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[Fish Assassin]

The pressure of winning the Gold on home ice may have gotten to the Russians. Ovechkin was a non-factor.

[Fish Assassin]

Canada wins Gold in Women's Curling. Two missed  shots by Sweden sealed the deal for Canada

[Fish Assassin]

Canadian Women's Hockey team wins Gold.

[chris gadsden]

Canadian Women's Hockey team wins Gold.

Saved by a "Golden" goal post.

[Dave]

Saved by a "Golden" goal post.

And perhaps some sketchy calls against the US...

[jeff]

I agree Dave the "cross check" call at the end was a bad call.

[arimaBOATER]

Caught the 3 rd period this am & the USA was ahead 2-0 with 10 minutes or there abouts.
Canada was trying hard but the USA team was skating well & checking checking & checking.
Just the way the game was going I thought it's a done deal & turned the channel.

6pm tv news comes on & talks about Canada getting 2 golds today.
Curling & in woman's hockey !
Could hardly believe it. Surprise big time.

TSN had a replay so seen the comeback.
Unreal.
If someone had a big $ bet on the USA ladies team to win gold & leading 2-0 with little time to play & BINGO "all hell breaks loose" & 2 quick goals by Canada to tie & then in OT the US get 3-4 quality scoring chances in the 1st minute. How the puck stayed out of the net with those heavy shots from close in & good angles was unbelievable !!!

Also thought the hit was clean on the side of the net & a cross check on Canada was a bad call.
The stick was never stuck out as she gave the body check.

Mind you the slashing call was also very weak against the US player.
She barely tapped the goalie's glove.
Assume international hockey once the goalie has the puck the play is dead & no tapping with your stick. Period.

As far as the last penalty against the USA player ,Canada coach wants a penalty shot & the US coach said it was no penalty was both players were skating hard,one trying to get a break away & the other player giving chase & their skates hit accidental like ( tangle ) thus they both fell at the same time.
Personally think it was a no call.

In the OT in a gold medal game let them play & decide it on the ice unless there is a totally rule broken like boarding or a tripping where a player would of had a break away.
Canada never said never & they kept skating & trying & they got the W & the "gold".
They could of quit & gave up as needing 2 goals was not likely with mere minutes.

Woman's curling team gets "gold" & won every game !
Not one loss.
How great a feat is that. Never happened before. ( think so I'm right on that )

[Fish Assassin]

Mind you the slashing call was also very weak against the US player.
She barely tapped the goalie's glove.
Assume international hockey once the goalie has the puck the play is dead & no tapping with your stick. Period.

The US was given a verbal warning on that earlier in the game.

[typhoon]

You can't say "it was a clean hit" since bodychecking is a penalty in women's hockey.
As for the "they were warned", it's overtime. Could you imagine that call in an NHL playoff game? It's a ridiculous penalty in a gold medal OT.
Wickenheiser was on a breakaway and was hauled down from behind. Unless the ref thought it was a dive it should have been a penalty shot for tripping.

[Fish Assassin]

What a day ! Canada wins Gold and Silver in Women's ski cross. Charles Cournoyer wins Bronze in 500 meter speed skating. Canada wins 1-0 over USA to advance to Sunday's Gold medal game.

[NexusGoo]

unreal game today between the Canadian and American mens teams. Canada did a great job of keeping the US off the board. Plus Jbo gave Benn an beaut slap pass.

[arimaBOATER]

Thanks got enlightened why a clean body check & tap were penalties in ladies hockey.

One more W & Canada gets GOLD.

Swedes vs Canada.
So far the big ice surface has not hurt the Canadian team.
Thought they would only manage a bronze because of the bigger rink which NHLers do not play on. European teams play on this sized rink all the time.
This is the biggest pressure game.

Go Canada Go.
Will get up at 6 am & watch remainder of game.
Woman's game vs US taught me not to change the channel should Canada be down by 2 goals 

[Fish Assassin]

Team USA lost to Finland 5-0. Started off the tournament strong but finished weak, getting shut out twice in a row.

[NexusGoo]

I still can't believe that Finland shut out the US. I mean Tukka is a good goalie but man the last 2 games must have been hard on them Americans. I'm lucky I have hockey tonight, because I'll be wide awake come 4 am. Go Canada Go

[Fish Assassin]

USA looked deflated and uninterested in their game against the Finns.