Wilbur

Jocelyn on the backdoor here....come on.....

Powerplay coming up....WOW.....

Great, the Canadian goalie made three great saves....we know what that means...

Would somebody give Natalie Darwitz a hug?

They can talk all they want about the empty net off the post, but what a horrible way to end the game if the linesman had gotten in the way and the USA had sealed it that way. The people with sticks should decide it....not the stripes....

4-1 Bismarck after the second period.

I can't believe that U.S. defenseman left the net front when the puck went to the corner.....wow. All five of the U.S. players were in the corner and then they didn't have enough bodies in front when Canada got the puck to the front of the net. Defensive breakdown at the worst time.

And its 2-2. USA running around all over the place in their own end.

That would have been crappy as all get up if the linesperson had blown this game.....wow.....

Play your game....play your game.....© Herb....

4-0 Bismarck. South had one of the worst line changes I've ever seen, which lead to a 3-0 for Bismarck.

3-0 Bismarck. All over South.

1-0 Bismarck. 13:00 left in the second period.

Lets not go into the prevent here.....

Nice back door goal. If Canada wasn't going to honor it you might as well take a chance.

They need to let these teams play an exhibition where checking is allowed. Or they could have a cage match.....

What a snipe.

I'd match forward lines, all you would have to do is roll four d all game and if one takes a penalty make sure our fifth defenseman isn't out there against their top powerplay unit. Or you could roll three while we're killing. Your call.

0-0 after one period. I love Doc, but honestly, Mafia and myself could have coached Canada to the gold medal game. He of course would run the defense.

And you have your retaliation penalty on Canada. After Mo knocks over a Canadian.

Another penalty on Canada. Canada not caring about the body contact rule.

Penalty for checking on Canada. Great example for youth players on how to check a player along the wall though.

I was at every game of that tournament, and Bismarck just played so tight. They played Bottineau first who they killed worse than Minot during the regular season, and barely hung on. Then against Jamestown and barely hung on. Then against Minot their goaltender didn't make a big save all game long. Not that Minot's goalie did either, but scoring 7 goals in a game should get you a victory.

I know a certain former Maine goalie, known to pluck players from college, that will likely be one GM against using NHL players in the future at the Olympics. So who do you use then? The best amateur players in the world? So you basically have teams of college all stars. A better question, can you really call guys in Major Juniors amateurs since they are making money? I don't know. I think that the NHL should be thrilled with the publicity that hockey gets during the Olympics because a lot people who don't know the difference between a clothes line and a blue line (© Al), are glued to their TVs watching the U.S. play. Then again, having to shut down operations for a few weeks in a league that struggles financially does raise concerns. I went to the Islander's facebook page and a lot of their fans are jumping ship on the season because of what happened to Tavares. Ticket sales will decline for them I guess....poor Garth....couldn't happen to a better guy.

This message board would have blown up with four losing seasons in a row. Not that it already isn't...