MafiaMan

Sweden defeats Denmark 5-1. Looks like the Danes expended a great deal of energy yesterday - they looked gassed in today's game. Up next is the Czech Republic vs Switzerland in what should be a good game.

I read an article that pegged Sweden as the favorite...no upsets yet that I have seen. Sweden defeated the Czechs 5-2 yesterday and Russia defeated Denmark 3-2 in a shoot-out. Denmark blew a 2-0 lead in that one.

Canada taking Slovakia out behind the woodshed...7-0 with 15:26 left in the 3rd...

gfhockey against trolls...kinda like Christians against Christ, isn't it?

Maybe that's the key, LOL?

Looked pretty loose on that shot...

Butcher saves the day!

Thurston Howell III, er, Thatcher Demko, with a save...

USA playing with fire here on a PK with 4:05 left...

Wow...Finland's PK had to be totally out of gas there...

Any early predictions for this tournament?

Kelley just tweeted "nyet, comrade!" in response to this suggestion.

I second that motion, jodcon. Merry Christmas to everyone!

The Friars have had a few key injuries to deal with this season too. I'll be stunned if they're not an NCAA tournament team.

The LA Kings have unveiled their 2015 Stadium Series jersey...and they have jumped the shark with white breezers. Yes, I said it, white breezers.

Bison fans? Butthurt? Seriously? C'mon, dude, it's been ALMOST THIRTY FIVE YEARS since Michigan, Michigan State, and Notre Dame were in the WCHA alongside North Dakota. How many fans do you think are still sitting around the fireplace reminiscing about the golden days of yore of 1959 thru 1980?

L-I-O-N-S! Goooooo Lions!

No way the Broncos make the Super Bowl if they have to win an AFC playoff game in Foxboro.

No way. I bet most current WCHA and NCHC fans had no idea that the Wolverines, Spartans, and Fighting Irish used to play in the same conference as North Dakota and other schools.

Wins don't matter - what's important is that $100,000 check, right? "Just cash it, baby."

Go Bengals go!

In the last 21 seasons, New England has won the AFC East 14 times. All the other teams in the division have combined to win it a total of 7 times and 1 of those titles was by the 2008 Dolphins, who won the division because Tom Brady missed essentially the entire season due to injury. The team STILL finished 11-5 but lost a tie-breaker for the playoffs - and pounded the Dolphins 48-28 in Miami late in the season, meaning Miami needed help from others to win the division. The Patriots finished 4-2 in division play, going 2-0 against the Bills and 1-1 against the Jets and Dolphins.

Oops...forgot about the Vikings... Has there been a division worse than the AFC East over the past 20 years? Bills, Dolphins, and Jets have all been awful for most of that stretch.

The Miami Dolphins...stupidest football team in the NFL this side of the New York Jets.