Midday open thread

This is a good article on the rivalry between Canada and the US in women’s hockey. If you have a chance to watch the third period of the gold medal game, which is just about to start, I recommend it — it will be a treat.

Feel free to discuss anything, Olympic, political, or otherwise.

…for the curious, the new OT rules. In the gold medal game it’s 3 x 3 sudden death. I’m not sure why they don’t just play a real 5 x 5 sudden death OT, but if 3 x 3 was the price for getting rid of shootouts I will live with it.

…Congrats to team USA!