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Olympic Hockey Gold Medal

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TexasBuck;1666856; said:
All game winning game 7 playoff goals or game winning Olympic gold medal goals are great goals. Only possible exception I can think of is Steve Smith knocking one in his own net.
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I guess we have different definitions of what makes a "great goal". Sure, to the fans of the winning team, a championship winning goal is great, especially when it's last second or OT. For the losing side, not so much.

I was talking about the quality of the play itself. Not a very good shot, fundamentally unsound goaltending. If that same play happens in the 1st, it's considered a soft goal. A shot taken from below the circle on the stick side is by far the easiest to defend for a goalie. Especially from a righty on that wing. The angle to beat the goalie far side is all but non-existent. The puck had been to the right of the goal for several seconds, so it's not like Miller had to move to get in position. If he has his right leg to the post with pads together and the stick blade covering the 5 hole, only a one-in-a-billion fluke shot makes it through. As it was, Miller got caught not squared to the shooter, not sure what he was supposed to do, and shuffled his feet enough for a low shot to get by him. Just a momentary lapse of focus, but surprising at that level. That's why they call low stick side the "AHL side", because goalies who give up goals there get sent back to the minors.

I'm not trying to dog Miller, he's the best national team goalie I can remember by a good margin, but that was a pretty weak goal.
 
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TexasBuck;1666856; said:
All game winning game 7 playoff goals or game winning Olympic gold medal goals are great goals. Only possible exception I can think of is Steve Smith knocking one in his own net.
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Brett Hull agrees!
 
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grumble, grumble, whine, whine, "so how come if we win the first game by two goals and then take them to overtime we don't get the auto win?" grumble, whine, whine, grumble. Fuckin' French judges and rule makers. Elitist pr icks.
 
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cincibuck;1666948; said:
grumble, grumble, whine, whine, "so how come if we win the first game by two goals and then take them to overtime we don't get the auto win?" grumble, whine, whine, grumble. [censored]in' French judges and rule makers. Elitist pr icks.
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if it were a soccer match we would have the win.
 
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$10K reward offered for Crosby's missing gloves, stick

Reebok Canada is offering a $10,000 reward for the return of Olympic hockey gold medalist Sidney Crosby's stick and glove, which disappeared after he scored in overtime to give Canada a dramatic win over the U.S., the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported Saturday.

After Crosby scored the winning goal last Sunday, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain exuberantly flung his stick and gloves into the air .

Then the gear vanished.

Hockey Canada, the sport's governing body in Canada, believes somebody grabbed the stick and glove after the Zamboni gates were opened and dozens of people swarmed the ice in preparation for the gold-medal ceremony, the CBC said.

The news agency also said Vancouver police have been working informally on the case, reviewing tapes from security cameras, but have not opened up a formal investigation.

A company spokesman in Montreal said Reebok is willing to pay a $10,000 reward, no questions asked, to anyone who can return Crosby's gear.

Entire article: $10K reward offered for Crosby's missing gloves, stick - NHL News - FOX Sports on MSN
 
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Originally Posted by generaladm
I guess we have different definitions of what makes a "great goal". Sure, to the fans of the winning team, a championship winning goal is great, especially when it's last second or OT. For the losing side, not so much.

I was talking about the quality of the play itself. Not a very good shot, fundamentally unsound goaltending. If that same play happens in the 1st, it's considered a soft goal. A shot taken from below the circle on the stick side is by far the easiest to defend for a goalie. Especially from a righty on that wing. The angle to beat the goalie far side is all but non-existent. The puck had been to the right of the goal for several seconds, so it's not like Miller had to move to get in position. If he has his right leg to the post with pads together and the stick blade covering the 5 hole, only a one-in-a-billion fluke shot makes it through. As it was, Miller got caught not squared to the shooter, not sure what he was supposed to do, and shuffled his feet enough for a low shot to get by him. Just a momentary lapse of focus, but surprising at that level. That's why they call low stick side the "AHL side", because goalies who give up goals there get sent back to the minors.

I'm not trying to dog Miller, he's the best national team goalie I can remember by a good margin, but that was a pretty weak goal.
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Miller was fine in being square to the shooter and didn't shuffle his feet or anything, he just misread what Crosby was going to do, the pass set Crosby up to come in on him alone so expecting him to try to deke, Miller moved his stick positioning to go for a poke check opening up his 5 hole giving Crosby the opening when he just fired it instead. Wouldn't say it was a lapse in judgement odds are most guys deke so he was playing the percentages. Miller played great and is probably the best goalie in the world at the moment and wouldn't mind if he were Canadian but i'll take my double hockey gold instead.
 
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