I watched this game live. Honestly, the most biased officiating I have ever seen in all the years I have watched hockey. A testament to the Canadians that they still won.
If it wasn't for the ref that game would have been ten nothing. The US had more pp time than even strength. Every time the game was 5 on 5 Canada completely dominated play.
@KoivuTheHab Obviously an exaggeration for comedic effect. 13 Canadian penalties against 4 U.S.A. penalties and literally every article written about the game not by an American noted that so many of these penalties were not warranted at all.
I still remember Hayley Wickenheiser's fiery speech after the game. How the officiating was so obviously atrocious and that the Americans laid our flag on their dressing room floor. But our Canadian ladies still won!
Ya, the video doesn't really do that statement justice. I remember watching this game, it looked rigged. So many phantom calls against Canada. It should be up there with worst reffing in history.
I remember Pat Quinn saying this game was the best coaching he’d seen in his life - Danièle Sauvageau did an incredible job in setting the calm, focused tone for her players to play off of.
I certainly remember watching that game and the American ref who did everything in her power to help USA win on their home turf. As a long time hockey fan Ive seen more than my fair share of biased officiating in international hockey but nothing like that game. 11 penalties called against Canada 8 successive powerplays in a row including two 5 on 3's
Are you joking? The empty net shot that bounced off the post was caused by the ref. If the ref was not there then the Canadian D would have kept it in the zone. Rewatch the replay buddy.
We aren't Yanks. It isn't the fuckin 1700's anymore and I don't think there are a lot of us who currently play baseball for the New York Yankees. If you want to continue to generalize a whole country based on what some of our people did, then I hope you don't mind me calling you all maple-syrup drinkin canooks eh? It's a hockey game. Calm the fuck down.
its a fine line between incompetence and outright cheating...this is a tough one...cheating as in 1972 basketball or incompetence as in 2012 women's soccer, this hockey ref is a little of both, definitely incompetent and perhaps overwhelmed by the situation. .perhaps an NHL referee should have been used ,luckily the team being cheated won
WhatWereTheyThinking well considering the ref was banned from officiating international tournaments again for all the penalties called on canada it makes sense. There was like 2 penalties against the US
I remember that game...correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there were 8 or 10 straight penalties against the Canadian women's team. There were 2 or 3 instances they were 2 women short. That ref was pressured/paid off to give many penalties to the Canadians.
happydragon5077 An American woman refereed that game after the Canadian squad okayed the Olympic committee's choice. Canada probably could have insisted on a neutral referee but chose to go with the American, likely because European women's officiating was known to be pretty incompetent.
while i dont agree with alot of the comments made here. i also dont agree with most of the penalties called in that game. like that tripping call near the start of the video, that was just blatant blindness. and alot of the other penalties i couldnt hardly see in the video, but i watched it on the day it aired. I am an objective american. The canadian womens team were just better that year. Regardless of all the penalties forced on them.
Bryan Adams then you probably live in fucking Florida and sing songs by the sea shores and do your fuckin nails well we Canadiens fuckin demolish all the us teams and play fair and hit the gym keep wearing your damn sun glasses wimp
@@derekgravel6969 that was quite rude. Hope you grew up in the last 4 years! I watched this game live and yes the reffing was TERRIBLE but regardless, this comment was quite a bit worse!
I remember this game, they called an offside when a Canadian picked up the puck in the neutral zone and skated in on a break away, I just laughed out loud
More Americans voted against trump than for him but because of the silly way our election system works he won. But even if every single american supported trump that doesn't mean that you should judge them. There are players on my hockey team who supported trump but that doesn't mean that I treat them any differently to my other teammates.
DannyOG you can't defend Americans for this election you elected somebody who is actually now supposed to be the embodiment of all Americans and that how I see all Americans now
The bottom line is that you'd have to be blind or in denial not to realize what was going on with the referring in that game. As an American, it was embarrassing to watch. We don't need refs like this in sports, and with wins both before & after that game shows the American woman's hockey team sure doesn't need the refs help to win.
It was Canada vs Stacey Livingston. I watched it live and then CBC replayed the game at midnight. Still as sweet watching it the second time. And Stacey Livingston? She's now the Supervisor of Officials for the Women's WC and the Olympics.
I watched this game live with some buddies and we were all infuriated by the refereeing in this game. It still upsets me some even to this day whenever it happens to come to mind. The Canadian women were shorthanded for practically half the game it seemed. Who the hell were the IDIOTS that decided to allow a U.S. referee to officiate this game, and why wasn't she replaced after the first period when it became so apparent that she was doing everything she could to help the U.S. team win? Absolutely ludicrous, and hopefully nothing like that will ever be allowed to happen again. Justifiably the Canadian women won in spite of it all. I don't know what happened to that U.S. bitch but I hope she was banned from refereeing ever again. The referee was on the U.S. teams side, but GOD was on the Canadian teams side eh.
Man... I was only 3 years old when this was played, but the Ref's favouritism infuriates me as a hockey player who has played in high school and had things like this bullshit called against us becuase the Ref was alumni to the other team
This U.S. team in that game decided to draw upon the almighty soccer gods and while invoking Das Boot, screamed DIVE DIVE DIVE at every opportunity. And it almost worked. A young Julie Chiu saw this happening and decided that it was far better to play with class and be awesome and lose than try and embarrass the refs any time anyone got near them, Guess who got one of the biggest cheers during the medal presentations in Vancouver.
In the 02 womens game the penalty minutes were 26-8. I think the title of worst reffing ever belongs to the 1972 summit series, game 6. The west german ref called 31 pim against Canada to the Soviets 4.
I have to wonder if there was any kind of investigation into what had to be the most incompetent reffing in hockey history. She was worse than the east German guy in 1972.
And my last topic..I play triple A here in Ontario and we have NEVER lost to an american team at a tournament. I think we're something like 15-0 against American teams. (I've only been with the team for 1 year.)
i've been getting cashiers and receptionists everywhere to hide Olympic quarters in their workplace, planting them as good luck charms for when my hometown hosts in February
You know what's funny? On ESPN during the strike, the poll asked if you would miss hockey if it were gone forever. All 50 states said the wouldn't miss it. So we should get out of hockey and give Canada at least one thing they can be good at........how the hell did I get here to women's hockey?
watched the game American reff, the box filled with canadians ALL game, it was exactly what it looked like. and we still won. Hope she never reffed another game.
i always loved playing hockey as a kid and taking shots at the refs when we won and they tried really hard to prevent it " well i guess your team just sucked to hard, we still won though, nice try " was my favourite
i watched the game & the ref totally ruined that game, even with all the cheating by the ref, the usa still lost, if i was american player the ref would of pissed me off probably would of hit her she just made them look foolish, what an embarressment, thats worse than badminton in asia
As an American, I say that the Canadians more than deserved that win. The terrible reffing was so blatant. But it is a shame people posting here has to say that America sucks because of something like this. You're no better than the ref in this case.
Canada has 1/10th the population of usa too! That means the usa should have 10 times better of a team and should score 10 goals for every 1 that we do, but they dont...Canada rocks!
wrong, if Canada has 500 frozen ponds and ice rinks, than using my logic, USA should have 5000. The fact that we have 500 times more doesnt mean we should have better players, it means we are exceeding the US, which is very hard to do for the fact that we have 1/10th the population. The US doesn't dominate sports neraly as much as they should for their population.
...it's true...the peace thing. I live in a small community in saskatchewan. when i first moved to canada the city was so nice. not much crime. but when the city grew in the last 10 years all of a sudden this city has highest crime per capita. And there's many places i would have trusted 10 years ago that i no longer trust now.
That guy I have dual citizenship, so I do know both families, and my conclusion, leaving out Quebec obviously, is there really isn't much difference that separates Americans from Canadians.Can you provide specific examples of where we are different?
It's a call that is NEVER called. To say that the ref was biased is wrong to say that that she fucked up is correct. It was a call that shouldn't have been made in such a big game.
The refs were the worst in the recent NHL playoffs. All they did was help the Canadian teams cause they can't play worth a shit. Sharks vs. Edmonton and then Calgary was horrific. Dallas vs Vancouver was a joke too.
All 3 goals the Canadian got was from even strength. The American got both goals from power plays. If this game had a fair referee the scores could've been 3 - 0 for Canada.
I agree, Canada played great despite stupid refereeing job. Next time in Vancouver, hope they will allow bodychecks just to see our girls start the game vs. the USA with a huge hit and pump the crowd up (like in 2006). Canada's women team make Team USA and the refs look shite any day!
Uh, no. I've never heard anyone say anything about the Blue Jays winning the World Series. Who would care? That's a club team, not Canada vs USA. Maybe it's because I'm from St. Louis where we have the most knowledgeable baseball fans on the planet, but I can't see why anyone would complain about a Canadian team full of Americans winning the WS.
Remember when the Blue Jays won the world series...and americans wouldnt drop it that we "stole their game". Don't even try to talk to me about humility.
hockey is played all over the world. Though the other leagues aren't at a high level like the NHL, they're still not bad at all. There are rarely any competitive or noteworthy football leagues, basketball leagues or baseball leagues outside of NA
To all you americans calling us whiners, the ref in this game was found guilty of and admitted to fixing this game...or at least trying to, and was banned for life. Even when you cheat like you usually do, you can't beat us.
I was 100% certain about this, but since your comment I have looked for confirmation myself and could not find any. Apparently I was mistaken, and I apologize for misleading anyone, but anyone who watched that game, Canadian, American or other nationality would have no doubt she was cheating (her name was Stacey Livingston btw). In my search I did find several articles mirroring that thought, as you probably did too. I would love to watch that game again myself, I ended up on this video while looking for the full game, so if anyone knows where to get the full game, I would love to get a link to it.
The subject line and description accuses the ref of throwing the game taunts the opponent for losing without even showing the bad calls. It's just not a conciliatory tone, that's all I'm saying. I'm sorry I said what I did on my first posts. I don't want to argue with my Canadian friends, but no one gives the US any credit for even being in both gold medal games and winning a World Championship in 1996. Canada currently is the best in the world, obviously, but we've closed the gap a bit.
Oh and another thing about American and NHL hockey. The reason why american teams win is because of the ratio of american teams vs canadian teams in the NHL. Most of the top players in the NHL and the world are canadian
Americans are way to competitive for their own good. Im american and this is absolute bullshit reffing. Theres no way america can compete with other northern countries im sure we cheated to get to the gold metal match, as hockey has too low of a fan base to encourage people to actually play the sport much. We are not as bad as other countries think of us, but we NEVER admit we're wrong without a fight
Sorry, you young folks don't know this is not the worst reffing in history, im young but my dad told me everything that happened in 1972. My dad was in moscow luzhniki ice palace during game 8, the soviets picked one of the biased referee clearly to call penalties after penalties of team canada, During few minutes soviets are already on the power play canada down 2 guys mahovlich. My dads mom had a ticket to go but she stayed here in canada where it was safe
Let's not forget, 2002 was the scandal in figure skating. It isn't that hard to imagine the ref had pre arranged an outcome? But our hearts and effort proved we could overcome any obstacle.
I watched this game live. Honestly, the most biased officiating I have ever seen in all the years I have watched hockey. A testament to the Canadians that they still won.
when usa gets so many powerplays but they can't cash.
There's a hole in the living room wall from my dad because of this game lol. We call it the Salt Lake City asteroid
If it wasn't for the ref that game would have been ten nothing. The US had more pp time than even strength. Every time the game was 5 on 5 Canada completely dominated play.
@KoivuTheHab Obviously an exaggeration for comedic effect. 13 Canadian penalties against 4 U.S.A. penalties and literally every article written about the game not by an American noted that so many of these penalties were not warranted at all.
It really was an absolutely disgusting display of biased refereeing. The ref who did this will never live it down. It was sickening.
I still remember Hayley Wickenheiser's fiery speech after the game. How the officiating was so obviously atrocious and that the Americans laid our flag on their dressing room floor. But our Canadian ladies still won!
wtf if ur making a video titled "worst Reffing in history" then ur suppose to put in the worst reffing part not the highlights of the game
I think the ref got banned from reffing
Fantastic, I'm only 50% Canadian (my father's side), but when we beat the Yanks in both the men and women's games, I felt as Canadian as anyone.
Oh well we won anyway.
you played?
@@blazin1397 you don't need to play to win. Being part of Canada is a win, especially when the referee was being bribed.
This video was a complete waste of time. One questionable tripping call. That's all it shows.
Ya, the video doesn't really do that statement justice. I remember watching this game, it looked rigged. So many phantom calls against Canada. It should be up there with worst reffing in history.
Team USA had one full period of powerplay time, in a gold medal game. Thats all that needs to be said.
I forgot Canadians are entitled to a 3 penalty limit per period.
+DocSpratley33 20:00 min on the power play for USA.
Actually, I think, USA had 11 pp in the game (Canada had 13 penalties to 4 USA penalties) including two 5 on 3s...
but who cares-womens hockey...meh
I remember Pat Quinn saying this game was the best coaching he’d seen in his life - Danièle Sauvageau did an incredible job in setting the calm, focused tone for her players to play off of.
I certainly remember watching that game and the American ref who did everything in her power to help USA win on their home turf. As a long time hockey fan Ive seen more than my fair share of biased officiating in international hockey but nothing like that game.
11 penalties called against Canada
8 successive powerplays in a row including two 5 on 3's
Are you joking? The empty net shot that bounced off the post was caused by the ref. If the ref was not there then the Canadian D would have kept it in the zone. Rewatch the replay buddy.
@@Wolfschanzeful
P!$$ 0ff @$$hat
We aren't Yanks. It isn't the fuckin 1700's anymore and I don't think there are a lot of us who currently play baseball for the New York Yankees. If you want to continue to generalize a whole country based on what some of our people did, then I hope you don't mind me calling you all maple-syrup drinkin canooks eh?
It's a hockey game. Calm the fuck down.
Yay Finlandwas 3rd
I remember when I was in atom and it was1 on 5 and I was on the ice i was the only one on the ice and we won 1-0
It was rigged
finland was 4th
As an American, the refs killed this game. Ironically, what did the game justice was Canada winning.
its a fine line between incompetence and outright cheating...this is a tough one...cheating as in 1972 basketball or incompetence as in 2012 women's soccer, this hockey ref is a little of both, definitely incompetent and perhaps overwhelmed by the situation. .perhaps an NHL referee should have been used ,luckily the team being cheated won
Change the title, its pretty much click bait!
WhatWereTheyThinking nah
WhatWereTheyThinking well considering the ref was banned from officiating international tournaments again for all the penalties called on canada it makes sense. There was like 2 penalties against the US
And it was thanks to these Canadian ladies that their first ever Olympic win,inspired our Canadian boys to tear it up on the ice as well. :)
patatakap yes I respect wamen there so kind women’s hockey is great
They’re*. My bad my intelligence almost dropped to men level
@@jackhames9518 *women
I remember that game...correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there were 8 or 10 straight penalties against the Canadian women's team. There were 2 or 3 instances they were 2 women short. That ref was pressured/paid off to give many penalties to the Canadians.
happydragon5077 An American woman refereed that game after the Canadian squad okayed the Olympic committee's choice. Canada probably could have insisted on a neutral referee but chose to go with the American, likely because European women's officiating was known to be pretty incompetent.
while i dont agree with alot of the comments made here. i also dont agree with most of the penalties called in that game. like that tripping call near the start of the video, that was just blatant blindness. and alot of the other penalties i couldnt hardly see in the video, but i watched it on the day it aired. I am an objective american. The canadian womens team were just better that year. Regardless of all the penalties forced on them.
Bryan Adams then you probably live in fucking Florida and sing songs by the sea shores and do your fuckin nails well we Canadiens fuckin demolish all the us teams and play fair and hit the gym keep wearing your damn sun glasses wimp
@@derekgravel6969 Spoken like one of the true blue hockey goons I grew up with.
@@burleybater wuss
@@derekgravel6969 that was quite rude. Hope you grew up in the last 4 years! I watched this game live and yes the reffing was TERRIBLE but regardless, this comment was quite a bit worse!
I've been a referee for 11 years, and that was THE WORST officiating ever. The ref made it WAY to odvious who she wanted to win that game...
I remember this game, they called an offside when a Canadian picked up the puck in the neutral zone and skated in on a break away, I just laughed out loud
Man seeing this brings back memories, I used to watch this dvd all the time as a kid
don't blame the american team. the ref probably had a bet on the american team.
Americans are like that, im not surprised, stfu
that's not very nice or true. Don't stereotype against an entire nation because of a hockey game.
Youre right we stereotype against an entire nation because of their leader. USA- racist idiotic assholes
More Americans voted against trump than for him but because of the silly way our election system works he won. But even if every single american supported trump that doesn't mean that you should judge them. There are players on my hockey team who supported trump but that doesn't mean that I treat them any differently to my other teammates.
DannyOG you can't defend Americans for this election you elected somebody who is actually now supposed to be the embodiment of all Americans and that how I see all Americans now
The bottom line is that you'd have to be blind or in denial not to realize what was going on with the referring in that game. As an American, it was embarrassing to watch. We don't need refs like this in sports, and with wins both before & after that game shows the American woman's hockey team sure doesn't need the refs help to win.
You can tell the ref is amarican
It was Canada vs Stacey Livingston. I watched it live and then CBC replayed the game at midnight. Still as sweet watching it the second time. And Stacey Livingston? She's now the Supervisor of Officials for the Women's WC and the Olympics.
I have dual citizenship so I like both sides (but canadas better at hockey)
Same here
ya may as well stick with the winners
Same here
i know
KoivuTheHab Lmao “traitor” they’re just pointing out a fact bud
A hahahahaa some American paid the ref to call stupid calls. That's what America needs to win. They can't win on their own
I watched this game live with some buddies and we were all infuriated by the refereeing in this game. It still upsets me some even to this day whenever it happens to come to mind. The Canadian women were shorthanded for practically half the game it seemed. Who the hell were the IDIOTS that decided to allow a U.S. referee to officiate this game, and why wasn't she replaced after the first period when it became so apparent that she was doing everything she could to help the U.S. team win? Absolutely ludicrous, and hopefully nothing like that will ever be allowed to happen again. Justifiably the Canadian women won in spite of it all. I don't know what happened to that U.S. bitch but I hope she was banned from refereeing ever again. The referee was on the U.S. teams side, but GOD was on the Canadian teams side eh.
Who remembers getting this DVD in their Cheerios box?
Man... I was only 3 years old when this was played, but the Ref's favouritism infuriates me as a hockey player who has played in high school and had things like this bullshit called against us becuase the Ref was alumni to the other team
I heard the ref wanted to give every Canadian player two mintutes for winning
LOL
I was ABSOLUTLEY losing my mind! watching that game! I LOVE CANADA!!
I remember it well. The ref was horrible. Twenty -one years later I still remembered the ref's name: Stacy Livingstone.
If only she said "Eh" after saying "take off" 3:47.
This U.S. team in that game decided to draw upon the almighty soccer gods and while invoking Das Boot, screamed DIVE DIVE DIVE at every opportunity. And it almost worked.
A young Julie Chiu saw this happening and decided that it was far better to play with class and be awesome and lose than try and embarrass the refs any time anyone got near them,
Guess who got one of the biggest cheers during the medal presentations in Vancouver.
it wasn't bad refereing..it was just Biased..
Mak Berny
McKay Mckay No, Biased is the way someone treats someone differently then others, Bad Reffing is for both side
In the 02 womens game the penalty minutes were 26-8. I think the title of worst reffing ever belongs to the 1972 summit series, game 6. The west german ref called 31 pim against Canada to the Soviets 4.
Kompala
lol only time ull see murica winning against canda
Brandon Steele they lost dumbass
“Canda”
Yea Canda sucks
@@BoleDaPole Canda sucks, Canada on the otherhand is pretty good.
Worst reffing was yesterday at the Olympics in CAN-FIN. There was canadian referees...
Funny, considering CANADIAN refs call more penalties against CANADIANS than any other nation.
I have to wonder if there was any kind of investigation into what had to be the most incompetent reffing in hockey history. She was worse than the east German guy in 1972.
And my last topic..I play triple A here in Ontario and we have NEVER lost to an american team at a tournament. I think we're something like 15-0 against American teams. (I've only been with the team for 1 year.)
Kinda pathetic that the US, got all those power play's And they still lost
Yup. I saw that as well. They can't stand it when we win.
i've been getting cashiers and receptionists everywhere to hide Olympic quarters in their workplace, planting them as good luck charms for when my hometown hosts in February
This has to be a joke. Not only does Canada dominate the sport, it is legitimately our official winter sport.
Even when the refs try to screw us over we still overcome it and win! How awesome Canada is!
There could be a part 2 of this video for the 2018 Olympic gold medal game in South Korea. Because that was another horrible game called by the refs.
This was single worst officiated and clearly biased job of reffing in the history of hockey. And the Canadian girls still won.
You know what's funny? On ESPN during the strike, the poll asked if you would miss hockey if it were gone forever. All 50 states said the wouldn't miss it. So we should get out of hockey and give Canada at least one thing they can be good at........how the hell did I get here to women's hockey?
watched the game American reff, the box filled with canadians ALL game, it was exactly what it looked like. and we still won. Hope she never reffed another game.
i always loved playing hockey as a kid and taking shots at the refs when we won and they tried really hard to prevent it " well i guess your team just sucked to hard, we still won though, nice try " was my favourite
Chris Lee: Hold My Whistle
i watched the game & the ref totally ruined that game, even with all the cheating by the ref, the usa still lost, if i was american player the ref would of pissed me off probably would of hit her she just made them look foolish, what an embarressment, thats worse than badminton in asia
If a Canadian ref did that it’d be a big fuckin problem around the hockey world but since an American ref did it it’s ok.
As an American, I say that the Canadians more than deserved that win. The terrible reffing was so blatant. But it is a shame people posting here has to say that America sucks because of something like this. You're no better than the ref in this case.
5:16 great way to get injured
Canada has 1/10th the population of usa too! That means the usa should have 10 times better of a team and should score 10 goals for every 1 that we do, but they dont...Canada rocks!
it wasnt that the ref didnt know what she was calling , it was that she was calling all the penaltys for canada
The ref probably wanted the USA to win GO CANADA GO
@TheSportsfan102 Excuse me. The sport I really meant was "Curling" which is basically Shuffleboard to us Americans. Sorry for the error.
I was about to get angry, but then i realized it's women's hockey.....
What was that like 15 power plays for the US and Canada got 0?? Real American fans will admit this was blatant favouritism from the ref.
wrong, if Canada has 500 frozen ponds and ice rinks, than using my logic, USA should have 5000. The fact that we have 500 times more doesnt mean we should have better players, it means we are exceeding the US, which is very hard to do for the fact that we have 1/10th the population. The US doesn't dominate sports neraly as much as they should for their population.
You girls made the WHOLE country so proud! Especially, given the "homey" ref!! You girls STILL overcame, and won with poise! So proud of you all!
...it's true...the peace thing.
I live in a small community in saskatchewan. when i first moved to canada the city was so nice. not much crime. but when the city grew in the last 10 years all of a sudden this city has highest crime per capita. And there's many places i would have trusted 10 years ago that i no longer trust now.
Americans and Canadians are basically the same. There isn't much that differentiates them both from each other.
I would assume you aren't a Canadian or American
That guy I have dual citizenship, so I do know both families, and my conclusion, leaving out Quebec obviously, is there really isn't much difference that separates Americans from Canadians.Can you provide specific examples of where we are different?
No, we've had the worst reffing ever
It's a call that is NEVER called. To say that the ref was biased is wrong to say that that she fucked up is correct. It was a call that shouldn't have been made in such a big game.
The first period of the womens finals in Pyeongchang just wrapped up... Feels like total fucking deja vu... What a load of shit.
I remember watching that game. That was some atrocious officiating. I know it's only women's hockey, but it was still nice to see Canada win.
everyone would cheat if they got the chance... if you're not cheating, you're not trying hard enough to win
The refs were the worst in the recent NHL playoffs. All they did was help the Canadian teams cause they can't play worth a shit. Sharks vs. Edmonton and then Calgary was horrific. Dallas vs Vancouver was a joke too.
All 3 goals the Canadian got was from even strength. The American got both goals from power plays. If this game had a fair referee the scores could've been 3 - 0 for Canada.
The puck didn't pass the goal line. The whole puck has to pass the line.
I agree, Canada played great despite stupid refereeing job. Next time in Vancouver, hope they will allow bodychecks just to see our girls start the game vs. the USA with a huge hit and pump the crowd up (like in 2006).
Canada's women team make Team USA and the refs look shite any day!
This was Sunday School compared to the four games in Moscow during the 72 Summit Series!!!
Wow... thats horrible... if an NHL Ref did that, he'd be fired the next day, garunteed. Poor gals. Whatever they won, and we know it.
4:18 Nice save... of a shot that had missed the goal...
And from 2002-2014 Canada’s women have only won gold
Uh, no. I've never heard anyone say anything about the Blue Jays winning the World Series. Who would care? That's a club team, not Canada vs USA. Maybe it's because I'm from St. Louis where we have the most knowledgeable baseball fans on the planet, but I can't see why anyone would complain about a Canadian team full of Americans winning the WS.
Remember when the Blue Jays won the world series...and americans wouldnt drop it that we "stole their game". Don't even try to talk to me about humility.
hockey is played all over the world. Though the other leagues aren't at a high level like the NHL, they're still not bad at all. There are rarely any competitive or noteworthy football leagues, basketball leagues or baseball leagues outside of NA
Women: Win game, still complain about unfairness.
@Potts132 A Nationalist? For the "Red, White and Blue"? Known to all of us as the "U.S.A."? I love that!
To all you americans calling us whiners, the ref in this game was found guilty of and admitted to fixing this game...or at least trying to, and was banned for life. Even when you cheat like you usually do, you can't beat us.
+Dreams of Sanity Can you provide me with a link to this story? Because I cannot find any article about any Olympic reg getting caught cheating.
I was 100% certain about this, but since your comment I have looked for confirmation myself and could not find any. Apparently I was mistaken, and I apologize for misleading anyone, but anyone who watched that game, Canadian, American or other nationality would have no doubt she was cheating (her name was Stacey Livingston btw). In my search I did find several articles mirroring that thought, as you probably did too. I would love to watch that game again myself, I ended up on this video while looking for the full game, so if anyone knows where to get the full game, I would love to get a link to it.
The subject line and description accuses the ref of throwing the game taunts the opponent for losing without even showing the bad calls. It's just not a conciliatory tone, that's all I'm saying.
I'm sorry I said what I did on my first posts. I don't want to argue with my Canadian friends, but no one gives the US any credit for even being in both gold medal games and winning a World Championship in 1996. Canada currently is the best in the world, obviously, but we've closed the gap a bit.
probably... Definatly! im Canadian but i have no problem with America, same with most Canadians.
Worst? Not even close.. 2014 IIHF World Championship final between Russia and Finland begs to differ.
Don Koharski and Kerry Fraser have reffed just as poorly and have been just as biased. 1993 NHL Playoffs come to mind.
USA holds the record for all gold medal victory in all time last time poll taking jan 3,2013 8,109
Oh and another thing about American and NHL hockey. The reason why american teams win is because of the ratio of american teams vs canadian teams in the NHL. Most of the top players in the NHL and the world are canadian
Americans are way to competitive for their own good. Im american and this is absolute bullshit reffing. Theres no way america can compete with other northern countries im sure we cheated to get to the gold metal match, as hockey has too low of a fan base to encourage people to actually play the sport much. We are not as bad as other countries think of us, but we NEVER admit we're wrong without a fight
Sorry, you young folks don't know this is not the worst reffing in history, im young but my dad told me everything that happened in 1972. My dad was in moscow luzhniki ice palace during game 8, the soviets picked one of the biased referee clearly to call penalties after penalties of team canada, During few minutes soviets are already on the power play canada down 2 guys mahovlich. My dads mom had a ticket to go but she stayed here in canada where it was safe
Hey, this now has a challenger, Canada vs USA in Women's soccer at the London Olympics
Who came home with the gold this time????? 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Tigerguy 101 Same biased reffing, common for the yanks when they can’t compete with Canadian hockey, a.k.a REAL HOCKEY
She refereed the Leafs-Bruins first round series last year. And every other Bruins game she can help out in.
Bullshit.
Worst game ever reffed if today's NHL standards her fines would be the most of any ref or linesman in the game.
Obviously, this video was posted before the true worse.....the 2012 women's soccer Olympic game between USA and Canada, that was truly disgraceful
Let's not forget, 2002 was the scandal in figure skating. It isn't that hard to imagine the ref had pre arranged an outcome? But our hearts and effort proved we could overcome any obstacle.