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Snarks On Ice: The NHL In Torino

By oddJoe ⋅ February 26, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Finland 2, Sweden 3
Criticize Swedish coach Bengt Ake Gustafsson for his head games if you want, but there’s no arguing the way his team played in the gold medal round. The Swedes fell behind 1-0 in the first period but slowly took control through the final 40 minutes to win the gold. Goalie Henrik Lundqvist […]

Deutschland Uber Alles

By oddJoe ⋅ February 26, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It was another banner day at the Olympics for Germany as der Vaterland came away with five medals. The effort of its athletes extends the country’s lead in the medal totals, which stands at 29 so far.
The German four-man bobsled team, lead by Andre Lange, successfully defended their gold medal, beating out teams from Russia […]

Snarks On Ice: The NHL In Torino

By oddJoe ⋅ February 25, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Russia 0, Czech Republic 3
After five straight wins in the round robin tournament, Russia played a tough, hard hitting game but was unable to find the net against the Czechs, who took home the bronze with a 2-0 victory. It didn’t help that their second-leading scorer, Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta Thrashers), was ejected after leveling Czech […]

Star Spangled Medal Winners

By oddJoe ⋅ February 25, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Team USA got off to a pretty strong start in the 20th Winter Olympics, winning six medals through the first weekend of competition, but it has been a while since America topped the daily medal count, until today. The US placed in three of the four events that awarded medals, pushing the country’s count to […]

Snarks On Ice: The NHL In Torino

By oddJoe ⋅ February 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Sweden 7, Czech Republic 3
I wonder what new mind games Swedish coach Bengt Ake Gustafsson has in store for the gold medal round. Earlier in the week he had everyone thinking he didn’t feel his team of Swedes were ready for tough competition, and looking at their 3-2 record in the round robin tournament who […]

USA Sweeps Away The Brits

By oddJoe ⋅ February 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bemidji Beast, Pete Fenson, made an absolutely clutch draw in the final end to put Team USA over Great Britain 8-6, winning America’s first medal ever in Olympic curling. I doubt that the Swedes up in Minnesota will be rioting in the streets (it’s way too cold), but I bet the beer is flowing […]

The Russian Mob Is Out To Get Precious Metal

By oddJoe ⋅ February 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

This is only the fifth Winter Olympics to be held since the breakup of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1990s, and it seems like it has taken this long for the Russian team to finally find its identity. In 1992 they competed with athletes from the former republics under the Unified Team […]

Snarks On Ice: The NHL In Torino

By oddJoe ⋅ February 23, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Sweden 6, Switzerland 2
You’d think the Swiss would have been a bit more fired up for this game after Swedish coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson declared them dead meat, saying his team should lose their final match against Slovakia to be matched up with an easier opponent. Too bad for the Swedes they won, because now they […]

Crullers, Back Bacon, And Olympic Gold

By oddJoe ⋅ February 23, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Despite the shame and embarrassment of having their hockey team eliminated from the Olympic tournament, yesterday went pretty well for Canadian athletes in Torino. Canada took four medals in three events, bringing their total to 18, the most ever for the Canucks. In women’s 1,500 meter speed skating, it was a one-two finish for the […]

Americans On Ice, Not So Nice

By oddJoe ⋅ February 23, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It was not a good day for US teams competing for medals on ice today. On the curling sheets, Pete Fenson and his crew fell out of gold medal contention as Brad Gushue and the Canadian team schooled the Americans 11-5 in nine ends. Fenson, who owns a pizza parlor in Bemidji, Minnesota, managed to […]

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