Team USA Earns Second Silver Medal in Past Three Olympic Winter Games

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Zach Parise (Prior Lake, Minn./New Jersey Devils/Univ. of North Dakota) scored the game-tying goal with 25 seconds left in regulation, but the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team fell to Canada, 3-2, in overtime here this afternoon in the gold-medal game of the XXI Olympic Winter Games. Team USA claimed its second silver medal in the past three Olympic Winter Games (2002).

Hockey Canada has been waiting for this moment. Their entire country will be watching and the players know that. The players can feel that. Team USA has been happy go lucky the entire time. GM Brian Burke made sure of that from day one.

Olympic Winter Games Team USA Captures Second-Ever Olympic Silver Medal

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team fell to Canada, 2-0, here this afternoon in the gold-medal game of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. With a 4-0-0-1 overall record at the tournament, Team USA captured its second-ever Olympic silver medal.

Pavel Kubina – Tough break! That chin strap is everything in International play. When that broke and he had to get his helmet it opened things up for the Finns to get a goal.

If NBC had their act together this wouldn't be necessary but since the coverage is all over the place here is the schedule:

USA-Switzerland 3PM est NBC, Russia-Canada 730PM est CNBC, FIN-CZE 10PM est CNBC, SWE-SVK Midnight CNBC. Enjoy!

This post by LA Times legend, Helene Elliott explains the "West Coast" issue.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2010/02/usswitzerland-hock...

Some Russian hockey insights from
Natalia:

Hockey – Martin Brodeur shouldn’t be blamed for Team Canada’s loss against Team USA the other night. Why? There were some deflections, loose pucks that nobody cleared out, like the one Chris Drury potted, and the offense couldn’t get the job done. Did he make a few bad plays, sure, but he didn’t lose that game for his country.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team defeated Sweden, 9-1, here this afternoon in the semifinal round of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. With the win, Team USA advanced to the gold-medal game, which will take place Thursday (Feb. 25) at 3:30 p.m. PST.

A day after one of the biggest wins in U.S. Hockey history, Ryan Kesler, talked about playing in a game that was “fun”. Can Team Canada say the same thing with the immense amount of pressure that they have on them to deliver a gold medal while playing on Canadian soil? Probably not, and that’s why Team USA is fun to watch, because the entire team is having fun.

Team USA Wins Group A, Will Play in Quarterfinals Wednesday

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Ryan Miller (East Lansing, Mich./Buffalo Sabres/Michigan State Univ.) turned aside 42 shots as the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team knocked off Canada, 5-3, here tonight in Team USA's final preliminary-round game of the XXI Olympic Winter Games. With the victory, the U.S. clinched first place in its group with a perfect 3-0-0-0 record and secured a berth in the tournament's quarterfinal round.

Twelve Different Players Factor in Scoring for Team USA

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Twelve different players factored in the scoring for Team USA as the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team downed Norway, 6-1, here today in its second game of the Olympic Winter Games. With the victory, the U.S. improved to 2-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) and will face Canada in its final preliminary-round game on Sunday (Feb. 21).