opruh 129 Posted February 4, 2022 #141 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Expected win for team China, a country with a rich ice hockey tradition. pdr4332 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,273 Posted February 4, 2022 Author #142 Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Jan Linha said: Was chinese victory expected today? Well, not really, but with the naturalized North-Americans their strength raised significantly, however I still expected the Danes to win this, so yeah this can be classified as a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted February 5, 2022 #143 Share Posted February 5, 2022 19 hours ago, opruh said: Expected win for team China, a country with a rich ice hockey tradition. legitimately has a long tradition in women's ice hockey. They finished fourth at the first Olympics and were continuously in the top division of the women's world championship from it's inception until 2008. Guo Hong was one of the great women's hockey players from the early years of the sport and you can make a reasonable case that she should be in the hockey hall of fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 5, 2022 #144 Share Posted February 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, NearPup said: legitimately has a long tradition in women's ice hockey. They finished fourth at the first Olympics and were continuously in the top division of the women's world championship from it's inception until 2008. Guo Hong was one of the great women's hockey players from the early years of the sport and you can make a reasonable case that she should be in the hockey hall of fame. Smells like the Chinese NOC pulled the plug on women's hockey suddenly because their level started nosediving after Vancouver. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Linha 477 Posted February 5, 2022 #145 Share Posted February 5, 2022 What the hell is going on? Does have a limit? Or their level uncreased so much or level of other teams has dropped? They defeated 12:1, team that won bronze in Sochi. Now, leading already 7:1 against Finland, bronze medalist from Pyeongchang and more than 20 mins to go .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnator123 292 Posted February 5, 2022 #146 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Just now, Jan Linha said: What the hell is going on? Does have a limit? Or their level uncreased so much or level of other teams has dropped? They defeated 12:1, team that won bronze in Sochi. Now, leading already 7:1 against Finland, bronze medalist from Pyeongchang and more than 20 mins to go .... Literally nobody's surprised how strong Canada is. Our Team is in the same exact position where Men's national team was a few decades ago. We're still searching for a way to beat Canada & US. In the same tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,600 Posted February 5, 2022 #147 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Looks like I undervalued the goal difference for Canada. Not looking great for competition again if the best non-CAN/USA team gets blown out like that. Anyway, women's ice hockey is way too predictable to offer any excitement. Just skip the jazz to the mandatory CAN vs USA final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted February 5, 2022 #148 Share Posted February 5, 2022 13 minutes ago, Jan Linha said: What the hell is going on? Does have a limit? Or their level uncreased so much or level of other teams has dropped? They defeated 12:1, team that won bronze in Sochi. Now, leading already 7:1 against Finland, bronze medalist from Pyeongchang and more than 20 mins to go .... I get the sneaking suspicion that the Canadian team handled the pandemic better than anybody else. Apparently every player worked super hard on their individual weaknesses during lockdown and came back better than before to the team’s first post-pandemic training camp. I doubt most other teams had the resources to do that. Finnator123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,248 Posted February 5, 2022 #149 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Finland's coach had to leave home due to a family emergency, so the Fins might not be fully in it today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnator123 292 Posted February 5, 2022 #150 Share Posted February 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, intoronto said: Finland's coach had to leave home due to a family emergency, so the Fins might not be fully in it today I guess that's one excuse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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