It’s a bit of a long weekend for me probably because I’ve got too much time. Don’t believe me? Well, check out a few of the things that I’ve stumbled upon, feel free to just check out the ones that interests you:
Baptism of snow for the Olympic Games
Beijing 2008: Olympic ticket for three volleyball teams […]
LIBEREC, Czech Republic – The U.S. National Junior Team fired 49 shots on goal in helping it to a 3-2 win over Russia in its third preliminary-round game at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship here tonight.
“Our guys played with deep belief in themselves,” said U.S. Head Coach John Hynes. “Our commitment […]
To each his own, eh? :lol:
According to the SLAM! Sports article that I read, Teemu Selänne had claimed that winning the Stanley Cup is far better than winning a gold in the Olympics. Quite interesting.
To give him credit, he did say that “The Olympics is only one game for the gold. The Stanley Cup is […]
I stumbled upon a post in one of them Hockey forums and I read up on who Scott Niedermayer is. Niedermayer happens to be a grand slam winner of the Stanley Cup, World Cup, Olympics, and World Championships. He’s known for “his outstanding skating stride, and knack for leading or joining the offensive rush” (Wikipedia). […]
CHAMONIX 1924
January 25, 1924
It was held in France, 83 years ago!
But, of course, they didn’t know what it was while it was going on. The IOC just named it as such afterwards. Originally, the competition was called International Sports Week 1924.
Trivia: First event to be decided on was the men’s 500m speed skating where Charles […]
In Ice Hockey, I heard that Sweden is the country to watch out for in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
They are the first country to win both the Olympic gold and the World title in the same year. They beat Finland in the last Winter Olympics in Torino and beat the defending champion, […]
Alexander Ovechkin is Russian. Sidney Crosby is Canadian. What do they have in common? Hockey and NHL for starters.
The former plays for Washington Capitals and the latter for Pittsburgh Penguins. Both are contenders for the NHL rookie of the year.
If you’re big on this scene, you would’ve heard of the Ovechkin-Crosby debate, which is over […]
It’s the Russian Ice Hockey Federation and the Olympian I’m referring to is Vladislav Tretiak.
And it was a unanimous decision, mind you.
Aside from the fact that he was the only candidate, he does have with him fantastic credentials. Heh. ;)
He’s the former Soviet goaltender. He won ten world titles and three Olympic titles for the […]
Sweden beats Finland 3-2 to take the Olympic Gold!!!
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The Czech Republic wins the Bronze in a lopesided game!!!
The Gold Medal Game between Sweden and Finland is tomorrow. DON’T MISS IT!!!
A tough fight for a Bronze Medal Finish (Source: NBC)
Czech Republic beats Russia 3-0
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