2022 Olympic Men's Hockey Thread

[saucelife90]

First time in recent memory that both Canada & the US men's teams were eliminated before the semi's. Could be the first time ever?

[2014olympicgold]

No offensive game changers killed them in this game. Sweden's defense just smothered them in the 3rd period.

[agentzero]

First time in recent memory that both Canada & the US men's teams were eliminated before the semi's. Could be the first time ever?

Prior to 2002, Canada hadn’t won gold since the 1950s. Bringing pros changed everything. I’m sure this could have happened before, especially before the 1980s when hockey wasn’t as big a program in the USA.

[stevegamer]

First time in recent memory that both Canada & the US men's teams were eliminated before the semi's. Could be the first time ever?

Likely not. You have to understand that the USA is not really a hockey power, and 1980 was called a "Miracle on Ice" because it was. Looking at Wikipedia, Canada didn't even play in 1972 or 1976. So there should be some games where they both weren't in the semis, especially when relying on the US solely.

[Axeman33]

At least the Women brought home the gold.

[saucelife90]

2018 - Canada Bronze
2014 - Canada Gold
2010 - Canada Gold/US Silver
2006 - Neither made the semi's
2002 - Canada Gold/US Silver
1998 - Canada lost in semi's
1994 - Canada Silver
1992 - Canada Silver/US lost in semi's
1988 - Canada lost in semi's
1984 - Canada lost in semi's
1980 - US Gold
1976 - Canada Boycott
1972 - US Silver/Canada Boycott

So it happened more recent than I thought - in 2006, but other than that hasn't happened in 50ish years.

[2014olympicgold]

Sarah Nurse is the first black female hockey player to win an Olympic Gold.