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What a win for the USA women!

BCMurt09 {l Wrote}:What a win for the USA women!

Yes!

Shootouts still suck, though. Nothings‘s more exciting than OT hockey with everything on the line.

I believe there were 5 BC chicks-with-sticks on that club. However, there were north of 10 from U of Minnesota (3 or 4 of whom were originally from Mass).

i'm sure tuba could provide better insight but based on the every 4 years it's on, it seems like the quality of play between & has really improved over the past couple of olympics

unfortunately the other nations look like they'd get roasted by a generic high school team

HJS {l Wrote}:I believe there were 5 BC chicks-with-sticks on that club. However, there were north of 10 from U of Minnesota (3 or 4 of whom were originally from Mass).

I saw somewhere the game being described as essentially BU & Wisconsin (Canada) vs. BC & Minnesota (USA)

BCMurt09 {l Wrote}:I saw somewhere the game being described as essentially BU & Wisconsin (Canada) vs. BC & Minnesota (USA)

Ha yeah that was me -- that was a bit of an oversimplification, because 4 Wisconsin players are on the US team too (5 Canadians)... but Minnesota and BC have only American Olympians, and BU has only Canadians (including Poulin).

claver2010 {l Wrote}:i'm sure tuba could provide better insight but based on the every 4 years it's on, it seems like the quality of play between & has really improved over the past couple of olympics

unfortunately the other nations look like they'd get roasted by a generic high school team

Finland is pretty good. Then you have a few teams -- Russia, the Swiss, maybe one other -- who could give Finland a battle but are maybe a step below.

Parity is a problem in women's hockey but it's no worse than any other team sport. At least there are 2 dominant powers in this one. Also part of the problem is that USA and Canada centralize to train together for almost a full year and no other country does.

USA vs. Canada women's hockey is a thrill though. It was a crime that it had to end in a shootout, but at least they dominated the overtime. They deserved the win.

BC's Megan Keller (who still has a year of eligibility), who led USA in time on ice in the final, had a breakaway in OT. If she had scored that would have been pretty much the greatest possible game I think.

Who you got in the curling?

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Who you got in the curling?

AMERICA

(Are we good at curling? Curling is awesome but the only thing I know about it is that my friends who get the most into it during the Olympics like to complain about John Shuster.)

Salzano14 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Who you got in the curling?

AMERICA

(Are we good at curling? Curling is awesome but the only thing I know about it is that my friends who get the most into it during the Olympics like to complain about John Shuster.)

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