Olympic Hockey Day One: Miller to Lead USA Today and Everyday

by David Oleksy on Feb 16, 2010 11:04 AM EST

It's finally here...the Olympic hockey tournament starts this afternoon with a game between the United States and Switzerland (USA Network) at 3 p.m.. In preparation for the games USA head coach Ron Wilson announced yesterday that Ryan Miller is the starting goalie and he is expected to play every game of the tournament.

While Miller will help get the tournament started it will be Lindy Ruff behind the bench as an assistant coach for Canada in the evening contest at 7:30 p.m. (CNBC). Canada is the favorite to win the tournament but their game against Norway doesn't figure to be much of a test.

If you think these two games don't matter because USA and Canada are heavy favorites, you are wrong. Because of the tie-breaking rules it is imperative that both teams play an entire 60 minutes and do their best to increase their goal differential. Four teams will get a bye into the quarter-finals and it will probably come down to a tie-breaker at the end of the week.

Game Thread

I promised everyone a game thread and I will follow through on that promise. However, it has been brought to my attention that SB Nation.com is planning a game thread as well. If you want to keep the game thread in house we can do that or we can go on a field trip and enjoy the game with other USA fans at SB Nation.com. I will put up a poll and see what you want to do.

Poll

Where do you want to chat during the Team USA game?

Stay here at DBTB. We always have fun in the game threads

17 votes

Let's go to SB Nation.com. It will fun to share this with other Team USA fans

14 votes

31 votes | Poll has closed

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I say have one here and have a window open to SB nations. I don’t know if I’ll be around for the whole game, but I “know” you guys here and it will be easier to follow. There, there will be way more people and it will be noise instead of conversation. Just my two cents.

by bluecollarbuffalo on Feb 16, 2010 11:08 AM EST reply actions

We did one for the Super Bowl and it really wasn’t too bad. Its nothing like trying to follow a thread over at Pension Plan Puppets.

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by Zachary Zielonka on Feb 16, 2010 12:48 PM EST up reply actions

My dilema is I work during todays game. With a lunch break from 4-5est. Im dvr’ing the game at home so I can either wait and watch the game in whole… Or hang out on here with you guys and let me know whats going on, but then I miss the 2nd period due to lunch break… ah decisions, decisions. lol

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by bflo on Feb 16, 2010 1:12 PM EST reply actions