Swiss Over Canada 2-0

[Cock Throppled]

Huge Swiss upset over Canada in men's hockey. Martin Gerber stole the game with miraculous saves, but Canada just didn't have enough hard work. Bertuzzi sucked, as usual. Standibng in the crease to negate a goal, more stupid penalties.

 

[Gentleman First]

buttuzi would lose a 1 on 1 game to a 4 year old....he sucks

 

[dbrw42]

Remember the saying "On any given day, any one team can beat any other team.)

 

[schizo_man]

actually, canada worked plenty hard, they had two goals negated and the officiating was terrible to say the least. Gerber was absolutly fantastic, stopping over 40 shots.

 

[badwolfcgy]

Try 50 shots. Gerber stole the game.

 

[LittleAsianGuy]

Ya no guarantees they'll win a medal. I remember Negano in which Canada didnt even medal.

 

[BDAClub]

Ya no guarantees they'll win a medal. I remember Negano in which Canada didnt even medal.

Oh the'll win a medal.....Gold.....this game is called "Waking the Sleeping Giant" that Gerber has stole a few games for Carolina this year I'm betting Anaheim wishes they hadn't given him away!!

 

[Smother]

Yup..Martin Gerber did steal the game.....I've always like that Goalie....even when he was with the DUCKS!
Still makes me cringe.....to think we the Canucks could of had this goalie.....and yes was in the budget range...he was picked up by not alot of money..

Also...let's not forget...Canada went 0 for 5 on the powerplay....

We're not out of it yet as a nation..
Cheers
GO CANADA!

 

[Kev]

Its probably the best thing that could have happened to Canada. You lose a battle to win the war.

And it wasn't a Swiss fluke. They beat the Czechs as well. Canada didn't even have to face Abescher(spelling) the Swiss number one goalie.
They'll be ready for Finland tomorrow.

 

[Azcanuck]

I think Canada was more like 0 for 9 on the powerplay.
Big Bert took at least 1 stupid penalty.
Can they bring Staal up from the taxi squad to replace someone, or can he only get on the roster if there is an injury?

AZC

 

[James]

So Bertuzzi cost us the game? What did the other 20 guys do?

Hot goalie = trouble.

We're still gonna be golden.....

 

[Bakermn]

Ok here goes - I know I am gonna get in trouble for this.....


yes hot goal tending and all that but.............

Canada isn't really fielding a team is it? Its not like these guys have played TOGETHER for any reasonable lenght of time. They treat the olympics like its some mid season break, oh yeah, lets just go fit in a gold medal now, be back in a week.

The other teams might not look so good on paper..... but they are playing with heart, and playing for their national pride. Unfortunately, us and the yanks are just taking our pros and throwing them together to pound the other countires. A fairer competion might be to send our junior team to the Olympics... make some stars out of ralative unknowns, instead of Olympic hockey just being NHL Hockey with the teams shuffled.

Just on guys opinion

 

[kokanee_68]

whats happened is that the swiss have woken a sleeping bear! My prediction is that Canada comes out guns a blazin from here on out!

GO CANADA..!!!

 

[Kev]

The other teams might not look so good on paper..... but they are playing with heart, and playing for their national pride. Unfortunately, us and the yanks are just taking our pros and throwing them together to pound the other countires. A fairer competion might be to send our junior team to the Olympics... make some stars out of ralative unknowns, instead of Olympic hockey just being NHL Hockey with the teams shuffled.

I think Canadian players play with just as much heart as any other country. The Swiss team have spent more time together than other clubs and with great goaltending they are jelling quicker. I think once Canada finds their legs they'll be very hard to beat.

 

[James]

I'm with Kev on this one. I did not see today's game, but I understand that it's not like we played a stinker, we got beat.

Under the old "Amateur" system, the only countries that sent "amateur" players were Canada and the States.

The real story will be told a week from now. I hope.

 

[Cock Throppled]

I'm still pissed that they were negated a goal on a premature whistle and then negated the goal on the glove save. .

Not a premature whistle - Bertuzzi was standing in the crease. International rules blow the play down if the officials see a player in the crease.

 

[westwoody]

The USA-Slovakia game was great!
Canada may still be jet-lagged and getting used to living in the village instead of their usual fancy hotels.

 

[FuZzYknUckLeS]

The Europeans have arrived.

Hopefully this loss to the Swiss will act as a wake-up call that this isn't going to be the cakewalk that our team seems to be expecting it to be.
We go up against the undefeated Fins (3-0) next, who have a combined 15 goals for and only 2 against. That includes a 5-0 waxing of this great Swiss team.

 

[Mchatte]

Easy folks, at least they didn't run up the score! Maybe we should have had the women's team play this game instead of some of those overpaid underacheivers.

Whether you've got a hot goalie or not is no excuse to not be able to defeat a team with only 2 players of NHL experience? You could have a fucking sheet of plywood covering the net with only a 4 inches square hole and still manage to score one or two goals.

Thank goodness it wasn't the elimination round and I hope they all learn from this.

M