Olympics

So, the Olympics are here, finally! I love the Olympics, summer and winter, but winter has something summer doesn't...HOCKEY! And this year the Blues had 10 players chosen and 9 going (poor Sobotka.) I am finding it very hard to watch the Blues players play against each other, and I'm having a hard time rooting for just one team. I know, I know, I'm American so it should be team USA all the way, BUT for some very stupid reason the USA hockey games are only being shown on NBCSN (NBC Sports Network) which is a channel that we do not get, AND all their games are at 6:00am or 6:30am so I can't just go to a friends house and use their TV for a few hours. That being said, since I can't see the USA team play I haven't been that invested in them. I watch the highlights of their games online and I hope they win, but it is different than actually watching the game live. 

Yesterday I got up at 6:20 to watch Russia play Slovenia and in all honesty I thought Russia was going to crush them, which they did not. Yes, they did beat them, but it was no crushing. Russia ended up winning 5-2, but Slovenia was on their tail pretty much the whole time. In the first period Ovechkin and Malkin scored for Russia. In the second period Jeglic scored twice for Slovenia, and Kovalchuk scored for Russia. In the third period Nichuskin and Belov scored for Russia. At the end of the game Slovenia had 14 shots on goal and Russia had 35. Oh, and Russia has Tarasenko and Tereshchenko on their team, I bet that gets confusing!

I did not get to see the USA game so I watched the highlights to get this information. They distroyed Slovakia which was heart breaking because Halak was the goaltender for Slovakia, until they pulled him. In the first period Carlson scored for the US, in the second Tatar scored for Slovakia, and Kesler, Stastny (two goals), Backes, Kessel, and Brown scored for the US, and no goals in the third. Oshie and Shattenkirk also had assists in those goals! US had 33 shots on goal and Slovakia had 23.

Sweden beat Czech Republic (Sobotka's team) 4-2. I was really expecting Steen to pull a goal for SWE, but he just couldn't get one in, but he did have some assists. In the first period Karlsson and Berglund scored for SWE and Steen had one assist. In the second Zetterberg and Karlsson scored for SWE and Zidlicky and Jagr scord for the Czech Republic. And no goals were made in the third. Sweden had 25 shots on goal and Czech Republic had 29. 

Canada also was not on top of their game when they went up against Norway. Just like Russia they did end up winning the game but I expected them to win with a bigger gap between the scores than 3-1. They entered the second period with a score of 0-0, but Weber and Benn ended up both scoring for Canada. In the third Doughty scored for Canada and Thoresen made a power play goal for Norway. Canada out shot Norway having 38 shots on goal and Norway having 20.  

Overall the Blues' teams did great in the first set of games in the 2014 Olympics. All of their team except for Halak with Slovakia won their games. Tomorrow I will talk about Canada DESTROYING Austria, Sweden and Switzerland,  USA and Russia game, and Sweden and Latvia.

Canada and Russia are the teams everyone is expecting to win gold...who do you think will win?