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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 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?!
Team USA Wins 37th Ryder Cup
Monday, September 29th, 2008 | Sports | No Comments
Team USA defeated Team Europe 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 in the 37th Annual Ryder Cup played at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky from September 16th through September 21st. Led by 6 rookies playing in their 1st ever Ryder Cup, the young underdogs upset Team Europe with consistent and spectacular play all weekend long. During the Friday sessions, Team USA built an early lead by winning 4 matches, halving 3 others and losing only 1. Team USA gave some back on Saturday, winning only 2 matches, losing 3 matches and halving the other 3 matches. Team USA came out firing on Sunday as Anthony Kim set the tone with a decisive 5 & 4 win over Team Europe leader Sergia Garcia. Despite losses by Ryder Cup veterans Phil Mickelson and Justin Leonard, Hunter Mahan halved with Paul Casey and each of Kenny Perry, Boo Weekley, J.B. Holmes and Jim Furyk recorded victories over their European counterparts to set the stage for the Team USA victory. Ben Curtis and Chad Campbell closed out the final 2 matches of the Ryder Cup with Team USA victory to bring the Cup back to the United States for the 1st time in 9 years. Hunter Mahan didn’t lose a match during the Ryder Cup, pacing Team USA with 3.5 points. 6 other Team USA players recorded 2.5 points over the course of the weekend to lead the attack – Kenny Perry, Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, Boo Weekley, J.B. Holmes. Team USA was able to upset the Europeans despite being without the world’s #1 player – Tiger Woods.
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