Canadian sportmanship (death, elect, retire, best)
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No, in the Olympics, you play the gold medal game, and the winner gets gold and the loser gets silver.
Loser's get nothing, as they are eliminated early. All who make the semi-finals are winners (even the team that gets nothing), in my book.
(I know it wasn't the point of the discussion)
Quarter Finals - Semi Finals - Gold Metal Game
8 Teams - 4 Teams - 2 Teams
With the losers of the Semi Final Round playing for the Bronze.
I yield to your knowledge. I know in gymnastics, they only get to send a few alternates. Do you know for a fact they didn't sub in some of their third string?
Well, there are 16 players in a team (12) forwards, eight (8) defensemen and two (2) goaltenders, but obviously only five (plus goalie) will be on ice at one time. The star players are on first string. 3rd stringers in hockey does not mean they are back-ups, since everyone plays while others rest. The Canadian men's hockey team is made up of all-star players so even the 3rd stringers are pro-players.
The point is that they could have just ran out the clock, as opposed to running up the score.
Loser's get nothing, as they are eliminated early. All who make the semi-finals are winners (even the team that gets nothing), in my book.
(I know it wasn't the point of the discussion)
Quarter Finals - Semi Finals - Gold Metal Game
8 Teams - 4 Teams - 2 Teams
With the losers of the Semi Final Round playing for the Bronze.
That's what I said: The loser in gold medal game gets silver.
Well, there are 16 players in a team (12) forwards, eight (8) defensemen and two (2) goaltenders, but obviously only five (plus goalie) will be on ice at one time. The star players are on first string. 3rd stringers in hockey does not mean they are back-ups, since everyone plays while others rest. The Canadian men's hockey team is made up of all-star players so even the 3rd stringers are pro-players.
The point is that they could have just ran out the clock, as opposed to running up the score.
So it wouldn't have mattered if the third string was in? They're all Olympic caliber players, right?
Three lines, not strings. There is a major difference.
Yes, LINEs. Absolutely. I know something was off, but I wasn't sure what it was.
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