| 18 February 2010
What the hell, let's live blog this thing. We'll pick it up 1/2 way through at 1-1. Why halfway, because that happens to be when I finished killing Ganon of Hyrule. That's right, original Legend of Zelda references in the first sentence.
Let's get started: (8:43) Czech take a too many men on the ice penalty, because Jagr's glorious mullet is considered as 2 people in international hockey. Vokoun (the most underated goalie in hockey today) stones the Slovaks a couple times.
A Richard Zednik sighting! he takes an interference penalty... 4 vs 4.
Frankly I don't know what to do watching an Olympic hockey game that isn't 5-0 in the second period
YOU WILL WATCH THIS COMMERCIAL AN YOU WILL LIKE IT!
(2:04) After Ozzie Canseco Marcel Hossa sets up his brother Marion (the good one) for a one-timer off the post Jagr comes the other way and puts on past Halak. 2-1 Czechs
(32.5s) Chara takes a penalty for hooking. He doesn't like it. Haven't the refs learned you don't upset the Wookie yet.
(2 seconds) Jagr with some great work as he sets up Plekanec for a Power Play goal. All of a sudden it's 3-1 Czechs.
Second period ends. I'm beginning to think maybe Jaromir Jagr has some hockey left in him. Of course, he'll always be overshadowed by his brothers Boromir and Faromir.
I noticed Greiss used his Sharks mask and didn't get a new Germany mask and it made me wonder: Did Peter Budaj get a new hat, or just use his well-wron Avs one for backup goalie duty?
Mike Milbury might get the gold medal in "backhanded compliments for foreigners". Between Ovechkin and Jagr he's just saying "You'll get a taste of the back o' me hand".
Beginning of 3rd
I just found out Jaromir Jagr and I shared our birthday monday. cool?
Zednik complains about another call. To be fair, Jagr has gotten away with a ton of stuff tonight. Also to be fair: his idol is Kris Draper. (If you thought I was giving up my NHL bias just because this is the Olympics, think again)
Definitely cool on the birthday sharing...it's like the Jagr show tonight.
-Vancity Canuck
Yeah, but is he eating delicious leftover German Chocolate birthday cake (sans coconut because that crap is disgusting)? I don't think so.
-Advantage Jibbles
Power Play for Slovakia as Gaborik gets taken down.
I like how Marion Hossa's nameplate says "M.Hossa" so we can differentiate him from Marcel. Personally I'll just stick to looking for the one good at hockey.
Slovakia is furiously processing Keith Ballard's immigration paperwork so they have a chance of disrupting Vokoun. Nothing else is working.
This 3rd period is Wild. < 4 minutes and the Czechs get their first shot on goal this period. I should have been more clear, I meant Wild, the coma inducing boring hockey team, not the action implying adjective.
There was a video review in the Germany-Sweden game, but NBC decided to hold off on showing the footage until after everyone else knows the results.
Czechs win 3-1, as they trapped their way through the third period, ruining what had been a perfectly good hockey game. FWIW that wouldn't have been effective on Olympic sized ice. Best game of the tourney so far. Slovakia gets to face Russia in the next match. The Czechs get Latvia.
Night every bidy.. we'll do this again sometime soon.
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