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

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Also while I don't think much of Silver Canada did have a good tournament. Some guys like Nurse really stood up, I thought, and the guys battled hard.
 
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NyQuil said:
There was nothing sophisticated about this game.

Just a hard working effort on both sides.
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It wasn't pretty, both teams seemed gassed from playing the previous day. Finland looked pretty lost in the first period, and seemed well on their way to a decisive loss, but they got their wind back in the 2nd while Canada seemed to lose some of theirs.

Some huge saves by Lankinen and timely goals by "Mörkö" sealed the win. Even so, Canada looked pretty dangerous to the end, but couldn't get past the goalie. Finns were just falling over on the ice at that point.
 
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As black eyed peas sang i gotta feeling tonight is gonna be good night.
And that's true now this night really was good night but only for Finland.

Usually i don't get emotional because of hockey game but now i started cry for happiness when game was over.
Words aren't enough to describe that how happy and proud i am of our team right now.

Thanks to Canada for great and exciting game but this time we ( Finns) are the champions.
Dream came true and now is the time to celebrate and enjoy for the gold medal.
KIITOS SUOMI
THANK YOU FINLAND AND NEW MEN'S HOCEKY WORLD CHAMPION 2019.
TORILLA TAVATAAN.
 
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Murky said:
Well. After cooling off I think the guys had a great tournament. The Finnish team almost seems like destined to win it all in hind sight and, while we had great stretches during the game the pucks just did not go in.

Leijonat did whatever it took to win - Sweden Russia and finally us. Finns can be proud. There would be ifs and buts if the road to the Final had been different, but they went through the toughest teams and Tre Kronor and Russia both were real power houses.

GZ
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Looks like Canada used all its puck luck against the Swiss in the QF to stay in the tournament, thus nothing left for the final:sarcasm:

Well done Finland! Beaten Russia, Sweden and beaten Canada twice!
 
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Raimo Sillanpää said:
In a single game elimination tournament anything can happen, and that’s why at the MOST competitive sport on earth, football, we have Brazil with 5 trophies, Germany with 4, Italy at 3, Argentina and a few others at 2

But I must I must disagree with the entertainment value. I wonder if this is because you value Ottawa vs Tampa Bay more, while for us Russia vs Czechia is valued more.. but still, the size does not make it any less boring..
Europeans love a more sophisticated version of sports, a Milan-Juve of 1-0 can be enthralling.. 3-1 is a damn competitive game and good tv.
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No I just find the pace on the big ice surface is slower and the amount of offence created is that of lower quality chances. Has nothing to do with competitiveness of a game these games will be competitive regardless. A general misconception is that larger ice benefits speed and skill more but that definitely is not the case. I find the transition game and ozone play far more exciting on NHL sized rinks.

Obviously we don't need to share the same opinion but it is just my opinion that big ice kills displays of skill, speed and physicality that have always drawn me to the sport.
 
McFlyingV said:
No I just find the pace on the big ice surface is slower and the amount of offence created is that of lower quality chances. Has nothing to do with competitiveness of a game these games will be competitive regardless. A general misconception is that larger ice benefits speed and skill more but that definitely is not the case. I find the transition game and ozone play far more exciting on NHL sized rinks.
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The latter sounds like opinion, the former something we would want to find a statistic for..
 
REM17 said:
Looks like Canada used all its puck luck against the Swiss in the QF to stay in the tournament, thus nothing left for the final:sarcasm:

Well done Finland! Beaten Russia, Sweden and beaten Canada twice!
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No one can say they didn't deserve it that's for sure.
 
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