CANADA VS USA DEATHMATCH

[Hanuman]

In the last minute of the game USA took their goalie out at 2:1 and managed to score in the last few seconds.

We now enter into overtime at 2:2.

Discuss.

[Hanuman]

WINNER, CANADA!

[Azisien]

Woooooooooooooooooooooo that was a pretty exciting game.

Gaining the world record for most gold medals in the Winter Olympics ever, first time for Canada too, by just barely beating the USA in hockey in overtime.

I don't even care for hockey but that's pretty epic.

[krogothwolf]

If Ryan Miller isn't the tournament MVP though, it'll be a joke. He's the main reason the US team was in the finals.

But woohoo CANADA WON! WOohoo for Iginla!!! Getting the assist!

[Dauntasa]

FUCK! I MISSED IT! Oh, I'm so pissed right now.

[Osterbaum]

Great game. Unlike that...other...US game...

[krogothwolf]

Man, I was ticked about Kipper letting in those 4 goals. I was so hoping for a Canada - Finland final. At least he won the bronze with a better game though eh.

[Krylo]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT wait.... wait.

CANADA won a HOCKEY game?

Holy shit.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Awesome game! Grats to all the Canadians out there. Your star player scores the winning goal in overtime to beat the US for the gold on your home turf.

Thing is...we're still the best. Because after the Olympics are over, we get to leave Canada. :p

[Osterbaum]

OR

Canada get's to send your arrogant asses back to where they came from, and Canada will be free of the US citizens staining it's perfect soil once again.

[Seil]

O Canada, (http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20091106/friday_catblogging_canadian_version) my home and native land. (http://www.motifake.com/tags/canada)

[Hanuman]

Awesome game! Grats to all the Canadians out there. Your star player scores the winning goal in overtime to beat the US for the gold on your home turf.

Thing is...we're still the best. Because after the Olympics are over, we get to leave Canada. :p
Well, Vancouver is nice, but it's no New Jersey.

[Great Cartoonist]

So, who here can honestly say that they weren't practicing voodoo on Canada?

[Marc v4.0]

The US has a Hockey team?

[Azisien]

The US has a Hockey team?

Yeah, they have the second most numerous amount of hockey players in the NHL.

I'm glad that's about the only response available, though.

[Bob The Mercenary]

For those of you taking that way too seriously, I was joking.

The only times I've ever actually been to Canada were a few trips to Toronto.

[krogothwolf]

The only times I've ever actually been to Canada were a few trips to Toronto.

Man, I feel sorry for you :( That's a horrible place to go. They don't even have a hockey team there.

[CABAL49]

The US has a Hockey team?

Dude, when I found out NC had a team my mind was blown. I don't pay much attention to sports anyways. I'll take ya'lls word that it was a good game.

[Nikose Tyris]

@KrogothWolf: Hey that's really kind of you, my reasonable rent, wages, and wonderful commuting system would like to have a word with you though.

Edit@KrogothWolf: Also Maple Leafs. :(

@Everyone: The USA played an amazing game tonight. I'd be proud of my country, were I from the USA, for doing such a good job- and the ballsy move on pulling the goalie paid off great!

I mean, everyone else were kind of terrible. Even Finland, and they got third.

[krogothwolf]

Edit@KrogothWolf: Also Maple Leafs. :(


That just proves my point about not having a Hockey Team. The two cities in canada that should have a hockey team don't. Toronto and Edmonton.

[DarkDrgon]

As a ranger fan and a resident of the USA, I am screaming to the world the hatred I have for Crosby.

[krogothwolf]

As a ranger fan and a resident of the USA, I am screaming to the world the hatred I have for Crosby.

I wonder how penguin fans feel right now.

[DarkDrgon]

The one I know called me a second after the goal to brag. And they say Ranger fans have no class.... Although I probably would have done the same thing if it were Calahan to score the gold winning goal

[Bob The Mercenary]

The girl I was watching it with was a Devils fan.

All I remember before I blacked out was her screaming "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..."

[krogothwolf]

Haha, well it's all flame fans were I live so everyone was jumping for joy, Seeing Iggy pass that puck to crosby while fighting off a check was great!

I screamed so loud I woke up my baby and made her jump. It was sorta funny but I got in trouble for trying to give her a heart attack. I had been trying to keep her up so she watched it all, it's historic moment for canada. Gold at home! Whoot!

[Darth SS]

I can't get over how downright magical these Olympics have been. I mean, let's go over some of the things that happened for Canada...

1) Alexandre Bilodeau is discovered by the Canadian media to be pretty much the nicest guy to ever walk the earth, showing how much time he spends with his brother (who has cerebral palsy) and how much he cares about his brother. He then comes out of nowhere to beat Dale Bagg-Smith, the guy who got Australian citizenship and skied for Australia because he didn't like the time commitment Canada wanted. This, by the way, is the first gold medal ever won by a Canadian on home soil.

2) Maelle Ricker wins a gold medal in snowboard cross, in front of her friends and family no less, in an Olympics hosted by her hometown.

3) Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the youngest athletes in the Ice Dance competition skate two flawless performances en route to taking gold. They are the youngest athletes to ever win a gold in ice dance.

4) John Montgomery, a random dude from Manitoba, comes out of nowhere to win over the country with his personality and then goes on to win gold in Skeleton. His celebration was one of the proudest moments for Canadians all over.

5) Clara Hughes becomes the only person EVER to win multiple medals in both the summer olympics and the winter olympics.

6) Marianna St. Gelais won the silver in 500m short track on her 20th birthday.

7) The brothers Hamelin, and really the entire speed skating team, is wholly underwhelming until the last two days. Charles Hamelin declares "I am not leaving without a gold, the country expects better than that," and proceeds to win gold in his last two events.

8) Joannie Rochette's mother dies of a heart attack upon getting to Vancouver to watch her little girl skate in the Olympics. Skate Canada and the COC both state that they are 100% behind Rochette, regardless of what she does, and that she has their full support if she can't go through with the Olympics. Despite this, Rochette wins the bronze medal in women's figure skating, wins the Terry Fox award in recognition of her unwillingness to quit and is then named Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony.

9) Kevin Martin was the third for Canada back in 2002, where the men's curling team won silver. Right at the start of the tournament he says, "I want gold. I know we can win gold, and you bet that I won't be satisfied with silver." Canada wins the gold in men's curling.

10) Men's hockey. To say this country lives and breathes hockey doesn't do it justice. After losing 5-3 to our neighbours to the South, Canada goes through Germany, Russia and Slovakia to get a rematch on the world's biggest stage. The USA, by the way, was the unexpected juggernaut of the tournament. Oh, if that wasn't enough, the US just beat Canada in the U18's and the World Juniors. Following the Women's example, Canada plays out of their freaking minds. In OT, Sidney Crosby, the FACE of Canadian hockey, the golden boy and favoured son that is beloved by the nation, scores the winning goal. Ironically, the pass came from Jarome Iginla who scored the winner in 2002 at Salt Lake, as if it were some crazy passing of the torch.

11) Oh, and if that gold wasn't nice enough, it was Gold #14. Which means Canada has won more golds as a host nation than anyone else, as well as more golds in a single games than any other country EVER.


Unreal games. Just...unreal two weeks.

[Hanuman]

Man, I feel sorry for you :( That's a horrible place to go. They don't even have a hockey team there.
QFT

Toronto:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xma8ySvpSAc/Sww5IlLhKEI/AAAAAAAAAwY/V03hBDtXMfQ/s1600/pc-mac-commercial-1.jpg

Montreal:
http://www.hecklerspray.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/william-shatner-kidney-stone.jpg

Vancouver:
http://www.inthehousefestival.com/assets/res_100104154126_792.jpg

NWT:
http://www.new-inquisition.co.uk/dkp/data/b590d9166e3917b03bf236ed6ea76a9b/eqdkp/news/lumberjack.jpg

[Jagos]

OR

Canada get's to send your arrogant asses back to where they came from, and Canada will be free of the US citizens staining it's perfect soil once again.

And Canada goes back to being our poor little brother in the north. ;)

[BitVyper]

And Canada goes back to being our poor little brother in the north

If Canada is poor, what does that make America? How many trillions of dollar of debt do you have again?

[Jagos]

We don't count the first trillion. That's an investment.

[Ryanderman]

Congratulations Canada! It was a great game, and you deserved the win. Honestly, if Canada had to win, I think what happened was the best way for it to happen.

Here's my favorite tribute to The Great White North. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QgSuVJ7Jpg)

[Archbio]

I can't get over how downright magical these Olympics have been.

Lets not overstate the amount of pixie dust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_over_the_2010_Winter_Ol ympics) involved.

Edit: This specific game seemed great, though.

Edit 2: Some of these are actually non-controversies, I know. Still.

[Darth SS]

Lets not overstate the amount of pixie dust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_over_the_2010_Winter_Ol ympics) involved.

Edit: This specific game seemed great, though.

Edit 2: Some of these are actually non-controversies, I know. Still.

I would go so far as to argue that the grand majority are non-controversies.

[Osterbaum]

I mean, everyone else were kind of terrible. Even Finland, and they got third.
ONE game!

Okay, TWO games! But still!

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Hahaha, the winter olympics.

[EVILNess]

Hahaha, the winter olympics.

I know right, and it was still pretty damn good!

[Si Civa]

ONE game!

Okay, TWO games! But still!

My theory is that Finns lost to USA because we got depressed about the fact that we couldn't lose to Swedes in the finals.

[krogothwolf]

Hahaha, the winter olympics.

You probably don't even know what snow looks like :p

[Professor Smarmiarty]

You probably don't even know what snow looks like :p

It's not my fault you choose to live in a frozen hell-hole...

[krogothwolf]

It's not my fault you choose to live in a frozen hell-hole...

Don't you live in a foggy rain hell-hole?

I would pay to see you skate or ski though....

[Azisien]

And at least we probably won't be frozen anymore by 2050! Hell, we were barely frozen this year. Well, I don't know about the prairies, but everywhere I've been in eastern Canada was really mild. And they had to make a lot of artificial snow in Vancouver, so...

[Hanuman]

Vancouver has like 3 days of snow a year... it's honestly like Seattle except more sun and in Canada.

I can't believe Canada put Nickelback in the winter Olympics closing ceremony... totally killed their pride combo.

TBH if it were not for Canada you probably wouldn't have sword chucks... Vancouverites pioneered the new aria in poi over the last 8 years, but I've got to give creds to Alien Jon from Arizona for doing a lot of the coding and tech work towards the art.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Don't you live in a foggy rain hell-hole?

I would pay to see you skate or ski though....

I do currently but I shall soon return to my sunny, blissful paradise-hole.
And we have snow and thus the ability to ski and skate but we confine it up the tops of mountains so it doesn't ruin our beautiful days lounging in the sun.

[krogothwolf]

I do currently but I shall soon return to my sunny, blissful paradise-hole.
And we have snow and thus the ability to ski and skate but we confine it up the tops of mountains so it doesn't ruin our beautiful days lounging in the sun.

Well, you go back to your paradise-hole then with this thing called a sun. I bet you're just sad you can never host a Winter Olympics! Although with Soichi hosting the next one anything could be possible.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Well you might have to explain to us how this little provincial festival of yours works before we could run it.

[Darth SS]

You'll never ruin the Calgary stampede! It's disney world for rednecks, they won't know that you've ruined it!

...sorry, wrong festival.

[BitVyper]

Vancouver has like 3 days of snow a year

And 362 days of rain.

[Hanuman]

And 362 days of rain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Vancouver

[krogothwolf]

You'll never ruin the Calgary stampede! It's disney world for rednecks, they won't know that you've ruined it!

...sorry, wrong festival.

As a calgarian I would like to point out it is NOT Disney world for rednecks! Shesh. There isn't enough animal killing for it to be a disney world for rednecks...it's more of a six flags.

[Azisien]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Vancouver

Grass cutting in February, man that's fucked up. I'd be in for a nice cultural shock if I started visiting all of your paradise-holes.

I mean I have been around Europe but that's in the summer, which was more or less similar to Ottawa's summers.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Europe is also a frozen shit-hole.

[Archbio]

Let me put my skates (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Marseille_hafen.jpg) on.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Let me put my skates (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Marseille_hafen.jpg) on.

Yo it's like 5 degrees in winter there. When you come from Paradise- that's cold as a mofo.

[Azisien]

Ironically, when I visited that very city, it smelled like shit. Point proven!

[Archbio]

it smelled like shit.

That's just the History!

[krogothwolf]

Yo it's like 5 degrees in winter there. When you come from Paradise- that's cold as a mofo.

Quit whining ya damn New Zealander! You should live in the Southern Alps to prep for the next Winter Olympics, ya big baby.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

We have snow machines on the Alps because they don't get enough snow.
I could totally win some medals at the Winter Olympics. Fully half the events are just falling down a hill.

[Azisien]

We have snow machines on the Alps because they don't get enough snow.
I could totally win some medals at the Winter Olympics. Fully half the events are just falling down a hill.

And I'm willing to help fund you to fall down those hills. Just you.

[krogothwolf]

We have snow machines on the Alps because they don't get enough snow.
I could totally win some medals at the Winter Olympics. Fully half the events are just falling down a hill.

I would fund you so you could fall down hills as well. That'd be a pretty awesome spectacle.

It's like that German speed skating woman who was able to beat the american relay team by falling down and sliding across the finish line. It is completely do-able.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Oh yeah, gold medal here I come.

[Geminex]

Just without the skis. And with a jetpack.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I think that's cheating. Not that I'd know the rules of your bizarre ritualistic orgies.

[Hanuman]

Yo it's like 5 degrees in winter there. When you come from Paradise- that's cold as a mofo.
Where?

Here?
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/9025/dsc00718sml.jpg

[krogothwolf]

It'd still be more entertaining to put him in ski's and let him go down the ski-jump, the moguls, slalom, super-G. The followed with runs in luge, skeleton and Bobsleighs. Man...we could put bets on when he wipes out and how long he stays on his ass while falling down the hill.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

the ski-jump, the moguls, slalom, super-G. The followed with runs in luge, skeleton and Bobsleighs.

How delightfully charming that you have so many words for such primitive actions. I can make up words too! Gegaw, mulubar, tessorak! When the porbun rises in the morowak, it is sleran!

[Geminex]

While we're mercilessly ridiculing utterly inconsequential things, allow me to state that I'm still not convinced that New Zealand is not a figment of Smarty's imagination.

[krogothwolf]

While we're mercilessly ridiculing utterly inconsequential things, allow me to state that I'm still not convinced that New Zealand is not a figment of Smarty's imagination.

No, New Zealand is real! It's home of the world famous chokers! The All-Blacks! no one knows choking like the All-Blacks do. I think that's why SMB is jealous of the Winter Olympics. He can't see New Zealander's choke!

[Professor Smarmiarty]

The problem is that while we could potentially be masterful chokers at imaginary sports we would need to spend years building up fictitious credit to be legitimate contenders. To build up this credit we would need to spend much effort publicising our greatness and holding "world events" at things that only we play- like beer crate headbutt competitions- and we are only a small country and have our hands full choking at proper sports.