Do Olympic hockey games go too fast due to no TV timeouts? Very little rest then!?
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While the players receive very little rest, the shift change schedule is adjusted to make sure that players do not fatigue to the point where their performance suffers.
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Do you train hard? Are you well conditioned and have a desire to do well? Anyone who works hard, puts in their time, is competing at a high level to win is an athelete! I cant run a marathon but give me a puck and stick and I am a pretty good hockey player. I consider myself an athelete yet there is no way I could compete with you in a marathon. So YES you are clearly an athelete! Good luck, I hope you do well and more important enjoy it!
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I'm not too fond of them. First, I hate the big events, like figure skating. Second, even the events I do like are overdone. It seems like there is some form of downhill skiing or luge on every single night. I just don't care that much for it to hold my interest for two weeks straight. Also, I hate how NBC has a feel-good sob story for every American athlete. I want to watch sports, not documentaries about how some guy is trying to win a speed skating medal for his dying grandmother.
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Hockey Rules ! Watched as much as I could, uummmm.......moved the first of May and wasn't able to get OLN, was not a happy camper, But once NBC came in and televised the last 4 games I was glued to the TV. \nDon't ya just love seeing the respect the players give each other with the traditional end of game handshake ? What other sport shows that kind of respect ?\n\nIs it October yet ??
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I apoligize for writing without having an answer to your question directly. Just wanted to say that it's an ingenious one, though, and my suspicion is that there's no site that offers it because of contracts between the International Olympic Committee and broadcasters around the world.\n\nIt's really disappointing that we're stuck here in the U.S. with the very, very limited coverage provided by the NBC networks, who must have bid a fortune on the rights, & now have to recoup their investment with commercials punctuated by completely ridiculous, highly produced "human interest" stories, and banal commentary by people like Bob Costas. He's up in a booth somewhere - could be Torino, could be Hoboken. Jim McKay, at least, used to put on a down jacket and go out to the ski slopes now and then.\n\nIn countries with nationalized broadcasting, the feeds are often much, much better. There's hardly any interference by producers and graphics people. You get more raw scores and less music & commentary. For a lot less money, people in France, Britain, and Germany, for example, get to see dozens of hours of pure sport that we don't.\n\nIt's terrifically unfair that I have to watch Impala commercials, when I'd rather see the Finns or the Swiss or the Ukrainians doing what they do best. And I'm mortified when I think about how much gratuitous, garbage-filled airtime NBC devoted to Bode Miller or Apolo Anton Ohno when there were so many beautiful races to be run and scenery to be seen. (I don't blame Miller & Ohno for this at all. It was completely beyond their control. Win or lose, the athletes seem to be vexed by the whole media circus & just get on with it.) \n\nThanks for letting me rant a little.\n\nI'll be checking back to see if there IS a way to see what we've missed.
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Hockey player...the length of schedule...the speed of the game....the speed of a little frozen puck travelling at near 100 m.p.h. plus...the grind of skating on your hips and knees. The body checks...travel schedules...the sport is more grueling. Football 16 games a year. Once a week...if you are playing on the line you will get hit on every play. Your legs will wear down...over all I think hockey players are the more athletic players....catching a football is an art I admit but deflecting a puck coming at you at over 100 miles per hour is pretty impressive. Look at the goalie position...facing a frozen puck 25to 40 times a game and being able to stay alert and have the reflexes to stop a puck...(old hockey player talking)
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Much prefer the summer olympics... but have been watching certain events (i.e. hockey, skeleton, speed skating)
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It has!!!! Most games now are spent batting the puck around or else the old dump and chase game! U don't see many pretty plays anymore!!! I don't know what's up with some of these answers here either, the NHL is coma inducing! The NHL has too many teams and too little talent!!!!
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Ok.. but in REAL life... a hockey game will last (with commerial breaks, penalties, etc) about 2.5 hours.
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Yes, the endurance and mental concentration required for classical time control chess, where games can last 4-5 hours or more, is quite demanding.\n\nAlso, there are a lot of psychological factors, that are also present in other sports. Much of chess is calculation, but there are also aspects of uncalculable risk.
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I love watching curling on TV - I even taped it during the Olympics so I could watch the US in their bronze medal match.  I've never played it, the nearest place to play is like 200 miles away, but I find the game really interesting in a quirky way.  It seems like bowling on ice - the kind of game that you could still play even after a couple of beers!!!
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Wait! When were the Olympics on?? Wait.....isn't that this year? When are they? What?? They've aleady come and gone?? \n\nI see your point. I remember as a kid when the Olympics were bigger than Dallas. (Ok is Dallas really that big?) But my point is that they were uber special. We actually knew the athletes prior to going into the Olympics. We were invested! I think that is what is missing these days. We don't take enough of a personal approach to who we are supporting on our team. We focus on Bad Boy Bodie Miller who is just dumb enough to make all internationalists believe this is the epitome of American sportsmanship. I would love to see NBC take a different approach. Was it CBS that had done such a wonderful job before?? Is that the difference? hmmmmmmmmm
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6 seconds for a goalkeeper. For throw-ins it seems there is no time limit!!
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The tapes of the games should be reviewed afterwards and the divers should be fined.  It's hard for the on ice officials because everything happens so fast, but when you see it on tv dives are more obvious.
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Well, if you mean what channel showed the games on Russian TV, 1TV (Pervii Kanal) did the opening ceremony and weekends and Kanal Rossiya did weekdays.  I might add it was lousy coverage, mostly showing target shooting.  Unless, of course, you love seeing people shoot an endless variety of weapons at a target, then I apologize.
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here is my opinion on it.  with hockey, the longer you play the harder and harder it is to maintain a level of excellence.  very few people can play hockey really well.  while the same is true for soccer, i think it is to a lesser degree.  i would chose soccer.
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Well, of course it is! But where exactly are you from? Here in Canada, TSN scheduled a replay of the final, tomorrow at 7:30 pm Eastern time (which is Thursday 0:30 am GMT).\nAnd if you can't attend the live broadcast, why don't you tape it?