Daily Links for Thursday, Feb. 25

by Andy Boron on Feb 25, 2010 6:00 AM EST in Daily Links

Ryan Miller suffers yet another bout of narcolepsy while playing goal for Team USA.

Team USA advanced last night to the semifinal round on the shoulders of Zach Parise and Ryan Miller. Team Canada also advanced, throttling Russia in a surprising 7-3 blowout. The US plays again on Friday and there are no games today, so we'll sneak in a little Sabres news while we take a collective breath, as well as more USA and Canada links after the break.

Today's Games: The women's gold medal game is today at 6:30pm - USA vs. Canada. Read about it here and here.

Yesterday's Games:
United States shuts out Switzerland 2-0 - NHL.com
Canada routs Russia 7-3 - NHL.com
Slovakia upsets Sweden 4-3 - NHL.com
Finland blanks Czech Republic 2-0 - NHL.com

Regier keeps his eyes on Portland prospects - The Buffalo News
Darcy Regier's weekend was a relaxing one. The Sabres' GM lounged in the stands of Rochester's Blue Cross Arena, taking in two days of hockey featuring the Portland Pirates. Also, the non-Olympians on the team resumed practicing yesterday.

U.S. wounded warriors root on Team USA - NHL.com
Team USA has a special group of supporters rooting them to Olympic success, American servicemen and women in Iraq and Afghanistan. To read about how Team USA is helping wounded soldiers, check out this article.

USA coming together better than expected - The Hockey News
Brian Burke and Ron Wilson should be very pleased.

USA Links:
Despite not scoring, Ryan Kesler has big impact on U.S. win - NHL.com
Despite not getting a point, Ryan Kesler was a major factor in Team USA's 2-0 victory over Switzerland.

Hot goalie can't cool off USA dream - Sporting News
Not even a stellar netminder can stop Team USA.

Illogical and Heart-Felt Pride - Top Shelf
Has all the Ryan Miller talk this whole year become just another talking point? Heather has come to truly appreciate what it means to have the best goalie in the US on our team.

Canada-Russia Links:
On a rare night, Canada gathered to watch one game - CTV
Today, you can watch anything from anywhere anytime. But Wednesday's Canada-Russia game had one country gathered 'round the game as it happened.

Canadians have golden touch in demolition of Russians - Sporting News
It was viewed by some as the gold medal game -- just a couple rounds early. For Canada that just might be true. But, boy, did we get Russia wrong.

Alex Ovechkin has no answers after Canada blitzes Russia 7-3 - NHL.com
Canada's intensity and physicality were on display in Wednesday night against Russia, and Alex Ovechkin was helpless to make a difference.

Everything Else:

Why the women's Olympic tourney should remain - The Hockey News
With the disparity between the US, Canada, and everyone else (remember, they outlawed hitting to physically protect other countries against those two) is the women's hockey tournament a legitimate event anymore?

A proposal for Olympic hockey reform - James Mirtle
James Mirtle asks if it's possible to improve the Olympic tournament.

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TJ Brennan seems like a real intersting type prospect.

Is he a Sean Avery type personality wise on the ice?

by mob16151 on Feb 25, 2010 6:41 AM EST reply actions

Congrats to Sekera on scoring a goal last night.

"Hey ey ey ey"

by bflo on Feb 25, 2010 8:41 AM EST reply actions

Not a fan

of Mirtle’s suggested format. Sure having two contenders and two non-contenders in a pool can make for a somewhat boring game, but how is Norway ever going to get better if they only ever play Latvia, Belarus, etc? Part of getting better is playing teams better than you. If you only play lackluster teams, you will be content with mediocrity. If you have to play Canada every 4 years, you might try to step it up a little.

And automatic bids to the quarters? How ridiculous is that? Norway gave Slovakia a scare in the qualifiers, almost ousting a team that is now in decent position to win a [bronze] medal.

by The Burl 8 on Feb 25, 2010 12:14 PM EST reply actions

Oh yeah...

GO USA LADIES!!

I really like watching them play – especially Kelli Stack and Erika Lawler ;-) – and hope they take down Canada. They have a great rivalry. I saw a clip from the last time they played (a couple months ago, I think), and that was a game that nearly saw the ladies dropping gloves. I will definitely be glued to the screen for this one.

by The Burl 8 on Feb 25, 2010 12:16 PM EST reply actions