Gold Medal, Bitches

Canada vs USA - 3-2 win in overtime gives Canada gold



Why didn't we put money down on this happening? We could have made some serious dough.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

What a game. We almost don't want to go back to the normal schedule of games because it's been so intense the past two weeks with all this hockey.

Jonathan Toews was the first Canadian to score in the game. And it was a long freaking time coming.

Noodles did in fact shotgun a beer after that goal.

Then Corey Perry decided to get in on the fun and score as well.

No one had to shotgun anything.

But USA wasn't having it.

Ryan Kesler deflected a shot from the point to cut the lead in half.

That face just screams excitement.

And Canada was just defending. Sidney Crosby had a breakaway but Patrick Kane must have been watching Toews in practice a lot and backchecked to save a goal.

With just 24.4 seconds left in the game, Zach Parise decided that shit wasn't going to end this way.

He scored and then flipped out.


Going into overtime, we were all nervous.



But it had to be Sidney Crosby.

Maybe Gary Bettman has that much influence...

We couldn't have picked a better ending for the demise of USA.

Of course it had to be him.

Pre-Game Gold Medal Game

This house is practically bursting at the seams for this game. We went to Southside today and were heckled by everyone.

Noodles had on her Orpik USA jersey, Macke was decked out in everything Canadian and Henrik hasn't taken her Crosby Canada jersey since the day she bought it. Seriously.


We went to Primanti's and when the cook brought our order over he handed Noodles her sandwich and said, "Cheese Deluxe with a gold medal on the side." Most amazing order ever.

So in honor of everyone being so patriotic, we have devised a simple and fun drinking game. There are only like three rules or something like that.



Take a drink/shot/swig after:

01. Every reference to an American's hometown

02. Two if the phrase "pride of..." is mentioned

03. Pierre McGuire talks about a player as he is sitting right next to him

04. The words "net presence" are spoken

05. When a "Ryan" is named

06. Eddie Olczyk says, "For all you young hockey players out there..."

07. When the word "miracle" is mentioned

08. Every time Shea Weber hits some American or burns a hole in the net

09. Every "San Jose Connection" mention

10. Alex Ovechkin is mentioned in an irrelevant manner

11. Speaking of irrelevant, Mike Emrick makes a badly-timed transition

12. Ryan Miller's family tree is mentioned

13. The Pittsburgh Penguin connection is mentioned in some way



If you just want to get as drunk as possible in the shortest amount of time:

01. Any time JR and Mike Milbury disagree

02. The crowd goes "Loooooooooooooouuuuuuuu"

03. Sidney Crosby is shown on camera


Shotgun a beer when:


Your hockey husband/boyfriend/favorite player scores



(Thanks to Evgeniya and HereIsDanielle for help with some of these.)

Bronze Medal Game

Finland vs Slovakia - 5-3 Finland win for bronze

After being down by one goal, the Slovaks scored three goals to take the lead.

But that wasn't to be.



The Finns came back and scored four goals in the third period to win the medal.

Good for Teemu Selanne to get the medal in what is likely his last Olympics. But as we said, he'll only be 43 when the Olympics come back around again.

You never know.

Jaroslav Halak was the reason that the Slovaks even made it past the semi-finals.

He deserved the bronze for sure. He had a great tournament.

Good job, Finland.

Pre-Medal Round

The game isn't until 10pm on the East coast so we have a lot of time to kill between then and now.

Bronze medal game:

Slovakia vs Finland


We all knew that Finland was good. How could they not be? But the best part of the team was the goalie controversy. When Miikka Kiprusoff said that he wouldn't go to Vancouver unless he was named the starter, we found it hilarious.

And instead of proving why he should have been named the starter, Kiprusoff proved why he is a moron. Who says that and doesn't back it up? Haha.

This is supposedly Teemu Selanne and several other's Fins last Olympics so they're looking to go out with some medal.

Now on to Slovakia.

Who would have guessed that they would have made it this far? And even put up a fight against Canada.

Noodles was telling everyone that Slovakia was going to medal. And we all said that she was nuts. And LeTude was all about Finland.

The favorites, Russia and Sweden didn't even make it to the semi-finals. Talk about upset.

So we're just wondering who you're rooting for in this Bronze medal game. In this house, we're always divided.

Noodles: Slovakia if only for Marian Hossa...

Henrik: Slovakia because it's the Swede in her

LeTude: Finland with their seven-finger foreheads

Macke: Slovakia...we aren't sure why yet but maybe it's for Lubomir Visnovsky?

Those are our choices so let us know who you're rooting for.

Olympics Hockey: Day Nine

USA vs Finland - 6-1 win puts USA in the gold medal game



Um, this game was won in the first period. Unreal goal scoring explosion by the Americans.

And unreal goaltending by Miikka Kiprusoff. And by "unreal" we mean, idiotic.


Ryan Miller was yawning for most of the game which isn't unusual for him at all. Recently.

Finland did try to mount a comeback but everyone knew it was over by the first intermission.


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Canada vs Slovakia - With a 3-2 win, Canada advances to the gold medal game



The Canadians scored two in the first then another in the second.

But it was all Slovakia in the third.


We were all a little nervous for them. But we liked the chants of "We Want USA" by the crowd.

Slovakia gave a good fight but it just wasn't enough.

Excuse My Face

The game-faces of Jonathan Toews are well-documented. But the faces he has been making during the Olympics are even better.

He's so into what he's doing.

















Unreal, Mr. Toews.

Off Day

So, today we went to the Penguins practice at Southpointe.

It felt nice to do something that we normally do. Real life is coming as the Olympics end is coming closer.

And in honor of this off day, we bring your attention to this awesome and amazing video from the often hilarious blog Down Goes Brown.


All we have to say is, WTF seriously bitches. Rick Nash has the best part...he's such a pimp.

Olympics Hockey: Day Eight

USA vs Switzerland - USA advances to the semi-final with a 2-0 win

Jonas Hiller was amazing, like we expected.

But somehow, Ryan Miller was better.

Both USA goals were scored by Zach Parise, power play goal and empty net goal. Hey, it still counts.


And then Bobby Ryan was hit.

Hiller deserved a better fate. He had 44 shots on him which was ridiculous. We don't believe that Miller even had as many shots on him as they said he did.

Ludicrous.

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Canada vs Russia - Canada advances to the semi-final with a 7-3 win



Um, talk about ridiculous. Canada just blew Russia out of the water in the first period. It was like Russia had no idea how to play hockey.

Shea Weber and Jonathan Toews were all over Alex Ovechkin. Just like they were told to do.

We felt bad for Evgeni Nabokov because we like him but just the fact that he made the stunned face after each Canada goal just told us that he wasn't prepared for the onslaught.

And of course Ryan Getzlaf had to take the beating too far by egging on Evgeni Malkin from the bench.


What a surprising and crazy game.


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Finland vs Czech Republic - Finland advances with a 2-0 win

The game was hard-fought, literally. Scoring chances were far and few. It took almost three periods for someone to score.



Niklas Hagman opened the scoring with a deflection goal that was sweet.



We're sorry Czech Republic.

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Slovakia vs Sweden - Slovakia advances with a 4-3 win

Um, who else is surprised about the outcome of this game? No one else but Noodles picked Slovakia to make it past the quarterfinals.

Any sane person would have picked Sweden.

Slovakia scored two goals in the second period in thirty-seven seconds. Then Sweden scored two goals in succession to tie it up.



Then Slovakia took the lead in the third. But that didn't last long as Sweden tied it up.

The last four minutes of the game was all Sweden. Jaroslav Halak had his work cut out for him. He was the man of the game, making save after save.



Amazing.

Olympic Hockey: Day Seven

Switzerland vs Belarus - 3-2 shootout

Yet again, Jonas Hiller was the star of the game.

He stopped Sergei Kostitsyn to win the game for the Swiss.

For their effort, they get to play the Americans tomorrow. Yay for them!



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Canada vs Germany - 8-2

Shea Weber scored a classic WTF goal, which had to be the highlight of the game.

Canada manhandled the Germans in a bad way.


The goal scored by Sidney Crosby was also pretty awesome. Who has a reaction time like that?

As Macke said, "He must be a robot." We've been saying that all along...

And Scott Niedermayer? Why did he ever want to retire? He's still got it.

PS- Dear Mike Babdick, please keep Morrow-Toews-Richards together. We hearts them together.

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Czech Republic vs Latvia - 3-2 OT



David fucking Krejci won it for the Czechs in overtime. What a man.

With four minutes to go, Latvian Mikelis Redlihs tied the game.


But Tomas Vokoun was having a night.

The big story was that Jaromir Jagr played only the first period.

All Czechs around the world are cursing Alex Ovechkin.

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Slovakia vs Norway



In the first period, O.K. Tollefsen elbowed Lubos Bartecko. Bartecko was taken off in a stretcher and Tollefsen was ejected from the game.

The Slovaks had a 3-0 lead.



Norway came back to tie it by the end of the second period. We had no hope for Slovakia.

But an unlikely hero emerged...Miroslav Satan. Yes, we were shocked too.

Slovakia skipped into the Quarterfinals just by the skin of their teeth.

Awards Monday: Olympic Hockey Edition #1

Hottie Of The Week



Ryan Miller



Duh!

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Best Commercial Of The Night



Duracell



Unreal. We found where (Swedish) Nicklas Backstrom got his hair...

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The Ryan Malone Wheaties Award



Loui Eriksson



Everyone's focused on USA/Canada and no one remembers Sweden. They're the defending Gold medal winners. But Eriksson is scoring like a man possessed. He is all over the scoresheet.

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FAIL Award



MARTIN BRODEUR



WHY?!?!?!?!?!