GDT: Feb. 20 • Women's Gold Medal Game • Canada vs. United States • Pt IV
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Gigantor The Goalie
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Swiss was ranked higher then the Swedes in this tournament. Rather average game from Florence Shelling but at least her team scored more goals in this game then the Swiss men did in their tournament.
At the risk of being sexist, I thought her reaction was cute and sweet. Very lady like.
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I agree with this post.
I feel bad for both teams. The US for losing to Canada again. Canada for getting the gold in a tainted OT. I would rather have seen a clean win either way. Canada did a great job coming back in regulation, but was owned in the OT until the questionable calls began.
This ref should never do any international game again. She managed to ruin the game for both teams!
Was listening to TSN 690 on drive home and they had Tessa Bonhomme on. She was going on and on about how she knew Canada would come back once they scored the first goal because the American women weren't resilient and couldn't handle adversity and pressure.
All I could think was...... What a ****ing *****
All I could think was...... What a ****ing *****
The puck wasn't in sight at all, she wacked the goalie when she clearly had the puck covered. If you're denying that then you clearly didn't watch the game, or have extremely impaired vision. And if you were watching the game, you would know they got a warning for slashing the goalie at the end of the third. The American player is an idiot because that wack was completely unnecessary and she did it to just be a ****. You clearly don't know the difference between playing for a loose puck and giving the goalie a hack when the puck is covered.
But please, keep whining. I'm sure if you do it enough they'll take back the goal.
hatterson
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This thread is for discussing the Canada/USA Women's Gold Medal game that occurred today (02/20/2014), not the one that occurred 8 years ago nor the events after it. Stay on topic.
If someone has a breakaway and you are behind them and pull them down, how on earth is that a penalty? By the rule book it's most certainly not a penalty:
That was clearly a penalty shot, and two minutes for cross-checking was an absolute joke, when the US player's stick didn't even touch Wickenheiser.
I am happy and proud of the Canadian women for getting gold but that last penalty call was brutal. The girl on the Breakaway fell down with no contact and had she not fell the American girl would have caught her anyways......but that blown call led to the GWG and if I were cheering for the Americans I'd be very pissed off.....I thought it was hilarious that Cassy Cambell and the other Canadian announcers were crying foul. " That should have been a penalty shot! bla bla bla!" I saw her get tired and lose an edge, I wouldn't go as far as to say she took a dive but it worked in Canada's favour to say the least......But congradulations to All the Canadian women for working hard and coming back in the game. Poulin was the hero.
There was contact. Knigh'st skate clipped Hayley Wickenheiser back skate which resulted in them both falling. The wrong call was made (it should have been tripping) but the result was the same - a 2 minute penalty.
That is incorrect. See above.
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True, that's pretty torrid. Then again, looking at her, I don't really care
Wow I'm going to miss her on sportscentres panel.
I can safely say I thought there was no way Canada would come back, for the entire third period they pressured, but kept on doing dinky little shots from the outside or across the crease from the wings, it wasn't until the final 5 minutes that they DROVE TOWARDS THE NET (I.E Spooner)
When you trip a player on a breakaway from behind, how is that 2 minutes for tripping? By the rule book it's not two minutes, it's a penalty shot.
Fair enough but from what I understand they did not give her a penalty shot because she did not have full control of the puck at the time of contact.
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so when you watched the game live, if you did, were you absolutely certain that there was no contact between the players when the play happened live with no benefit of a replay? We watched the replay a couple times to try to determine that. The ref doesn't get the benefit of the replay. Do you know what angle the ref saw the play from?
They didn't give her a penalty shot because they knew how bad the slashing call before was. And the slashing call was a make-up call for the cross-checking call before it, where there was no cross-check. The refereeing in the overtime was so atrocious that they might want to think about having male referees in the next Olympics.
I disagree.
The slashing call was correct because she and Team USA had been warned.
The penalty shot was not given because she did not have full possession of the puck.
You can believe what you want. I don't want to argue.
That's pretty messed up and as an American I'm glad she said that on TSN and not on our national televised tv or radio.
Yeah, the puck was about 1.5 feet ahead of her, because she put it there knowing full well that the goalie has no chance to get to it before she does. Two more strides and she has it with only the goalie to beat. If that's not a clear-cut breakaway, then I don't know what is.
