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I was 4 years old during Vancouver 2010, the men’s hockey gold medal match was my first ever time watching the Olympics. Obviously I wouldn’t remember anything about it, so since then I’ve watched it back
Great match.
In terms of events that I actually remember watching live though, you’d have to fast forward six years to Rio 2016.
You're really good at making me feel old!!!
And my co-workers still think of me as a baby.
A Canadian having no memory of Vancouver 2010 is just something they my mind can't process yet.
I must admit, I stopped caring about the all-star game about 8 years ago . Though the skills competition format seems to be more interesting this year so maybe I'll tune in for a bit to watch that.
So the Chicago Blackhawks are part of the 'Original Six' NHL teams, one of the oldest and most historic NHL teams in the league. They have won the Stanley Cup (NHL championship) 6 times in their history which is the 5th most of any active team in the league. 3 of those championships came during the 2010s which they won during the 2009-10, 2012-13, and 2014-15 seasons. In other words, they had a dynasty as recently as 8 years ago and they did this with two superstar forwards (one of which is arguably the greatest American forward of all time), an elite goalie and a strong defense.
They were good a few years after that but it was only in the last two years that their core players started to decline and the team started to suck. One by one, the core players either retired, released, or traded elsewhere. This season saw the last of those players (the two star forwards) leave the team. And so they finished this season with the 3rd worst record in the league but they got to pick first overall because they won the draft lottery. And who just happens to be in this draft? A once in a generation talent who's regarded as the most talented prospect since 2015. Many fans believe that the lottery was rigged so that the historic big market team would have a new superstar immediately after losing their previous two superstars.
It is also worth mentioning that one of my favourite teams is the Vancouver Canucks. The Blackhawks and Canucks were rivalries for many years during the late 200s and early 2010s and the Blackhawks tortured the Canucks in the playoffs until 2011 when they finally won a series against them. Connor Bedard, the player that they drafted, is from North Vancouver, which is in the metro Vancouver area, so it just adds salt to the wound to see a local prodigy go to a rival team.
The most important part of all this is that the Blackhawks covered up a sexual assault case of one of their players by a member of the team staff in 2010 that wasn't revealed until a decade later. Despite the player bringing up the incident to management, nothing was done about it and the staff member later went on to work for a couple of universities where he also was accused of sexual assault. Many people believe that the Blackhawks weren't punished fairly for this incident and that they should have had their draft pick taken away from them.
no way the NHL would rig the draft for the big market team to draft a generational talent after losing their two previous franchise players this past year
especially after they tried to cover up a sexual assault case for over a decade
Did not even know this but she apparently scored 40 points (25 goals and 15 Assists) in 6 Matches!!! in our senior´s Women league last year as 13 years old !!!
WHAT THE FUCK !!!!!!!!
Also she has 31 points in 10 games of the Boys U16 league so far this season
Yeah, I saw some Slovak guy on reddit mention these stats and it absolutely blew my mind! I think she has a higher PPG rate than some current NHLers had when they played in the same U16 league. Truly a special player.
Honestly, was kind of rooting a bit for Slovakia at the end of the game. Would have been a great story. Anyways, what a game and massive respect for the Slovakian team especially Gajan. Looks like bright days are ahead for Slovak hockey!
Also on another note, Connor Bedard is absolutely insane.
With the season finally under way, it's always fun to take a look at the nationalities of players that made the final rosters. Here's a breakdown for this year's rosters (including injured players). 18 nations from 3 continents are represented.
Canada: 334 (1 player per 116,557 people)
United States: 217 (1 player per 1,529,464 people)
Sweden: 79 (1 player per 132,683 people)
Russia: 44 (1 player per 3,251,242 people)
Finland: 39 (1 player per 142,385 people)
Czech Republic: 30 (1 player per 350,557 people)
Switzerland: 10 (1 player per 863,690 people)
Slovakia: 8 (1 player per 682,523 people)
Germany: 7 (1 player per 11,956,490 people)
Latvia: 4 (1 player per 460,557 people)
Denmark: 4 (1 player per 1,480,132 people)
Belarus: 3 (1 player per 3,137,835 people)
Norway: 2 (1 player per 2,712,635 people)
Slovenia: 1 (1 player per 2,108,708 people)
Austria: 1 (1 player per 9,027,999 people)
Netherlands: 1 (1 player per 17,751,900 people)
Australia: 1 (1 player per 25,980,700 people)
France: 1 (1 player per 67,897,000 people)
Canadian Players by Birth Province/Territory:
Ontario: 154 (1 player per 92,363 people)
Quebec: 41 (1 player per 207,362 people)
British Columbia: 39 (1 player per 128,228 people)
Alberta: 32 (1 player per 133,207 people)
Manitoba: 23 (1 player per 58,354 people)
Saskatchewan: 17 (1 player per 66,618 people)
Nova Scotia: 7 (1 player per 138,483 people)
New Brunswick: 3 (1 player per 258,537 people)
Prince Edward Island: 2 (1 player per 77,166 people)
Newfoundland & Labrador: 2 (1 player per 255,275 people)
Yukon: 1 (1 player per 40,232 people)
Outside of Canada: 13
American Players by Birth State:
Minnesota: 42 (1 player per 135,890 people)
Michigan: 27 (1 player per 373,234 people)
Massachusetts: 24 (1 player per 291,030 people)
New York: 18 (1 player per 1,123,097 people)
Illinois: 11 (1 player per 1,164,773 people)
New Jersey: 10 (1 player per 928,899 people)
Wisconsin: 9 (1 player per 654,858 people)
Florida: 8 (1 player per 2,692,273 people)
California: 7 (1 player per 5,597,944 people)
Connecticut: 6 (1 player per 600,991 people)
Missouri: 6 (1 player per 1,026,714 people)
Washington: 5 (1 player per 1,577,593 people)
Ohio: 5 (1 player per 2,356,003 people)
Arizona: 4 (1 player per 1,787,876 people)
Pennsylvania: 4 (1 player per 3,252,961 people)
Texas: 4 (1 player per 7,286,376 people)
Colorado: 3 (1 player per 1,924,571 people)
Maine: 2 (1 player per 681,180 people)
Nebraska: 2 (1 player per 980,752 people)
Iowa: 2 (1 player per 1,595,185 people)
Virginia: 2 (1 player per 4,327,271 people)
Alaska: 1 (1 player per 736,081 people)
Montana: 1 (1 player per 1,085,407 people)
Rhode Island: 1 (1 player per 1,098,163 people)
New Hampshire: 1 (1 player per 1,377,529 people)
Utah: 1 (1 player per 3,271,616 people)
Oklahoma: 1 (1 player per 3,986,639 people)
Oregon: 1 (1 player per 4,246,155 people)
Alabama: 1 (1 player per 5,039,877 people)
South Carolina: 1 (1 player per 5,190,705 people)
Indiana: 1 (1 player per 6,785,528 people)
North Carolina: 1 (1 player per 10,551,162 people)
US Roster in years
Jordan Binnington will play for Canada.
. Though the skills competition format seems to be more interesting this year so maybe I'll tune in for a bit to watch that.
Sweden: 79 (1 player per 132,683 people)
Russia: 44 (1 player per 3,251,242 people)
Finland: 39 (1 player per 142,385 people)
Czech Republic: 30 (1 player per 350,557 people)
Switzerland: 10 (1 player per 863,690 people)
Slovakia: 8 (1 player per 682,523 people)
Germany: 7 (1 player per 11,956,490 people)
Latvia: 4 (1 player per 460,557 people)
Denmark: 4 (1 player per 1,480,132 people)
Belarus: 3 (1 player per 3,137,835 people)
Norway: 2 (1 player per 2,712,635 people)
Slovenia: 1 (1 player per 2,108,708 people)
Austria: 1 (1 player per 9,027,999 people)
Netherlands: 1 (1 player per 17,751,900 people)
Australia: 1 (1 player per 25,980,700 people)
France: 1 (1 player per 67,897,000 people)
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Toronto Maple Leafs won 2-1 today to force a game 7 after being down 3-1 earlier this series.
So history will repeat itself either way.
Either Toronto has another Game 7 collapse to remember
or Boston blows a 3-1 lead in consecutive years
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