20 March, 2010

Category Archives: Olympic hockey

Olympic Hockey To Remember — and Perpetuate

1 March, 2010

Just how good was hockey in Vancouver’s Olympics, and what should the future of the Games hold in terms of the NHL’s participation? We share our post-Olympics thoughts.
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For the U.S., these Olympics were anything but a failure — across the board and most particularly in hockey. Not only did the Yanks push the gold medal [...]

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Forgotten Miracle on NBC

27 February, 2010

John Mayasich, Jack McCartan and Bill Cleary visit with Brian Williams and the NBC Nightly News.

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The Vindication Games for Ron Wilson

27 February, 2010

Perhaps you recall, as I did, the near universal reaction to the announcement of Ron Wilson as head coach of the 2010 United States Olympic hockey team last April: a collective yawn. By the spring of 2009 Wilson had accumulated a Larry Brown-like pedigree of mediocre coaching journeyman, as well as perceived failure with  talented [...]

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Middle-of-the-Night Olympic Hockey Following Overseas

25 February, 2010

Last night, I finished my three hour-long script writing class at 6 p.m. It took me 15 minutes to cycle through the soaking and traffic-packed streets of London to my cozy flat, where a night of sport was about to consume me. First thing’s first, though. Nap time.
When you’re trying to follow these Olympics, and [...]

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Russian Hockey Meets Its Waterloo

25 February, 2010

Two figures loom large in Russia’s spectacular fail in the Olympic quarterfinals last night: goaltender Evgeni Nabakov and head coach Vyacheslav Bykov. Nabakov’s wholly ineffectual performance reminded of Semyon Varlamov’s in game 7 against Pittsburgh last spring. It happens to even the most talented of netminders. Obviously you just don’t want it happening in the [...]

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A Russian Blogger’s Preview of Tonight’s Big Game

24 February, 2010

OFB Comrade Dmitry Chesnokov has been making the rounds today on radio and the web offering his insights on tonight’s marquee matchup between Russia and Canada. We asked him to offer a real quick synopsis for our readers.
“This is the game that most, if not everybody, has been looking forward to. Most Canadians agree with me. A [...]

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Have the Admin Asst. Hold Yours Calls — Hockey’s on All Day

24 February, 2010

In about 30 minutes’ time I’ll begin some serious multi-tasking in my office. Around 10:30 I’ll begin following John Walton’s online call of the Hershey Bears’ schoolday game in Cleveland against the Lake Erie Monsters, a rematch of last Saturday’s 4-1 Bears’ triumph. The American League, to its credit, schedules a handful of these mid-morning [...]

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Vancouver: Not a Moveable Feast for Jay Feaster

24 February, 2010

“Does anyone else miss the NHL?” former Tampa GM Jay Feaster opens his anti-Olympics opinion of this week in the Hockey News. Well, Jay, that’s a relative question. Do I miss Caps-Pens matinees on snowy winter weekends? Or Caps-Flyers hate-fests on any day of the week? You bet. But Caps versus anybody in the SouthLeast, [...]

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High Drama in Aboriginal Dress

22 February, 2010

Pictured here: lead players from last night’s ice dancing competition at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, whom NBC chose to spotlight in prime time in lieu of a certain high-profile hockey game. Core demographic served: those who should be cross-checked in the head.

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Maybe . . . Just Maybe . . . NBC Wishes It Had Run Hockey Last Night

22 February, 2010

Before we address last night’s U.S.-Canada showdown, a word of hello from the Capitals’ captain to the former Capitals’ quitter, at Olympic center ice, in Super Sunday’s first big game:

Can’t watch that too often, can we? The only way to improve on that Marlboro Man moment would have been if Jagr were still dating a [...]

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