Tubasaluki: Quoting music since 2003

Alright, lets get this started a bit early. Hour before opening faceoff. Since Facebook will only take this once you can follow along here

Stay tuned for thee game and whatever else draws my fancy. Possible comments on the somehow mesmerizing cross-country skiing race. Did you know they exchange skis? I did not.

Stay tuned for hockey…

1:03: DON CHERRY!

1:04 Someday I will talk in depth about my love of Don Cherry. From his suits to his “totally not biased against Europeans at all in anyway” (wink, wink) style.

1:09 I’m a little skeptical of the people calling this “the biggest game in hockey history”, as NBC did. Jamie Langenbrunner, captain of Team USA says “it kind of like a game 7.” Yes, something that’s “kind of like a game 7″ is a bigger game than USA 4-USSR 3.

1:12 Its the Marraige Ref tonight! if you’re excited about this, you cannot be helped.

1:15 How did my Chicago readers enjoy watching Jay Cutler throw an interception during a hockey telecast? I enjoyed it.

1:21 Here we go…

1:22 Good save for Miller off a long drive. He’ll need to play out of his mind today.

1:23 Early goings, no real possession by the US. Canada just being faster, but the US defense is doing a great job.

1:26 Roberto Luongo hasn’t lost at GM Place since January 11. I’ll pretend to not love that stat for this game only.

1:28 The fact that there is a really good hockey player named Jack Johnson is funny to me. Jack Johnson will return to the Kings and go “Where have the good people gone?”

1:31 USA getting some good pressure, need better quality shots though to beat Luongo.

1:32 Heatly just got knocked into the US bench. Love it.

1:33 Yup, Baches is a Blue. Only a Blue could break his stick on a clearing attempt.

1:35 Now that’s what the USA needs to do. Crash the net, get in Luongo’s face.

1:36 Nice forechecking by the Americans. Really liking how we’re playing.

1:40 Oh how I loathe Johnathan Toews. 1-0 Canada.

1:42 Just a nice job of Toews following up on the rebound. Nothing Miller could do there. Defense needs to tie up some sticks there.

1:43 Well this isn’t good. Canada, after a goal, getting a power play. Eep.

1:44 I like how NBC put up “LIVE” in huge letters at the top of the screen. Its as if they’re saying “No, really, after showing you everything on tape delay, we’re really showing you a sporting event in real time!”

1:46 A good PK for team USA. Really good even. Only one real chance for Canada, and Canada’s momentum seems to have diminished a bit.

1:51 Ryan Kesler is awesome. Nice check there.

1:53 A great chance by the Americans at the end. Then some pseudo-fisticuffs. Corry Perry has been a punk these entire Olympics. Good thing he picked on someone in his own division there. Might have to watch the next Ducks-Kings game to see if Jack Johnson gives some retribution.

1:55. Yesterday, I linked this story about there being a condom shortage in the Olympic Village. A few thoughts to get you through the intermission:

~No one should be surprised. You have incredibly attractive people, in one of the most stressful environments of their lives, living near each other.

~I wonder if there a certain nations or sports that are more known for their…”friendliness”. Like, does the Swedish women’s biathalon team show up and the veteran Olympian guys start high-fiving?

~Lets say there’s some unprotected sex going on (a probability) and someone gets pregnant. What if that kid grows up to be an Olympian? Would that not be the most bizarre puff piece that NBC could show over live sporting events?

~The fact that the condoms were “airlifted” in is great.

Now, onto my thoughts on the first period:

~The Americans played a good period. Need better quality shots, but they should be able to get a goal.

~Defensively, the Americans are blocking shots and not letting Canada to just keep cycling the puck.

~not a lot of whistles. Refs letting the players earn this win.

~Al Michaels would like you to know that this game is “Live, live, live.”

2:08 Here we go, period 2.

2:09 Checking from behind…now…legal?

2:11 Corry Perry deserved it. PK time for the Americans. Bad penalty, as the Americans were getting some good pressure.

2:14 Get. the puck. out. of the. zone. Also, PP time for the US!

2:17 After the most worthless power play since the New York Islanders…Corry Perry scores. No one picked him up. Americans need a response.

2:19 The American response is “hit everything that moves”.

2:20 If there was ever a must-score PP, the Americans have one here. need to do more or less the opposite of what they did last time.

2:22 This power play is about as useful as the recipe for “New Coke”.

2:25 Does Luongo get a quicker whistle than Miller?

2:28 I have never been happier to see Patrick kane score. 2-1!

2:29 I like this new found energy by the Americans.

2:31 End to end action…this game is getting awesome. Amazing what Kane’s goal did for the US.

2:35 USA goal changed to Kesler. Awesome. I really love that goal now.

2:36 So, did Ron Wilson just say at intermission “maybe we should shoot the puck?”

2:40 I can actually feel my heart pounding. Intense end to the second. Epic third period coming.

For the Americans to win:

~Shoot the puck, forecheck, take away passing lanes in the defensive zone, and be safe in the neutral zone.

For the Canadians to win:

~Use their speed, get some quality shots on Miller, not overly rely on Luongo.

The next goal is huge.

2:55 Here we go…period 3.

2:58 Canadians hit a post…and another one.

3:00 A couple of icings for the Americans, not a good sign. Need to get possession and work the puck down the ice.

3:03 The Americans haven’t had the same sense of urgency as they showed in the second period.

3:06 I’ve seen Luongo play these games before. Look a bit shaky for two periods, close the door in the third.

3:10 Miller just absolutely bailed out Patrick Kane. Wow, what a stop.

3:11 Hello, team USA! Welcome to the third period.

3:15 7 minutes to go….every shift important.

3:17 Luongo looking calm in a stressful situation.

3:22 What a defensive play by Kane. Wow, Crosby on the break away and Kane with the poke check. All game, after a big defensive play, the Americans have had good shifts.

3:24 2 minutes left.

3:25 Miller pulled…timeout USA.

3:26 If Canada wins, can we have a tie-breaking Game 3. Would anyone not be on board with that?

3:20 PARISE TIES THE GAME!!!!!

3:30 Nice time for the Canadians to vacate the front of the net. Two Americans in front of Luongo, no one with a Leaf on their sweater around. Easy goal, we head to OT.

3:36 The open ice in the OT will probably favor Canada. Americans need to litter Luongo with shots and really clamp down in the neutral zone.

3:39 NIKE makes the best ads, hands down. Just sayin’.

3:42 Nearly changed my AIM status…can’t jinx it. The Denny Manifesto stays. I can however report that the #beatcanada tag on twitter erupted after that goal.

3:44 Here we go…OT.

3:46 Oh the home run pass there would have been amazing. Like the start to the extra session by the Americans.

3:51 Doc Emerick is having an on air heart attack, I’m fairly certain.

3:54 Crosby scores, Canada wins. The cruelty of sudden death OT. Game just ends like that.

3:56 What a game, couldn’t ask for anything more. Americans played great, but Crosby had just enough space to show why he’s one of the best players in the world.

4:30 Alright, signing off. What a game. Hopefully this spurs Team USA forward. They were the youngest team at the games. Can you say “gold medal favorites in 2014′? I thought you could.