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We're diehard St. Louis Blues fans as we lived there and had season tickets. The Blues have been nearly unable to beat this guy with Winnipeg lately. I have a whole new respect for him now though.
 
"I am a real American
Fight for the rights of every man
I am a real American
And fight for what's right
Fight for your life"

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Both photos give off similar vibes.

I'm glad the elbows up fans watched their Canada lose. Canadians make their whole identity around hockey and Tim Hortons and as an Albertan wanting independence I am sick of it.
 
I’m glad USA won but anyone that thinks they weren’t outplayed is lying to themselves. 3 on 3 worked out for us this time but it needs to go. Its almost as dumb as ending NHL games with a shootout.
I understand the argument about being outplayed but another part of me says that the scoreboard is how that is determined. Canada had more shots on goal, and more possession time, but that does not directly impact score. That is simply a statistic, no different than other statistics. It's like saying the USA outplayed Canada by having more saves. I realize there is more to it than that but ultimately it is pucks in the net that determines who won, everything else is just static noise that is interesting and provides talking points but doesn't matter at the end of the game.

Agree that I don't like the 3x3 format for OT. It's not the same game when you take half the players off the ice. IT would be like determining the winner of a baseball game by having a home run derby instead of extra innings.
 
Aside from being outplayed for 2 periods...We NEVER trailed in 3 elimination games vs better teams than Canada had to play, including against Canada.

I did some quick math looking at box score sheets of the 3 elimination games for both teams, including gold medal game....

USA- Held a lead for 115 minutes of the 180 regulation minutes. NEVER was behind in all 3 games

Canada- Had a lead for a whopping 6 minutes in all 180 minutes! Trailed in all 3 games, Finland almost the entire game.

Stats speak, so what if we got outplayed for 2 periods, thats why you have a world class goalie to backstop you when you arent on your top game. In no way should Canada have gone to OT vs the Czechs, they were supposed to steam roll them, or be losing to Finland who was without their top player in Barkov. I enjoyed every minute of watching the games, but to say the USA didnt deserve that win and the gold, is just ignorant. Both are great teams, and it would be great to see these international rivalries continue more than just every 4 years. And the Slovaks proved they are going to be a force to be reckoned with in years to come as well
 
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