poetrychic

as the article says, they gave up more goals in 4 games than the detroit red wings did the entire last season...oy vey

So at what point during an 82-0 loss in a women's ice hockey game do you turn to your buddy and say, "C'mon, finish your popcorn and let's beat the traffic?"

Because Slovakia led Bulgaria 31-0 after the first period (.pdf) of their 2010 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey qualifier over the weekend in the Latvian town of Liepaja. After two periods, they led 55-0. If you're Bulgarian and still in the arena during the third period, chances are you're either one of the players or someone who also refuses to leave the worst movie ever made because you paid "good money" for the ticket.

The 82-0 defeat capped what may have been the most pathetic tournament appearance in international hockey history.

Bulgaria lost to Italy (41-0) and Latvia (39-0), and it followed its 82-0 loss with a 30-1 defeat to Croatia (who obviously must address its defensive shortcomings before Vancouver in 2010). In total, Bulgaria's women's ice hockey team surrendered more goals in four games (192) than the Detroit Red Wings did in 82 games last season (184).

Our friend James Mirtle had the best wrap-up of the 82-0 carnage:

Down 77-0 with three minutes to go, Bulgaria put in its backup goaltender, who promptly let in another five goals on five shots in just 1:25 of playing time. The game's final shots on goal were 139-0. Slovakia had 12 players record hat tricks, including one 10-goal scorer, one nine-goal scorer and four others with eight.

Mirtle also points to this story from a Bulgarian media outlet that actually stands up for the women's team and takes the government to task:

The embarrassment, however, ought to be directed towards the Bulgarian Government rather than the ladies. With a population of 7.4 million, only three indoor ice rings in the country and only 37 registered female players, Bulgaria could have hardly hoped for a successful run in the competition, although this ruthless and systematic destruction was nothing short of a national embarrassment.

While some believed the 82-0 defeat could have been the worst loss in ice hockey history, Eric McErlain of FanHouse writes that it's not even the worst loss in women's hockey history -- that would be a 1998 game in which South Korea barely survived a scare against Thailand, 92-0. Still, Bulgaria's 82-0 defeat set an IIHF record.

The chair of the Bulgarian Hockey Federation is calling Slovakia's 82-goal win "a kind-of an insulting mockery" that's "not at all sportsmanlike." We're counting down the moments until he lashes out at the glib reaction of the international sports media, which refuses to acknowledge goalie Liubomira Shosheva's amazing 57-save performance. Considering, you know, she faced 134 shots in 56 minutes.

Bulgarian women's ice hockey loses 82-0; gives up more goals in four tourna... - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

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DanS.

Actually yeah...I feel bad for the goalie. I'm thinkig that after a certain poin her team went out of their way to let shots on goal....less they wanted to give their goalie a break and a chance to come whop them upside the head.

DanS.

btw....I see you're back. Come out of your shelter to check to see if the world was in piece did ya?

poetrychic

they didn't collide the particles yet, this was just the test run to see if they would make it around the tunnel...i mean for the love of everything, they want to recreate conditions a split second after the big bang, and just what happens if they create another big bang? playing with fire, they are

that is what you're talking about, isn't it?

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DanS.

yeah that's what I was talking about. The most shocking thing here is finding that PC turned conspiracy nut

ImusWallower

i would argue that this is worse than the Korea loss. how much hockey is there in Korea?

i am kinda surprised there is no mercy rule

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Cooper looks more feminine and he doesn't seem like he would be an asshole about it." Dan S referring to whom he would go gay for