GDT: Gold Medal Game • Jan. 5 • 8:00 PM ET • 02:00 CET • III (Mod warning in OP)

[Wilma]

Russia would be tied or winning right now if they didnt pull their goalie off of 2 unstoppable shots 3 minutes in. Terrible coaching move, he should have just called the time out.

Agree with this. Looks bad in hindsight. Though, after that move, the Russians really turned up the heat in the first and have been the more dangerous team (except for a 5 min span in the 2nd) ever since

To be honest, I might put him back out for the third...

 

[Saintpatrick*]

If we blow this, I'll officially declare the ACC cursed and have a petition out to burn it to the ground.

It's already cursed

 

[lawrence]

that said...

Mckenzie did say one thing... that if Canada is to win, Fucale needs to be great.

He`s far from that right now, outright terrible, just like last year.

team spots him a 5 goal lead, its now 5-4.

that said, you give one team 4 straight powerplays, on questionable calls, cmon, the Virtannen and Domi are routine hits. Canada did the same thing against russians in previous gold medal games.

but this time it`s a penalty.

 

[Quares27]

Fucale isn't very good. I've said this the last few years, and it sounds like I'm right.

When was he ever good anyway? his best sv% in juniors is a .909 and he's played on some amazing teams... he's a below average goalie.

 

[MR4]

Keep calm and give it to Max Domi.

Probably would give us the best chances of drawing a penalty for a powerplay, too.

 

[Hisch13r]

Wait a minute...you mean someone skated, hard, to get to where the puck is, and hit the guy with the puck? Dear god, make the madness stop. That was a clean hit.

Clean, not late, puck there, shoulder hit.

Perfect hit

Into the boards head first...

 

[Baro]

Canada wins 10-4

Canada will win (not 10-4, but win) if Bowey never sees the ice again. I don't care how many goals he's scored. Since the first day of the tournament I've wanted to throw up every time I saw him. Ugh.

 

[EscapedGoat]

Lol always excuses with you, called it before the game, you will blame the refs, fucale, team canada headquarters, mcdavid sucking
Cant admit that russia just OWNED YOU

Am I missing something? Can you explain how losing by one goal equates to "owning" another team?

 

[Jersey Fresh]

why does James Duthie keep calling North Dakota, " Dakota". Like exclusively.

So weird.

I wasn't sure if I heard that right. Was originally Dakota Territory though, I guess.

 

[Sentinel]

how dare you steal our great motivational word "believe"? USA sports has full ownership of believe and all things believe-related.

Not all USA. Just Detroit.

 

[Deserted TiredOfHate]

Oh is that why they are doing it? I was wondering why it was only TO fans bashing Virtanen.

 

[SidGenoMario]

When will Hockey Canada learn that you can't just take 4 scoring lines and expect to win, you need a bottom 6 of grinders, like an actual TEAM. You have to consider roles, not just take the best 20 players. Hockey Canada messing up again

 

[hototogisu]

He was playing his shut down guys to hold a 4 goal lead.

That went well.

 

[Classicnamesup]

And the reffing and embellishment was worse for USA.

They've let a lot more go tonight.

For which side?

 

[Proust*]

Stop blaming the refs. Canada has done this to themselves. Let's hope they can adjust.

 

[Bluejaysfan*]

Penalty's were inevitable, what if it was domi's penalty earlier.


Gauthier scoring on his own net how about that??

Blaming one play sounds so uneducated and I am not even a canucks fan.

"Blaming one play sounds so uneducated and I am not even a canucks fan"

Proceeds to point out Gauthier scoring in his own net and ignores when others point that out to.

 

[Coach Parker]

If he had a good defense in front of him it wouldn't have gotten out of control either. It's not all his fault.

Agreed. Defense jumping in deep (Bowey and Nurse) over and over with him failing to control his rebounds have allowed Russia to storm back.

 

[aphyro]

The name should give it away! Though tbf not that atypical or common.

Well yeah but comon! Aaron Ekblad sounds more swedish then Eric Lindros!

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Yup Gauthier hasn't been very good, he's good on the draws but lacks the skill to be useful offensively and the speed to be a good shutdown guy against the top teams.

He shouldn't have made this team last year or this year IMO, but it is what it is.

 

[jdatb]

Goes for a hit where it's questionable if it was clean or not, Russia proceeds to score on penalty and then add 2 more...yeup, as much as Canucks fans hate to hear it, that penalty is a big part of Russia's comeback. It gave them life right as Canada was about to run away with it.

I agree that the penalty is where the turnaround began for Russia. But it was a bad call, so not his fault. Virtanen's made many hits like that all tournament which have been perfectly fine. Why randomly call this one? And boarding? Give me a break.

 

[SabresBillsBuffalo]

Russia getting calls no way!

 

[Gajou]

Wow, just wow. So glad I decided to stay up and watch this game.

 

[Mitchy]

Thanks Fucale for making this an exciting game!

 

[MR4]

Into the boards head first...

He hit the Russian's side and partially the chest, its not a head first hit at all.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Hahaha for a second I almost thought that Renberg and Lindros were gonna kiss each other! Bromance brooming, legion of doom bruh... where's LeClair at though?