Olympic Hockey

[Tsiouxnami]

And here I thought it was the frequent flyer miles and the free bag of peanuts.

And Modano says, "What, they got PEANUTS!"

[MafiaMan]

And Modano says, "What, they got PEANUTS!"

I thought it was "vaht....dey got peanuts?".

[Tsiouxnami]

I thought it was "vaht....dey got peanuts?".

Sorry, my mistake!

[Tsiouxnami]

Anybody interested in updates on the Sweden-Czech game? It's just getting underway.

[Tsiouxnami]

34 seconds in Modin from Forsberg. Sweden 1-0 (Sorry couldn't resist.)

[Tsiouxnami]

3:11 of the 1st - Swedes are caught in a line change. . . .Straka makes it 1-1.

[ABER]

3:11 of the 1st - Swedes are caught in a line change. . . .Straka makes it 1-1.

Thanks for the updates.

[A.B.T.G.]

Updates greatly appreciated....Go Sweden!!

[Tsiouxnami]

13:40 into 1st. . . . .P.J. Axelsson redirects shot from Lidstrom 2-1 Sweden

[Tsiouxnami]

1:20 left in 1st - Forsberg draws the penalty. Sweden goes on the power play.

[Tsiouxnami]

1st period comes to a close. Sweden up 2-1 over the Czech Republic. Sweden will carry about 40 seconds of power play into the 2nd. In my opinion, Sweden is outplaying the Czech's. . . . and Henrik Lundqvist appears to be on his game today.

[Tsiouxnami]

1:13 into 2nd Henrik Sedin scores off a Jagr turnover. 3-1 Sweden

[Sioux_Hab-it]

1:13 into 2nd Henrik Sedin scores off a Jagr turnover. 3-1 Sweden

Couldn't happen to a better guy than Jagr.

[A.B.T.G.]

Yahoo!

[Tsiouxnami]

3:54 into 2nd Christian Backman scores to make it 4-1 Sweden. WOW, are they a machine!

[Tsiouxnami]

Sweden gets another power play . . . .oh, and scores 20 seconds into it to make it 5-1 7:54 into the 2nd.

[Tsiouxnami]

Czech's get their first power play.

[Tsiouxnami]

Now Czech's have 2 man advantage.

[Tsiouxnami]

10:40 into the 2nd Czech's score on their 2 man advantage. . . 5-2.

[Tsiouxnami]

11:25 into 2nd. . . .Czech's score again (Prospal), 5-3.

[Tsiouxnami]

Swedes take a double minor. . . .4 minute power play for the Czech's.

[A.B.T.G.]

What the?

How many times are are they going to go down 2 men? C'mon Sweden!!!!

[Tsiouxnami]

1 minute left in 2nd period. . . . Daniel Alfredsson scores to make it 6-3 Sweden.

[Tsiouxnami]

2nd period comes to a close. WOW - wild period! Lots of scoring chances both ways - up and down hockey! Have to say the Czech's woke up a bit, but I don't think they can win this game. Sweden is a machine, as I said before, and had they not taken some untimely penalties, the score would be 6-1. I actually kind of feel sorry for both goaltenders as they are both getting peppered. . . shots seem to come in flurries and the goalies are getting a bit lucky, as I don't think they are really seeing the 2nd and 3rd shots that are coming their way. All in all, it is an exciting hockey game!

[Tsiouxnami]

The thing that impresses me the most about the Swedes is how balanced they are. . . .they have 6 goals and 6 different goal scorers. Perhaps they could put on a goal scoring clinic for the US and Canada??