GDT: Gold Medal Game - May 26 - Canada vs Finland

[Killahpunk]

This tournament was basically a microcosm of Murray's up and down season.

 

[JackSlater]

Congratulations to Finland, deserved win. I'm pleased with this tournament from a Canadian perspective as well, some good lessons for the young players going forward.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Love how this team outworked pretty much everyone.
Congrats Suomi!

 

[IslesNorway]

Congrats Finland! Miracle on ice 40 years on

 

[Roywall]

Happy for Finland. Although I'm sad to see Canada lose, that Finland team had a ton of heart.

 

[kihei]

Copied from Futisforum earlier today:

Congrats, Jussi. A spectacular achievement by your team.

 

[Lempo]

Can someone paste some pictures already? How's the street in Helsinki looks like now?

Live from the market square:

Suora lähetys: Tältä näyttää torilla! IL-TV on keskellä Leijonien MM-kultajuhlia

 

[koyvoo]

How come and please explain.

These are still pro hockey players.

The Americans in 1980 were non pro (amateur) college kids vs one of the strongest teams ever assembled in the entire history of the sport.

This was a professional hockey upset, or an unexpected result. 1980 was a literal miracle pulled off by some random part time hockey kids.

 

[sadpanda]

Stone is a class act. Nice to see!

 

[Raimo Sillanpää]

I really hope you fins are partying and are getting drunk, because you deserve it

And if not, i am doing it for you.

Kalsarikännit with warm Champagne!

 

[myperbixhurts]

There's no need for this.

We had a team that was good enough to win but we got stoned and the Finns put up some timely scoring.

Just congratulate them and move on.

The Finns were missing everyone too.

I sort of did congratulate Canada. Very good tournament considering they could have had an entirely different fire power roster

 

[Simarino]

There's not one guy on the Finnish team that would've made the Canadian team this year.

So you dont take Kakko before McCann, Joseph,Turris or Bertuzzi!?

 

[canswetoxic]

Suora lähetys: Tältä näyttää torilla! IL-TV on keskellä Leijonien MM-kultajuhlia

Thanks!
Not as crazy as 2011 though.

 

[WinTheRightGames]

What is the breaking point of team Canada?

 

[Yakushev72]

The Finns are amazing: their victims, strewn all over the ice, are the who's who of international hockey - first Sweden, then Russia, and finally Canada. They refused to accept less than Gold. A masterpiece by Jalonen!

 

[sooni]

This is INSANE!!!

 

[Ciccarelli]

I really hope you fins are partying and are getting drunk, because you deserve it

And if not, i am doing it for you.

Im definately heating up the sauna but damn wish it would be saturday. Cant get too blasted need to wake up to work in 6 hours.

 

[Fredrik_71]

Congrats to Finland. Well deserved!

 

[NoShowWilly]

can't be too upset with the result. sucks to lose but I love seeing how much this means to Finland.

 

[Lempo]

Thanks!
Not as crazy as 2011 though.

The tv broadcast is still on.

 

[HanSolo]

How come and please explain.

The 1980 Soviet team was an unstoppable juggernaut that was bred to be the best hockey team in the world and was. They had the best goalie in the world. Outside the Super Series in 76 they were undefeated at every level of competition and their roster was largely the same for nearly a decade where this Canada team was mashed together from playoff eliminated NHLers. That Soviet juggernaut was stopped by a group of college hockey players that hadn't played a single game of professional hockey.

What Finland accomplished here was great, but it's not as much of an underdog story as Lake Placid. It's just not.

 

[Albatros]

Canada with a classy team even in defeat.

 

[Edenjung]

 

[BB88]

Sad Mörkö havent completed hattrick.

So much happy for Finland, in Czech we rooted for you like it was our win. Good job!

Mörkö hattrick is scoring in 3 games in a row.

 

[crowi]

Thanks!
Not as crazy as 2011 though.

It's still early