Ope! Michigander here. Good on ya, buds! I'll have a shot of maple syrup tomorrow morning to honor your victory.

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Thank you sir, an entertaining game as always. GL in the next one :)

They've been giant killers, we'll see I guess.

Go Canada Go!!

USA played hard, I thought they played better tbh. Wont say no to a win though!

Both is correct

The USA came out of the gates swinging for sure, but Canada got their shit together. The US made too many mistakes

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The mistake was playing Canada in the semifinal. A final between these two would be a low scoring thriller and flip a coin as to who would win.

Maple syrup... now I want waffles.

It's kind of ridiculous to call a 6-2 loss "they played better" like come on

Did you watch the game? I’m the first the US was ALL OVER Canada. Evened up in the second with the Canadians taking over in the 3rd a bit.

The US had big scoring chances right to the end, two goals called back (one of which could have gone either way), and the only reason Canada won was a goaltender who stood ok his head.

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Both are acceptable, but "Czechia" is the one the Czech government would prefer people to use.

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what

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Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople ...
Why did Constantinople get the works?
It's nobody's business but the Turks

Nobody who actually watched the game would say that…hey everybody, this guy only looked at the box score before commenting! Get him!

putting the sport in the title would be cool. Nice for canadians tho, and I had no idea CR played it.

The post does have hockey flair, and there’s a photo of people playing hockey

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Lol both those were obvious goaltender interference, luke Hughes turn over on the empty better was a perfect representation of team USA's play

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Why not?

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We got outshot, the states had 2 disallowed goals and we scored an empty netter. It was a lot closer than any 6-2 game. You should have watched it, it was a good one.

Butt kicked after that good start. USA was buzzing but made critical mistakes around their own net and you found the rebounds. Nice job!

Does he seem like a man who has time for deduction?

If Canada loses ever they're a B Squad. It's like watching Brazil get smoked by Germany 7 to 1 in soccer.

Saying that completely devalues what Czechia has done. They’ve looked pretty unstoppable so far this tournament and I wouldn’t be shocked to see them take Canada down.

I know someone from there and when I called it Czechia he looked at me in confusion and said no one actually says that.

flair is not visible if you are not in the sub. I got here from the home section and that was exactly why I got confused.

The photo is visible, but extremely small and a third is blocked with a black bar. Admitedly after I saw the big image here I was able to go back and recognize the photo.

I wish you guys had a bit more empathy instead of rushing to judge like that. Flair is not visible in the home section and image is extremely small (and partially blocked).

Is this a recent thing? I have been hearing it so much this tournament, before I had only heard it referred to as the Czech Republic

What do the Czech people want?

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Not to be called czechia ...

Well they're a democracy, so.....

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I'm not really sure why you're getting down voted.

US v Canada in the World Jr final is must watch every time it happens. Downvotes are from people who don't watch hockey.

In 2016 the government made Czechia the official short name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic#Adoption_of_Czechia

People don't read the articles watch the games.

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Definitely a much closer game than the score indicated, USA played better most of that game.

The Canada goalie definitely saved it. Might have played better but not always smarter. Being reckless around the goal and not taking care for positioning looked like it was hurting them. Youngins gonna be young. So glad Red Savage played with us yankees!

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>Nice job!

Thanks, it took a lot of effort on my part.

You must be the goalie! Congrats! ;)

I'm kind of glad that Canada lost to Czechia in their first game. Canada won't be over confident (which I think happened) this time around. They now know that the Czechs are a really good team.

I agree. They tried the Michigan two or three times and then didn’t really start to worry until the game was 5-2 and then at that point, Suchanek just settled right in.

Yeah, Milic came up clutch a number of times. USA looked great in the neutral zone, had a lot of great chances in the slot. The US just had no presence in front of their own net, that killed them other than the empty netter, and Canada's 4th line goal I think each goal was either in the blue paint or just outside of it. Even that 4th goal was close in the slot.

They even bounced back well after the first Goalie Interference, which was still questionable in my eyes, the second was clear GI.

It was a miracle that the weird bounce off of Milic on the US PP, which ended up right in front of the empty crease didn't end up in the back of the net.

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Candian junior hockey team:

Everyone's gangsta till the lights go out.

I noticed on at least a few goals a D man misplaying the side of the net leaving the opposite side wide open. Just a bit late on getting to their spots. There were some really good checks though and they tried to play physical

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There’s also the fact that the world juniors is a hockey tournament, if someone made a post saying “Yankees win the World Series” I feel like adding baseball somewhere in the title might be a bit redundant

This commment chain is all anybody ever needs to look at to know that Reddit karma is useless :)

I thought they got beat by Iceland …. But then the. Put on their ducks jerseys and won ?

I’m a goaltender, have been since I was 8-9 and still play regularly in my 30’s. I also ref.

First one is only interference strictly by the IIHF rules. North American refs would have called it a good goal as it was really incidental contact that also wouldn’t have happened if the D-man didn’t hit him towards the goalie.

Second one was 100% a no-goal

Seriously. Milic is literally the only reason Canada won that game. your original comment should not be in the negatives lol

Exactly, first one is a goal in the NHL for sure

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… Is about to get slapped, good luck

The Constitutional Democratic Republic of Czechia?

This literally is the B squad. It's the juniors.

most people would have no idea about that. You are talking by the point of a north american, someone thats used to it. I assume you are US american specifically and not canadian, is this correct?

No, I’m Canadian