GDT: Gold Medal game - Swiss vs Česko

[czechmate]

what an unbelievable experience this was in the arena - so proud of our Czech boys! world champions after 14 long years!

big congrats to the Swiss team as well, they’ve shown great character throughout the tourney and can be proud of their (once again) phenomenal performance as well as for their big humility in defeat - loved the ‘warm‘ handshakes and hugs towards the end!

 

[SwissFan12]

Went to the pub to watch this one.

Just goes to show you that the best " team" wins these things......I hope everyone understands what I'm saying there. And here were two really good teams in this final today.

Congrats to the Czechs and their gang of fans here especially Czechboy, you and yours must be over the moon.

Condolences to all Swiss fans here, excellent team this year silver or not. OH and by the way....................I've already taken your teams number, we're gonna be after you guys hard now.....................bank on it, and you know what that means! TROUBLE with a capital T, you better seek refuge in the alps if you know what's good for you we're cmon for ya!!

Great tournament, until next year all

And lest I forget Hadamczak...........................vindicated!!

See you at the olympics guys, you better be afraid lol

 

[FinPanda]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794844725423284560

Here is the Pasta interview I mentioned, just after 1 minute if you don't want to watch the whole interview

 

[jj cale]

See you at the olympics guys, you better be afraid lol

 

[Saablic]

See you at the olympics guys, you better be afraid lol

At OG we will be much stronger than today But Switzerland played really well, I think they could grab a gold at their home tournament in the future too. If they will not face Czechs of course

 

[UFO]

Congrats to Česko, you guys were the better team and deserve the title. You have played an amazing tournament overall. enjoy and have a drink or two tonight.

 

[maclean]

What a game, what a tournament

I'm honestly at a loss for words

 

[FinPanda]

Haha I remember the negativity on the Czech thread before the tournament. Yes it waa an old but GOLD team.


I show myself out

 

[Swipes]

Haha I remember the negativity on the Czech thread before the tournament. Yes it waa an old but GOLD team.


I show myself out

Just goes to show, you just never know!

 

[57special]

Grindelwald is beautiful, you should visit some time.

My sister actually did and thought it was beautiful. This was before she found out about our ancestry, though.

 

[Old Man Jags]

Good on IIHF, even they noticed they were bad.

The whole broken clock right twice a day thing I suppose.

It was great to see a game with no major refereeing issues. Fantastic that we can simply focus on the merits of the game and don’t have to litigate game changing refereeing errors. I was worried about that before the game.

Partially and most importantly, this was because the referees were simply much better than in the Swe -Cz game, but partially also because both teams played very responsibly and gave the refs very few excuses to insert themselves into the game.

 

[Old Man Jags]

Czechs have been in the final 8 times and won 7 times. Absolutely insane record. And not talking about Czechoslovakia here

Czechoslovakia never had a chance to be in a final I think, or maybe once. The country split as of 1 January 1993, and the knock-out stages with actual finals being played came in in 1992, if I remember correctly.. Since then, yes: if we do make it to the finals (which let’s face it does not really happen these days), we seem to tend to win.

 

[Old Man Jags]

Players satisfied with Silver will not win Gold. Imo non of the Swiss players have any interest in the Silver medal. They are good sportsmen so will graciously accept them but then those medals get put into a box.

That is simply not true for the vast majority of sportsmen. They play to win, they don’t play for silver, but once the disappointment of the loss subsided a bit they appreciate the great achievement. Even bronze - the Czechs with Pastrnak were very appreciative of the bronze they won against the US in 2022. First Czech medal in a while. Would you say that the Czech players who were in 2022 satisfied with bronze would not win gold? Because some of them just did.

 

[Pieck]

ambuhl has to play till he's 50 it seems

 

[Old Man Jags]

I watched the game despite early morning work commitments. Those were predictably painful but it was so worth it. Tonight I will have the earliest of early nights!

What a tournament, what a gold medal game. The Swiss played great and so did we. Very balanced game, event stat-wise (Cze - Sui 32-31 shots, 2-2 in terms of posts ). Obviously could have gone either way.

Fairytale ending for Pasta who was point-less after three games and some of us expected he saved the best for last. He’s a great kid who loves to play for our national team and will never turn down an invitation unless he is not available though Bruins commitments or injured. Very happy for him personally.

Tough break for the Swiss but with that team’s strength, they will definitely win in the future.

 

[Old Man Jags]

Footage from Old Town Square:

The same footage from other big and small towns across the country looks the same (Ostrava, Budejovice etc. I am sure Brno as well, just have not seen it yet). Absolutely brilliant. Everywhere people have come out and celebrate in the streets.

Budweis town square:

 

[Mestaruus]

Fialia MVP was so deserved and they usually rather give that to the winning team's player, but it was a clear decision this time.

 

[Old Man Jags]

Fialia MVP was so deserved and they usually rather give that to the winning team's player, but it was a clear decision this time.

Josi maybe also a candidate?

 

[FinPanda]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794829004958253388

Jakub Voracek is the louder one

 

[SenzZen]

Congrats to the champs!

Must have been one hell of a party!

 

[Pandaman11]

Fuuu, why couldn't they just hand MVP to a local player like in 2015? I almost had it

 

[Mestaruus]

Josi maybe also a candidate?

Maybe the second option, but Fiala for me was the #1 by far.

 

[Czechboy]

It was Josi for me personally and I absolutely loved how Fiala played. Him shhhing the Czech crowd after his shootout goal was amazing!

Josi's don't come by everyday. Very rare air the elite 2 way Dman that scores like a forward.

 

[tade]

Mistři! Yesterdays was something special... tough to find words!

 

[Fatass]

It was Josi for me personally and I absolutely loved how Fiala played. Him shhhing the Czech crowd after his shootout goal was amazing!

Josi's don't come by everyday. Very rare air the elite 2 way Dman that scores like a forward.

Josi got ripped off on the Norris when Makar won. Josi is like Hedman. Two best D men in the National League.