Comments on: Three countries qualify for Olympics, finalize tournament brackets http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 01:25:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: buckyblackhawk http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137507 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:28:10 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137507 Correct, they used the standings after this past World Championship in Sweden/Finland. I believe it is a rolling standing, so it didn’t go straight off how teams finished in the last championship.

Slovkia looked pretty tough in Finland last year. Norway should not be taken lightly as well.

]]> By: greatminnesotasportsmind http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137501 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:15:24 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137501 Pool A has teams seeded 1, 6, 7, and 12

Pool B has teams seeded 2, 5, 8 and 11

Pool C has teams seeded 3, 4, 9, and 10

At least that’s how it was for Vancouver

]]> By: greatminnesotasportsmind http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137499 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:12:19 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137499 Because upsets never happen. Just ask Canada who I believed lost to power house Belarus. Or Russia who looked god awful at Vancouver

]]> By: hockeyflow33 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137457 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:52:00 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137457 How quickly can I obtain citizenship in Latvia?

]]> By: sknut http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137435 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:24:12 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137435 Ah that clears it up. Thanks for the info. So the better you do the easier path you should have. Should be fun either way. I love the NHL guys in the Olympics.

]]> By: buckyblackhawk http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137410 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:31:56 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137410 Teams are seeded based on performance in world championships that happen during the playoffs.

]]> By: sknut http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137402 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:19:21 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137402 I wonder how the groups are arranged the US group looks tough with Russia and Slovkia and Slovenia and Canada gets Finland and Austria and Norway, just seems strange unless there is a particular order to how these things work out.

]]> By: sheapuck http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137379 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:21:14 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137379 So if you were offered a spot on any USA Olympic team roster knowing full well that you would sit on the bench the whole time, you wouldn’t take it?

]]> By: bardown66 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137374 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:12:47 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137374 I know it’s big for these countries, but USA, Canada, Russia, and sweden will all kill them. I’ll never understand the “happy to be here” attitude

]]> By: chasestern http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137347 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:55:08 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137347 The headline should read: three wins for every other team just added to Sochi Olympics.

]]> By: Lotārs http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137345 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:46:51 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137345 Former NHL player, Sandis Ozolinsh was the main person that Latvia was due to Sochi!

]]> By: Ryan Dadoun http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137341 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:35:33 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137341 Vanek was correctly listed as Austrian in the second paragraph. I made a mistake in the final paragraph and it has since been corrected. Thank you.

]]> By: ethanmacleod1685 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137336 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:22:29 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137336 Kopitar is Slovenian

]]> By: derrico2 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/three-countries-qualify-for-olympics-finalize-tournament-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-137333 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:16:44 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1053789#comment-137333 You do realize Vanek is Austrian and not Slovanian right?

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