MafiaMan
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I know...I predict lots of heads rolling in Russia over this. Olympic FAIL.
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Where did you read that kind of smack-talk?
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They gave a better salute to the Canadian fans four years ago..c'mon, Russia...that was terrible. Your fans were there to support you and the biggest memory of the tournament you gave them is a 4-0 shut-out over NORWAY? Valeri Kharlamov and Sergei Makarov are rolling over in their graves...
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Right! It'll be like Dinkytown AFTER the 2002 NCAA hockey title game.
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OK, gfhockey... You aren't kidding, though. I kept waiting for Team Russia to turn on the jets...but the jets turned out to be prop planes.
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Geez, Evgeni...that looked even sadder on the replay. That's ok...DaveK still loves you.
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I didn't even realize that he was in the game.
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Jersey-watch update: I like Russia's double-eagle jerseys. Kind of a surprise given my taste, but they're pretty cool. After initially screaming bloody murder about both of Finland's jerseys, I've come around on the blue ones. Not too shabby.
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Kovalchuk...speaking of guys who are PO'd...sheesh... Let the riots begin in Moscow...
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Ovechkin looks completely frustrated...
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That was an unbelievable save.
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Maybe I just happened to get the updates on here at the wrong time...all is good...watching hockey on my phone. Best...invention...ever.
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Updates rolling in here but NBCSN on my iphone Dish app is on constant commercial!
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Game on NBCSN?
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Sweden, Russia, Canada, USA
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The 1992 team? Oh wow. I was at te Minot/Bismarck title game...unreal. I talked with one of the players from Belfield's '86 boys basketball state runner-up team a couple of years ago at my class reunion (he married a girl from the '88 class)...22 years later and he said losing to Newburg STILL pops into his mind every spring when the Class B tournament rolls around.
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Bucky Effin' Dent...Johnny Effin Gaudreau...coincidence? I think not.
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I'm saying it's a factor. I'm hoping we're the Boston Red Sox of NCAA hockey...unlucky over and over and over again and all of a sudden, we pull off a miracle NCAA title...and then another...and then another...
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Yep, that too. I was at that tournament...the building was STUNNED when Michigan lost to BU.
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Agree 100%.
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Minnesota - lucky enough to have a Frozen Four in St Paul, a nice no-call slash on Adam Hauser in OT five seconds before Maine is called for a penalty that ultimately decides the game AND... ...lucky enough to have UNH's best player injure himself in the semi-final game and not be available for the title game in year two of the back-to-back. Denver - lucky enough to miss the WCHA Final Five and STILL make the NCAA tournament. A week to rest up and get healthy while the rest of the league dukes it out in a barn-burner Final Five playoff. Wisconsin - lucky enough to have a regional in Green Bay and a Frozen Four in Milwaukee. Didn't even have to leave the state of WIsconsin. And who says some luck ISN'T needed to win a national championship?
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I'm saying that while UND was taking a bus from the hotel room and changing into their hockey gear in tents just prior to taking the ice (1998 Yost Regional), other teams were enjoying all the comforts of a home venue. How much fun did BC have traveling to Colorado a few years ago? The Tigers mopped the ice with the team most folks thought was a shoo-in to repeat as NCAA champions. Instead of having to worry about a long flight and all the logistics of that hassle, the jet-lag, etc, BC teams have typically been sleeping comfortably in their dorm rooms at mommy and daddy's house before taking a 45-60 minute bus ride to Worcester. I'm not talking BC having an easier road to all those Frozen Fours...I'm talking BC being eliminated BEFORE the Frozen Four if they were made to travel a bit further than the equivalent of Grand Forks to Fargo.
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You forgot to carry the 1, but still arrived at the correct answer of 4 teams in each region.
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Double not-so-fast, my friend on Slovakia over Czech Republic. Latvia over Switzerland though...NAILED IT!
