lordstanley

Saw that. From Taiwan. I hope he makes it big with the Tigers and a department store puts up a large mural of him. Here's a pic of a giant Wang in 2007 when we were there visiting my wife's family.

Who’s gonna get whacked? If I’m a USA defenseman, I’m not sitting by the window at mealtime.

McAvoy out

He’s probably better than D-Petey, ha. But of the 3, Marcus best earns his contract.

This is still good hockey. 2-1 Sweden with 3 minutes to go in the 3rd period.

Brady Tkachuk appears to have sustained an injury after losing an edge and crashing into the Swedish goalie early in the game. Did not come out for the 2nd period. Not sure how serious, may just be precautionary as this is a meaningless game for the States.

Thursday night will be a humdinger. There will be huge buildup.

Whew!! 5-3 with 55 seconds to go.

Oh my god! 4-3. Still 1:17 to go.

4-2! 1:48 to go.

4-1 with 4 minutes to go. It would behoove Team Canada to batten down the hatches and also nab an empty netter here.

Brad Marchand is likeable when on our side.

I hope so. That would be the norm for Team Canada in its most iconic triumphs. Down 3-1-1 to the Soviets in the 8-game Summit Series in 1972, won the final three games to win the series on Paul Henderson’s last minute goal. Lost the 1st game of the best of 3 final of the 1987 Canada Cup, won game 2 in OT, won the title on Lemieux’s goal from Gretzky in the final 2 minutes of Game 3. Lost to Sweden and Czech in the preliminary round of the 2002 Olympics to finish 3rd in group, went on to beat the U.S. in the gold medal game. In the 2010 Olympics were taken to a shootout by Switzerland and lost to the U.S. to finish 6th in the preliminary, blew out Russia in the quarters and won gold over the U.S. on Crosby’s golden goal.

3-0. Good, don’t want it to come down to a close game where a softie by Binnington could knock us out.

McJesus! MacAttack! Stars give Team Canada an early 2-0 lead.

Gustav Nyquist is on the Swedish team too.

4.4 million viewers in U.S. last night. Bettman praying for a Canadian win tomorrow, as I think Thursday would double that number. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/02/usa-canada-ratings-viewership-four-nations-face-off-abc/

Hey!

So I'm really sold on this format. Now the NHL needs to make sure not to blow it by over-exposing, like they did with the Winter Classic. I'd scrap the 8-team World Cup and let the Olympics every 4 years serve that purpose. I'd do a 4 Nations every 2 years, in the midpoint between Olympics: - 4 nations makes every game be against top teams. Canada-US-Sweden constant, the Russians if they're available, a 4th team like Finland or Czech if not - February timing is good. Better than September. - Like the 3-2-1 points for regulation win, overtime win, loss. - Love the fact that the games are mostly Eastern Time Zone prime time with the weekend or holiday flexibility getting a couple into the European prime time - Always keep it in North America. Europeans get the Winter Olympics now and then, that's enough. - NHL rules better than IIHF rules. If IIHF rules, last night's fights wouldn't have happened or else the fighters would have all received game misconducts and possible suspensions. - Thursday night is a great night for the final for highest viewership