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Canada vs. USA for gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, in men’s (and women’s ) ice hockey. The Olympic and ice hockey communities couldn’t have asked for a better final.
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AIHL_IceHockey is based in Newcastle, NSW
A member since April 2009
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AIHL_IceHockey's favourite sporting team is Australian Ice Hockey League
AIHL_IceHockey says:
Drew the short straw to write ice hockey articles in 2002, loving it more and more since.
I now write for newspapers and websites, and do video commentary for ice hockey in Australia.
I'd love to do writing as a job but for now it's a hobby.
No team mates yet.
It was a special game with great intensity.
I’ve lived in USA and have as many Canadian friend as Aussie friends so I couldn’t choose a team.
That the game went to OT was fantastic and in the end I was happy that Canada won the Gold medal.
I was extremely impressed with USA throughout the Olympics and if they do get to play in Sochi 2014, it will be a much closer match-up!
Canada vs USA gold medal game may be greatest ever (8)
March 2nd, 2010
I think the networks did the best they could with what they had. The didn’t have much.
I got my money’s worth out of the $50 Foxtel subscription, I would have paid that just to see the ice hockey final live and in full, which I did. I switched over a couple of times to see Channel 9 covering naken people at the Sydney Opera House. Figures.
I did enjoy that for the Foxtel commentators, they did make an effort to learn as much as they could about the sport and to get into the whole culture of the games.
Having done (poorly) commentary before, I know it’s damn hard, even when you know the sport and players really well.
I would give Foxtel 9/10 for the coverage, the 4 concurrent channels 24×7 was brilliant, and when I did watch Nine Network, well I’d give it a 5/10.
They were way too conservative on what people would accept as far as intrusion into regular programming, and way too patronising of people’s knowledge and interest in the sports, dumbing down the commentary.
Winter Olympics brings out our sporting ignorance (51)
March 2nd, 2010
Is it all just about a gong? Australia won’t ever win a Gold medal in soccer (football), nor a world cup. We certainly won’t win Gold in the 4-man/woman bobsled.
But it’s certainly not a waste of money in either of the above cases. Participation and continuous drive for excellent is what the Olympics, and sport, is all about. Participation is what gives me pride watching my fellow Australians ‘have a go’ in these, and the previous Olympics.
And no, Australia will never win an Olympic Gold in Ice Hockey, and a win in an Olympics for Australia seems beyond imagination in my lifetime.
But if that’s all you’re thinking of then you’re missing the point. To make that improvement, to go from where we are to a point where we could qualify for an Olympics, would be the equivalent of a Gold medal for ice hockey in Australia.
Can Australian hockey make it back to the Winter Olympics? (18)
February 27th, 2010