Category: 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

Olympic Hockey Open Thread: Quarterfinals Games 1 & 2 - Slovenia vs. Sweden & Russia vs. Finland

By J.J. FromKansas | Feb 26th 2019 | 2 min read |

Good morning. No…GREAT. MORNING. [If you set your alarm for later because you couldn’t bear to drag your ass out of bed for the overnight ...

Nicklas Backstrom Doping Scandal

By Christian Neubacher | Feb 23rd 2014 | 5 min read |

Prior to the start of today’s Gold Medal match between Canada and Sweden, news broke that Nicklas Backstrom would not be playing. Myself, along ...

Canada Wins Gold: Canada 3 - Sweden 0

By Christian Neubacher | Feb 23rd 2014 | 2 min read |

Well, that wasn’t what I intended. Canada defeated Sweden, thanks to goals from Toews, Crosby, and Kunitz, to win the 2014 Olympic Gold in Men&#...

Sunday Morning Olympic Thread: All The Marbles

By Graham Hathway | Feb 23rd 2014 | 2 min read |

And then there were two. It’s been a wild and crazy 2 weeks. We’ve seen some weird things, including Tomas Tatar and Tomas Jurco being the...

Bronze Medal Gamethread: United States vs. Finland

By J.J. FromKansas | Feb 22nd 2014 | 1 min read |

Good morning. How is everybody? Feeling pretty good? I’m not. I’m not happy to be here. I’d love to be happy because the U.S. had a ...

Olympic Open Thread: U.S.A. vs. Canada

By Christian Neubacher | Feb 21st 2014 | 3 min read |

The earlier semifinal between Sweden and Finland was the battle of Scandinavia. This game, between two hockey giants, is the battle of all of North Am...

Olympic Open Thread: Sweden vs. Finland

By Christian Neubacher | Feb 21st 2014 | 4 min read |

Nu är det dags. It is finally here. The semifinals. Sweden vs. Finland I don’t remember many hockey games from before 2008. But, one game that ...

The State of Women's Hockey and the IOC

By David Malinowski | Feb 21st 2014 | 6 min read |

If you’re an American, Thursday’s ending to the Women’s Gold Medal game was a crushing blow to your heart in more ways than one. If ...

Quick Hits: Wings Return To Practice; Tavares Out Of Olympics

By Christian Neubacher | Feb 20th 2014 | 6 min read |

Red Wings News Red Wings fire up again, recall four players from Grand Rapids | The Detroit NewsThe Wings have turned the engine back on again. Luke G...

Thursday Open Thread: Women's SUI/SWE Bronze Medal Game and Women's USA/CAN Gold Medal Game

By David Malinowski | Feb 20th 2014 | 2 min read |

Bronze Medal Game The Sweden and the Swiss are battling for which cross is better, Nordic or Suisse, while they battle out for the less shiny medal st...