>>>It's the end of the 2nd period and Team USA is up 6-0 on Finland and headed for the gold medal match.
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>>>C'mon, Canada bring it!
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>>>Note : I will take full blame if my posting this results in the jinx that leads to the Team USA's collapse in the 3rd. I wanted to get the shout out prior to logging off for the weekend.
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>>It does look like Finland is Finnished.
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>Uh oh, they're only 5 goals down with 5 minutes left...

I was amazed that Russia pressed on in a similar situation against Canada on Wednesday. I don't mean just kept playing, I mean pulling out all the stops like they still had a chance. It's not like this is still the old days and they were going to be taken to Siberia and shot ;-)

(Actually one South American soccer player did have that happen to him not so long ago. He made an own-goal, his country lost, and unfortunately a drug lord had a lot of money on them to win).