View Full Version : TEAM CANADA EASILY WINS HOCKEY GOLD!
Kelly
02-24-2002, 03:30 PM
Just thought I'd rub it in, just a little. SWEET!!!!!!!!
iamwalleye1
02-24-2002, 03:35 PM
They played a great game. It looked like a allstar game to me! 4 years and we will win!
I'd say you didn't watch the game if you think they won easily, it was great hard fought game - the score wasn't reflective of how close it was. I do think that the Canadians were the better team however.
Reels
02-24-2002, 03:43 PM
An allstar game with a big meaning.
Congrats Canada, you played a great game!
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fshnwalli
02-24-2002, 03:44 PM
Congratulations!!! canada hockey good game you deserved to win.
Kelly
02-24-2002, 03:52 PM
You guys are right, it definitely wasn't an easy win, what a great game. I just wanted to see if I could ruffle some feathers, there was absolutely no harm meant. Anyhow back to celebrating, hey fat boy toss me another beer.....oops, good thing the can was rivetted...no leaks!
SnellTier
02-24-2002, 04:02 PM
Jeez ... will you guys get off this rivet thing ... man. lol
Fuzzy
02-24-2002, 04:29 PM
Just kidding - Team Canada played harder, faster and smarter.
iamwalleye1
02-24-2002, 04:32 PM
Hey Canadians, How many NHL teams do you have left????
It won't be long until all of the teams are here.
Go U.S.A. !!!
River_eye
02-24-2002, 04:39 PM
Sore loser! :P
Stinger WI
02-24-2002, 04:45 PM
They played a great game. There were alot of great games and some upsets to especially to Sweeden.
But the best thing is it looks like the Russians won't be winning gold for awile.
Way to go North America!!!!!!
Craig #663
CONGRATULATIONS CANADA!
I always look forward to competing in the Vanity Cup tournament in your fine country. The competition among the handful of Americans against all the Canada boys adds a fun and exciting level to the event.
#49
That was a great game. When we going to split the NFL/CFL up into Cans and US guys and have a football game? Will you even have enough guys to fill the offense and defense? And from the land of Bill Wenignton, we won't even touch basketball.
iamwalleye1
02-24-2002, 06:03 PM
I am just stating the facts.
Canada played alot better game than us and deserve the win!
CONGRATS TO CANADA!!
RickK
02-24-2002, 06:38 PM
Hey if it wasn't us,..I'm glad that its you winning,..Good game,.congradulations!,you deserve it
braindead
02-24-2002, 07:27 PM
wow what intellect to come up with such a bleedin great review
The men had to win, the women did. Male pride at stake!
Glad Canada won, but not the same as when we beat the Russkies. Something about "NYET! NYET! SOVIET!" that just warms the cockles of of a Canuck's heart that remember's '72.
Just hope they have a poster of the women's and men's teams together, that would be a nice momento.
HEY Kelly, That was funny!!! Take care.
Finaddict
02-24-2002, 08:04 PM
From one proud American thats proud to have you as neighbors CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GOLD..............
mnjimcarp
02-24-2002, 08:59 PM
at times like these, i always think of the border crossing from U.S. to Canada that says something about "sisters of the same mother." the canadians are great neighbors and gracious winners. great job by their hockey teams. very well done. CONGRATULATIONS
bigfish1965
02-24-2002, 11:19 PM
One of the best games in the Olympics. The Americans played great. A hard fought and well deserved medal for both teams. By the way Al...basketball was invented by a CANADIAN!! ( Dr. J. Naismith)
haugboss
02-25-2002, 08:19 AM
but he had to come to kansas to do it dont think you guys have peach baskets ha ha
Hmmm, can't find where anyone said who invented what. So you are saying Namsmith was a better player than Wennington? I'll take your word for it.
Help for Al
02-25-2002, 12:32 PM
h was a Canadian and five Canadians had participated
in the first match. Lyman Archibald, one of the Canadian participants in that early match, introduced the new sport in
1892 at the YMCA in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. That same year it was played at the YMCA in Montreal. When
Archibald moved to Hamilton, Ontario, in 1893, he introduced it there. That same year it became popular at the
University of Toronto. In 1894, the Graduates Society of McGill University provided a basketball trophy for faculty and
student competition.
Born in Almonte, near Ottawa, Dr. James
Naismith invented basketball while attending
school and acting as a physical education
instructor at the internation YMCA training
college in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is
viewed (centre, right) here with his first team
in 1891. Basketball today is the world's most
popular indoor sport, rivaling only soccer for
its universality. [Dr. James Naismith Basketball
Foundation]
Interest in the game spread rapidly, especially in the United States, and the growth of this new team sport dramatically
increased the membership of local YMCAs. Within five years, however, several YMCAs prohibited basketball because
ill feelings developed from time to time among supporters of opposing teams and because small groups of basketball
players often dominated the local YMCA gymnasia, squeezing out members accustomed to participating in other
sporting activities in the same gyms. Ironically, basketball’s very popularity contributed to its banishment from some
local YMCAs.
Some YMCA members terminated their memberships and rented halls in order to play the exciting new game. This
rental of facilities other than local YMCAs contributed in 1898 to the organization of professional basketball in the
United States. The National Basketball League came into being that year.
Basketball eventually achieved international recognition: in 1893, it was introduced in France; In June 1894, a
demonstration of the game took place in London, England; In 1896, it was played in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Soon Australia,
China and India were playing the game; Japan was playing in 1900 and Iran by 1901. Gradually basketball became a
global sport attracting both men and women and enthusiastic spectators. In 1936 it became a regular event at the
Olympics.
Who was this man who, through his new game of basketball, brought entertainment to countless millions of
spectators worldwide and exhilaration and well-being to the many tens of thousands who played it? Life had not been
easy. Orphaned by the time he was nine years old, Naismith had had to struggle to gain his education. He worked for a
time as a lumberjack, before returning to Almonte, Ontario, at age 20, to complete his high school education.
Upon completion of his secondary education, he was admitted to McGill University and studied to become a
Presbyterian minister. At McGill he played football. In 1887 he became an instructor in physical education there and
continued in that position until he went to Springfield in 1890 to study psychology. The following year he was given an
appointment as a physical education instructor. It was at Springfield that he introduced the new game of basketball.
"The Grads have the greatest team that ever stepped out on a basketball floor." Dr.
James Naismith's observation was based on the following facts: In the 25-year
period, 1915-1940, the Canadian women's team won 96.2 percent of their games
with an average score of 48 to 20. Of the 522 games played, 502 were won by the
official World's Basketball Champion Grads. In all, 125,000 miles were logged,
including 3 trips to Europe, in defence of their many titles, by the 38 players, all but
two of whom were graduates of McDougall Commercial Hi
chrism
02-25-2002, 02:24 PM
Let's see....
Population of Canada = Population of California.
Canada has 6 NHLTeams
Cali has 3 NHLTeams.
Point is that NHL hockey follows big money regardless of borders.
And yes these teams can be bought and moved to the USA, for nothing more than $$$$ (which the USA has more $$$ than any other country in the world) but it doesn't take away the pride of many Canadians.
Unfortunately the NHL game is money driven, not pride driven as this excellent Olympic tournament was. What really irks me is that most NHL teams have very few if any players from their respective city or surrounding area.
What a treat it was, regardless of who won medals!
River_eye
02-25-2002, 03:50 PM
Don't forget Al, you guys have over 270 million people to pick from, we have about 30 million.
So what'd they do let all the air out of all the balls in the Great White North between Namsmith and now?
T-Mac
02-25-2002, 04:39 PM
It is GREAT.... Finally you guys got the gold!
Way to go!...And the women, too. CONGRATULATIONS!
water_wolf
02-25-2002, 06:10 PM
I am glad that if USA didn't win the gold medal Canada did. Even though I still lost some respect for Gretzky with the dribble that came out of his pie hole. Take nothing away from the Canadian team though they played a great game. Very proud of our team too. They definitely had a tougher haul against Mutha Russia. Glad we took it to them. That IMO was the game of the tournament.
Rich Ferguson
Gilligan
02-25-2002, 07:55 PM
Congratulations to all the fine AMATEUR athletes that competed in Salt Lake. However I don't consider any hockey or basketball team competing in the olympics as a legitimate team when rosters are filled with professional players.
It was all due to the 2$ Luck charm that those darned Canucks put in the ice when they made it, A'!
Excellent games through the whole tourney....Hope the NHL is wise enough to learn from the action...such as the 15 sec. faceoffs and no red line....I loved the pace of these games....
The pace was the downfall of the Americans as the Canadians were too fast...Joe Sakic was unbelievable!
The class of all of them was great! Too bad the Russians were such babies!
The nationalism of the Olympics sure makes it fun~
Travis J.
Kelly
02-26-2002, 08:29 AM
HOLY MAN, WHAT A PARTY! My god look at this place, my igloo is a filthy mess, beer cans EVERYWHERE. What day is it anyhow? and who are all those naked people passed out in my igloo? Oh well it looks like they had fun. Hey get off me fatty, who are you? I've never been so hungover.(yes I have) Better start cleaning up before the wife gets home from hunting. Best cure for hangover/stay drunk, there's an open beer(glug,glug'glug) YUK there's cigarette butts in it, oh well it's better than budweiser(glug,glug,glug) AH. It's actually not to bad. Life in Canada is good. Talk to you all later.
River_eye
02-26-2002, 09:07 AM
It's been an argument for a while. Should the olympics be the best of the best in the world? or just the best of the amateurs in the world?
If all other olympic sports had the same money as hockey or basketball and the olympics were all just for amateurs, there would be not enough athletes to even have an olympics.