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U.S.A. vs Finland – Gambling Picks 2010 Olympic Hockey

Olympic tournament preview and free ice hockey prediction for the Semi Final Men’s Ice Hockey game scheduled for Friday February 26th between USA and Finland with the puck dropping at Noon in Vancouver. In this game look for the Americans to win this game 4-2…

Olympic Men’s Hockey Semifinals Preview – USA vs. Finland

Hey folks, looking for the best place on the web to get your USA vs. Finland Olympic hockey picks, and betting analysis? You’ve found it. Dave B will weigh in with his daily hockey predictions thru to the end of the 2010 olympic hockey tournament.

The 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey schedule started on Tuesday February 16th. Next up is Friday Semi Final action for Feb 26th at Noon Pacific time we get Finland vs. USA. We encourage you to check out Sportsbook.com and bet on the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey games and hockey lines online.

Tournament Semi Final Round Matchups: (Winner Moves On – Losers Plays For A Bronze Medal, Winners play for the Gold), USA vs. Finland, Canada vs. Slovakia.

USA vs. Finland Live Olympic Hockey Semi-Final Odds (We will update when posted)

Moneyline: Finland +145, USA -190
Spread: Finland +.5, USA -.5
Over/under: 4.5

Friday’s huge Olympic Hockey Semi-final takes place between two rather unlikely opponents. The United States and Finland have both played well so far in the Olympic tournament but now it is time to decide who plays for Gold and who plays for Bronze.

The United States entered the Medal Round as the number one seed and got to face the lowest remaining seed, the Swiss in the Quarter-finals. Although they dominated the majority of that game, they were only able to eek out a 2-0 win. The Swiss are tough for sure, having taken Canada into overtime and having played the US tough in the first game of the tournament. Still, the Americans victory over the Swiss was anything but confidence building.

The key for the Americans in this game is to play that “North American style of hockey”. Their physical game will be a key to their success. Team USA is predicated on its speed and forechecking abilities – it is the strength of their game. The Americans should be able to get after the older Finnish team and generate some offense from the turnovers that their speed creates.

The American defense will have to just keep playing the way that they have been playing and Ryan Miller is the best goaltender in the tournament. Another key for the Americans is to avoid penalties. The Fins have been lights out on the power play so far in the Olympic tournament. Team USA will not have to score a lot of goals to beat this Finnish team and I think that their speed will indeed kill. Online Hockey Betting at Sportsbook

Team Finland is the quietest Semi-finalists in Olympic Hockey history! Does anyone really know how this team has made it this far? They have a veteran group of forwards and a few clutch youngsters on their team and they have Mikka Kiprusoff who has had a good tournament – I guess? Team Finland appears to be a total team that gelled quickly and have ridden a momentum wave into the Semi-finals.

But with older leaders like Sakku Koivu and Teemu Selanne, this team doesn’t figure to be able to keep up with the energy and the youth that the Americans have.

Team USA should be favored in this game and rightfully so. Team Finland has done nothing spectacular in this tournament and Team USA has (beating Canada).

Finland vs USA Free Gambling Pick
I like the Americans in this game 4-2 and I love that they will likely get a rematch with Team Canada Sunday afternoon for Gold!

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2 replies on “U.S.A. vs Finland – Gambling Picks 2010 Olympic Hockey”

Obviously since Finland was in the gold medal round in 2006 vs Sweden they did not just sneak into this round of hockey. If I recall a lot of these players have played the olympics numerous times including the USA and Canadian players. Finland will test the team play of USA in this game because this game I ensure you will not be won by any one individual play such as the USA and Canada have won before. If a young team is so much better than a veteran team why would teams bring in veterans to play in the playoffs in the NHL? Veterans know how to beat speed and they know how to grind. Finland will beat the USA because they have had spectacular defense in the prior games. My prediction 3-1 Finland.

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