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The Official Olympics Men's Ice Hockey Thread

WOOT its that time again and although ppl in the US dont seem to care about hockey most of the rest of the world does. Im very excited about the Olympic Hockey coming up and here we go the official thread from MOI!

The Nations:
Defending Champs TEAM CANADA!

Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Italy
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
United States

Groups & Schedule:

2006 Winter Olympic Games - Men's Groups

Group A: CAN (1), CZE (4), FIN (5), GER (8), SUI (9), ITA (12)
Group B: SWE (2), SVK (3), USA (6), RUS (7), LAT (10), KAZ (11)
(Seeding numbers in brackets)


Games:
Preliminary Round:
WED Feb. 15
KAZ - SWE
ITA - CAN
SUI - FIN
GER - CZE
RUS - SVK
LAT - USA

THU Feb. 16
FIN - ITA
CZE - SUI
SWE - RUS
SVK - LAT
CAN - GER
USA - KAZ

SAT Feb. 18
KAZ - RUS
ITA - GER
CAN - SUI
SWE - LAT
SVK - USA
CZE - FIN

SUN Feb. 19
GER - SUI
RUS - LAT
SVK - KAZ
USA - SWE
CZE - ITA
FIN - CAN

TUE Feb. 21
LAT - KAZ
SUI - ITA
FIN - GER
CAN - CZE
SWE - SVK
USA - RUS

Playoff Round:
WED Feb. 22
Quarter Finale Game
Quarter Finale Game
Quarter Finale Game
Quarter Finale Gmae

FRI Feb. 24
Semi Finale Game
Semi Finale Game

SAT Feb. 25
Bronze Medal Game

SUN Feb. 26
Gold Medal Game

HEJA SVERIGE

not really having followed hockey this year, i'm going to say its gonna be canada and sweden for the championship......and i'm going to say canada is going to get the gold. why? well, they both have traditionally great teams, but i think canada's going to do it cause well, shit, its canada.... love to see the USA get there, but c'mon, how many great players are there from the US? not too many. sweden has got some great players in the nhl, don't know about their own leagues though.....but i'm sure with them having had some nhl players play in their league last year they will gain some good experience. still, canada is going to be stellar. who's in goal for each team? if canada goes with brodeur they'll win for sure...... just my opinion.

i think canada gets the gold.... we're a insanely deep team.... crosby and mccabe didnt even make the team, decent leadership, no real weakness

russia will be awesome to watch because of the HUGE offensive potential w/ kovalchuck, ovechkin, afinaganov, datsyuk and everybody else , BUT can the defense pull it together.... same with the goalies....the 'bulin wall has said he wasnt playing... i think... so its all on nabokov

also im a sweden fan BUT i dont think they have a deep enough squad to beat a team like canada or russia... more or less the same story with finland

slovkia could be a good team..... if they had a half decent goalie for once

fukk the czech republic this isnt nagano

us wont win shit too old too slow for the big ice

.... italy will get beaten 13-0 by canada and there will be people in canada honestly wondering why it wasnt by more and they'll be mad

Jovanovski misses the Olympics because of injury.

mccabe > jovo cop...... and i live in vancouver

mccabe is playing out of this world this year

Markus N�slund isn't going too play for Sweden during the Olympics. He's injured and will most likely stay at home trying to recover.

Official replacement: Detroit's and mine favourite player, Thomas Holmstr�m!

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Originally posted by zoric Markus N�slund isn't going too play for Sweden during the Olympics. He's injured and will most likely stay at home trying to recover. Official replacement: Detroit's and mine favourite player, Thomas Holmstr�m!

Canada > Sweden

Canada by far has the strongest squad at the mom. I think but some of the European squads have the second with Sweden probably leading the charge. Of all the powerhouses I think the US looks particuarlly weak I would say Russia too but they have Kovalchuk and Ovechkin which is probably better than most of the US Squad

cant wait only a week or so now

Sweden is overrated, but I hope it'll get better now when fag N�slund isn't playing.

I don't know how much of an impact it will have, but it looks like the Czechs will lose Petr Prucha, who suffered a knee injury over the weekend
(I just know this from watching the New York Rangers)

ehhh i can see russia challenging for a brozne against sweden

us hockey is in bad shape the most well known stars have very little gas left in the tank and they dont have real strong players with nhl experience comming along in the next little while.... that being said in 2010 they could be strong

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 Canada > Sweden Canada by far has the strongest squad at the mom. I think but some of the European squads have the second with Sweden probably leading the charge. Of all the powerhouses I think the US looks particuarlly weak I would say Russia too but they have Kovalchuk and Ovechkin which is probably better than most of the US Squad cant wait only a week or so now

Sweden always chokes in hockey....no better example than 2002 against Belarus.

I don't think Canada is an automatic lock to repeat, but they're as sure as shit the clear favourites. I could see a challenge coming from the Czechs though, just a feeling.

Is it just me or is the format different this time? I only remember Canada playing 6 games in total last time...against Sweden (loss), Germans (win), Czechs (tie) then the QF against Finland, Semis against Belarus and the final. This time it looks as if there's an extra game in there.

I hope Sweden wins ofcourse, I would love to see another final vs Canada. Matches between Sweden and Canada is always awasome to watch but I think Canada will win with another shit goal in the end like always ow and THANK GOD ! we dont have Salo anymore
Lunkan "Hendrik Lundqvist" for President ! and yeh, I hoped Marcus couldnt play, that man havnt made single good match in the Swedish jersey, we need a fighter like Holmstr�m cause we dont got any power in our players

1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. Russia
4. Czech Republic

I think Finland and United States will come pretty bad, to bad cause I like finish hockey

Oh I don't know, When it comes to Olympic Ice Hockey, The US and Canada are always neck and neck, I predict we'll see a rematch of the US vs Canada Gold Medal Game, But this time, US will come out victorious.

Peter Forsberg isn't even ready too play for Sweden, He's having problems with injurys like always. Hope he's fit for the Olympics though. It's Swedens time to win now, we haven't won the Olympics since 1994 in Lillehammer.

but the USA has the immortal Mike Modano...


oh wait, I forgot, he's like 57 years old... shit...


but, they got AWESOME goaltending in Rick Dipieeeee..........ooooh wait, yeah US goalies suck too.... aw crap...

its going to be a long games for USA...lol...

no one seems to care, media remains focused on Apollo and Bode.... whatever...

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Originally posted by TigerClaw Oh I don't know, When it comes to Olympic Ice Hockey, The US and Canada are always neck and neck, I predict we'll see a rematch of the US vs Canada Gold Medal Game, But this time, US will come out victorious.

you're thinking of women's hockey right?

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 you're thinking of women's hockey right?

dykes!!!!

and Ecnal wtf is up with that skiing and speed skating are boring and awful

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and Ecnal wtf is up with that skiing and speed skating are boring and awful

I know that, but that's all NBC keeps playing in the promos, those two guys...

dunno, the last Olympics, I'll never forget when the Koreans took out Apollo, so I like watching the short track speed skating.... maybe its just me...

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Originally posted by King Ecnal but the USA has the immortal Mike Modano... oh wait, I forgot, he's like 57 years old... shit... but, they got AWESOME goaltending in Rick Dipieeeee..........ooooh wait, yeah US goalies suck too.... aw crap... its going to be a long games for USA...lol... no one seems to care, media remains focused on Apollo and Bode.... whatever...

lol your such an ass Encal but its all true

by the way Ive always been into bobsledding and speedskating during the olympics

wait apollo is that wierd lookin guy from alaska...yeah he is the only one I like ill be interested watching him but rather see these guys do Bertuzzi falls when they are going fast

anyway USA hockey has no chance I believe transistion year for sure. PPL up north only ones with a chance from NA to win the gold

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rather see these guys do Bertuzzi falls when they are going fast

LOL!!!

yeah watching them take diggers head first into the side is entertaining...

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Originally posted by King Ecnal LOL!!! yeah watching them take diggers head first into the side is entertaining...

its always cool seeing Koreans fuck the us over then go worship brad pitt

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 you're thinking of women's hockey right?

I'm talking about Men's Hockey.

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Originally posted by TigerClaw I'm talking about Men's Hockey.

Yeah, I know....that was a joke because the USA and Canada have rarely been neck and neck in Men's Olympic Hockey, whereas the women have been to the finals both times since women's hockey came in. Aside from 2002, the USA and Canada had never met in a final.

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