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Gonna be rooting for Latvia, not because i don't like Canada, but you gotta love an huge underdog story.
 
Little concerned about refs reacting to crowd noise in this game, refs have to make sure they call the game not the atmosphere.

And that's what I didn't want to happen..........Latvia scores first.
 
Poro24 said:
Only in Finland it's possible to have so many empty seats in a game like this. And we're supposed to be hockey country. Good job with the ticket prices etc.

We should be banned from hosting this tournament.

But lets go Latvia!
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Semis prices i can kinda still understand (not really), the half empty group stage games though? That's just incompetence, sell them at like 10-20e to get a full house.
 
I don’t see Latvia resisting Canadian pressure much longer, but what an underdog story it would be! Massively cheering for them - if Canada wins this tournament, nobody in Canada will get too excited. If Latvia wins, there is a national holiday and they will talk about it for another 40 years. Means so much to them, I’d love those excellent fans to get some joy!
 
Old Man Jags said:
I don’t see Latvia resisting Canadian pressure much longer, but what an underdog story it would be! Massively cheering for them - if Canada wins this tournament, nobody in Canada will get too excited. If Latvia wins, there is a national holiday and they will talk about it for another 40 years. Means so much to them, I’d love those excellent fans to get some joy!
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What Canadian pressure?
 
Latvia has eight players from the Czech league on the ice today! Us Czech fans were complaining that there was no way we could get any result at this tournament with so many Czech league players on our team… but I guess it’s about the players, not the league 😀
 
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Well, not the result we were looking for after one, had some shots but nothing Silovs can't handle.

Will need to come out better in the and and getting the next goal looms pretty large because if Latvia gets it I smell an upset.
 
vlady said:
What Canadian pressure?
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A lot more of that than Latvian pressure, that’s for sure… plus they can turn it up another notch. That said, I really hope I am wrong as I would absolutely love Latvia to go to the final.
 
This period kinda felt like the first period of Finland-Canada. Only this time Canada is playing the role of Finland.

Latvia is playing inspired right now. They're playing with the freedom of not having anything to lose. Latvians in the crowd are also a helluva joy to listen to. I wish NHL crowds were like this.
 
Old Man Jags said:
A lot more of that than Latvian pressure, that’s for sure… plus they can turn it up another notch. That said, I really hope I am wrong as I would absolutely love Latvia to go to the final.
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for sure Canada has another gear, but they haven't brought it in the first. It was a pretty even period.
 
Old Man Jags said:
A lot more of that than Latvian pressure, that’s for sure… plus they can turn it up another notch. That said, I really hope I am wrong as I would absolutely love Latvia to go to the final.
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Canada definitely had more zone time, not a lot happening with it yet though, they will need to work harder for better looks down there as Latvian defenders work each puck carrier to the max, that's their game.
 
Luolis said:
This period kinda felt like the first period of Finland-Canada. Only this time Canada is playing the role of Finland.

Latvia is playing inspired right now. They're playing with the freedom of not having anything to lose. Latvians in the crowd are also a helluva joy to listen to. I wish NHL crowds were like this.
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Agree with all this. But I worry that the longer the Latvians are in the lead, the more likely they will suddenly feel they have a lot to lose, and then they might lose the energy and fearlessness, and mistakes start to creep in. Hope I am wrong, but the Latvia team has never been here, first ever semi… Hope the pressure of the occasion won’t break them.
 
jj cale said:
Canada definitely had more zone time, not a lot happening with it yet though, they will need to work harder for better looks down there as Latvian defenders work each puck carrier to the max, that's their game.
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I'm at work and we only get 2 tsn channels that aren't showing the game. I'm sporadically watching it on my phone
 
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