Canadian Women took the Gold
Without the U.S. to compete against Canada had no problem taking the Gold medal whipping Sweden 4-1 today. The Silver is an unexpected and unprecedented finish for the Swedes who were almost disbanded until they managed a Bronze in Salt Lake 4 years ago. That should give heart to the Swiss who also beat the Americans and the Finns who almost did a couple of times, twice taking 3-1 leads into the end of the 2d period before falling to 3d period U.S. rallys. Last December in Hartford Connecticut it was only 5-3 and in Turin during the preliminaries again leading 3-1 after 2 periods the Finns lost control of the game and the American women roared back to a 7-3 victory. But then the fell to 1-2-1 overall record in the medal round including that devastating shootout loss to the Swedes that put them in the consolation game with Finland instead of the Gold Medal game with Canada. Instead we'll have to hope the men's curling team can carry the load if we hope to get a golden team medal in Turin. The women are already out of curling, U.S. that is and the Canadian women are uncharactaristically struggling. Why isn't Jennifer Jones here? She was devastating at the Scott Tournament of Hearts so I had expected to see her skip the team or at least be on it. Why not send the best? The Canadian women have been having trouble on ice from the get go.
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