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[cyrano]

I miss the housemate's Olympic updates. No adversity has been either pushed or dominated thus far on this trip.

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[tersa.livejournal.com]

I think you've pushed and dominated the ice and snow in New Mexico. That counts! :)

There has been a good deal of adversity p&d'ed this Olympics, from American skiier Lindsey Vonn's badly bruised shin, to the Canadian female figure skater whose mother dropped dead of a massive heart attack Saturday morning (the daughter began her competition last night).

The U.S. upset Canada in men's hockey 5-3; Canada has to play Russia tonight in a quarterfinal game, meaning one of them will be eliminated before even getting the medal rounds. Russia went 2-0-0-1 (Bryzgalov had a shootout loss to Slovakia; Nabby is 2-0) and play tonight at 7:30pm EST, with Nabokov in net.

U.S. (3-0) plays Switzerland, the lowest seed left in the tournament, but also a team that took Canada to shootout before losing, and with Jonas "Shark Killer" Hiller (from the Ducks) in goal. The U.S. beat them 3-1 to start the tournament, but they've looked damned good since then, going 0-1-2-1 (two OT wins and one shootout loss, although the two OT wins were against tournament punching bags Norway and Belarus). That game is at 3pm EST on NBC (tape-delayed :P)

Murray's Sweden went 3-0 and plays Slovakia at 12am EST. The final match-up is Finland (with ex-Sharks Teemu Selanne, who is pushing and dominating his broken jaw) against the Czech Republic (with Milan Michalek finally on the 2nd line!) at 10pm EST.

But I miss you too. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Damn. I gotta choose whether to root for Canada or Russia?

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Not by the time you posted, no. :) Canada spanked Russia 7-3. Nabby let in 6 goals, and is going to go home and commisserate with Greiss at how it feels to be shellacked by Team Canada.

U.S. won 2-0, Finland (with Kipper in net) won 2-0; they play each other Friday afternoon in the semis. Canada plays the winner of Slovakia-Sweden, and Slovakia is currently beating Sweden 4-3 with 8:48 left in the 3rd. :>