Czechs in North America

[Czechboy]

Congrats to the Czech U18 ladies for a bronze
Congrats to the Felcman parents because they now have 2 bronzes in a few weeks
Nice to see Sweden back in top 4
Couldn't believe we hung on 4-2 with Canada at a U18 event... I won't research it but I will assume Canada has considerably more ladies playing hockey at the U18 level than us.

Our ladies have a better chance at a medal in the Olympics than the boys this time.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

What does this even mean? Does he have post traumatic concussion syndrome or something?

 

[Old Man Jags]

Congrats to the Czech U18 ladies for a bronze
Congrats to the Felcman parents because they now have 2 bronzes in a few weeks
Nice to see Sweden back in top 4
Couldn't believe we hung on 4-2 with Canada at a U18 event... I won't research it but I will assume Canada has considerably more ladies playing hockey at the U18 level than us.

Our ladies have a better chance at a medal in the Olympics than the boys this time.

Last year the Czech U18 beat Canada 4-2 in the quarterfinals! But that was a complete sensation. (I think they won silver in the end, lost the final against the US if I am not mistaken.

Only losing 2-4 against Canada is actually not too bad, given that the gap between Canada and the US on the one hand and the rest of the world on the other is much, much bigger than in the case of the men and even the juniors (where it if of course bigger than with the adults).

The Czech women (junior and senior levels) are pretty good at the knockout stages in recent years - they can lose 1-8 or, as happened this year, 0-5 against Canada in the round robin, but then keep it tighter at the knockout stages and occasionally win. I think the women are legit number 3 now. Mostly beat Sweden (junior, senior level) and marginally more often than not Finland. It used to be a very, very different situation in the past, they caught up massively in the past 10-15 years, and overtook most teams. The senior women had never even made a semi-final until 2022, and then won bronze twice and once lost to Finland (SO). The senior women's last 10 games against Sweden: 8-2 Czech wins. Against Finland: 6-4 wins.

Less than 10 years ago I barely knew that the Czech Republic even had a women's ice hockey team.

 

[Czechboy]

Last year the Czech U18 beat Canada 4-2 in the quarterfinals! But that was a complete sensation. (I think they won silver in the end, lost the final against the US if I am not mistaken.

Only losing 2-4 against Canada is actually not too bad, given that the gap between Canada and the US on the one hand and the rest of the world on the other is much, much bigger than in the case of the men and even the juniors (where it if of course bigger than with the adults).

The Czech women (junior and senior levels) are pretty good at the knockout stages in recent years - they can lose 1-8 or, as happened this year, 0-5 against Canada in the round robin, but then keep it tighter at the knockout stages and occasionally win. I think the women are legit number 3 now. Mostly beat Sweden (junior, senior level) and marginally more often than not Finland. It used to be a very, very different situation in the past, they caught up massively in the past 10-15 years, and overtook most teams. The senior women had never even made a semi-final until 2022, and then won bronze twice and once lost to Finland (SO). The senior women's last 10 games against Sweden: 8-2 Czech wins. Against Finland: 6-4 wins.

Less than 10 years ago I barely knew that the Czech Republic even had a women's ice hockey team.

4-2 at U18 level is amazing to me. Back to back medals too!

I get we should be able to hand at Senor level a little because you may have a great group of players on the NT for a decade. But U18 is cyclical. I was thrilled with it to be honest!