you combined the sub-standard IIHF officiating (which generally is poorer the NHL's) with a longer season, you would see the nastiness... a lot of it. Hockey is a contact sport: its not ice dancing.