Tuesday, September 09, 2008

82-0, now that's a blowout


So you think you've been in some bad losses.

At a women's Olympic pre-qualifying hockey tournament, Slovakia beat Bulgaria by a score of 82-0. That was in one game not a best 4 out of 7 series. Bulgaria was outshot 139-0, yup they didn't get a single shot on net. So the Bulgarian goalie's save percentage was just 41.1% Makes Andrew Raycroft look like an all-star. Actually Bulgaria switched goalies with 3 minutes remaining. The back up let in the last 5 goals. Top scorer was Janka Culikova with 10 goals.

It was 19-0 after just 10 minutes. The Bulgarian women also lost 30-1 to Croatia and 41-0 to Italy. The goal scored against Croatia was their only shot on net. Begging the question, what are they doing in the tournament?

Reaction from the Bulgarian Hockey Federation: "What the Slovaks did to us was kind-of an insulting mockery, and is not at all sportsmanlike". Sure blame the other team. There are 33 countries ranked in women's hockey with Slovakia ranked only 17th and Croatia 30th. Bulgaria is a new entry so I'm guessing they will be ranked 34 out of 34.

Deadspin suggests there should be a 60 goal mercy rule.