Olympics Vancouver
Team USA Loses Gold Medal Game to Team Canada in OT
Monday, March 1st, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Vancouver Olympics, Winter Olympics | No Comments
The Gold Medal Game lived up to all the hype – but in the end, Team USA lost a heart-breaker to Team Canada 3-2 in OT.
It looked like it could get ugly after Canada took a 2-0 lead on goals from Jonathan Toews and Corey Perry at the 30 minute mark. But Ryan Kesler got Team USA on the board with just over 7 minutes left in the 2nd period to cut the Canadian lead to 2-1. Canada kept the pressure on USA goalie Ryan Miller and the US still trailed with less than a minute to play in regulation. But Zach Parise’s put back goal in front of the net with only 25 seconds left in the game sent the contest into overtime. What more could you ask for?
Sidney Crosby’s goal just over 7 minutes into the extra period eventually gave Team Canada the Gold Medal win, but you have to give the US team all the credit in the world. Top-to-bottom, Team Canada clearly had the better team. Come on, Team USA wasn’t even supposed to make it into the title game with its “inferior” team. Team USA knocked off Canada 5-3 in the preliminary round of play and took the Canadians to the brink off elimination in what would have been a devastating loss for the team and it’s country on home ice in Vancouver. Ryan Miller was clearly the best goalie in the Vancouver Olympics this year and it was a great run by a spirited US hockey squad. Congrats guys – you made us proud and made it fun to watch international hockey on the grandest of scales…
Team USA Crushes Finland, Advances to Gold Medal Game
Friday, February 26th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Vancouver Olympics, Winter Olympics | No Comments
Team USA came out firing on all cylinders in today’s Semifinals match-up (a 6-1 drubbing) against Finland. Team USA scored 4 goals off of Finland Goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and took a commanding 6-0 lead after just 20 minutes of play. USA Goalie Ryan Miller put forth another solid effort – stopping all 18 shots he faced through the 1st 2 periods and 9 minutes of the 3rd period. Back-up goalie Tim Thomas replaced him in his 1st 2010 Olympics action and gave up 1 goal on a deflection with just over 5 minutes left in the game. Team USA will face the winner of the Slovakia-Canada Semifinal game to be played tonight.
Team USA goals came from Ryan Malone, Zach Parise, Erik Johnson, Patrick Kane (2) and Paul Stastny.
Team USA defeated Canada 5-3 in a hard-fought game this past Sunday which brought an end to the preliminary round of Olympics hockey. It was a major upset and a rematch would be one of the most highly-anticipated Olympics-hockey game in recent history…
Team USA Hockey Beats Switzerland 2-0 to Reach “Final Four”
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Vancouver Olympics, Winter Olympics | No Comments
Team USA became the 1st team to reach the men’s hockey semi-finals with a tough 2-0 win over the Swiss. After 2 scoreless periods, Zach Parise gave Team USA the 1-0 lead with a power play goal just minutes into the 3rd period. Parise also scored the clinching goal with an empty-netter with just seconds left in the game.
Team USA Goalie Ryan Miller was stellar again in net – stopping all 19 Swiss shots – and helped the team win its 4th straight Olympics hockey game. But the real story was Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller (of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks) who stopped all but 1 of Team USA’s 44 shots on goal. Hiller fought off all of the USA pressure and put forth one of the best goaltending performances in Olympics history.
Team USA will face the winner of the Czech Republic – Finland quarterfinal match-up later tonight. The winners of the Russia-Canada and Slovakia-Sweden quarterfinal games will square off in the other semifinal game on Friday. How great would it be to see a Team USA – Team Canada Gold Medal Game on Sunday afternoon?!
Olympic medal count update
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver | No Comments
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United States | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |
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Germany | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
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Norway | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
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South Korea | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
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Canada | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
Olympics Medal update
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver | No Comments
Here is a medal update for Thursday.
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United States | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
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Germany | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
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France | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
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Canada | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
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South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
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Norway | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
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Austria | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Lindsey Vonn Wins Gold Medal in Women’s Apline Downhill Race
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Vancouver Olympics, Winter Olympics | No Comments
Lindsey Vonn captured the Gold Medal in the women’s Alpine Downhill race in Vancouver today. Dealing with a painful bruised shin suffered during Olympics training, it was a huge win for Vonn. “This is everything I’ve wanted and hoped for” said a thrilled Vonn after the race results posted. Fellow American Julia Mancuso took a surprise Silver Medal in the competitive field. It was the 3rd time that 2 Americans have finished in 1st and 2nd place in an Olympic Alpin skiing event, but the first time since the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo.
Vonn had also been dealing with criticism for her “risque” cover pose on Sports Illustrated Olympics Preview issue and for appearing in SI’s Swimsuit Issue. She put all of her critics to rest with a stellar performance on the slopes today. Congrats Lindsey!
United States Olympics Team Off to Good Start with 8 Medals
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Winter Olympics | No Comments
The United States Olympics team is off to a good start with 8 total medals (2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronze).
Lindsey Vonn is still battling a nasty shin injury, but expects to benefit from the rainy weather as races continue to get pushed back a few days. The rest will surely help this Olympics favorite.
Apolo Anton Ohno and J.R. Celski won the Silver and Bronze in the Men’s 15000M speed skating short track on Saturday.
Hannah Kearney and Shannon Bahrke won Gold and Bronze in the Freestyle Women’s Mogul competition on Saturday.
Bode Miller also won a Bronze medal in the Alpine Skiing Men’s Downhill on Monday after a disappointing showing in the 2006 Olympics.
The United States hockey team got off to a great start today with a dominating 3-1 win over Switzerland. Robert Ryan, David Backes and Ryan Malone each scored goals in the U.S. win. Goalie Ryan Miller saved 14 of 15 shots on goal by the Swiss and just missed out on a shutout as the Swiss scored with under 10 minutes left in regulation.
The only negative — LindseyJacobellis followed up her 2006 snow-boarding blunder with another blunder in today’s semifinals race. Jacobellis lost an edge coming off of a jump and could not regain her balance. She ended up riding through a gate and the spin out knocked her out of the race. It’s a medal-less Olympics for Jacobellis again in 2010 – and who knows if she’ll still be around in 2014 to erase 2 years of blunders in the snowboarding championship…
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Lindsey Vonn – Olympic Hopeful Battling Leg Injury & Critics
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Winter Olympics | 1 Comment
It has been an eventful few weeks for woman’s Olympic skiing hopeful Lindsey Vonn.
First Vonn took heat for her “risque” pose on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Olympics preview issue 3 weeks ago. Take a look above and judge for yourself?! Considering Vonn is in that position for about 75% of the time that she’s flying down the mountain on her runs, I find it hard to believe that liberal women’s groups are really suggesting that the pose is rude, offensive and sexist. Come on – get your minds’ out of the gutters and take a look at what she does on the snow that makes her so special. When you also consider that only 4% of SI covers have featured woman over the last 50 years, women all across the world should be thrilled that SI decided to feature Vonn on the cover of the Olympics preview instead of Bode Miller or a bad player form the US men’s hockey team.
Second, Vonn took heat for posing in SI’s 2010 swimsuit issue that just hit newsstands last week.
Now, Vonn is dealing with a bruised shin that is extremely sensitive, even to walk. She injured the shin during her Olympics training, but just disclosed the injury this week. Vonn has used painkillers and numbing cream to try to dull the pain as much as possible, and she did finally ski down the mountain on a free run on Thursday. Vonn said it was still sore, but that she would be able to participate in training sessions scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Steady rains have canceled those sessions, however, so it is unclear how often she will be able to test her leg leading up to he 1st official race on Sunday.
Vonn is considered the favorite to win the Gold in the downhill and Super-G and should be able to snag 1 or 2 other medals along the way. But the injury has thrown a wrench into those hopes.
We’ll keep you posted as soon as we hear anything further on Vonn’s injury and the Olympics skiing schedule given the rainy weather. Let’s hope Vonn can perform at a high level despite the injury and the pain so that she can bring home a few Golds for the United States!
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