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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Nov 13, 2006 19:03:01 GMT -5
Do Canadians and for the other people around the world feel that the U.S. still overreact to the U.S. beating Russia in the Olympics? Just wondering...
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Post by Nashville Predators on Nov 13, 2006 22:29:25 GMT -5
Yes. It's living WELL into the past. Though Canadians still remember Paul Henderson's diving goal against the Soviets too. It's fun to remember and be nostalgic but the USA just glorify their acheivement year after year and it's very redundent.
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Post by scruffy on Nov 14, 2006 4:28:05 GMT -5
we fluked out, lets celebrate!
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Post by REX LEAK - PHILLY on Nov 14, 2006 12:10:31 GMT -5
Enjoying past success is great. It only seems more in the last few years since the big anniversary and Brooks' death.
The Miracle on Ice was more of an accomplishment than the 1972 Summit Series. Our fat, out of shape, beer guzzlers lifting their game to beat the Ruskies is an important national pride moment....but they didn't take it seriously until they were getting beat.
The Miracle would be like an NCAA team beating the Buffalo Sabres in a one game winner take all right now for the Stanley Cup. Now that was an accomplishment.
There has never been an upset in Hockey of that magnitude in any calibre of play....well maybe Belarus vs. Sweden and even that wasn't that big because no national pride was on the line...just Salo's head.
Even as a Canadian, I feel proud for the 1980 USA team and what they accomplished.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Nov 14, 2006 13:03:38 GMT -5
I wonder if there will be any movies about bball in the 2004 Olympics.
I have always wondered about the Belarus goal (well recently) on Salo. In international play the play is supposed to be blown dead when the puck hits the goalie in the head. Since that puck hit Salo in the head and then bounced up over him shouldnt it have been blown dead and the goal therefore not be legal. Did Belarus win on an illegal goal? Well if that rule was in place already in 2002 then yes they did.
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