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Olympic Hockey Day 9 Preview and Open Thread: Medal Rounds, Baby

3dflags-fin1-2_medium3dflags-usa1-2_mediumGame 1: #1 United States vs. #4 Finland - 3 PM - NBC: Why is neither of these games starting at a normal time? Bizarre.  In any event, the Americans, the only group winners left in the tournament, play Finland at 3 PM EST on NBC, a game that should be annoyingly like the Switzerland game in all likelihood.  The Finns looked lost against Sweden with their huge forechecking pressure, so hopefully these American coaches we pay with our tax dollars (do we?) know to do that again.  This should be a real tight scoring game, with probably three goals maximum handed out the whole way.  If the Switzerland game made you nauseous, this one will be worse.  Enjoy!

3dflags-svk1-2_medium3dflags-can1-2_mediumGame 2: #6 Canada vs. #7 Slovakia - 9:30 PM - CNBC:  Why is this game on so late? Unclear.  It's gonna be like 10:30 PM in Sidney Crosby's weird Nova Scotia time before this gets started.  But when it does start, look for Canada to keep rolling offensively, especially against a non-elite goaltender like Jaroslav Halak, who has probably been more lucky than good in this tournament.  Everything may change for them when they get to a Ryan Miller or Miikka Kiprusoff, but tonight should be another high-scoring deal.  Mike Richards nets at least four, you can count on that.

75% of these players will leave here with a medal.  Not bad odds if you can get them.  Hopefully the odds are 100% of you commenting your heart out here now that it's crunch time.  Leave it all out there--you don't want to have to tell your grandchildren they can't play with your medal because they didn't give one for fourth back then.

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How about them apples Kipper!

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:08 PM EST reply actions  

I absolutely want to kill myself because I’m freaking stuck at work and can’t watch or stream this game. Oh well, you guys’ll keep me updated. U-S-A

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by eeeeee on Feb 26, 2010 3:08 PM EST reply actions  

Kipper channeling his best Nikolai Khabibulin?

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 26, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Sadly it was probably more Hextallian than anything.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Please rec this at your own discretion.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Kipper pulled a Broduer

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:10 PM EST reply actions  

That has totally changed the momentum, not shockingly.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:10 PM EST reply actions  

Nice vest, Pierre McGuire…

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:12 PM EST reply actions  

Dear Pierre: please stop butchering foreign names by trying to say them with an accent. You can say “Vih-lee Pehl-toh-nehn”. We won’t think any less of you (mainly because that would be hard to do).

by Ben Feldman on Feb 26, 2010 3:12 PM EST reply actions  

God what a horrible pass by Filppula. They had something going there.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:13 PM EST reply actions  

Interference on Janne Niskala. Kind of a soft call.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:15 PM EST reply actions  

USA 2-0 FIN

Parise on the rebound. Power play goal.

This is going way better than I had any right to expect

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:17 PM EST reply actions  

Holy crap this is awesome

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 3:17 PM EST reply actions  

Another PP
Lets keep it going

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:18 PM EST reply actions  

Dumb penalty by Lydman. 3-0 please.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:18 PM EST reply actions  

Imagine what Parise could do if he was out of Lemaireland.

by Ben Feldman on Feb 26, 2010 3:19 PM EST reply actions  

or the Slovaks,
we are not scared of them either!

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

USA 3-0 FIN

Jack Johnson, baby. Now I feel like I had a reason to be wearing this Michigan shirt.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:23 PM EST reply actions  

Let it be noted that I didn’t even get this up before we scored again.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions  

USA 4-0 FIN

Kane did that all by himself.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:23 PM EST reply actions  

Good first 10 minutes of the game!

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:25 PM EST reply actions  

I predicted three goals total. I didn’t even make it to the eleven-minute mark with that.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:25 PM EST reply actions  

Good thing your prediction wasn’t a drinking game. Your liver would be crying about now.

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by The Dark on Feb 26, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Kiprusoff pulled after 4 goals on 7 shots. Finns have gotta be wondering why they insisted he came.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:26 PM EST reply actions  

USA 5-0 FIN

Kane again. Now I just feel bad for them.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:27 PM EST reply actions  

Don Cherry must be so pissed right now

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:28 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Is Finland even trying?

I do feel bad for Kimmo.

6-0. Okay, now this is just funny.

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 3:28 PM EST reply actions  

5 goals in 6:24. Jesus.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:29 PM EST reply actions  

Is this really happening? I just turned it on to see 5-0 on the scoreboard, with a replay of a goal making it 6-0. I missed 30 minutes.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 26, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions  

you didnt miss 30 minutes its still the 1st period!

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions  

well, I turned on at 330, but you’re right

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 26, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions  

thats what they get for not putting Nitty in these games. He carried the Finns last time.

"NO HONOR"

"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."

by JpH89 on Feb 26, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions  

so do you rest miller?

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:34 PM EST reply actions  

That’s what my dad just called to say. I don’t know if you want him to lose his rhythm though (not that he’s getting much here).

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions  

isn’t he resting now?

by EREX21 on Feb 26, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

I would keep everyone going.
Let them get used to playing with confidence, dominance, and control

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions  

FYI, our boy Kimmo is a +/- 0 I think, he was after it was 4-0 and I didn’t see him on the ice the last two goals.

"NO HONOR"

"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."

by JpH89 on Feb 26, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions  

Think JR is going to be excited?

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:41 PM EST reply actions  

Only after Milbury makes some new anti Euro remark.

by EREX21 on Feb 26, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions  

can’t stop crapping my pants

by lerris on Feb 26, 2010 3:41 PM EST reply actions  

neither can the fins

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by psudrozz on Feb 26, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions  

This Essure commercial is BIZARRE. Almost as much as the game.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:43 PM EST reply actions  

so if canada wins, and this game comes to its logical conclusion, is the US the home team on sunday?

wrap yer head around that one.

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by psudrozz on Feb 26, 2010 3:44 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah, but I hear their teams represent pretty well even at away games

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:46 PM EST up reply actions  

well they should, it “their” sport and it’s in their country.

by EREX21 on Feb 26, 2010 3:48 PM EST up reply actions  

well, since we would be the higher seeded team, wouldn’t we be the home team? makes a difference, getting that last line out there for matchups and such.

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by psudrozz on Feb 26, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions  

I think we would get to chose the jerseys too

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I think we are technically the home team yes.

by EREX21 on Feb 26, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Pretty solid batting average, eh?

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Now is not the time for fearless shot blocking, McGuire. Let that stuff by you.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 3:58 PM EST reply actions  

I am breathlessly awaiting the Mike Milbury Eurotrash comments validating his comments from Wednesday night after the game.

I don’t want to look past the Slovaks, but damn am I cheering for a rematch on Sunday.

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 26, 2010 4:02 PM EST reply actions  

I hope NBC aires it live

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:05 PM EST up reply actions  

NBC confirmed this broadcast that the gold medal game will be live from coast-to-coast.

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions  

the problem is now 1/2 of Broad street hockey will be outbidding each other for such bootie as that

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Not gonna lie, I kinda like the official one better…. and nothing prevents multiple BSH readers from purchasing from the store, so we don’t have to outbid each other….

http://www.vancouver2010.com/store/collectibles/pins/vancouver-2010-pin-latvia-hockey-mask/prodVAN1538.html

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 8:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Good call there.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Except shipping is killer expensive, so people would be better off trying to grab the same one off ebay (it is available there) or combine orders with others to get the shipping down…. $15 to ship an $8 pin is pretty bad

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions  

So… just turned this on… who missed the extra point?

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by foos05 on Feb 26, 2010 4:07 PM EST reply actions  

I almost feel bad for Torts,
 he knows this week must come to and end and he will have to go back and deal with the Rangers

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:11 PM EST reply actions  

I am hoping tonights game against Slovakia is as anti-climatic as this one. I guess the Fins need to join the Russians in red square and get shot as well.

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 26, 2010 4:15 PM EST reply actions  

Look at all those Canadian jersey wearing fans watching the game.
They are so quiet
I wonder what they must be thinking?
Why are they not having fun

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:17 PM EST reply actions  

I actually can’t understand the mentality of the Canadian fans. I’ve been cheering for the US since Sunday’s beat down of the Canadians. I want a rematch. I’d be going crazy right now.

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 26, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions  

A hot team is a scary team. When Gold is all that will do, you want the path of least resistance.

"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko

by doubleh on Feb 26, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions  

yes, but what is more satisfying? Beating a bunch of “eurotrash” guys or beating the guys that just humbled you in your own barn a week ago? I’ll take the later please.

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 26, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, I agree, but the average bandwagon fan doesn’t feel that way. They just want to win and don’t care who they beat.

"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko

by doubleh on Feb 26, 2010 4:40 PM EST up reply actions  

*victory over the Canadians.

I enjoyed the win as much as anybody, but let’s not overstate and act like we owned the game or anything. Especially not with there being such a good chance at a rematch coming up. Canada’s still scary good, no matter how many we score against Finland and no matter how bad we may or may not have won the first game.

Still, we’re gonna crush yous on Sunday. =p

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by eeeeee on Feb 26, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions  

They’re doing the wave. At an Olympic semi-final.

by Ben Feldman on Feb 26, 2010 4:20 PM EST reply actions  

That’s what happens when it is 6-0.

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions  

if the olympics were in america, i have a feeling we’d be ripped for doing it

by lerris on Feb 26, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Gary probably doesn’t realize that it isn’t really all NHL rules.

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 26, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions  

This is like Selig hate….more interesting than the game however which is good…I’d rather it be like this than an all-out war like that Canada game.

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions  

I’d love to crosscheck that blinking little toad. God he is such a worm

by MadmanSamCarcillo on Feb 26, 2010 4:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

I thought glove tossing was an automatic penalty shot

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:41 PM EST reply actions  

Scott Hartnell would love the Olympics.

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions  

He’d get assessed a minor every shift until getting ejected and eventually suspended for fighting.

by Ben Feldman on Feb 26, 2010 4:46 PM EST up reply actions  

and thats in the opening ceremonies

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions  

So of the two teams that play in the gold medal game, does the loser take silver, bronze or walks away with nada?

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 4:45 PM EST reply actions  

Loser gets silver, and then Finland and the loser of tonights game play for the Bronze tomorrow

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:46 PM EST up reply actions  

And the loser of that game is the team that walks away with nada.

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions  

we are playing so relaxed its back to the NHL pace

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 4:50 PM EST reply actions  

If you’re going to give Miller some rest, this was pretty good timing.

by Ben Feldman on Feb 26, 2010 4:55 PM EST reply actions  

Definitely.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 5:00 PM EST up reply actions  

The Booos are louder than the USA chant

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 5:06 PM EST reply actions  

I hope we can get to hear even more tomorrow night.

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by doubleh on Feb 26, 2010 5:06 PM EST up reply actions  

We are going to have to wait till Sunday

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 5:08 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s what I meant, my bad.

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by doubleh on Feb 26, 2010 5:09 PM EST up reply actions  

no worries, I just cant wait that long

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 5:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Not as stressful a game as the Swiss,
but just as good of a feeling by the end!
Finnish the job and bring home the GOLD

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 5:13 PM EST reply actions  

the Canadians need to take care of business tonight!

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 26, 2010 5:18 PM EST reply actions  

bring on the canucks!

by ryan1 on Feb 26, 2010 5:20 PM EST reply actions  

Mike Milbury has just drastically altered my rooting interests in the game later tonight. He said at the end of the broadcast that if Slovakia wins, he will NOT show up on Sunday.

Go Slovakia!…….Even if it will mean seeing Joe Micheletti doing a slurp-fest interview with Gaborik after the game….

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 5:31 PM EST reply actions  

well the canadian women curling team choked for the gold medal.

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 9:11 PM EST reply actions  

So close for Latvian Haralds Silovs in the 500m speed skating quarterfinals.

by Ben Feldman on Feb 26, 2010 9:13 PM EST reply actions  

It ’s too bad it takes the olypmics for alot of these cool sports to get coverage. The speed skating for one is exciting .

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 9:21 PM EST reply actions  

In reference to what Ben said above, 10:30pm in the Atlantic Canada time zone isn’t that weird when you compare it to the strange half time zone that makes it 11 pm in Newfoundland… I am kinda surprised this game wasn’t a little earlier when it’s 9:30 pm or later for 80% of Canada’s population

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 9:39 PM EST reply actions  

man slovokia dodged a bullet…morrow had an open net and pulled a Richie

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 9:40 PM EST reply actions  

Crosby opened the game with a big dive, which I gotta say has dampened my pro-Canadian sentiments early.

Plus Branko Radivojevic was awesome.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 9:41 PM EST reply actions  

And they have Marcel Hossa of Dinamo Riga. There is still a chance that a hockey medal ends up in Latvia!

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Their leading scorer no less. We need him to defect mid-medal ceremony.

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by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 26, 2010 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Every time people get hopeful that Crosby may have outgrown all that diving he did as a rookie, he proves them wrong by doing it again

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions  

A leopard never changes his spots.

Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could

by jello44 on Feb 26, 2010 9:53 PM EST up reply actions  

So far no Eurotrash on the ice

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 9:43 PM EST reply actions  

Exciting, intense hockey

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 9:44 PM EST reply actions  

Dinamo Riga is cool name…sounds like someone who transports “cargo” out of Mos Eisely

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 9:47 PM EST reply actions  

Patrick Marleau deflected that and his stick was below the net.

They are reviewing it but I don’t see how this does not stand. 1-0 Canada.

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 9:56 PM EST reply actions  

I bet Canada is going to take a lot of shots from the point tonight!

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 10:00 PM EST reply actions  

So what is logic with the stick height rule and scoring a goal. Is it a high stick and therefore illegal which negates the goal or is it something else?

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

I think so, but I’m not 100% sure

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:04 PM EST up reply actions  

So if it is a high stick, is that the measure for any high stick call on anywhere on the ice?

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah.
If you have the part of the stick that touches the puck above the height of the crossbar it is considered a high-stick and would negate any goal scored in that matter.

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

This is the rule from the NHL 2009-10 rulebook, obviously it’s not the Olympic one but it should be the same here:

78.5 Disallowed Goals – Apparent goals shall be disallowed by the
Referee and the appropriate announcement made by the Public
Address Announcer for the following reasons:

(vi) When the puck has entered the net after making contact with an
attacking player’s stick that is above the height of the crossbar.
Where the puck makes contact with the stick is the determining
factor. See 39.4(vi).

For reference, 39.4(vi) reads:

39.4 Situations Subject to Video Review – The following situations are subject to review by the Video Goal Judge:

(vi) Puck struck with a high-stick, above the height of the crossbar, by an
attacking player prior to entering the goal. The determining factor is
where the puck makes contact with the stick in relation to the
crossbar. If the puck makes contact with the portion of the stick that is
at or below the level of the crossbar and enters the goal, this goal
shall be allowed.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

So is that the measure for a high stick anywhere on the ice or is that height an exception for the aforementioned stituation?

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s the measure for a disallowed goal, not for the penalty. According to the NHL rule book it’s totally different sections and they don’t seem to be linked, no where does one paragraph refer to the other.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

So I need a degree in constitutional law to understand the complexity of NHL rules

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions  

//Laughs

Or you just need to look it up constantly, like I do. I’m an engineer, not a lawyer.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:17 PM EST up reply actions  

what kinda engineer?

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Software by trade, everything mechanical by interest.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Sorry, there was supposed to be an “and” in the middle there

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Rule 60 – High-sticking
60.1 High-sticking – A "high stick" is one which is carried above the height
of the opponent’s shoulders. Players must be in control and
responsible for their stick. However, a player is permitted accidental
contact on an opponent if the act is committed as a normal windup or
follow through of a shooting motion, or accidental contact on the
opposing center who is bent over during the course of a face-off. A
wild swing at a bouncing puck would not be considered a normal
windup or follow through and any contact to an opponent above the
height of the shoulders shall be penalized accordingly.

(How bad is it that I have the PDFs of the rulebook and CBA on my desktop because I refer to them so often?)

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:16 PM EST up reply actions  

So my thinking about the difference is perhaps that the goal high stick might set that height because that is close to the eyeline of the goalie and might interfere with their ability to follow the play….Is their a goalie in the house?

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Whoops
So my thinking about the difference is perhaps that the goal high stick might set that height because that is close…

should read

So my thinking about the difference is perhaps the goal high stick sets that height because it is close……

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:27 PM EST up reply actions  

There’s a longer section “Rule 80 – High sticking the puck” which sort of reiterates what is said in the disallowed goals section, breaking down all the different possible situations where the puck is touched by a high stick (batted to a teammate, batted to an opponent, where the face off happens if there’s a whistle, etc). But nothing in that section gives any indication of the reasoning behind using the crossbar for evaluating goals and a player’s shoulder for everywhere else on the ice.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:34 PM EST up reply actions  

I figured…that’s why I asked if there’s goalie in the house. I’m just curious. There has to some reason to justify further complicating something that’s already complex.

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:44 PM EST up reply actions  

It’s amazing sometimes how much more enjoyable a game can be to turn off the NBC announcers and listen to neutral ones instead…. even if the neutral ones aren’t the best, it’s still so refreshing not to hear them praise certain players every 3 seconds

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:40 PM EST reply actions  

A close second were the curling announcers. They just about jinxed it for the Canadian women’s team tonight…

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:50 PM EST up reply actions  

I turned the NBC ones off around the end of the first, I’m watching on the TV but I’m listening to a stream from Europe to hear their announcers

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:52 PM EST up reply actions  

So is it in French?

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Nope, it’s in English

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:55 PM EST up reply actions  

It’s the same link Travis posted last week to help Todd watch one of the games since he couldn’t see it in NZ, it was nhlbroadcast.blogspot.com, then just find the one for this game that’s in English

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Looks like Canada has earned a chance to play USA on Sunday

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 10:51 PM EST reply actions  

It’s going to be a heck of a game.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions  

What’s the Canada Slovakia score?

by MadmanSamCarcillo on Feb 26, 2010 10:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Canada 3 – Slovakia 0

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Officiating during this tournament has been really good
Hope NHL refs are watching

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 10:54 PM EST reply actions  

Isn’t it funny that half of them are NHL refs? Maybe the IIHF are helping facilitate the “let them play” mentality that’s been going on, though

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Oops, that was supposed to say “IIHF refs”, I left the word refs out of there

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

watching Hartnell take stupid penalties for no reason is really going to irk me too after watching smart hockey

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 10:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I love how at the same time I read your statement I turned the volume back up on the TV to hear “smart hockey” as the very first words I could hear JR say. It was pretty funny timing

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 10:59 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah but your getting a consistent sample unless they ship in new refs….meaning if you have a group of refs. that normally embrace the “let it play” mentality then that’s what you’ll have throughout the games.

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 10:59 PM EST up reply actions  

You’re right, it’s the same group of refs the whole time. They’re picked in advance, so they aren’t switching them out in the middle of the games

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Okay, that Versus NHL commerical has that cool song and I can understand that shot of Crosby lifting the Cup as much as I’d rather pass a kidney stone than watch it, but the kid with the Crosby shirt shooting pucks at the dyer….no, that is unacceptable ego stroking.

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:11 PM EST reply actions  

Did they just show that? I’m flipping back and forth, but I really don’t like that commercial

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Last commerical break….I like the song really. The rest I could leave.

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Canada has not looked that great this game, but Slovakia has been borderline pathetic. How many opportunities is Stumpel going to blow with dreadful passes?

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by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 11:14 PM EST reply actions  

it looks like they are playing with broken sticks….horrible puck control

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Okay, I’m back to hockey, we got the bronze in the speed skating relay but just barely

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

Men. If Ohno wasn’t as good as he is we wouldn’t have been able to sneak in for that bronze at all

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Well the bronze the women won in the short track relay was pretty lucky. They were not even in that race. I thought the South Koreans got jipped with that call. Apparently the judge had to be relieved of duty because of death threats from South Koreans….After hearing what the S Korean figure skater said about the national shame she’d endure bringing home anything less than a gold medal I guess all the stuff Margret Cho critizes Koreans for has a kernel of truth. Zoiks

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:32 PM EST up reply actions  

by death threats from South Koreans …I meant death threats from a few South Koreans….

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:34 PM EST up reply actions  

I missed that whole situation with the women’s relay, wow

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:35 PM EST up reply actions  

It was really bad…I felt for the South Korean skaters….I mean there’s only so much they can do so close together skating at 35 mph. Plus there was no intent and she had the Chinese skater beat

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:38 PM EST up reply actions  

The men was more of an incredibly close photo finish, the US really had no chance

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Hey the Slovaks are on the board…. was that going to be a delayed penalty if they didn’t score?

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:27 PM EST reply actions  

Sheesh, it is lucky for Luongo that he was already down

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:32 PM EST reply actions  

MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm
I think we have a hockey game

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 11:33 PM EST reply actions  

yeah this is unfolding like the Canadian women’s curling team’s choke right before the game

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Holy crap, this is going to be an interesting 4 minutes

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:33 PM EST reply actions  

I saw that it was Zednik, finally. No major harm done, at least.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh my god I thought Slovakia scored there for a second, how did that not go in!?

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:41 PM EST reply actions  

Wow….Hossa blew it

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:41 PM EST reply actions  

or was that Demetra

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:42 PM EST up reply actions  

it was Demetra, I think

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:43 PM EST up reply actions  

he blew it….he had that corner wide open

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:44 PM EST up reply actions  

or the Hockey Gods were looking kindly on the Canadians

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:45 PM EST up reply actions  

I think Luongo got a piece of it, so I would credit the hockey gods with that one. Wow.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:46 PM EST up reply actions  

WOW that was a great last 60 second effort

by Prometheus74 on Feb 26, 2010 11:42 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah if they had something close to half of that we could be playing Slovakia…still they played hard but just executed so poorly for the first two periods

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Man

I really thought they were going to put one in there.

by Slizeezyc on Feb 26, 2010 11:42 PM EST reply actions  

The Slovakians put up a hell of a fight there… they might have the advantage in the bronze medal game, I don’t know

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:47 PM EST reply actions  

Wow, that Versus commerial doesn’t realize there are women hocky fans does it? Bastages

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Darn, I didn’t see it. Describe it I’ll try to find it on youtube

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Montage style in slo mo:
shots of guys at a bar watching a game and cheering , shots of guys watching a game at home on their couch, shot of Crosby lifting the Cup, a boy in his basement with a Crosby shirt on shooting pucks at a dyer, various hockey action…last shot is of a Flyer actually ( i think it’s the last one…we’re represented though)

by j reed on Feb 26, 2010 11:57 PM EST up reply actions  

Sounds like it’s a mash up of a whole bunch of other VS commercials

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Here the link but I must make a mea culpa…the kid is wearing a Bruins shirt …but the dyer shot practice is enough

by j reed on Feb 27, 2010 12:09 AM EST up reply actions  

I found it, I think. The only part that bothered me was the part where I think that’s supposed to be a female fan in an Ovechkin jersey trying to walk through the bar and getting pushed around and nearly knocked over… I didn’t get the point of it, but I’m not sold that they were trying to be offensive. Some of the other promos they’ve had feature obvious female fans, like the ones they were showing back in December.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 27, 2010 12:08 AM EST up reply actions  

I didn’t think they were trying to be offensive, or were offensive…. just oblivious.

by j reed on Feb 27, 2010 12:11 AM EST up reply actions  

True female hockey fans are kind of used to being the minority. Not everyone would agree, but personally I’d rather be overlooked than be lumped in with those women who only watch the game because “Sidney Crosby is hot” or whatever and actually want to buy those bizarre pink & while abominations they call women’s jerseys. The league currently doesn’t know how to market itself to women without resorting to that level.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 27, 2010 12:24 AM EST up reply actions  

Sidney Crosby is most definitely not hot. There aren’t a lot of hot guys in hockey. I agree with you that I’d rather be overlooked than made out to be a “puck bunny.” Ugh.

And pink jerseys—for any sport—and yes, I know proceeds go to breast cancer research (or so they say)—are a disgrace. Use the real colors and donate those proceeds to breast cancer research.

"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko

by doubleh on Feb 27, 2010 1:53 PM EST up reply actions  

I was talking to a female friend about all the pink cleats and gloves and sweatbands NFL players used back in October during breast cancer awareness month. She made a really funny comment along the lines of “notice how you don’t see the NFL raising awareness to fight domestic violence (Domestic Violence Awareness month is also October). Of course the NFL partakes in breast cancer awareness month. Men love boobies! They would much rather raise awareness to protect boobs! Not to mention, numerous NFL players are guilty of domestic violence.”

I just though that was really funny and sadly true . . .

by flyrsfrk05 on Feb 27, 2010 9:15 PM EST up reply actions  

What does it say that Slovakia was dead for two periods against Team Canada, and yet, they were one terrible Demitra miss away from sending the game into overtime?

JR was right. Canada got lucky tonight.

Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".

by JFein on Feb 26, 2010 11:54 PM EST reply actions  

Pretty much the same thing he said when Latvia almost won in overtime. There have been some close calls in this tournament.

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 26, 2010 11:57 PM EST up reply actions  


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