#ushockey

[griffin89novelist]

The US men’s hockey team has got to be stacked with the dumbest motherfuckers alive. Heated Rivalry and the viral “boy aquarium” gave the NHL so many new fans and they were loving on the hockey guys. They were fangirling over how cute and innocent the players appeared to be.

And then those idiots partied with Kash Patel and laughed at the women’s hockey team and now everyone hates them.

Good job fuck faces. I hope you choke on that gold medal

[americanhooligans]

go yanks

[oharaisbaee]

▪Hilary Knight Pt. 2▪

[oharaisbaee]

Hilary Knight Appreciation Post (in lieu of her recent IHL Championship winning goal)

[knighttime21]

LOOK

Hillary Knight beat Sydney Crosby in the accuracy challenge. That’s all.

[didyoucatchthis-blog]

The Miracle: On February 22, 1980, the greatest Hockey dynasty in history lost the “Miracle on Ice”. Why you should catch this game. The Olympic games held in Lake Placid, New York, witnessed a great upset as the Soviet national ice hockey team lost to the United States 4-3. Do we really understand how much of an upset this was in the world of hockey? Lets look at some of the statistics and accomplishments the Soviet team had from 1954 through 1991. In the Olympics alone the team went 62-6-2 averaging 6.67 goals per game while holding opponents to 1.81 per game. They took home medals in every Olympics in that span. The two times they did not win gold medals were in 1960 and 1980 when the Unites States won. Their World Championship record was also impressive winning medals in every competition they entered from 1945-1991. The United States team was put together in the summer of 1979. The team would consist of college players with an average age of 21 making this team the youngest in United States Olympic history. How can a group of young players upset an Olympic dynasty? The United States trailed 3-2 heading into the final period. It was the first time a team was this close to the Soviets all tournament. In preparation for the tournament the United States trained for exactly this scenario and the Soviets were not ready for the youthful energy and heart the United States brought to the final period. The game ended 4-3 in favor of the United States. What other things should we catch from this outcome? The Soviet players were ashamed of the loss and did not have their medals engraved with their names as is the custom. The game was not for the gold medal. Each team still had to play one more game to decide which medal they would receive. The cold war was in full effect and the Soviet team was one of their greatest treasures in showing the world how great their country was in everything including hockey. The upcoming summer Olympics would be held in the Soviet Union, but the United States would not attend as President Jimmy Carter would hold the participants back due to the Soviets invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviets returned the favor by not attending the summer Olympics in 1984 held in Los Angeles. The call by Al Michaels as the game ended “Do you believe in Miracles? Yes,” was taking from a column written the day before by a columnist from the New York Times where writer Dave Anderson said “unless the ice melts, or unless the United States team or another team performs a miracle, as the American squad did in 1960, the Russians are expected to easily win the Olympic gold medal for the sixth time in the last seven tournaments.” The game was not shown live, but rather was on tape delay and shown in the United States after their late local news for the East coast viewers that was at 11:30 pm.

[thestateofhockey]

[nofinland]

This post needs a bit of explanation. I like hockey a lot. I like America a lot. During the 2014 Olympics, Finland was supposed to play USA for the Bronze, but there was a cataclysmic event and Finland ceased to exist (there was definitely never a game that ended 5-0 with Finland winning). However, I have a map quiz tomorrow, and I have to label part of it as Finland. The problem is that I can't label something that doesn't exist. I'm going to have to explain to the teacher that Finland doesn't exist and then label it as "The Former Republic of Finland".