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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Sports Required Viewing: Elimination Hockey Wednesday

Posted by Courtney Kelly on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:01 PM

Canada responds to Sunday's US hockey victory.

A photo bouncing around the web of Canada's response to Sunday's US hockey victory.

Can you feel it? That tickle in the back of your throat? You are looking pretty green. You'd better stay home from work on Wednesday. You don’t want to infect the whole office.

Go ahead and start setting that up now. Put on your brave face and go to the store for props. All you need is a box of tissues and some cold medicine on your desk. Your boss will probably ask you to stay home. Whatever it takes—you need to sell it because the likes of Wednesday will not come around again soon.

If you have a particularly bad case, head home (or to a sports bar with CNBC) straightaway because the play-in games for the quarter-finals are on today at noon, 4:30, 7:00 and 9:00. The best of these will likely be the 7 pm Czech Republic vs. Latvia game, but with each game now single-elimination for a spot in the medal rounds, they will all be skated hard and worth watching. This is also the best time to claim your seat on a bandwagon for a Cinderella-like Slovakia or Switzerland.

As promised, Sunday was a decent preview of what is to come with three incredibly exciting match-ups. I gave up jumping up from the couch and just stood for most of the games.

Wednesday promises four quarter-final games on the same schedule as Tuesday, with the noon game on NBC and the rest on CNBC. At noon, expect more theatrical acrobatics from goalie Ryan Miller and team USA vs. the winner of Tuesday’s Switzerland/Belarus contest.

I am already extremely excited for the 4:30 game, which will likely be what many predicted as the gold medal match: Russia vs. Canada (assuming Canada turns it around against Germany). With everything at stake, look for more hits like the one Alexander Ovechkin put on Jaromir Jagr on Sunday. Canada will be desperate and Sid the Kid will be under immense pressure to come up big. The drama and the athleticism almost cannot be topped and THIS IS ONLY THE QUARTERS.

Stop what you are doing and start faking a cold right now.

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Ryan Miller - of the Buffalo Sabres - is The Man. Steeling victory for the US against Canada.

Posted by Just saying on February 23, 2010 at 12:08 PM

Everyone knows Curling is where the action is at.

Maybe one day they'll even LiveSLOG it.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on February 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM

That photo is the bees-fucking-knees!

Posted by DOUG.

on February 23, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Priceless, gladly traded in for that, one of the few things they've done right.

Posted by Loveschild

on February 23, 2010 at 12:18 PM

We have the best health care on the planet: PRAYER TO A CLOUD BEING!!!

Damn socialist, nazi, commie terrorists in Canada!!

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on February 23, 2010 at 12:22 PM

The Semis and the Final (gold/silver and bronze) will be the games to watch.

Posted by The Amazing Jim

on February 23, 2010 at 12:22 PM

Ahhhhh! Overtime! Are you watching this?

Score check if you are at work:
http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/…

Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Posted by Courtney Kelly on February 23, 2010 at 2:28 PM

Did you see the shootout? I tried to warn you. This is too intense.

Posted by Courtney Kelly on February 23, 2010 at 2:45 PM

Sure... Canada has health care... Such good health care that Canadian Premier Danny Williams comes to the USA when he needs health care:

"This was my heart, my choice and my health," Williams said.

"I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when I entered politics."

Apparently Premier Williams' idea of the best possible health care is US, not Canadian, health care. I wonder why?

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on February 23, 2010 at 3:05 PM

I'm hearing that the U.S. game tomorrow will NOT be televised live on the West coast. We'll be watching motherfucking Days of Our Lives instead!

Posted by DOUG.

on February 23, 2010 at 3:34 PM

Pshhhh. Keep your health care. I'll take butt fucking you in your own game on global television any day, then I'll buy my own health care.

Posted by JF on February 23, 2010 at 3:40 PM

Courtney, are those times PST or EST?

DOUG. @10, damn NBC.

Oh, and I loved that girl's sign. But in America's defense, if you miss work due to a fake illness, your treatment is just as effective as it is anywhere else.

Posted by cressona on February 23, 2010 at 5:28 PM

#9 - how much money does this Danny Williams have? And can any American citizen feel entitled to the same level of care?

No one denies that we have wonderful doctors and medical facilities in America. The point is that such care is increasingly available only to those with enough money to afford it. I'm guessing Mr. Williams has enough in the bank to not worry about a possible bankruptcy due to health problems. Must be nice.

Posted by catsnbanjos on February 23, 2010 at 6:02 PM

The US women are playing Canada for the gold, you know. I'm faking sick for that.

Posted by Jessica Bessica on February 23, 2010 at 7:09 PM

@12 cressona the times are PST.

@14 Jessica, I love playing sports, and if you can watch women's hockey that is great, but the skating and the hitting does not compare. I'm one of those people with free tickets to the WNBA yelling, "Dunk it!".

@ All the health care stuff, are you guys watching the hockey? If you're going to get all worked up about something you can't do anything about (politics) it should at least something awesome and fun like world class hockey!

Posted by Courtney Kelly on February 23, 2010 at 7:32 PM

NBC SUCKS!!! KING 5 News / The Seattle Times Olympics So, here's the deal with U.S. men's hockey tomorrow that starts at noon. NBC will be showing it on the main network. However, they will still be giving the West Coast a 3 hour delay. So, it will air at 3 p.m. on KING 5. BUT - you will be able to see it live on the W...eb. KING5.com will provide a link to NBCOlympics.com's live stream at noon.

Posted by nbc sucks on February 23, 2010 at 9:14 PM

I didn't know Raggedy Ann was Canadian...

Posted by Raggedy Andy on February 24, 2010 at 11:09 AM