2022 Olympics

[Vegas_Sioux]

5-0 1/4 through the 3rd. 

[bcblues]

I don't think the athletes have to renounce citizenship to play for another country. I don't think it is something I, personally would consider, but then again I am not good enough at any sport to play at the Olympic level.

[Vegas_Sioux]

https://www.narcity.com/chinas-olympic-hockey-team-is-confusing-everyone-with-all-its-canadian-us-players

[The Sicatoka]

21 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

You think Ralph Cox would've renounced his citizenship to play for a communist country?

"Venezuela's Olympic men's hockey team takes to the ice led by the Marvins and Christians from Warroad, MN ... " 

[Vegas_Sioux]

2 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

"Venezuela's Olympic men's hockey team takes to the ice led by the Marvins and Christians from Warroad, MN ... " 

Coached by Craig Patrick 

[Vegas_Sioux]

6-0 , 9 minutes to go.

[bcblues]

7-0 flood gates fully open

[Vegas_Sioux]

7-0

[nodakgirl93]

38 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

How can any of these hockey players "from China" look at themselves in the mirror and say I was an olympic athlete? They had to know that they were never going to actually compete for a medal, so why even bother renouncing your HOME country to play for some communists? I don't get it...

I know #45 for China is still a citizen of the US. There is an article about it. So I doubt they all had to.

[The Sicatoka]

3 minutes ago, Vegas_Sioux said:

Coached by Craig Patrick 

You mean US Army Lt. Hobey Baker didn't get the nod? 

[Vegas_Sioux]

1 minute ago, The Sicatoka said:

You mean US Army Lt. Hobey Baker didn't get the nod? 

I figured he’d be the head of hockey Venezuela. 

[bcblues]

Farrell with the hatty!

[Vegas_Sioux]

8-0 Farrell with the hat trick and 5 pts this morning. 

[bcblues]

8-0 now. sheeze.

[bcblues]

men vs boys

[bcblues]

8-0 final.

So much for the easy start, now we will see just how good the team is!

[tnt]

1 hour ago, bcblues said:

Whoops, yes, I certainly didn't mean the confederate flag! Sorry.

You're lucky you are not cancelled even though there wasn't any malicious intent.   Seems it is hard to make an honest mistake now without it being an unforgivable infraction. 

[Yote 53]

7 hours ago, Vegas_Sioux said:

https://www.narcity.com/chinas-olympic-hockey-team-is-confusing-everyone-with-all-its-canadian-us-players

Not sure who all read this article but this excerpt is incredible.

Zhou Jiaying, who more often goes by the name Kimberly Newell, is the team's Canadian-born goalie, and she found herself in the middle of an awkward situation recently.

Although her Olympic profile lists English as her first language spoken, she was recently told that she was not allowed to speak English to members of the press. Instead, she had to speak Mandarin and allow a translator to convey her words to the media.

So not only does the Canadian born player have to change her name but the CCP is requiring she give interviews in Chinese and then interpreted back into her native English.  That right there sums up China and their contempt for the West and the absolute iron control they have to have on the athletes and the message.

I hope the (Winter) Olympics are never held in China again.  These Games have been nothing but, I don't know, weird because they are in China.  Fake snow, brown mountains, melting half pipes, ski jumps in an industrial zone with massive cooling towers as a backdrop, athletes locked up in quarantine like they are in prison.  Just surreal.

[cberkas]

I can’t find it but I remember the IOC telling the US if you bid you’ll get the 2022 Winter Olympics pretty much begging them. Of corse The USOC put all their eggs into LA summer games. Because of these winter games the bidding process changed.

[nodakvindy]

1 hour ago, cberkas said:

I can’t find it but I remember the IOC telling the US if you bid you’ll get the 2022 Winter Olympics pretty much begging them. Of corse The USOC put all their eggs into LA summer games. Because of these winter games the bidding process changed.

Hoping Salt Lake gets 2030.  They are the ideal host, facilities are great and in relatively compact area and snow is real.

 

[cberkas]

1 hour ago, nodakvindy said:

Hoping Salt Lake gets 2030.  They are the ideal host, facilities are great and in relatively compact area and snow is real.

 

Vancouver is bidding on that one. Maybe Bozeman will bid again too. Denver should have bid for 2022

[cberkas]

Russia or ROC is still doping athletes.

The team figure skating Gold should be pulled from them

I hate to be that guy, but maybe Russia should just be permanently banned

[cberkas]

When you out shooting a team 50-5 and the score is 2-1

Closer than the US would like

[cberkas]

3-1

Stupid checking call (added checking to women's hockey)

Czech Republic goalie is playing out of her mind

[cberkas]

4-1 

I was impressed with what I saw from the Czech's, like their men's teams just didn't have the depth.

For woman's hockey to stay in the Olympics you need team like the Czech Republic to give the US and Canada all they can handle and keep the games close.