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ForceOne
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 Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:48 am Post subject: Olympic Hockey Pick 'Em Pool |
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Anyone interested in an Olympic Hockey Pick 'Em Pool?
The pool will include all games from the qualification round until the gold medal game.
Rules:
Pick the team you think will win each game, along with the score.
A maximum of 3 points can be earned per game.
Points will be awarded as such:
* 1 point for picking the winning team
* 2 points picking the correct score; 1 point if exact score is wrong, but margin of victory is correct (you must have the winning team correct to earn the bonus points).
Sound simple enough?
QUALIFICATION ROUND
**Picks must be entered before WED 5am KOREAN TIME**
Belarus vs Switzerland
Latvia vs Czech Republic
Norway vs Slovakia
Germany vs Canada
QUARTERFINAL ROUND WILL BE POSTED AFTER ROUND 1 |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: Olympic Hockey Pick 'Em Pool |
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Belarus 3 vs Switzerland 2
Latvia 1 vs Czech Republic 5
Norway 2 vs Slovakia 5
Germany 2 vs Canada 4 |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Swiss 2, Belarus 1
Czech 3, Latvia 1
Slovakia 4, Norway 0
Canada 7, Germany 1 |
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banjois
Joined: 14 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Belarus 2 Switzerland 4
Latvia 0 Czech 6
Norway 1 Slovakia 3
Germany 1 Canada 6 |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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What's with the differing systems here? Seems to be a mix of those who put winners or losers first.
Do different countries tend to name winners before losers and vice versa? I would have the winner listed first, but apparently not everyone does that.
Hmm... |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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I always look forward to watching the men's olympic hockey tournament. Most of the games are entertaining, even though my favorite team doesn't always win. And it keeps me constantly revising who I think is going to win gold.
On an added note, I kind of get annoyed how many Canadians back home just assume Canada will outclass the rest of the field. Even though the last 3 tournaments have clearly shown any one of the top 7 teams can win gold. |
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banjois
Joined: 14 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
What's with the differing systems here? Seems to be a mix of those who put winners or losers first.
Do different countries tend to name winners before losers and vice versa? I would have the winner listed first, but apparently not everyone does that.
Hmm... |
I just did a kinda half-assed look down at the previous posters to know who's playing who while entering my wild guesses to determine order.... |
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banjois
Joined: 14 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
On an added note, I kind of get annoyed how many Canadians back home just assume Canada will outclass the rest of the field. Even though the last 3 tournaments have clearly shown any one of the top 7 teams can win gold. |
I think maybe Canadians are starting to realize this. I was walking around the Olympic venues in downtown Vancouver last night unaware that Canada had lost yet, and it was a sorry lookin' emptied-out crowd. Kinda good for me, as I could wander at will in and out of the pavilions. I won a Saskatchewan shirt!  |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Olympic Hockey Pick 'Em Pool |
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Belarus 4 vs Switzerland 1
Latvia 0 vs Czech Republic 4
Norway 1 vs Slovakia 3
Germany 0 vs Canada 5 |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| Even though the last 3 tournaments have clearly shown any one of the top 7 teams can win gold. |
Maybe I could google this, but I'll ask anyway: Which countries have teams in the 'top seven'? |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: take a wild guess
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
I always look forward to watching the men's olympic hockey tournament. Most of the games are entertaining, even though my favorite team doesn't always win. And it keeps me constantly revising who I think is going to win gold.
On an added note, I kind of get annoyed how many Canadians back home just assume Canada will outclass the rest of the field. Even though the last 3 tournaments have clearly shown any one of the top 7 teams can win gold. |
I think if Canada can come together and play together well as team then they are unbeatable. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to happen often. For the most part i think they looked good against the americans. They controlled most of the play. Although, for all the shots they had on net, not many of their scoring chances were that good. Let's face it Broduer really put canada in a bind by misplaying the puck. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
| Even though the last 3 tournaments have clearly shown any one of the top 7 teams can win gold. |
Maybe I could google this, but I'll ask anyway: Which countries have teams in the 'top seven'? |
Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia (debatable, but I think they are a decent team)
Germany, Belarus, Switzerland could challenge for a bronze in a lucky year. Maybe in 10 years time Germany and Switzerland could be pretty good teams.
Germany's problem is that they allow to many foreign players in their domestic league (I think they allow 10 in their roster per team), which really effects developing home born talent.
Belarus and a few of those former Russian republics just don't have the money to produce enough top level players, although they do produce a couple. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| ulsanchris wrote: |
| I think if Canada can come together and play together well as team then they are unbeatable. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to happen often. For the most part i think they looked good against the americans. They controlled most of the play. Although, for all the shots they had on net, not many of their scoring chances were that good. Let's face it Broduer really put canada in a bind by misplaying the puck. |
Ahhh, I think unbeatable is too strong of a word. I think it was a mistake selecting Brodeur as one of the puck stoppers. Age has for sure caught up to him and the last couple of years he has been pretty average and the only reason he was selected was respect (aka saving face). |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:32 am Post subject: |
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Good idea on the scoring system, ForceOne.
Belarus 1, Switzerland 4
Latvia 1, Czech Republic 4
Norway 2, Slovakia 4
Germany 0, Canada 7 |
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ForceOne
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:29 am Post subject: |
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Thanks blurgalurgalurga, glad to see you join.
Swiss 4-2
Czechs 4-1
Slovaks 5-1
Canada 6-0 |
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