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The 1980 US vs. USSR was the biggest sports upset in history. This would be the equivalent of a American Football match, USA vs. Canada. The USA roster is made up of an all star NFL roster, and the Canadiens are amateur college football players. I'd say it's quite the story, and upset.

Wow. Germany. 2 great goals. All tied up.

Pav is just the odd man out in this situation. You're not going to separate Ovie and Semin, so this is just the way it works. The Ovie-Pav-Semin line seems good on paper, but I don't think they were very good. There seemed to be indecisiveness. If you had the luxury of time, then I'm sure they'd develop some chemistry. I think Pav needs to be playing on the top line, because you need some defense. Ovie-Malkin-Semin is definitely defensively challenged. If they end up playing teams like Canada, the US, or Sweden then this will show. For Olympics sake, I think they should separate Ovie and Semin and Keep Pav with Ovie, but like I said before that probably won't happen... Ovechkin-Datsyuk-Kovalchuk Semin-Malkin-Afinogenov Russia also needs someone to drive the net. If Holmstrom was Russian then there PP would score every time.

Wow. Rafalski is probably going to play over 30 mins tomorrow. Top pairing for 5 on 5, PK, and PP.

I believe this win puts Finland in first place after 2 games.

All of this Olympic talk has made me wonder what a Team Michigan roster would look like. How do you guys think they would do in international play? What about a US tournament between the states? Anyways, here's my idea... Team Michigan David Booth - Ryan Kesler - Chad LaRose Dave Moss - David Legwand - Jim Slater T.J Hensick - Mike Modano - Brian Rolston Mike Grier - Justin Abdelkader - Kevin Porter Jack Johnson - Brian Rafalski Tim Gleason - James Wisniewski Jeff Finger - Matt Hunwick Ryan Miller Tim Thomas Wow, after getting the first couple lines and d pairings...this was much harder to do then I thought it would be. What do you guys think?

Link Saturday, Feb. 13 CNBC 3-5:30 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Sweden vs. Switzerland (LIVE). 8-10:30 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Canada vs. Slovakia (LIVE). MSNBC 3-5:30 a.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Canada vs. Slovakia (replay). Sunday, Feb. 14 (DAY 3) USA 3-5:30 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- USA vs. China (LIVE). CNBC 7:30-10 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Finland vs. Russia (LIVE). MSNBC 3-5:30 a.m. -- Women's Hockey -- USA vs. China (replay). Monday, Feb. 15 (DAY 4) MSNBC 5:30-8 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Canada vs. Switzerland (LIVE). 3-5:30 a.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Sweden vs. Slovakia. Tuesday, Feb. 16 (DAY 5) USA Noon-6 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- USA vs. Switzerland (LIVE). CNBC 5 p.m.-5 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Canada vs. Norway (LIVE); Russia vs. Latvia (LIVE). MSNBC 5:30-8 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- USA vs. Russia (LIVE). Wednesday, Feb. 17 (DAY 6) MSNBC 3-8 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Finland vs. Belarus (LIVE); Women's Hockey -- Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE). CNBC 5 p.m.-5 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Sweden vs. Germany (LIVE); Czech Republic vs. Slovakia (LIVE); Women's Hockey -- Switzerland vs. Slovakia (LIVE). Thursday, Feb. 18 (DAY 7) USA Noon-5:30 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- USA vs. Norway (LIVE). CNBC 5 p.m.-5 a.m.; Men's Hockey -- Canada vs. Switzerland (LIVE); Slovakia vs. Russia (LIVE); Women's Hockey -- Russia vs. China (LIVE) MSNBC 5:30-8 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- USA vs. Finland (LIVE). Friday, Feb. 19 (Day 8) MSNBC 3-5:30 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Belarus vs. Sweden (LIVE). Midnight-3 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Finland vs. Germany (LIVE). CNBC 5 p.m.-1 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Czech Republic vs. Latvia (LIVE). Saturday, Feb. 20 (DAY 9) MSNBC Noon-5:30 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Switzerland vs. Norway (LIVE). 7:30-10 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Slovakia vs. Latvia (LIVE). Midnight-3 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Belarus vs. Germany (LIVE). Sunday, Feb. 21 (DAY 10) NBC Noon-6 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Russia vs. Czech Republic (LIVE). MSNBC 7-10 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- USA vs. Canada (LIVE). Midnight-3 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Finland vs. Sweden (LIVE). Monday, Feb. 22 (DAY 11) USA Noon-6 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Semifinal (LIVE). CNBC 5 p.m.- 1 a.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Semifinal (LIVE). Tuesday, Feb. 23 (DAY 12) NBC 12:35-2 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Elimination Round Game (LIVE). USA Noon-6 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Elimination Round Game (LIVE). CNBC 5 p.m.-2:30 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Elimination Round Game (LIVE); Elimination Round Game (LIVE); Elimination Round Game (LIVE). Wednesday, Feb. 24 (DAY 13) NBC 3-5 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Quarterfinal (LIVE). CNBC 7 p.m.-2:30 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Quarterfinal (LIVE); Quarterfinal (LIVE); Quarterfinal (LIVE). Thursday, Feb. 25 (DAY 14) MSNBC 2-4:30 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Bronze Medal Game (LIVE). 6-9 p.m. -- Women's Hockey -- Gold Medal Final (LIVE). Friday, Feb. 26 (DAY 15) NBC 3-5 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Semifinal (LIVE). CNBC 6 p.m.-Midnight -- Men's Hockey -- Semifinal (LIVE). Saturday, Feb. 27 (DAY 16) MSNBC 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Bronze Medal Game (LIVE). Sunday, Feb. 28 (DAY 17) NBC Noon-6 p.m. -- Men's Hockey -- Gold Medal Final (LIVE).

Wow. Russia needs to remember how they scored their goals. Shoot the puck! Has Pav ever been poke-checked on the shootout before? I don't think I've seen that. Big win for Slovakia. Big disappointment for Russia.

I think it should be a home ice kind of thing. If the Olympics are played in Europe then they should be using the Olympic sized rinks, and vice versa for North America. Makes the game interesting.

All it takes is a hot goalie to ruin someone's Olympics.

http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahocke...5&id=277216 I was basing Johnson off of the TeamUSA website. Guess they are wrong... Anyways, I found this link at hockey-reference, but I'm not sure how accurate it is... http://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birth...e=&state=MI

Ovie-Pav-Semin... good luck containing that line.

I could see Lidstrom, Holmstrom, and Maltby (13th forward) getting 1 year deals. Then after next seaon Lidstrom, Homer, Maltby, Draper, and Ozzy all retire.

That's nothing compared to this. :whoa:

It seems like when we win we go down in the standings and then when we lose we stay in the same place or even move up.

Mods should sticky this thread, because I'm sure this will answer a lot of questions, and prevent the abundance of similar threads that pop up within the coming weeks.

This game is relatively important. If Nashville gets any points then they could start pulling away. As bad as the Wings are doing, it's amazing that they're even in the hunt at this point. Hopefully we can get a little help from NJ tonight. __________GR PTS 6. Colorado 59 74 7. Nashville 59 69 8. Calgary 61 67 9. Dallas 60 66 10. Detroit 60 66 11. Anaheim 60 65 12. Minnesota 59 62

Basically any game that involves Nashville, Calgary, Dallas, Anaheim, or Minnesota is of utmost importance to us now.

Yep. But at this point we'll take favors anyway they come. 4-2 Devils.

No where did I say that Ovie was a saint. This is an instance where Crosby clearly is the 3rd man in, throwing punches with his gloves on, and then giving someone a low-blow. I think that is pretty questionable, at best. Anyways, Crosby has had a good year, but Ovechkin is having a better one.

Kovie makes it 3-2 Devils. If they can hold the lead, the Devils would be doing us a huge favor.

Not this year, but your boy is a punk. After watching that I'm not quite sure how nothing came of it.

For sure. Ovie leads the NHL in points, goals, +-, and he was named captain this year.

2-2. WOoo

Alright...Devils get one. 1-0 NJ