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General Discussions => No Glove No Love => Topic started by: tyzack on February 15, 2010, 10:02:36 am
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First off...did anyone watch the USA vs. China in womens hockey last night?
Probably not, but that was the best display of US foriegn policy I have ever seen. After one shift in which the US girls realized they were worlds better than their Chinese counter-parts it became an hour-long "hockey tricks" show in which the US made amazing moves (batter-puck-goal) and made China look stupid.
Also, Saturday short track race with the Koreans unsweeping the podium was nice, and the dude from Montreal winning Canada\'s first home-territory gold medal.
EH! O! CANADA GO!
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I was patiently waiting for someone to post an olympics thread. Big fan of the winter olympics. I\'ll watch anything, figure skating to hockey to moguls to speed skating. Speed Skating=I heart Apollo Ohno. Watched part of the women\'s hockey game, just phenomenal. USA men\'s hockey is tomorrow. Curious to see what they got. And def excited to eventually see Team Canada with Crosby....
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I was patiently waiting for someone to post an olympics thread. Big fan of the winter olympics. I\'ll watch anything, figure skating to hockey to moguls to speed skating. Speed Skating=I heart Apollo Ohno. Watched part of the women\'s hockey game, just phenomenal. USA men\'s hockey is tomorrow. Curious to see what they got. And def excited to eventually see Team Canada with Crosby....
yeah the hockey this year is gonna be amazing. russia\'s lineup looks ridiculous. itd be nice to see the americans go deep but i think it depends a lot on ryan miller and/or jonathan quick. hopefully miller can pull through (im a sabres fan) and have an awesome tourney. canada does look freakin awesome....so who knows. and maybe sweden can come up big too. they will certainly all be fun games to watch.
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USA vs. Switzerland now....I can\'t figure out how to get it streaming at work.
Anyone know a live-update site?
The game to watch tonight is on CNBC Team Canada\'s first go vs. Norway.
Free beer at the next show for the first person to name me a norweign in the NHL _without looking on the interwebs_
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was 2-0 usa last time i checked.
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USA vs. Switzerland now....I can\'t figure out how to get it streaming at work.
Anyone know a live-update site?
The game to watch tonight is on CNBC Team Canada\'s first go vs. Norway.
Free beer at the next show for the first person to name me a norweign in the NHL _without looking on the interwebs_
yep....and usa\'s next game is thursday against norway and then sunday against canada so itll be an interesting game to watch. also at midnight is russia vs latvia.....russia\'s lineup should be fun to watch.
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Okay, so anybody else catch short track last night. Apolo was seriously sooooo close to getting much better than bronze. those damn koreans.
USA vs. Canada hockey tonight at 7pm. :) Def have been waiting patiently for this match up.
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Luongo has to get the starts the rest of the way.
Aside from that, that was the best hockey game I\'ve seen all year.
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Luongo has to get the starts the rest of the way.
Aside from that, that was the best hockey game I\'ve seen all year.
^yeah that. a lot of shouting and cheering was going on in my house. what a game!
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We\'re receiving daily reports of Phish "sightings" during NBC\'s coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, including:
Ocelot was played during trials for the ski jump on 12/26/09.
First Tube was used in the bump to a commercial about the upcoming bobsled competition on 2/20/10.
Tweezer Reprise (a good 3 minutes worth!) was the background music for the Ono speedskating segment late on 2/20/10.
Kill Devil Falls (the version from Joy) was played over the PA at the Canada vs. USA men\'s hockey game 2/21/10, with about 15 seconds left in the first period. They played about 20 seconds of the chorus before the puck was dropped again.
Axilla (Part II) (from Hoist) was played with about 8 minutes left in the second period at the same game.
Thanks to Andrew Cogan, Christopher Herrick, Christopher Lusk, Jeremy Pinquist, and Shaun McGrath for these recent reports - and to Scott Bartmanm who some time ago reported that Piper was used in cuts to commercials at the Olympics four years ago!
Other recent sightings include Good Morning America on 12/27/09; Seven Below as background music on 93XRT in Chicago in December 2009, advertising an upcoming concert by another band; and an Albany, NY, sportstalk radio show (104.5 WTMM The Team\'s Sound off with Sinkoff) has used Sparkle and other Phish songs as background music while Alan Fish reads promos.
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I noticed Bohemian Like You by The Dandy Warhols during the men\'s half pipe.
Servo, Brian Jonestown Massacre, was played during the women mogols.
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Its not hard to believe since many of these jobs are held by people our age. The baby boomer know not as much as we do about technology.
Think about. Makes sense.
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Anyone catch Weber\'s goal (Canada vs. Germany) that WENT THROUGH THE NET?
Even so, the Canadian team didn\'t collectively exhale until on odd sequence early in the second period, when Shea Weber\'s slap shot from the point passed right through the net. Play continued until the next stoppage, at which point a video review confirmed that an actual goal had been scored.
Next MUST WATCH GAME:
CANADA VS. RUSSIA - TONIGHT
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isn\'t russia/canada tonight? that\'s what it said on espn
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isn\'t russia/canada tonight? that\'s what it said on espn
Yup.
Is the USA vs. Switzerland game going to be televised at all?
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http://www.nbcolympics.com/hockey/resultsandschedules/index.html
yeah ive been watching pretty much all the games and that goal was crazy! yes, russia/canada is tonight but it wont be the only good game today. the usa game vs switzerland is probably going to be good also, as well as sweden/slovakia tonight. sweden/slovakia will be really interesting with gaborik vs lundqvist. of course canada/russia is going to be INSANE, but the media will probably focus on the ovechkin crosby rivalry which is dumb because these teams and this type of game are way bigger than just an ordinary nhl rival matchup. all we know now is that all the games from now on should be very very fun to watch.
anybody catch the switzerland/belarus game yesterday? or the czech/latvia game? both of those were really good and fun to watch.
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Anyone catch Weber\'s goal (Canada vs. Germany) that WENT THROUGH THE NET?
Even so, the Canadian team didn\'t collectively exhale until on odd sequence early in the second period, when Shea Weber\'s slap shot from the point passed right through the net. Play continued until the next stoppage, at which point a video review confirmed that an actual goal had been scored.
Next MUST WATCH GAME:
CANADA VS. RUSSIA - TONIGHT
That was a crazy goal during the germany game. i would have never seen that without slow mo. i was really surprised how much the germans got spanked tho.
Canada vs Russia def will be the game to watch ( i think usa will easily beat switz).
isn\'t russia/canada tonight? that\'s what it said on espn
Yup.
Is the USA vs. Switzerland game going to be televised at all?
NBC at 3 pm. I think NBC finally learned their lesson after stupidly showing the canada game on their sister networks no one can find or watch.
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3 pm the mayhem starts. Hoping the US can spank Canada like their last meeting.
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America...Fuck Yea.
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Almost. Almost. Ryan Miller seriously owned that goal...if it wasn\'t for that damn crosby. great time. just not the outcome. Gotta wait four years for the revenge ;)
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Is there were we come to bitch about the hockey game? lol.
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I was cheering for Crobsy to score on that break-away in the 3rd, Kane did a great job on the poke check.
Call me unamerican but here is why I was cheering for canada:
More canadians would be happy with a canadian gold than americans with an american gold.
In four years I hope that a.) the NHL will allow them to play and b.) some country, i don\'t care which but I will cheer solely for the USA, beats Russia.
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i wasn\'t cheering for canada, but i don\'t mind that they won. BUT, as a sabres fan, it kills me that crosby got the game-winner. he ALWAYS kills miller when its important...ALWAYS! usa is still a very young team and did really well. a lot of people called them underdogs in this tournament, but i never really did because all of their players can keep up with the best in the game so i always thought they had a chance.
sabres/penguins tomorrow night = miller/crosby
sabres/capitals wednesday night = miller/ovechkin&semin (in their first game back)
should be some intersting games..
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In four years I hope that a.) the NHL will allow them to play.
I hope that they are not allowed to play. Here\'s my reasons:
1. These players are being paid to play by the NHL, not their countries. Would Canada reimburse the Devs or the Penguins of Brodeur or Crosby got hurt, NO...
2. The NHL is not getting enough exposure to make it worthwhile...
3. The two teams that won gold and silver were the only teams made up of all NHL players; real fair. Finland won bronze with 18 NHL players.
To make it fair it must be amateur only. That means, not professional league at all. The only team with less than 10 NHL players to make the 8 team tournament was Switzerland with two players... Look at the breakdown of NHL players per team...
Canada - 24
USA - 23
Sweden - 19
Finland - 18
Czech Republic - 16
Russia - 14
SLovakia - 13
Germany - 7
Belarus - 4
Latvia - 2
Switzerland - 2
Norway - 1
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In four years I hope that a.) the NHL will allow them to play.
I hope that they are not allowed to play. Here\'s my reasons:
1. These players are being paid to play by the NHL, not their countries. Would Canada reimburse the Devs or the Penguins of Brodeur or Crosby got hurt, NO...
2. The NHL is not getting enough exposure to make it worthwhile...
3. The two teams that won gold and silver were the only teams made up of all NHL players; real fair. Finland won bronze with 18 NHL players.
To make it fair it must be amateur only. That means, not professional league at all. The only team with less than 10 NHL players to make the 8 team tournament was Switzerland with two players... Look at the breakdown of NHL players per team...
Canada - 24
USA - 23
Sweden - 19
Finland - 18
Czech Republic - 16
Russia - 14
SLovakia - 13
Germany - 7
Belarus - 4
Latvia - 2
Switzerland - 2
Norway - 1
but without nhl players they will lose a TON of viewers, and now more people might watch the NHL after that great game yesterday
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also one major issue was that this year it was in CANADA. not only are the games able to be televised live because of a minimal time difference around the continent, but nhl players dont have to travel halfway around the world and back in the middle of an nhl season. next olympics are in russia i believe....how much exposure are nhl players going to get when the games are at 4am or whatever?
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but without nhl players they will lose a TON of viewers, and now more people might watch the NHL after that great game yesterday
I completely disagree. There were two types of viewers that tuned in yesterday and maybe friday:
1. The NHL fan that wants to watch hockey
2. The olympic junkie/USA pride
The first will continue to watch hockey, while the majority of the second will go back to their regular scheduled programming. Point in case, I watched curling during the olympics, but I will not be trying to find it on tv or live for another 4 years...
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but without nhl players they will lose a TON of viewers, and now more people might watch the NHL after that great game yesterday
I completely disagree. There were two types of viewers that tuned in yesterday and maybe friday:
1. The NHL fan that wants to watch hockey
2. The olympic junkie/USA pride
The first will continue to watch hockey, while the majority of the second will go back to their regular scheduled programming. Point in case, I watched curling during the olympics, but I will not be trying to find it on tv or live for another 4 years...
I think there is a third category. So what if you qualify for one and two?
In any case, TEAM USA showcased some wonderful talent. (Blackhawks Patrick Kane a personal fav) Along with all the other NHL Players on other teams. (Ovechkin is just plain nasty...love it!) One can only hope that maybe just maybe the olympics will carry a fire for hockey over to regular nhl games. NBC for the next Two sundays is showing Blackhawks games. DEF must watches. This sunday vs. Detroit, next Sunday vs Caps.
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but without nhl players they will lose a TON of viewers, and now more people might watch the NHL after that great game yesterday
I completely disagree. There were two types of viewers that tuned in yesterday and maybe friday:
1. The NHL fan that wants to watch hockey
2. The olympic junkie/USA pride
The first will continue to watch hockey, while the majority of the second will go back to their regular scheduled programming. Point in case, I watched curling during the olympics, but I will not be trying to find it on tv or live for another 4 years...
I think there is a third category. So what if you qualify for one and two?
In any case, TEAM USA showcased some wonderful talent. (Blackhawks Patrick Kane a personal fav) Along with all the other NHL Players on other teams. (Ovechkin is just plain nasty...love it!) One can only hope that maybe just maybe the olympics will carry a fire for hockey over to regular nhl games. NBC for the next Two sundays is showing Blackhawks games. DEF must watches. This sunday vs. Detroit, next Sunday vs Caps.
You\'re already an NHL fan so there\'s really nothing gained. As far as the sunday games, it doesn\'t really effect me since all the devils games are either on MSG or VS.
Don\'t get me wrong, I enjoyed the games and I enjoyed seeing USA play well, but I can\'t help but feel bad for the teams that had 1-7 NHL players on the team and the rest were made up of local hockey fanatics... I feel the same way about basketball in the olympics...
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Don\'t get me wrong, I enjoyed the games and I enjoyed seeing USA play well, but I can\'t help but feel bad for the teams that had 1-7 NHL players on the team and the rest were made up of local hockey fanatics... I feel the same way about basketball in the olympics...
i wouldnt say they are "hockey fanatics" if they aren\'t in the nhl. im pretty sure just about all of them play professionally somewhere. perhaps in the future the nhl might not be the best league in the world. and so the case that only amateurs should play in the olympics depends on what you consider being professional....
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In any case, TEAM USA showcased some wonderful talent. (Blackhawks Patrick Kane a personal fav) Along with all the other NHL Players on other teams. (Ovechkin is just plain nasty...love it!) One can only hope that maybe just maybe the olympics will carry a fire for hockey over to regular nhl games. NBC for the next Two sundays is showing Blackhawks games. DEF must watches. This sunday vs. Detroit, next Sunday vs Caps.
Team USA did have some great players, and I learned alot of players who are not NESN/VS?NBC regulars (read, players who do not play north and east of the potomaic/ohio)...how I wonder who NBC is really compeating against for sunday afternoon hockey.
The NBA, for whatever reasons, has a much larger following in the US, and already has Sunday afternoons after football is over. There is also NASCAR to deal with, neither of which, I think can be won over by watching Pheonix play Carolina, or Blackhawks and Caps.
I don\'t know when a good time to target would be, but I don\'t think that it\'s Sunday afternoon. Not to be unoriginaly, but Saturday nights has been working in Canada for a long time.
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In any case, TEAM USA showcased some wonderful talent. (Blackhawks Patrick Kane a personal fav) Along with all the other NHL Players on other teams. (Ovechkin is just plain nasty...love it!) One can only hope that maybe just maybe the olympics will carry a fire for hockey over to regular nhl games. NBC for the next Two sundays is showing Blackhawks games. DEF must watches. This sunday vs. Detroit, next Sunday vs Caps.
Team USA did have some great players, and I learned alot of players who are not NESN/VS?NBC regulars (read, players who do not play north and east of the potomaic/ohio)...how I wonder who NBC is really compeating against for sunday afternoon hockey.
The NBA, for whatever reasons, has a much larger following in the US, and already has Sunday afternoons after football is over. There is also NASCAR to deal with, neither of which, I think can be won over by watching Pheonix play Carolina, or Blackhawks and Caps.
I don\'t know when a good time to target would be, but I don\'t think that it\'s Sunday afternoon. Not to be unoriginaly, but Saturday nights has been working in Canada for a long time.
To gain more interest, the playoffs and cup finals need to be on a network station...