<p>OMG, disallowed goal at the period end…clearly no goal, since it didn’t cross the goal line by the time the clock hit 00:00, but its enough to give a fan a heart attack. This is going to be one heckuva 3rd period. Its sort of like the Canada game in reverse…US is way up in shots on goal…way up, but the Swiss goalie has been a wall. 20 more minutes, go USA!</p>
<p>^^go USA! is right.
It’s a battle of the goalies!<br>
(Dinner will have to wait until this game is over.)</p>
<p>G<em>O</em>A_L!!! Have a feeling it won’t be enough, let’s keep it going…</p>
<p>NOW, I can breathe!</p>
<p>Where’d the Swiss Goalie disappear to?</p>
<p>Likewise! 2-0, on to the semis…</p>
<p>They pulled him at about the 1:30 mark for an extra skater. Not uncommon to try and rush the net if there’s only a 1 goal differential. Extra skater, extra shooter = better chance to score and tie it up. Of course the downside is you’d better keep the puck in the other guys zone, or Parese will score!</p>
<p>Ah - ok. I was sort of half watching and couldn’t understand where he was when the puck twice went down to that end toward an empty net. He was pretty amazing. The puck seemed to spend much more time trying to get past him that past the US goalie.</p>
<p>Another great hockey game finishing up now–Canada vs. Russia. Canada ahead by 4 with only minutes left. Wouldn’t it be fun to see Canada vs. USA in the medal round?</p>
<p>thanks for mentioning msnbc. i wasn’t interested in more foggy pictures of the mountains. so what’s with Boyle? glad he got a penalty</p>
<p>Apolo first in his heat for the 500m!!!</p>
<p>Does anyone know what just happened to the female athlete, I think it may have been in the bobsled? I just turned on the t.v. and saw tons of crowd reaction (shock) but didn’t see what happened. Assume no one was hurt?</p>
<p>I don’t think either were hurt, but VERY shaken. OMG the footage as it was happening was horrid. The announcers said that it is not recommend that they eject, but one did - at like 80-90 miles an hour!</p>
<p>It wasn’t Paul Wylie, it was John Misha Petkovitch that started EOC in 1970. Paul performed, then hosted for many years.</p>
<p>Thanks the_mom. I did not realize it started so long ago!</p>
<p>First I saw a Russian sled crash, then one of the German teams suffered the same fate. Both Russian ladies stayed in the sled and were able to walk away shaken, but unharmed. The Germans did not fare so well, one of the ladies flew out of the sled, and I don’t think she did it on purpose. I really hope both German bobsledders are OK.</p>
<p>I think what Johnny Weir says in this story is very important for people to remember:</p>
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<p>Good for him. And I completely agree that he shouldn’t be expected to answer questions about his sexual orientation.</p>
<p>John Misha Petkovitch. That was the name I was looking for. I am impressed folks have such good memories.</p>
<p>I remember him because he was the second skater to successfully complete the triple Lutz. As a boy, I saw Donald Jackson of Canada did it first in the World Championships (1961?). Now, female skaters are doing them in combinations. How time has changed.</p>
<p>I was going to say something about Kim Yu Na, but I think I will wait until after the long program is completed.</p>
<p>Donna, while I agree that the French-Canadian commenntators were out of line with their comments, is it not true that you want society to avoid making gender distinctions based only on “plumbing,” while expecting sporting events to do exactly the opposite?</p>
<p>Weir’s comments are great.</p>