For Ben
by Steve, February 21st, 2006
Okay Ben, did you see the women’s gold medal game? No surprise Candada won, of course.
But what about that Swedish power play. (I meant to ask Swede down at the rink today, but I forgot.) They set up with the puck behind the goal line and just played catch. The Canadian defenders didn’t know what to do at first. On the penalty kill, defensemen don’t want to wander far from the front of the net when the puck’s in deep, so they were just clinging to the corners of the net looking nervous.
The Swedes just passed it back and forth, waiting patiently. Suddenly they passed to the point, and get a one-timer goal.
Very creative and original power play. Canada learned pretty quickly, though, and shut it right down the next time Sweden tried it. Has anybody ever seen that play before? Nobody I talked to at the rink had. I’m not sure it would very effective twice against any decent team, though.
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:09 pm
And just exactly what in the world does that have to do with the internet?
February 24th, 2006 at 10:11 am
Sheesh, Ben, I thought you wanted to talk hockey!