dave-O

Awesome game for sure. That sustained pressure from about 3:30 - 2:00 remaining in the 3rd was just ridiculous. Canada didn't bury their chances early and Brodeur made a couple bonehead plays, what can you do? "Sharks choke again" - while I laughed at the comment, that's another new bar-setter for stupidity. Heatley's the top scorer on the team and Marleau looks like the best all-around forward on the team through 3 games.

Despite getting clobbered by AO on that play, Jagr has looked pretty freaking great all tournament. And it goes without saying, his mullet is glorious.

Russia - Czech Canada - USA Sweden - Finland Beers + TV = fuck yeah!!

Don't forget a sweet job as an ombudsman.

The Ultimate Warrior?

Soo won the Mem Cup, Colorado won Lord Stanley, both with the proceeds of a Lindros trade. Couldn't you have just typed that Booche and saved me the trouble?

The only fact is that Forsberg was 10x the player Lindros was.

There's some pretty awesome scrapping going on in this thread. Good work lads. I can't believe we have to wait until Sunday night for more fodder.

Ok, that made me laugh. I'll forgive your latest classic-look-at-me-post "Go Switzerland". For now.

Ooh, that's my neck of the woods. I heard this was happening but hadn't heard the band announcements.

Sappy, hands down. Though I'll always have a soft spot for Evolve and hope it does well in the poll.

I didn't think it would happen, but someone finally posted something stupider than Ollie. Bon job.

Canada beats Switz in a shoot-out, Slovakia beats Russia in a shoot-out, now we've got a tourney!

The Swiss out-hustled them tonight and made the defence look very ordinary out there - minus Weber, who Babcock played the shit out of (over 27 minutes!). Pronger played like an idiot. Hopefully he got it out of his system. I obviously jumped the gun on Getz-Perry-Staal, they were invisible except for one shift. The SJ line was great, but I find Thornton infuriating to watch. Why does he never move his feet in the attacking zone?? I thought Marleau and Toews were the best Fs tonight. I didn't see it happen, but did Seabrook get injured? If it's any consolation, both the US and Canada powerplays looked awful today.

I love how Ronnie Hawkins was quoted as the source.

Weird story. How does stuff like this get published, then pulled?

I haven't seen this reported anywhere else. Not sure if it's true... http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Singer+songwriter+Gordon+Lightfoot+dead/2582222/story.html

Howitzer, confirmed.

Well that didn't last long. It looks like Morrow is going to quickly find himself as the extra forward. Obviously Iginla sticks on THE line and Richards-Toews-Bergeron looked amazing when they were paired up. I'd guess that Seabrook is now the 7th D as well, based on how awesome Drew Doughty played. Anyone who can't get behind that Getzlaf-Perry-Staal line has some serious issues. And the crowd sounded retarded singing Ole. Anything else?

So I'm streaming USA-Switz on the CTV site and there's no commentary. Weird. Still early, but looks like Jonas Hiller might be capable of stealing a game in this tourney. There's some more jinxing for you superstitious types.

So Schwa's vote is: f) shutout for André Lysenstøen.

Who set up this hack poll? I'm calling a mulligan, just realized 6 and 10 each reside in two categories. My answer - d) They start slow, and then the pummeling begins.

I tried to create a poll but I don't know wtf is going on with that. Pick one: a) zero 1-3 c) 4-6 d) 6-10 e) 10+

Family Day is Ontario only, but most other provinces have equivalent holidays today. But not NB.