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The Official 2010 Winter Olympics Thread - "Angry Wayne Gretzky is Angry" Edition

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Buba Big Guns

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Red Blaster said:
Got pushed to OT by a country where hockey's the 5th most popular sport. :lol :lol
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I dont get posts like these. The US has the 2nd most registered hockey players in the world at almost 500k. No shit theyre gonna be good. These weren't exactly no name players iced by the US, it was a very good team. And hockey is pretty popular in a lot of areas in the US.
 
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Qwerty710710

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USA USA USA USA USA all of these bitter Canadians which they where half as good as us. Sometimes we give them freebies to let them be happy once in awhile.
 
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Qwerty710710 said:
USA USA USA USA USA all of these bitter Canadians which they where half as good as us. Sometimes we give them freebies to let them be happy once in awhile.
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You forgot to attach this image of your favorite band with this post:
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Qwerty710710 said:
USA USA USA USA USA all of these bitter Canadians which they where half as good as us. Sometimes we give them freebies to let them be happy once in awhile.
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Just getting sad now.
 
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maharg said:
Apparently our sport is interesting enough that we don't even have to invite people. They just all want to play it. I think that's quite an achievement for a country of Canada's stature. No uniquely American sport has ever achieved the kind of international recognition and competition that hockey has.
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:lol :lol :lol

Basketball is magnitudes more popular on the international stage than fucking hockey.
 
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Aesius said:
So wait, the US wins 11 more medals than Canada and yet they got shit on?

Not sure I understand that logic.
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Don't think anyone's seriously shitting on them, just kidding around because we have more golds. Both countries did well and set records.
 
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Aesius said:
So wait, the US wins 11 more medals than Canada and yet they got shit on?

Not sure I understand that logic.
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Yep! I mean why not just sit together and celebrate that the US, Canada and Finland won medals in hockey! They are all as good!

Really, have to agree with those saying that Gold Medal Count>Total Medal Count.

Red Blaster said:
:lol :lol :lol

Basketball is magnitudes more popular on the international stage than fucking hockey.
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but but but... wasn't it invented by a Canadian!!!!!?!!?!!?
No wonder though! Those Canadians inventing such horrible sports!
 
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mYm|17|

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I missed the damn hockey game......gahhhh

Anyhow congrats to Canada. I'm proud of how the USA did this olympics. 2 more years till summer olympics.....bummer
 
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Kittonwy

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Qwerty710710 said:
USA USA USA USA USA all of these bitter Canadians which they where half as good as us. Sometimes we give them freebies to let them be happy once in awhile.
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You guys won at getting the most silver at an astounding 15 at these olympics, more than any other country.
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Buba Big Guns

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Red Blaster said:
:lol :lol :lol

Basketball is magnitudes more popular on the international stage than fucking hockey.
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Just wondering, how many nba players are american?

50% of the NHL players are Canadian, the rest come from the US and all over the world. USA is waaay better than any other country at basketball, the same isnt true for Canada hockey. Wanna know why? Because countries like Sweden, Russia, Czech, Finland, US are extremely good at hockey.

Country Forwards Defence Goalies Total %NHL
1 Canada 248 53.7% 116 48.9% 35 50.7% 399 52.0%
2 U.S. 95 20.6% 49 20.7% 9 13.0% 153 19.9%
3 Czech Rep. 31 6.7% 19 8.0% 3 4.3% 53 6.9%
4 Sweden 22 4.8% 19 8.0% 4 5.8% 45 5.9%
5 Finland 17 3.7% 9 3.8% 8 11.6% 34 4.4%
6 Russia 18 3.9% 7 3.0% 2 2.9% 27 3.5%
7 Slovakia 8 1.7% 7 3.0% 2 2.9% 17 2.2%
8 Germany 5 1.1% 3 1.3% 0 0.0% 8 1.0%
9 Switzerland 0 0.0% 1 0.4% 3 4.3% 4 0.5%
10 Ukraine 3 0.6% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 4 0.5%
11 Austria 2 0.4% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 3 0.4%
12 Belarus 2 0.4% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 3 0.4%
13 Denmark 3 0.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 0.4%
14 Kazakhst. 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 1 1.4% 2 0.3%
15 Latvia 1 0.2% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 2 0.3%
16 Brazil 0 0.0% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
17 Brunei 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
18 UK 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
19 Italy 0 0.0% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
20 S. Korea 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
21 Lithuania 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
22 Norway 0 0.0% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
23 Poland 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
24 Slovenia 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.1%
25 France 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.4% 1 0.1%
26 S. Africa 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.4% 1 0.1%

EDIT: according to NBA.com:

As of January 6, 2009, official rosters for the 2008-09 NBA season featured 77 international players from 32 countries and territories.
 
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mYm|17| said:
I missed the damn hockey game......gahhhh

Anyhow congrats to Canada. I'm proud of how the USA did this olympics. 2 more years till summer olympics.....bummer
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2.5 years, actually :( The summer -> winter wait is only 1.5 years.
 
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Valkyr Junkie said:
Points awarded for joking about this, but those points must be immediately taken away due to presence of mime. :lol :lol :lol :lol
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From a distance it kind of looks like fire Mario.
 
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