# 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985 "2014-02-10T17:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/121 "2014-02-20T16:09:06Z")
[Ukrainian skier Bogdana Matsotska has announced that she is leaving the competition and will join protesters as soon as she can catch a plane.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/skier-leaves-olympics-citing-violence-in-ukraine/2014/02/20/cf40c016-9a08-11e3-b1de-e666d78c3937_story.html) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/122 "2014-02-20T16:11:17Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Curling is a pretty niche sport in Scotland. There are only 22 suitable facilities (according to the [Royal Caledonian Curling Club](http://royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/try-curling/ice-rinks/), whereas the [Canadian Curling Association](http://www.curling.ca/membership/member-curling-clubs/)reckons there are almost 1000 in Canada. Yeah, but you could also fit Scotland into the tiny tip of southern Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/123 "2014-02-20T16:12:36Z")
And Jennifer Jones wins women’s gold curling for Canada! ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/124 "2014-02-20T16:57:15Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Curling is a pretty niche sport in Scotland. There are only 22 suitable facilities (according to the [Royal Caledonian Curling Club](http://royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/try-curling/ice-rinks/), whereas the [Canadian Curling Association](http://www.curling.ca/membership/member-curling-clubs/)reckons there are almost 1000 in Canada. A similar story in Sweden. The Svenska Curlingförbundet lists sixty clubs but several of those share facilities. [http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaCurlingforbundet/SVENSKACURLINGFORBUNDET/Varaklubbar/](http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaCurlingforbundet/SVENSKACURLINGFORBUNDET/Varaklubbar/) And Sweden just choked in the ladies end 9 today. They just fell apart. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/125 "2014-02-20T18:44:23Z")
US hockeyettes 1, Canada 0 after 2 periods … The last time the US led in a gold-medal game was in 1998, and they won. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/126 "2014-02-20T19:00:16Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > US hockeyettes 1, Canada 0 after 2 periods … > > The last time the US led in a gold-medal game was in 1998, and they won. 2-0 now. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/127 "2014-02-20T19:15:30Z")
2-1 with 3 minutes left. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/128 "2014-02-20T19:25:10Z")
2-2 and overtime… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/129 "2014-02-20T19:45:13Z")
US power play coming up. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/130 "2014-02-20T19:47:21Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > US power play coming up. …aaaaaaaaaand it’s gone. That was a pretty blatant make-up call. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/131 "2014-02-20T19:51:46Z")
At this point, the zebras better hope it goes to a shootout to cover for them. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/132 "2014-02-20T19:55:50Z")
That was the most horribly officiated game I’ve ever seen. Good game Canada but it was handed to you. That slashing call was a complete joke. It also was a textbook case for a penalty shot at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/133 "2014-02-20T19:59:03Z")
Damn… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/134 "2014-02-20T19:59:11Z")
I can’t believe Canada won. I checked the score when it was 2-0, went to the bathroom at work, and when I came back it was 2-2. I’ll have to watch the replay tonight to see what I think of the officiating. ETA: Another gold for Canada! Woo Hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/135 "2014-02-20T20:56:30Z")
Just in the last five or six minutes of the game: Canada pulls the goalie with 1:35 left in the third. Puck is sliding along the boards and Canada is in place to get it. Ref lets the puck hit her skate, giving the US a look at an open net. Shot hits the post but stays out. OT: USA on a four on three power play (good call, obvious crosscheck) and five seconds in puts a shot on net, US forward skates in looking for a rebound and touches the goalies pads with her stick. Call is slashing, cancelling almost a full power play for the US. Then with three on three USA makes a rush, and whiffs on a shot in front. Canada takes the puck on a clear breakaway, US player comes from behind as Canada crosses the blue line and trips the Canada player who sprawls onto the ice. A textbook penalty shot call. No, just a penalty. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/136 "2014-02-20T21:20:08Z")
So we are going to blame the officials for this loss? We are above that, are we not? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/137 "2014-02-20T21:38:37Z")
WTH, are the American girls crying?? There’s no crying in Olympic hockey! ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/138 "2014-02-20T22:33:09Z")
So happy for the Canadian girls. [Olympic Hockey is brutal for silver medalists.](http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/photos/tragic-faces-of-silver-women-s-u-s-hockey-slideshow/#/photos/olympians-celebrate-valentine-s-day-in-sochi-presented-by-carnival-cruises-slideshow/)[Understandable that they cry.](http://freezethepuck.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/70590295.jpg) It would be like telling the losers of the Stanley Cup to stand on the ice for awhile longer so that they can get a medal handed to them. It is probably even worse for the US girls since Canada/US are really the only great teams. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/139 "2014-02-20T22:41:26Z")
Quite an upset today in Figure Skating. Russian Adelina Sotnikova beat Yuna Kim. The American girl Gracie Gold fell and didn’t medal. > **[US skaters Polina Edmunds and Gracie Gold both fall in final routines](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564044/Battle-gold-Trio-Americas-leading-figure-skating-ladies-face-against-South-Koreas-Olympic-champion-new-Russian-phenom.html)** > > All three female skaters representing the U.S. in Sochi had problems in their free skate Thursday, with Gracie Gold landing in fourth place and Ashley Wagner finishing in disappointing seventh, trailed by Polina Edmunds in ninth. I want to watch this tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985/140 "2014-02-20T23:35:07Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > So we are going to blame the officials for this loss? We are above that, are we not? I was listening to the game on a Canadian radio station and the announcers called it a “blatant” make-up call and were upset that the officials played a part in the outcome of the game. I think it is a pretty legit beef, but there is nothing to be done now. All that said as a proud Canadian and huge hockey fan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sochi-olympic-winter-games/680985.md?page=8)