GDT: 2022 WJC Gold Medal Game FIN vs CAN 6pm MT, 8pm ET 2022-08-20

[Ezekial]

Whoever said this was a Classic in the making in the first period actually got it right.

 

[Deebo]

Finland should stop hooking, slashing, boarding and holding if they don't want to spend so much time on the PK.

 

[CupofOil]

Do they give a medal for being the best team but not on the scoreboard?

I'm disputing that Canada was the better team in this game. I'm not saying they didn't deserve Gold, the team that played better team doesn't always win.

 

[Summer Rose]

Do they give a medal for being the best team but not on the scoreboard?

Yes, it's called the silver medal.

 

[Maestro84]

Congrats Canada, better team won. Game would have been 5-2 if not for Jatkola. What an effort from him.

Tbh Finland was lowkey the better team for the latter part of regulation. I'll take it as a Canadian of course but they scraped this one out by the nail, and I feel like had OT been 5 on 5 I'm not sure what would happen

 

[Master P]

My only solace after Canada winning gold is that Finnish fans are unhappy.

 

[Kcb12345]

Now we don't have to talk about why McTavish-Johnson started OT together despite not playing together all tournament long. Reunited Stankoven-Johnson and it was all over

 

[BTP]

Had to listen to radio, someone post a gif of the save lol

 

[Svedu]

We and a few of us guys never lost the faith snipes.

Good old Canadian heart.


Congrats to the Finnish team and the contingent of it's fans that are classy here too, good fans and what a group of hockey players those guys always have. The bad ones, and this goes for the bad Canadian ones too, think they are big fans but in truth, they ain't worthy of the guys that play with the crest on the uniform.

Well said! And congrats! Hopefully we'll see Bedard at least one or two times more in this tournament.
Would've been fun to witness him against Michkov someday as well, but things are sadly as they are right now.

Poor Lamby, i hope he can bounce back as well.

 

[jj cale]

I'm enjoying this new tradition of Finland and Canada playing for gold.

This isn't over, we'll see yous in Game 5!

Oh, it's far from over, how could it be? it's the clear 2 best teams in international hockey.

See you next time

 

[czechcanadian]

Congrats Canada, better team won. Game would have been 5-2 if not for Jatkola. What an effort from him.

Can’t agree with that. Shots were even and Canada had 7 or 8 power plays? It was a really close tight game and both goalies were good. Finland also deserved the overtime

 

[Frank Drebin]

I'm disputing that Canada was the better team in this game. I'm not saying they didn't deserve Gold, the team that played better team doesn't always win.

This "better team" nonsense means nothing. We have a winner and a loser.

 

[LeapOnOver]

Do they give a medal for being the best team but not on the scoreboard?

Yes, a silver medal.

Edit: SummerRose beat me to it

 

[Bounces R Way]

Fun tournament. That OT was crazy, McTavish jesus what a save. This Canadian team scored a lot but man were they an adventure in their own zone. As good as the Finnish goalie was Garand deserves a ton of credit for his whole tourney. Cool as a cucumber.

Finns are a worthy opponent to challenge for hockey dominance. Hope we get to see a best on best Olympics soon.

 

[Ezekial]

Had to listen to radio, someone post a gif of the save lol

 

[behemolari]

Whoever said this was a Classic in the making in the first period actually got it right.

Classic example to fix home gold

 

[jj cale]

Well said! And congrats! Hopefully we'll see Bedard at least one or two times more in this tournament.
Would've been fun to witness him against Michkov someday as well, but things are sadly as they are right now.

Poor Lamby, i hope he can bounce back as well.

Thanks Svedu, all props to your team, they could have hung their head and given up when things weren't going their way but As i've come to expect................that just isn't in their nature.

Respect.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Yes, a silver medal.

And if the better team wins the gold medal, what does the worse team win?

 

[Orr Fourever]

As Ricky Bobby would say. "If you ain't first your last".

 

[Eye of Ra]

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hahahahahahaha

reminds me of this

 

[Lambo]

Epic game! Congrats Canada! Despite the defeat! I m proud of the Leijonat! See you next year!

 

[NyQuil]

It would have been pretty epic if Finland had come all the way back with all of that penalty killing they had to do.

Sometimes hockey doesn't work out that way.

I disliked the penalty parade which ruined a lot of the flow.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Those refs + team canada combined pretty hard team to play against

So you're saying the Fins were playing the Bruins?

I joke!

Hey, it was an exciting game. But yeah it went from NHL style "let 'em play" to NHL style "suddenly we should game manage"

But admit it, dude saving that goal from going in, that was the difference right there. That Finnish goalie is clearly better than what Canada has.

That's my take.

Canada takes Gold. You love to see it.

 

[Gordy Elbows]

See you at the rematch in 4 months.

 

[Ezekial]

Classic example to fix home gold

I didn't like all the penalties but as a USA fan who was rooting for Finland can't say any weren't deserved.