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Remember that in Olympic Hockey the goal differrential for a team can come into play, so it is in a team's best interest to score as many times as possible. I watched some of the carnage -- and I will say that there were many times that an obvious shot on goal was not made in favour of a pass.
For perspective, I asked my wife (who coaches Canada's U18 Women's Rugby team internationally. Canada is not really known as arugby nation, and therefore plays some really strong teams at times. She says that the athletes she coaches love playing elite teams, even knowing the outcome is almost predetermined -- and that playing elite teams makes the athletes on the weaker team better overall.
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