Remember that team we all know and love? No, not USA, Canada, Russia, or even Belarus. The PITTSBURGH PENGUINS! Remember them?!?!?! Well, just to remind you of something that brings us all together, rather than ignites crazy nationalistic arguments, here is Jim Shearer’s latest episode of Yinz Luv Da Guins:
Now, to proceed with feeding our ethnocentricity:
Women’s hockey, which I will semi-shamefully admit to not paying any attention to, has come down to a USA – Canada game for the gold medal, which is pretty much exactly as it should be. Finland and Sweden will play for the bronze.
It’s nice to see that Marc-Andre Fleury is so kind that he donates his old equipment to the advancement of women’s hockey in Finland:
I think the entire reason I am disinterested in watching the women play is because of these face masks:
The fact that the women wear them pisses me off to no end. Why won’t a simple face shield suffice? Because they’re women? Bullshit. Play it the same or not at all. Ok, end rant. It’s just that, when something frusterates me insanely, I refuse to subject myself to it further. Hence the fact we are moving on to the men now…
The Men’s preliminary round is over, leaving some interesting standings. USA and Sweden are the only two teams to go 3 – 0, and Russia, excuse me, The Russian Federation, came out on top in their “group.” Only Germany and Latvia were the only two teams unable to acquire a point. It’s ok, Germany, don’t cry… you still have really cute babies to numb the pain of sucking:
Tomorrow would be a pretty good day to use a sick day, because there are 4 hockey games on the table.
First up, Belarus plays Switzerland. Go Belarus. Even if they are a team full of alleged mobsters and men who need to be picked up from the police station by their mommy and daddy after bar-fighting. Seriously. Mikhail Grabovski was thrown in jail the other night, and apparently hates his teammate, Little Tits. What can we learn from this? Belorussians are a little crazy, but I think we all already knew that anyway. 
Next up we have Canada playing Germany. Basically, an entire country’s mental health is riding on this game. I shutter to think the consequences, should the Germans pull off some type of blasphemous victory. Whatever, it’s not happening anyway. I mean, Germany scored the least amount of goals in the preliminary round.
After the crazy Canadian game, The Czech Republic faces off against Latvia. Go Czechs. Basically, because I like their accent better. Oh, and I also begrudgingly am starting to be able to stomach Jagr again.
Last on the table for the Men’s qualifying round, is a game between Slovakia and Norway. Now, I’d say Go Slovakia based on the fact that I’m an ignorant American who can’t even locate Norway on a map, but the Slovaks have Hossa on their team, soooooo… haha, old habits die hard. I don’t care who wins this, it’s not like either are going to medal anyway.
Look, I learned something new tonight!
Alright, to end this post in a non-chauvinistic manner, Go Pens! Don’t forget the real team that matters!
Tags: Belarus, Evgeni Malkin, Jaromir Jagr, Marc Andre Fleury, Mikhail Grabovski, MouthFullOfTang, olympics, Sergei Kostitsyn, Sidney Crosby, Yinz Luv Da Guins
cant stand full cages. cant stand full visors… gotta go with the combo.
pretty epic Yinz Luv Da Guins episode with Malkin Militia … on a side note i’d like to clarify what exactly did you mean by “Belorussians are a little crazy, but I think we all already knew that anyway.” haha