OT: Olympic hockey schedule

[mjc]

Make the final score of that one 16-0! ::twitch::

[Josh '99]

[quote Jacob '06][quote nyc94][quote KeithK]I happened to catch some of the US-Swiss women's game this morning.  As usual I was frustrated pretty quickly when a couple of beautiful checks got called as penalties and put the US down 2 "men".  Of course, the US scored on the ensuing 5x3...[/quote]

And right now Italy is making a textbook case of why the host country should not get an autobid in an eight team field.[/quote]

It should really be a 2 team field.[/quote]The logical conclusion that I'd draw, then, is that given that the USA and Canada are the only countries with a real shot, the inclusion of Italy in place of someone else who probably also sucks is not a big deal.

[nyc94]

at the same time though you're denying someone a shot at bronze.  yeah, it probably doesn't matter.

[jy3]

good game for the usa women today.
the other problem with including the host country is that a team deserving of getting a spot may also be a team who is eager to play against the best in the world to better their own game. the swede goalie is a good example. she played quite well, just had nothing in front of her to help when everyone ahead of her got tired.

[ugarte]

[quote jmh30][quote Jacob '06]
It should really be a 2 team field.[/quote]The logical conclusion that I'd draw, then, is that given that the USA and Canada are the only countries with a real shot, the inclusion of Italy in place of someone else who probably also sucks is not a big deal.[/quote]The logical conclusion that I would draw is the same one that they draw for baseball, softball, and men's and women's golf: women's hockey is not played in enough countries at a high enough level to make it an Olympic sport.