Amish Rake Fighter Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 nice move with the Olympic ring finally opening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Jan Hudec kind of looks like Kassian. kind of? he's a freakin' doppelganger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I thought people might enjoy these tidbits from the Twitterverse... It seems like some of our neighbours to the south don't take losing very well: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sochi/profane-twitter-hashtag-back-again-after-men-s-hockey-win-1.1697435 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I thought people might enjoy these tidbits from the Twitterverse... It seems like some of our neighbours to the south don't take losing very well: http://www.ctvnews.c...y-win-1.1697435 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Fantastic Games! Congrats to the people of Sochi. Canada with wonderful displays of athletic abilities as well as sportsmanship. The Olympics are a spectacular time. Loved every minute of following along. Not sure what to do now that we're all functioning on Sochi time lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer4now Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Is it safe to say Western propaganda failed in this event? what happened to proposed terror threats? Somewhere in Russian someone is patting Putin on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I have to say that I was skeptical about these games beforehand, although you got to give props to Sochi. Great games, and a fantastic closing ceremony, one of the best I have seen. Hopefully 2018 will be good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Jan Hudec kind of looks like Kassian. I thought Alex Beaulieu Marchand looked quite like Booth as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Czech national coach Alois Hadamczik has stepped down and David Krejci sheds some light as to why: “I thought we were all over the place. We didn’t even know what we were doing at some points.” The Czechs were a study in dysfunction during Sochi 2014. They managed just 2 wins amidst questionable player selection, illness and a curious distribution of ice time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Here are the updated IIHF hockey World Rankings after Sochi 2014! The IIHF World Ranking is a tool to reflect the long-term quality of the countries' national team programme and is based on awarding points for positions in the last four IIHF World Championships and in the last Olympics. To enable the ranking to accurately reflect current form, the greatest importance is given to results of the last year's competition. The system uses a four-year cycle as the points earned in one year decline linearly within the next 3 years and in the 5th year results are dropped from the calculation altogether. You'll notice that Slovenia & Austria were not in the top 12 in the last rankings but earned a spot in the Olympics along with Latvia in qualifying tournaments leading up to the games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Russian Prime Minister rewards each Olympic medallist with Mercedes-Benz Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Russian+Prime+Minister+rewards+each+Olympic+medallist+with/9557874/story.html#ixzz2uZyWY4s9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Here are the updated IIHF hockey World Rankings after Sochi 2014! The IIHF World Ranking is a tool to reflect the long-term quality of the countries' national team programme and is based on awarding points for positions in the last four IIHF World Championships and in the last Olympics. To enable the ranking to accurately reflect current form, the greatest importance is given to results of the last year's competition. The system uses a four-year cycle as the points earned in one year decline linearly within the next 3 years and in the 5th year results are dropped from the calculation altogether. You'll notice that Slovenia & Austria were not in the top 12 in the last rankings but earned a spot in the Olympics along with Latvia in qualifying tournaments leading up to the games! They should have a World Cup tournament with all 30 teams! Top 2 teams get a bye past the first round, and then it's a March Madness style bracket. All games are single knockout. That would be a great tournament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Here are the updated IIHF hockey World Rankings after Sochi 2014! The IIHF World Ranking is a tool to reflect the long-term quality of the countries' national team programme and is based on awarding points for positions in the last four IIHF World Championships and in the last Olympics. To enable the ranking to accurately reflect current form, the greatest importance is given to results of the last year's competition. The system uses a four-year cycle as the points earned in one year decline linearly within the next 3 years and in the 5th year results are dropped from the calculation altogether. You'll notice that Slovenia & Austria were not in the top 12 in the last rankings but earned a spot in the Olympics along with Latvia in qualifying tournaments leading up to the games! lativia may be disqualified after a second failed drug test. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=444890 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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