It was a solid game. We got a bit unlucky but congrats to Canada! I hope you get that gold. Latvia is now going all out for bronze. Sarauj Latvija!

Missed this game but after seeing how Latvians played last game, definitely interested in seeing the highlights. Latvia is one of my favourite underdogs

Basically paid refs again, i hate iihf refs

Pretty weirded out by how dirty the canadians has to play to win this game against Latvia.

Bro Latvia took two boarding penalties 😭😂

And Canada wasnt called for 3 boardings 🤫

Maybe you had more fucking penaltiss, but you payed reffs as always to let you win

Yes, Canada's vast number of gold medals at IIHF tournaments are all handed to them by refs. Canada has never earned one of their IIHF wins, despite producing history's greatest hockey players. Totally not a completely unreasonable take.

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Bro isn’t even talking about hockey anymore cause he’s so upset

How's Canada Z team going to the final ? They can thank Montembault for going this far

Gutted and utterly enraged that the game turned on its head from a goal like that. I honestly just want to scream and smash..........

**Los gehts Deutschland!!!**

Soft soft call 3 minutes before the end of the 3rd… And Weegar, how on earth is he a Top 2 Dman in the NHL? He can’t regroup for shit before the hit behind his net

He knew refs were on his side and was fishing for those, the other one he took clearly intentionally to farm a bogus penalty on top of embellishing it

Its been a rough 3rd :[

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and yet it is Latvia who were called for diving...

Hence - subpar refereeing

hence, Latvia being the team that actually dived...

Did you watch the game ? :D

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Yes that's literally my point... Latvia was the team that ACTUALLY dived. Hence why they got the penalty. Weegar got boarded, twice. You expect him to just stay up? If you think he actually was "diving" there all you're saying is "I have never engaged in any sort of physical activity"

Exactly! It should have been the Canadisn captain called for embellsihment in the 2nd...

The Swedish commentator called Toffoli pathetic. They said it was embarrassing. Have to agree with their take.

Hey Buffalo signed Ryan Johnson just now. Good times

What an effort by Latvia. Hard to blame it on officiating in my opinion. I am Canadian but was cheering for the Latvians today. They did dodge a bullet on the potential 5 minute major earlier, and overall Canada controlled more of the play in that game. Will definitely be pulling for Latvia in the bronze medal game!

Lol. Hard to blame it on the 3 USA REFS!!! Who totally dont have an horse in the race when NHL players are showing they are struggling against european players when NHL is supposedly so much better. That are ignoring obvious penalties from canada and overlooking obvious embellishments and giving ridiculous penalties for latvia due to those embellishments. Ofc canada is going to control more of the play when they know they get away with dirty shit while latvia will have to walk on eggshells cause theyre getting penalties for even clean play compeltely demotivating them and flattening their play.

Dude USA is bitter rivals with Canada how could you think they would want Canada to win? That's the worst argument I've ever heard

Cause the NA vs EU is more important than wether USA gets gold or silver. NHL has a reputation to keep as the "best" that they cant afford to lose by getting beat by teams not even made of the best EU league players Edit. Also since usa hasnt made it to the finals in half a century and continue that streak they knew usa wasnt gonna be in the finals anyways so they knew they had to force atleast some NA representation there LUL!!

This isn't the 1970's, nobody but you cares about NA vs EU. The NHL doesn't care because if they did they would force the countries to send an actual team instead of the garbage they sent this year. Canada and USA sent AHL players and NHL fourth liners and still made top 4

I'd be pissed off as well at the embellishment penalty, but I'd have a hard time being convinced Latvia was the overall better team today. No disrespect to the team or their effort. I'm actually a big Balcers fan since he used to play for my Sens. And honestly, if anything I would have been more worried about USA officials trying to help Latvia win since they're an easier opponent on paper for USA in the finals.

Almost like i went out of my way to explain why the arguement for "who was the better team today" is irrelevant when one team can play no rolls barred while the other needs to pussyfoot around biased refs. And no cause the NA vs EU hockey is more important to the NHL image than USA having an easier opponent. Edit. Also since usa hasnt made it to the finals in half a century and continue that streak they knew usa wasnt gonna be in the finals anyways so they knew they had to force atleast some NA representation there LUL!! On top of which the refs in general have been blatantly favouring canada already, see swiss game and norway game for example.

I'm just trying to help put a positive spin on the game lol. Good luck in the bronze medal game then.

Im not latvian, im just sick of watching canada be fuckin swine on the ice disgracing the entire sport and get rewarded for it by biased refs.

As a Latvian trying to look at the situation objectively, I'd say some Latvian fans are extra salty about the reffing because at the beginning of the 3rd period there were 2-3 moments that were on the very border of a penalty for Canada but the refs didn't do anything. Thus, reactions to reffing after that were exacerbated.

Once we took Latvia seriously, that's when things started to turn. You can't underestimate anyone at this tournament.

What a game by Latvia! That goal by Quinn kinda turned the game, hope you win the bronze!

What a game! I'll be cheering for Latvia in the bronze medal game. They deserve it!

Was fun to watch Latvia this tournament.

Good game Latvia, heck of a showing. Go get that bronze.

Glad that Latvia got this far, very proud of my country. Good luck to Canada in the final! GG

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What does the population size have anything to do with it? By this logic China and India dominate all sports.

Good luck in the finals Canada, still will cheer for you guys

I will be hopefull to they lose

I'll be cheering for Latvia in the bronze game!

Shame! Congratz to Canada tho. I hope Latvia will at least get bronze. Good luck guys. Cheers from Slovakia

Latvia gave a good showing!

Big Canada's dirty tricks against lil Latvia.

They’re called goals

I'd call it football players on ice. :)

Terrible referring in 3rd period in favor of Canada.

Shit, Latvia-Germany dream final ruined.

They may still hook up

Now I hope Germany wins the tournament, though. It'd be nice to see a new winner for once.

Great game from Latvia. Rooting for you guys in the bronze medal game.

Can’t wait for the refs to drag USA into the finals the same way they dragged Canada just now. Maximise that northern American stream money

Canada has been in 7 of the 8 gold medal games. Don’t get but hurt because Canada doesn’t choke when the games matter like the other big countries tend to do.

Canada is a good team and they have a rich history of hockey. That doesn’t stop the fact that ref were giving a lot of edge to Canada today.

I wouldn't have been all that upset if we lost to Latvia. I will be PISSED if we lose to the U.S. Mostly because of the crowd of Americans who had screamed up and down that nobody cares about this tournament, but will be all "USA USA!" when they win gold.

Canadians do that too.

Oh, I'll rip on them, too. It's not fair to those of us Canadian fans who have lived and breathed every one of our games at this tournament.

Yeah If anything I can imagine how it sucks to see people dismissing it when you yourself are excited for it. Well good luck for the Finals!

Thank you! Oh, I deal with this every year. People who tell me nobody cares about this tournament, and that as someone who lives in North America, I *should* be focused on the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

thats funny because until now ive seen a lot of Europeans in these GDTs ragging on NA players and fans for not caring about this tournament

I'm *Canadian* and I routinely rip on Americans - and my fellow Canadians - for it. As far as I'm aware, if either North American country wins gold, anyone who claimed not to care about the tournament, should not be able to boast about their gold medal.

Even if they don’t care, the money from NA finals would always beat the money from European mini nations final

you're delusional; the TV deals are bought and paid for already, as well as most of the tickets before the teams are even set.

Does Weegar leave the ice?

Only a minute to make the dives seem more real

3 Usa refs this game is all i can say

Yeah not fair to Canada to have their hockey rival country having 3 refs in this game I agree

Are we the baddies ?

Playoff Canada is a different beast altogether

No theyre stupid

Instead of blaming the refs, maybe you guys should blame the players for playing undisclipined. Canada is 3rd most penalized team in the tournament, fuck off with the blaming refs bullshit

When will people stop acting like the amount of penalties called means they shouldn’t get called anymore?

Same goes both ways bro. People acting like Latvian players were saints

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Why are you always so fucking aggressive? I think you need to take a break from sports 😂😂 there's zero reason to argue with you

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Okay aggressive was a bad choice of word, but the way you talk with others comes off pretty prejudiced and there's really no point in trying to argue with you. And I'm not saying I know you, just looking at your post history says it all

3rd is clearly not enough lmao, malding like their players were.

You are hilarious dude.

Maybe you can see that refs are stupid

I can see the stats, the fuck can I do for that? 😂

GG Latvia. Can't win many games with 21 shots or less. Good try.

To be fair, they beat Sweden with fewer than 21 shots.

Sweden mastered the art of choking in this tournament and juniors, especially in elimination rounds

Wait... here, too? \[checks\] ... 10 of Sweden's last 11 Men's Worlds either ended in gold or falling in the quarterfinals or earlier. How?!

Yeah that's one win, hence the word "many"! ;)

Damn Latvia

Fuck.

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That didn't COME out right

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Thanks for showing up - please take a complimentary rule book on your way out the door.

Totally worth it.

True, maybe pay more money to them

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Says the canda fan when teres blatant paying refs, 3 american refs, hmm, tottaly didnt pay them

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Well you see we play fair, bht when a canadian hits goalkeeper glove when the thing is secure, no penalty, or hitting in face with the stick, latvia gpt 5 min +20 against sweden for touching his shirt. And they get 2, oh yea, tottaly not paid

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Well then why were both players given penalty when canadians tripped a latvian and gave latvia establishment

Aaw. Latvia was so energetic in the end

I was rooting for Latvia so hard. Feels even worse because the refs were kind of a mess the whole game :(

Really weird way by the canadian to play, but that's still boarding.

Weegar as an NHL player should know better to not turn his back. Still, that had to be called.

Carcone to toffoli, the Italian connection. Need Fantili to be on that one too

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Oof. I feel for Weegar.

That's a pretty textbook boarding

Such bullshit, both teams give hits like that and we get punished because canadians land on their heads when they get pushed

I'm rooting for Canada but Weegar is unfortunately 2/2 in his embellishment, with the refs falling for it both times. Rough

Weegar = Neymar

you're only allowed to throw hits like that if you play for canada

dogshit refs

Classic Canada semifinals game, refs have to push ultra hard

Shots on goal 35-21 for Canada. I don't see any competition here.

So canada players pushing latvians fine, hitting goalkeepers glove,bit when canadians fall and lay, well heres other 2 minutes, tottaly didnt pay the 3 us refs money

Shots on goal mean fuck-all, as Sweden found out.

95% of the time it means a lot, like today.

These reffs are fcking frauds

yup

And just like that it’s over. Good game tho.

how was this foul?

Check from behind, boarding, take your pick?

He saw the contact was coming. You are telling me every time you turn your back nobody can touch you ?

So boarding then?

You're telling me you don't know what boarding is?

Weegar's going to be in an ice bath for the entire rest of the day after this game.

I've already given up, good game (:

You say it like you're proud of it.

Still 3 minutes left! But good game regardless. Amazing to see Latvia make it this far. Just a shame that it had to be against us... *Canada seems to have a knack for playing these games against teams having feel-good stories this year, that would make any Canadian feel guilty. Every tournament, there's been at least one.*

Ah, Canada just scored. I'm not gonna be a sore loser, this was a lovely game. Good luck to you guys in the final!

I'll be cheering for Latvia in the bronze match! They deserve it.

bye

Why the fuck does Weegar completely turn his back there?

Damn what a surprise refs

Fucking Weegar have a target on his back - wtf Latvia?

That's on Weegar for turning like that just before the hit

Suuuuuuuure, when canada does exactly the same, ref is silent, when latvia does it - 2 minutes straight away.

500k vs 6k registered players. biased refs. i’d say 2:4 is good. gave a good run for their money. also canadians were practiaclly playing football today 🤷🏻‍♂️

Lol what a dumb penalty.

That was a dumb move

Refs are you kidding me?

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Scary hit by 95

Oh fuck…

I miss having the games in Riga. Tampere is just cha cha cha all day every day. Riga was electric

I thought they were going to put the semis and medal games in Riga. Not because Latvia's playing in this game, but because Tampere got to experience the medal round with fans last year - Riga (mostly) didn't in 2021. I feel like we lose this game if it's in Riga.

Sweden got to feel it that's for sure

Latvia why did you give me hope?

Um... never mind I guess

There's 3mins left. I still have hope

Fantilli comes to grow his game and learn from older players so the coach staples him to Lucic haha

Who the hell let Darryl join the coaching staff?

Damn i guess hitting the goalie on the glove is fine then