Bardreau to U.S. National Junior Team

[Trotsky]

I don't have any details because I didn't wake up for the game at 4 AM, but team USA stunningly beat Canada 5-1.

TSN article.

In the other SF, Sweden beats Russia in John's least favorite gimmick.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I don't have any details because I didn't wake up for the game at 4 AM, but team USA stunningly beat Canada 5-1.

TSN article.

In the other SF, Sweden beats Russia in John's least favorite gimmick.

Anybody have USA versus Sweden in the finals?  Anyone?  Bueller?

[Trotsky]

Anybody have USA versus Sweden in the finals?  Anyone?  Bueller?

The Swedes are the defending champions and the US isn't terrible, so I don't think it's a huge shocker.

The US has never met Sweden in a gold medal game.  Actually the US has only gotten to the gold medal game three times before (all against Canada, losing in 1997 and winning in 2004 and 2010).  The Swedes are 2-8 in finals (wins against Finland and Russia; 5 losses to Canada and 3 to the USSR).

This will be only the second time in history there are consecutive champions not from Canada or USSR/Russia (the Czechs won in 2000 and 2001), and only the 4th final not to include either Canada or USSR/Russia.

[RichH]

I don't have any details because I didn't wake up for the game at 4 AM, but team USA stunningly beat Canada 5-1.

TSN article.

In the other SF, Sweden beats Russia in John's least favorite gimmick.

Hey, why does John get to own the hatred of a carnival sideshow? There are many, many of us, you know.

[Trotsky]

Hey, why does John get to own the hatred of a carnival sideshow? There are many, many of us, you know.

All sentient beings hate the shootout along with OTL points and southern expansion, but John had specifically called it out in an earlier post.

[Tom Lento]

Hey, why does John get to own the hatred of a carnival sideshow? There are many, many of us, you know.

All sentient beings hate the shootout along with OTL points and southern expansion, but John had specifically called it out in an earlier post.

My beer league recently went to a shootout to settle tie games, and I think it's awesome. This might have something to do with the rules around who gets the free beer coupon.

[CowbellGuy]

Hey, why does John get to own the hatred of a carnival sideshow? There are many, many of us, you know.

All sentient beings hate the shootout along with OTL points and southern expansion, but John had specifically called it out in an earlier post.

I'm fine with the shootout in NHL regular season games, but that's about it. I don't think it belongs in college hockey or any game with real significance.

[AnneDVM]

I did get up at 4 AM, and the USA did convincingly beat Canada.  Although Cole did not figure in the scoring, he continued to play a high-energy, pesky game and earned compliments from the commentators for his tenacity.  It's nice to hear Cornell mentioned from time to time!

[ursusminor]

Hockey's Future board thread about Bardreau.

[Josh '99]

Hey, why does John get to own the hatred of a carnival sideshow? There are many, many of us, you know.

All sentient beings hate the shootout along with OTL points and southern expansion, but John had specifically called it out in an earlier post.

I'm fine with the shootout in NHL regular season games, but that's about it. I don't think it belongs in college hockey or any game with real significance.

So, not appropriate to determine who gets the beer coupon in Tom's beer league, then?

[Ronald '09]

Anybody have USA versus Sweden in the finals?  Anyone?  Bueller?

The Swedes are the defending champions and the US isn't terrible, so I don't think it's a huge shocker.

The US has never met Sweden in a gold medal game.  Actually the US has only gotten to the gold medal game three times before (all against Canada, losing in 1997 and winning in 2004 and 2010).  The Swedes are 2-8 in finals (wins against Finland and Russia; 5 losses to Canada and 3 to the USSR).

This will be only the second time in history there are consecutive champions not from Canada or USSR/Russia (the Czechs won in 2000 and 2001), and only the 4th final not to include either Canada or USSR/Russia.

The US and Sweden have also met in the last 3 U-18 world championship gold medal games, with the US winning all 3.

[Tom Lento]

Hey, why does John get to own the hatred of a carnival sideshow? There are many, many of us, you know.

All sentient beings hate the shootout along with OTL points and southern expansion, but John had specifically called it out in an earlier post.

I'm fine with the shootout in NHL regular season games, but that's about it. I don't think it belongs in college hockey or any game with real significance.

So, not appropriate to determine who gets the beer coupon in Tom's beer league, then?

:-} ::drunk::

[ftyuv]

Hey, why does John get to own the hatred of a carnival sideshow? There are many, many of us, you know.

All sentient beings hate the shootout along with OTL points and southern expansion, but John had specifically called it out in an earlier post.

I'm fine with the shootout in NHL regular season games, but that's about it. I don't think it belongs in college hockey or any game with real significance.

I'm basically fine with the shootout if it doesn't determine who wins. What I'd like is for the game to act as a tie, but for the shootout to factor into tiebreakers for playoff seeding at the end of the season. Heck, I'd even be okay with it being an important tiebreaker.

For beer league, both teams should get a coupon, but the team that lost the shootout can only buy Natty Ice.

[billhoward]

I did get up at 4 AM, and the USA did convincingly beat Canada.  Although Cole did not figure in the scoring, he continued to play a high-energy, pesky game and earned compliments from the commentators for his tenacity.  It's nice to hear Cornell mentioned from time to time!

With no NHL to watch and you need more of a hockey fix, 4 am it is for early games. Thankfully the title game is Saturday at 8. Did anyone who watched the encore presentation in late afternoon, without knowing the USA-Canada winner, find it annoying that the crawler at screen bottom read "USA-Sweden Gold Medal Game 8 am Saturday"?

[jkahn]

I'm going to log into "Chat" - if anyone else watching the Final is interested.