<p>Good luck to the USA men as they take on the Canada/Slovakia winner. </p>
<p>Has anyone watched any of the games?</p>
<p>Too bad for the US women. Canada's celebration afterwards (drinking liquor, smoking cigars) was immature and offensive, even moreso when some were underage (18).</p>
<p>lol yeah </p>
<p>Brian Burke ftw!!!</p>
<p>Let’s go Canada, eh?</p>
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<p>No, actually let’s not.</p>
<p>I too found the Canadian women’s act to be classless, immature, and inconsiderate. Moreover, unlawful behavior was present in the form of underage drinking (19 in British Columbia, I believe). Yes, they were obviously happy - but smoking cigars and pouring liquor down each others throats on the center of the rink? How much more rude and disgusting could they have possibly been?</p>
<p>The Olympics ultimately idealize sportsmanship and union between nations. That act completely disrespected any distinct and unifying theme that the Olympics may hold and I believe that the Canadian hockey program should be punished accordingly.</p>
<p>If athletes have been stripped of medals for the trivial act of raising their arms in triumph at the podium, I believe that this event fully qualifies for a more condign punishment.</p>
<p>But I was very happy to see the US men’s team beat Canada last week. They fully deserved it and I hope it happens again in the gold medal game.</p>
<p>Mm. Ryan Miller completely carried the US men’s team against Canada. We’ll win on Sunday, now that we’re playing Luuuuuuuuuuuuuu.</p>
<p>Phil Kessel will have 5 goals</p>
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Ok lets break down that mindless comment there…Classless: How? They won gold in the olympics, I think they deserve to celebrate a little. Immature: Hardly, they waited for everyone to leave the stadium before doing it, I don’t even think NBC got it on tape. Inconsiderate: Of whom? NOBODY WAS THERE. And unlawful: They one player that was underage is of legal age in her home of Quebec, legal drinking age 18. Yes, it was illegal where she was but give her a break. She probably didn’t even think twice about it since it is legal where she lives and honestly, how many 18 year olds in the US do you see drinking sometimes?</p>
<p>Go USA only because I know some of the players.</p>
<p>As for the girls- WHATEVER. We see NHL stars partying all the time after winning the cup. I’ve personally seen them come on to the ice an hour after the game (same as the women) and celebrate. There would be MUCH less uproar if it were men who did this.</p>
<p>It is silly to me that the IOC is “looking into” this well-deserved celebration yet turns a blind eye to the antics of the Russian skater Plushenko. It is his poor sportsmanship that reflects badly and should be followed up on by the IOC></p>
<p>^The IOC should just quit investigating everything. this is the frikkin olympics, it comes once every 4 years and you think ppl aren’t going to be thrilled when they win and ****ed when they lose?</p>
<p>The celebration is fine but the way they did it was disrespectful and illegal for one person. </p>
<p>I hope that C eh n eh d eh gets their asses kicked tomorrow.</p>
<p>Smoking and underage drinking in an Olympic venue? So much for modesty and acting as role models representative of an entire nation. Code of conduct applies to ALL athletes and host countries are certainly not exempt or conferred any specialized privileges.</p>
<p>It’s a social impropriety and certainly a different situation in the Olympics. I am not well acquainted with Olympic rules, but public celebrations with liquor are certainly liable to punishment – illegal drinking only aggravates that. It is disrespectful to the Olympic organization and the teams and opponents who share the venue. The Olympics cherish deference, sportsmanship, and goodwill among nations and choosing to celebrate publicly – and illegally – does nothing to promote that and was definitely the reason why the IOC was understandably offended. The IOC was certainly correct in demanding an apology, but I do provide the Canadian organization credit for at least issuing an immediate statement regretting their misdeed.</p>
<p>As representatives of Canada and participants in the Olympics, it is their full responsibility to take accountability for their actions. If men had done this, I would equally deplore the scenario.</p>
<p>Celebration is perfectly warranted and deserved but only to the extent that no legalities are infringed up and that it is done privately. Other nations would have certainly celebrated, but I fully hope that they would have had the humility to do it privately (elsewhere, in other words) and legally. Other athletes who win gold seem to fully respect that. </p>
<p>As for the claim that no one was present, obviously someone was or else we would have not had any knowledge of this.</p>
<p>Underage drinking, as aforementioned, was present and that is something that deserves some attention. It truly is not a defensible action simply due to the fact that that player’s legal rights were different from those in her home province. Moreover, providing alcohol to minors is a punishable offense and the entire team has guilt by association.</p>
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<p>I certainly hope that you are correct.</p>
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<p>It will be fantastic if that is the case.</p>
<p>tbh, I think we may have awakened the giant with our first win. Our chances of beating Russia would have been tough with Ovechkin, Malkin, Kovalchuk, Semin, etc. and Canada absolutely ripped them apart. Our win over Finland was pretty convincing though. I think it should be a good game</p>
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<p>Indeed. Six goals in the first 12 or 13 minutes for one all-star team against another. That is very impressive - too bad the surge wasn’t against Canada.</p>
<p>I think mifune’s a little confused, lol.</p>
<p>I’ve watched all the USA’s games except the 1st and 2nd period of the Swiss game the other day (got home from school later). They are playing really well (that Finland game was incredible!) and Ryan Miller is on fire! I think they can beat Canada again tomorrow - at least I pray they do!</p>
<p>I just found out they’ll be showing the gold medal game live on NBC next weekend. I think that’s the 2nd thing they’ve shown live all Olympics. WOw.</p>
<p>Isn’t the game tomorrow?</p>
<p>I think that’s probably because the majority of individuals are at work and wouldn’t be enabled to see the games live.</p>
<p>Yeah, I meant this weekend.</p>