It was always going to be a coin flip, at best. They're both great teams.
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Agreed, and OP saying “a huge fluke” is demonstrably not true.
The game everyone remembers from the last Olympics with NHL players (2014) was also USA vs. Canada. 0-0 until overtime, when Crosby scored a goal after 7 minutes and 40 seconds (if I remember correctly, I looked it up the other day). Incredible moment.
So, the last time they met in a similarly competitive game they played nearly 68 minutes of hockey without either team scoring a goal.
It’s not a fluke, it’s how their games often work.
Lol amazing. Thanks for the laugh.
Edit, as I recall, that guy made that one post, then disappeared into the ether. Legend.
That's the joy of hockey, even the best teams lose sometimes. Anything can happen, that's what makes it so fun to watch. And that's why they play best-of-seven in the NHL.
Canada definitely deserved to win, and I'm proud of how well they played against an unbelievably stacked US team. Once it got to overtime it was pretty much a coin toss.
You have to admit, even as a Canada supporter, Jack Hughes scoring that goal like 10 minutes after getting half a tooth knocked out is such an iconic moment for hockey.
The best team is the one that wins and that's why we play the game. If you knew who was best beforehand, you could just stay home.
I know the Nashville sweep meme but it doesn’t apply here.
Excellent fucking hockey game. Only regrets is that OT isn’t 5v5 and we disrespected our neighbor for basically no reason over the past year.
It was incredible. I didn't even care who won and I was tense as fuck.
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Yes. Next one is in 4 years.
Damn Blackhawks fan...
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I'm coping by saying the US gets the Olympics but the Stanley Cup comes home this season at the very least.
Nice job jinxing it, you just sealed the Panthers' back3back
For sure if Canada had won orange would have called IOC asking them to find two more goals.
Eh stop crying Canada isn't guaranteed a gold no matter how much everyone thinks we are. The world is getting better st hockey or we are getting worse doesn't matter outcome is the same. Hell we almost didn't make the fold medal game.
It seems some people aren't familiar with the reference.
The Preds swept the Hawks during the first round of the playoffs 8 years ago. As I recall, the Hawks were heavily favored, so it was a pretty stunning upset. The linked post appeared shortly thereafter...
My pet theory is that if Trump gloated about before the matches like he did for the Four Nations hockey match last year, Canada would have whooped ass. He's now learned his lesson to only celebrate afterward 😏.