[OT] YEAH!!!!

"wins"

I love players on both sides,

"hoarse"

from screaming. I would

But you knew what I meant, right? ;-)

Great game! My DGS will be devastated. He was touting for Team USA. He played his first game as a goalie yesterday. He's 7 and eats.sleeps and dreams hockey Juno

It was truly a great game. I am not at all unhappy with the result. This game had to be good for hockey at all levels

A former player from the (Major Junior) Portland Winterhawks (I have had season tickets for over 33 years), Brenden Morrow played for Team Canada. And I think Sidney Crosby is the next Wayne Gretzky.

I love hockey! And I wish the NHL would institute the same rules for professional play as are laid down for the Olympics, cut out the fights and huge gratuitous mid-ice hits, and just play the game. It is so fast and elegant and fascinating when played cleanly.

Beverly

Puzzled as I was by that, I googled:

Wandering off singing "Oh, Canada"....

There was hockey? Oh...

Wanders off wondering what's happening in the Five Nations...

Giggle... I like Rugby - you can see all those lovely legs! ;)

;)

Hello Kate,

Perhaps you can help me with a quote regarding Rugby.

Long ago in a simpler time... a co-worker of english descent, was once *razzed* about Rugby vs. U.S. Football, his retort contrasting the two was something like this ...

Rugby is a hooligans sport played by gentlemen, Football is a gentle-man's sport played by hooligans.

that may be jumbled or backwards ? is this a notorious expression or possibly just a quick witted retort

curious robb

DH and I have talked about that frequently. The fighting is there because it brings in money whether we like it or not. If you want to watch a fight go to a boxing match. Juno

I'm not much of a hockey fan, but I don't think DS moved or spoke during the last part of the game. He might have moved had the house caught on fire, but that was highly unlikely, since it was nice & warm here today.

Emily

And it is getting worse. I know they (managements and league officials) could reduce the violence if they wanted. I finally released my season tickets this spring when the statement came for the post season games. I had been forcing myself into going to the games just because I had the tickets paid for. But this year the venue noise level was excruciating, they played and replayed every hit and fight and the last straw was scantily clad "dancers" on the ice during the breaks. Yuck! It's just not the game I want to watch (or support with my $$$$) anymore.

So now I'm looking at college catalogs for a way to fill my time. ;-)

My older DD and I called each other about every five minutes. The whole game was fantastic, I was so thrilled when the U.S. pulled the goalie and scored the tying goal. I'm pretty sure my DD heard me yell and she lives 15 miles from me. I really was not upset that Canada won in over time, I'm happy for them.

Beverly

I don't know who originally said it, but it is a quote from somewhere. The football refered to is soccer.

Oh, and it's pretty accurate as well! ;)

I did find this essay about the saying:

When I saw the final was a Canada?USA match, I thought it would be damned close. When I heard it was down to the wire, I thought it had probably got a bit exciting. ;)

I have managed to avoid all but about 10 minutes of the whole caper. I did better with Wimboldon last year and scored a 100% miss! :D

I quite like the tea-trays on the icy slope - men in lycra ;-) and the skill involved in the biathlon, but generally don't watch a lot and the time zone stuff doesn't help. Also when we as a nation (even banded together) do so badly it is less inspiring.

Roll on the cricket season.

Lizzy

I yawn all the way through that, too!

On the other hand, I've watched several climbing programs with fascination over the years... Pity they don't show more.

To be honest I *much* prefer listening to it - the Test Match Special team are so entertaining that they are the attraction rather than the game itself.

Mountaineering or rock climbing?

Lizzy

Both! One memorable one of Joe Brown scaling The Old Man of Hoy, and And I was fascinated by The Void. I was also touched by the program about finding Edmund Hillary's remains on Everest. And there was a great program a while back about a team of medics that climbed Everest to see what oxygene depravation at high altitudes did.

I also like stuff about aircraft and flying. :) Especially about aircraft I know because Dad flew them, like Vulcans, PR9's, and Phantoms, or that have special significance, like TSR2.

We have season tickets for men and women basketball games at a local college. The level of play is intense and fun. they do have some silly things going on during breaks, but it's college and expected. The noise level is loud to put it mildly. I have these nifty buttons on my hearing aids that cut that noise out so I'm comfortable in that respect.I just don't enjoy much in the way of professional sports any more. Give me a good college game, no matter the sport, any time. I also love watching young children play sports, they are enthusiastic and have fun. That's the way I think sport should be. And now I'm off my soap box for the day. Juno

I started going to hockey games with my dad when I was still small enough to not be able to stay away through the whole game. :) I wanted to play, but

1. there were no teams that allowed girls then and (a very distant) 2. I can't skate worth a pooh. LOL

I really enjoyed the men's hockey AND the women's hockey. Both came down to excellent games. And there is no shame at all in holding silver medals in Canada's national sport, when Canada took the golds. ;) Pretty fabulous if you ask me.

Sharon

--who spoke a LOT during the men's game; they only play well when I yell at the TV LOL