-_DLD_- Posted January 4, 2006 Yep, the Gold Medal game is on Thursday! It looks like it'll be Canada vs. Russia again (the Ruskies are up 5-1 on the Americans with less than 5 minutes left in the game). I'm obviously cheering for Canada, being a Canadian. Who do you think will win? Here's hoping for another Canadian victory! EDIT: It's official. Canada vs. Russia for Gold! The Russians soundly thumped the Americans 5-1. The Yanks will face off for Bronze against the Fins (who lost tonight to Canada, 4-0) on Thursday before the Gold Medal game. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bank Posted January 5, 2006 Russia had better win, or I'm going to lose a lot of money on Plutonium. (Aaaaah Motherland!) 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted January 5, 2006 I'm Canadian but I accidentally voted for Russia. We're talking about hockey right? 0 Share this post Link to post
-_DLD_- Posted January 5, 2006 Yeah, this is about the Hockey World Junior Gold Medal game in Vancouver. If Canada does win, it won't be easy...but we've got the home crowd on our side, so that should help. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted January 5, 2006 I'm sure of it. And if not, we still win in the long run with our above average health plan. Now only if eye and dental was covered. 0 Share this post Link to post
-_DLD_- Posted January 5, 2006 Yeah. The crowd supported the Russians last night when they beat the Americans. The one goal I saw when I glanced at the game (it made it 3-1 or 4-1) I saw a bunch of people in the crowd waving a huge Soviet Union flag. I'm not joking either. It had the Hammer and Sickle and everything. I guess I'm not the only one who always refers to them as Communists. 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMer87 Posted January 5, 2006 Hockey is a sport that is known greatly by both of these countries. It's just going to boil down to coaching and smart play. And opinion. 0 Share this post Link to post
-_DLD_- Posted January 6, 2006 GAME OVER! The final score: Canada 5 Commies 0 One of the Russians took a huge dive trying to draw a penalty...no dice there. Half the team way crying after they lost, heh. That was an awesome thing to watch, Canada winning the Gold in Vancouver. Found buried at Centre Ice after the game was a lucky Toonie. If you're not familiar with the tradition, then it's basically what we do before every national-level tournament since 2002. We bury a Loonie (well, this time it was obviously a Toonie) at Centre Ice...and everytime we've won! Here's hoping for Olympic Gold as well! <3 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted January 6, 2006 Is Russia still communist? I don't want to sound ignorant anything but... 0 Share this post Link to post
-_DLD_- Posted January 6, 2006 Meh, just a habit of mine. Anyway, here's a link to the NHL.com article about the tournament. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoOmEr4LiFe Posted January 7, 2006 The juniors didn't seem to hold much water with me this year...what with the Olympics a liitle over a month away and all. 0 Share this post Link to post
-_DLD_- Posted January 7, 2006 Meh, IMO the only team that could actually stand a chance against Canada is the Czechs...they have a good team, but just look at our roster... Heh. Apparently in another Olympics or two the USA will have a very damn good team and Canada may get dethroned. =( I hope I'm wrong. 0 Share this post Link to post