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Hot Rod
Revved Up Tue Feb 20 21:39:07

on the women's downhill.

Silver is not too shabby. What was cool is your skier was just too cute. She had no idea she was going to medal.

Hot Rod
Revved Up Wed Feb 21 06:55:35

I guess you didn't watch it.

jergul
large member Wed Feb 21 07:04:54
Sportsviewing is not my thing. But ty for the good wishes.

Daemon
Member Wed Feb 21 14:09:13
Sportsviewing is not my thing, too. But this is too good to ignore it:
http://www...in-seat-at-semis-idUSKCN1G51UM

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Germany shocked top-seeded Sweden 4-3 after Patrick Reimer scored in overtime on Wednesday, beating the Scandinavians for the first time ever in Olympic play and booking a spot in the semi-finals of the men’s ice hockey tournament.

Paramount
Member Wed Feb 21 14:15:26
I didn’t watch the game, but cheers to Germany.

Hot Rod
Revved Up Wed Feb 21 15:40:42

Ditto.

Daemon
Member Sat Feb 24 10:27:05
Again I did not watch it. Just posting it for the Canadians here!

http://oly...an-consistency-work-ethic.html

Canadian men's hockey team couldn't match German consistency, work ethic

There will be no gold-medal game for the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team.

It seemed like such a certainty Canada would clash with the Olympic Athletes from Russia in the final at the Pyeongchang Olympics. But nobody told the Germans they were supposed to roll over. They showed they were worthy of advancing to the semifinals with their 4-3 win in overtime over Sweden, and proved themselves once again against Canada.

CrownRoyal
Member Sat Feb 24 10:34:04
It is always like that, when NHLers are not playing, at least some advantage goes to the national teams that haven’t lost any players. How different would the German national team be, if NHL sends players to Korea? My guess is that German team would be the same, maybe a few extra players. Now, the large pool of players still matters, so naturally hockey nations might still do better. Anyway, full credit to Germany. I actually watched the third period, it was the first Korean Olympic anything that I watched.

CrownRoyal
Member Sat Feb 24 10:35:48
People are competing in some strange sports during Winter Olympics, I had to google half pipe today.

Hot Rod
Revved Up Sat Feb 24 11:28:11

I saw a new one for me too.

A team consists of two men and two women.

They race down a Salome two men at a time or two women at a time.

Not sure how the rest of it is scored or anything. Only that it is new, I had never seen or heard of it before.

It was kind of cool.

Wrath of Orion
Member Sat Feb 24 12:08:55
As far as officially sanctioned events, Mixed Alpine Team is pretty much brand new (not just to the Olympics). It has only been a sanctioned event since something like 2014.

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Hot Rod Revved Up	Tue Feb 20 21:39:07 on the women's downhill. Silver is not too shabby. What was cool is your skier was just too cute. She had no idea she was going to medal.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Feb 21 06:55:35 I guess you didn't watch it.
jergul large member	Wed Feb 21 07:04:54 Sportsviewing is not my thing. But ty for the good wishes.
Daemon Member	Wed Feb 21 14:09:13 Sportsviewing is not my thing, too. But this is too good to ignore it: http://www...in-seat-at-semis-idUSKCN1G51UM GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Germany shocked top-seeded Sweden 4-3 after Patrick Reimer scored in overtime on Wednesday, beating the Scandinavians for the first time ever in Olympic play and booking a spot in the semi-finals of the men’s ice hockey tournament.
Paramount Member	Wed Feb 21 14:15:26 I didn’t watch the game, but cheers to Germany.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Feb 21 15:40:42 Ditto.
Daemon Member	Sat Feb 24 10:27:05 Again I did not watch it. Just posting it for the Canadians here! http://oly...an-consistency-work-ethic.html Canadian men's hockey team couldn't match German consistency, work ethic There will be no gold-medal game for the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team. It seemed like such a certainty Canada would clash with the Olympic Athletes from Russia in the final at the Pyeongchang Olympics. But nobody told the Germans they were supposed to roll over. They showed they were worthy of advancing to the semifinals with their 4-3 win in overtime over Sweden, and proved themselves once again against Canada.
CrownRoyal Member	Sat Feb 24 10:34:04 It is always like that, when NHLers are not playing, at least some advantage goes to the national teams that haven’t lost any players. How different would the German national team be, if NHL sends players to Korea? My guess is that German team would be the same, maybe a few extra players. Now, the large pool of players still matters, so naturally hockey nations might still do better. Anyway, full credit to Germany. I actually watched the third period, it was the first Korean Olympic anything that I watched.
CrownRoyal Member	Sat Feb 24 10:35:48 People are competing in some strange sports during Winter Olympics, I had to google half pipe today.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Sat Feb 24 11:28:11 I saw a new one for me too. A team consists of two men and two women. They race down a Salome two men at a time or two women at a time. Not sure how the rest of it is scored or anything. Only that it is new, I had never seen or heard of it before. It was kind of cool.
Wrath of Orion Member	Sat Feb 24 12:08:55 As far as officially sanctioned events, Mixed Alpine Team is pretty much brand new (not just to the Olympics). It has only been a sanctioned event since something like 2014.
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