Canada vs. Czech 1998 Olympics
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@armatageshanks06 Nah, never bought into that rubbish. Gretzky was the greatest goal scorer of all time but by 1998 he wasn't in Canada's top 5 shooters. He hadn't scored 25+ goals in 4 consecutive seasons and even in his prime he was by his own admission below average on breakaways. Gretzky's goal scoring feats and clutch ability from the late 80s and early 90s are not very relevant to his ability in a shootout in 1998. Canada's error in the shootout was selecting Bourque over Yzerman & Recchi.
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I'm Canadian but the way the team was handled, Czech Republic deserved to win .. I'd rather have them win then Russia or the states anyways
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biggest screw up in canadian hockey untill 2006
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Why did lindros have the C
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@guard777 Спасибо :D
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All Shanahan has to do is score, and he FUCKED IT UP!
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@elitepilot09 Yeah cool man this was 1998, not 2010
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@Fikuzak Does she still rule them after a terrifying 2010 olympics? and mind reminding me who won?
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Браво чехи!!! это было красиво
Yes it was the right place, right time scenario for Czech Republic's team with the best goaltender (Hasek) and best player (Jagr) at the time you have a really good chance of winning but the other players on the team were good too like Milan Hejduk, Roman Hamrlik, Robert Lang, Martin Straka, Peter Svoboda, and Robert Reichel. And to add to that there were many players on the team from the Czech league who were great and were very determined to win the gold for their country.
mothercanuckers 2 years ago 11
When you exclude wayne gretzky from a clutch moment like a shootout you're only beating yourself
armatageshanks06 2 years ago 10