GDT: Quarter Finals: Canada vs Czechia; Jan. 2, 2025; 19:30 EST

[ZDH]

Czech's save by the bell, and f***ed over by the refs.

The same refs that gave a 5 minute PP out for the same exact play that got us a 2 minute PP?

 

[BoHorvat 53]

Cowan has been f***ing terrible since last game and it has carried over to today.

Yager is electric with the puck

 

[Gert B Frobe]

Cowan isn't having a great tournament but looks like a good player to me. Good sense, fast, skilled, but has made some undisciplined plays for sure. Calling him trash is dumb.

 

[Jordan Belfort]

You mean a professional focusing on his job?

Nah I love the US coach and his emotion / involvement in the game. Players clearly like playing for him.

3 nattys and killed Canada

 

[tabness]

Czechs looking a bit shellshocked good thing there is the intermission

 

[HockeyVirus]

Leaf prospect bad

 

[Three On Zero]

Let's not exaggerate. They're not that bad. Still better than Latvia, Slovakia, Germany etc. No shame in a quarterfinals exit.

Canada should be dominant at these tournaments, the fact they act entitled and lose to teams purely on effort is atrocious.

 

[heynowbababooey]

cool, i dont care.

Im not talking about twitter. Im talking about here.

There are fans here doing the same thing, though. Ignoring it and saying it hasn't happened doesn't make it true. Lmao whatever, you don't care. It's cool. I hope the best for your team in the 3rd.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

It was so bad he came back from the locker room to join the PP a few minutes in.

They call that a Necas.

 

[EK65IsAGod]

Leaf prospect bad

Agreed.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

You gotta let dudes be dudes.

Probably playing hackey sack in the dressing room.

TC is right back in this game. All will be forgiven if they miraculously win Gold. Very short memories in sports.

 

[1989]

Are there more fans in the stands or more fans by Cowan's stick?

 

[Gert B Frobe]

Nah I love the US coach and his emotion / involvement in the game. Players clearly like playing for him.

3 nattys and killed Canada

The Flyers need to hire him in a couple of seasons to align the ginger power of the Gingers.

 

[sepHF]

that was a crazy tip-in, damn

 

[JackSlater]

Some signs of life for Canada. Even in the middle section of the period where there were almost no shots Canada was at least possessing the puck and completing passes. Which sadly is a big step. Almost goes without saying but Canada needs to stay out of the box. Which the tea struggles with.

 

[King Woodballs]

was the kneeing major on a bad play?

Wasn’t even a knee

 

[OttersFan]

Are there more fans in the stands or more fans by Cowan's stick?

I felt the breeze over here

 

[HanSolo]

Show me one where the puck was skipping low on the ice so the scorer knew to get out of the way by jumping and still got his stick on it just right?

Also, why challenge a subjective observation? That's a waste of time around here, you should know that.

I mean just a round about way of disagreeing and saying I didn't think it was all that impressive. Good tip, but I don't know that I would personally say it's the most impressive I've ever seen.

Like just a couple off the top of my head.

 

[Bgav]

Martone Yager McKenna and Catton.. it’s on you boys to tie this up, hopefully you get the playing time

 

[WORLDSTARHIPHOP]

Of course he does.

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Yea you're right he's playing great

Time for bed Joe

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Cowan isn't bad he's just a bottom 6 player and is playing like one.

And put in a position where he's less likely to succeed.

 

[JackSlater]

Also what a shock that when none of the lines are working, mixing things up yielded some better results.

 

[BigHitter67]

Leaf prospect bad

Leaf GM seen in house shaking his head

 

[landy92mack29]

Yager has woken up, now need Ritchie to do the same. Dude is massive but playing small

 

[NyQuil]

Some signs of life for Canada. Even in the middle section of the period where there were almost no shots Canada was at least possessing the puck and completing passes. Which sadly is a big step. Almost goes without saying but Canada needs to stay out of the box. Which the tea struggles with.

Czechs are the masters of playing rope a dope and waiting for their chances.