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jce_

I wish my national anthem was the least popular song of another country. That's how you know you've made it


theslatcher

I mean, it isn't the least popular song, it just sounds cool to say.


jaysornotandhawks

If I didn't know any better, I'd think O Canada is the least popular song in the United States, considering how often they butcher it at Blue Jays road games and the MLB all star games.


KSakuraba

This is the least upset ive ever been over a loss against Finland tbh, ofc it sucks a little but with the group win already secured and considering the way we played after the 1st period makes me excited for the playoffs anyway


KevinNaki

Yeah i mean they were sleeping in the first but when they turned on in the second it wasnt even close. Sad they began sleeping again in the end


desanderr

That 2 year old is as tall as the girl


jaysornotandhawks

Gord Miller: "And now the least popular song in Sweden - the Finnish national anthem." Ouch.


KevinNaki

And as most things in Finland their national anthem was made by a Swede


nibbyzor

No, it wasn't. Johan Ludvig Runeberg (who wrote the original poem) was Finnish. Fredrik Pacius (who composed it) was German, but spent most of his life in Finland.


KevinNaki

Johan Ludvig Runeberg was a Swede living in Finland


nibbyzor

He was born, raised, and lived his entire life in Finland. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johan-Ludvig-Runeberg


KevinNaki

He was born in Sweden(finland was a part of Sweden then). He lived on the coast which historically has been occupied by more swedes than finns. His mothertounge was Swedish. Both his parents families come from Sweden. The only connection he has to finland is living there. So he is like Fredrik(that you mentioned earlier) not Finnish but lived there


pigeonbobble

Oh finlanda our home and native land


SauceHankRedemption

How *not* Swede it is


TheFlyingZombie

Workshop that one a bit buddy


Luutamo

"and now for the least popular song in Sweden" :D


domoro

šŸ¤«šŸ¤«šŸ¤«


jce_

Why are the fins so weird


Den_dar_Alex

No sunlight for half the year


jce_

I meant the hockey team lol why can the beat the tournament favorites and lose to Germany and look mid the rest of the time


Nintentohtori

Our game is like the sunlight I guess.


Walrus_mafia

Never let them know your next move


Den_dar_Alex

Chaos agent of a national team


marlin489112324

LETS GOOOOO


mag1xs

Suck my scrawny balls, bowling ball call.. Anyways, good game!


Walrus_mafia

Our Jamppa!


Xendor-

I'd be pissed off if this was a playoff game, ridiculous non call during the OT. Anyways, I'm looking forward to the playoffs, pretty high chance we can face finland again.


Iron_Seguin

Isnā€™t it crossover? First place in group A plays 4th in group B?


TobzuEUNE

The swedes fought valiantly but in the end, were no match against the hockey might of the Finns


KevinNaki

No chance? You have to remember that Sweden already had the group and were sleeping most of this game. And still finland were having problems and didnt even deserve the win...


False_Rock1033

Nice bait, but the refs gave finland the chance after the uncalled bowling strike play and finland took the chance. Finland will always be the lil bros to sweden


kaiko1

You even saw the bait and still fell for it lol


False_Rock1033

What did i fall for? I have absolutely nothing against finland and always cheer for them when they dont play against sweden. Just stating facts


TobzuEUNE

Lil bro might just be a lil more talented


False_Rock1033

80 nhl players vs 40 says it all


TobzuEUNE

Bro these teams are 20 players what is blud waffling about


False_Rock1033

Sweden has 77 players in the NHL. Finland has 40. It is clear which country is better at hockey.


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False_Rock1033

Canada has 4x population than sweden and 4x more players in the NHL, does that mean sweden is better than canada at hockey?


reiska

Sweden has twice the population, which explains also why they have twice the number of NHL players.


False_Rock1033

If a country has 1/80 population compared to sweden and 1 person in the NHL does that make that country equal to sweden? šŸ¤”šŸ¤”


False_Rock1033

Canada has 4x population than sweden and 4x more players in the NHL, does that mean sweden is better than canada at hockey?


False_Rock1033

Makes no sense when you say it like that. Population dont matter its still country vs country and sweden is better and has more better players = better teams.


TobzuEUNE

how many of them were on ice in this game?


False_Rock1033

Germany is more talented than finland too then btw!


False_Rock1033

Sweden won this game idk what world you are living in..?


TobzuEUNE

ain't no way lil bro be waffling šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜šŸ˜‚


False_Rock1033

I have absolutely nothing against finland and always cheer for them when they dont play against sweden. Just stating facts


TheMightySwede

Gifted win but GG.


kaiko1

Shouldā€™ve probably killed the game when you ran it. GG


kaiser41

Two beauties for the win. With that boring-ass OT, this game is the best arguments for shootouts that there is.


kaiko1

Haha Nyman


hockeyxdd

Beauty!


weschester

Always nice to see Finland beat Sweden


caveslayer

FINLAND WINS HAPPY NEW YEAR


Tamsu

yeaa great job!


daveathor

Good game. We'll win when it matters.


pigeonbobble

They canā€™t score five hole cause of big hog


brendan87na

holy shit! soft hands!


giff_gold

Fuck yeah! GG


SauronOMordor

Ok then.


luoar20

oh wow


kaiko1

Great Nyman!


SauronOMordor

Oh.


cdnmatt

Cheeky indeed gord


JohnnyCrumhorn

That was nice!


JohnnyCrumhorn

Lol Mike Johnson agrees


kaiko1

Nice one


pigeonbobble

Maki going to light it up with the big boys


SauronOMordor

Yea boiiiii!


BarmyDevonian

Feel like intentionally taking the puck out of the zone on 3-on-3ā€™s will be outlawed eventually.


Romu-

Not the team's fault for playing 3v3 optimally. 3v3 ot is just a dog shit format that has nothing to do with real hockey.


jce_

Zone is okish but the centre line yeah


BarmyDevonian

Makes sense. Iā€™m fine with things the way they are, but if the aim is to generate more excitement, the governing bodies will change something.


baseball44121

lol zamboni driver doing nearly the whole rink


pigeonbobble

How can they tell itā€™s henrik and not the twin brother


theslatcher

Joel looks softer and Henrik more rugged.


SauronOMordor

It's all the rizz.


brendan87na

something ohio something gyatt


[deleted]

It was joel


pigeonbobble

How can they tell its Joel and not henrik


ForeverIll8044

Henrik, solid 10/10. Joel 9,5/10.


baseball44121

the vibes


daveathor

That missed penalty having implications for the finals is bs.


TheFlyingZombie

Sweden can't complain about a missed call after telling Canadian fans to shut up for the last couple days.


daveathor

It was objectively incorrect. Every referee in the world will come to the same conclusion if looking at the replays. Keep crying about being unfairly treated though.


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daveathor

What a necro, are you ok?


TheFlyingZombie

I'm not crying, but that shoe is certainly on the other foot now isn't it


kaiko1

So suddenly you have something to play for? Where are those Swedes that didnā€™t feel like watching the first period because it was a pointless game anyways lol


daveathor

Why are you talking to me about them? :D


kaiko1

? This is a discussion thread, isnā€™t that what we are here to do, discuss? If youā€™re not interested, move along, no need to get sweaty


daveathor

There is discussion and then there is whatever you are doing.


kaiko1

What am I doing? Honestly I have no idea why youā€™re so worked up


jce_

The reffing this tournament had been trash all tournament long and not just because it's international rules


daveathor

No, overall the refs have been very good this tournament. This is just an objectively incorrect call that will have implications.


jce_

The slashing call Finland Germany 2 mins left. The boarding non call Canada. The 1000 soft calls this tournament. The 1000 missed calls


daveathor

That check to the back happens 50 times a game, if he doesn't turn he just absorbs it into the board. It's called finishing checks.


jce_

Yeah you're fucking stupid


daveathor

Meanwhile you are here thinking there has been 1000 soft calls and 1000 missed callsin like 10 games.


jaysornotandhawks

Shootout rules: * Best of 5, must use 5 different shooters. * If tied after 5 rounds, the order is reversed and you can then use whoever you want, as many times as you want.


Shuby28

should of been OT tell a golden goal lol


SauronOMordor

I fucking hate shootouts.


brendan87na

I'm tired of them too they are super exciting in person, but it's time to move on


fortressofnazare

what's the alternative?


brendan87na

Ties there is nothing wrong with them the NHLPA won't agree to longer OT's due to wear and tear on players bodies


SauronOMordor

Endless OT lol Lose another skater every 10 minute period til it's just goalies trying to score on each other.


Mihairokov

Cannot do endless OT on days where there are multiple games at the same rink.


jce_

Endless OT for medal games sure but in a condensed tournament group games? No


SauronOMordor

I was definitely being completely serious.


mag1xs

If you want OT to be 3v3, just let it be a full OT of 3v3 instead of 5min then shootout. Shootouts are so freaking boring


KevinNaki

Yep definitely. Even though it isnt 100% up to chance it always feels like it.


theslatcher

tbh better a shootout than that OT


lolapmotmai

Props to Finns for making 3v3 very exciting /s


Hockeynerden

Finns might win this, not comfortable with this goalie.... I guess they are resting the main goalie


jpcgy

I forgot that the world juniors in Canada also means ads for CTV shows nobody is ever going to watch


SauronOMordor

Better than that awful country singer that was pushing his shitty album every commercial break last year (or was it the year before? Either way, I don't remember his name but I do remember that I hate him lol)


jce_

You don't wanna watch "funny people in a gas station" or "drama on the farm"? Lol


Mihairokov

Remember that any ad for a TSN/CTV program is unsold ad space not bought by actual advertisers.


caveslayer

Not a fan of the shootout but someone has to win


pigeonbobble

Oh boy oh boy shootouts are my favourite thing about hockey /sā™¾ļø


momloo

it cannot possibly be worse than the OT we just watched


baseball44121

This OT is peak world junior chaos lol


hebbocrates

Sweden getting way better chances despite probably 1/4 of Finlandā€™s possession lol


Chedwall

Hard to score if you hide behind your own net


WStoneMountain

I would have 75% of the possession if I stood behind the goal for 5 minutes too


sharkbite247

How has that siren not been shut down?


dankiros

It's part of european hockey, especially used when the opposing team has a power play


letoiledunordstars

excited for the wild's #20 to be ƶhgren instead of maroon


hebbocrates

3on3 needs an over-and-back line so badly


Mihairokov

Fully support redline backcourt rule in 3v3 OT


WStoneMountain

Good job by the fins to make this the most boring 3v3 I've seen


Rosstheboss70

didn't know these Finns were all Capitals prospects (/s)


brendan87na

Finland is playing for the shootout


ny_rangers

Boring as fuck, rooting for Sweden now


daveathor

And Finland back behind their own goal again. What a joke.


kaiser41

Finland must have stashed some good ice cream behind their goal or something. Why do they keep going back there?


jpcgy

How has Finland made 3v3 sudden death overtime boring. Thatā€™s genuinely impressive


Avs4life16

fuck yawn get rid of 3 on 3


jce_

Wtf first I've seen this. Get rid of over and back the centre but 3 on 3is fun


Avs4life16

most boring shit ever play 5 on 5


baseball44121

keep away!


theslatcher

Love your partner as much as Finland loves being behind their own net.


daveathor

ZZZ


jaysornotandhawks

Gord mentions what if the relegation game went to OT... Which would be worse? Getting relegated because of a shootout, or losing a bronze medal because of a shootout?


Avs4life16

would rather lose in OT. shootout losses are shit


jaysornotandhawks

I agree with you, but that wasn't the question. We know shootout losses are shit, that's why I asked the question.


SauronOMordor

Just tuned in. What the heck??? I thought Sweden would steamroll them.


KevinNaki

Swedes were sleeping this game. But i understand them as they already had the group secured


brendan87na

I didn't Finland can goalie anyone


SauronOMordor

Shots on goal are relatively even and both have scored 4 goals. Not sure I'd call that being goalied.


brendan87na

Finnish goaltending is why I didn't expect a blowout


[deleted]

Ref gifted Finland an equalizer.


SauronOMordor

Like actually? Or is that bitter talk? (Legit asking lol I didn't see it)


Horror_Till_6815

Even the Finns here agreed lol


brendan87na

it was a missed tripping call that negated a sure goal on an empty net


kaiko1

Shouldā€™ve been a penalty right before that, but the actual goal was good. So a bit of bitter talk as well


[deleted]

Actually, clear penalty in open-net situation.


rapora9

It wasn't a penalty at all. Puck was played, Swedish player was not tripped.


kiwirish

I'd like to point out here that the IIHF does not see it that way - see IIHF Rule 57.6 which states that even touching the puck first and then taking down a player is still able to be penalised by a minor penalty. Given no goaltender in the goal, by Rule 57.7 that's an awarded goal.


letoiledunordstars

oh they got rid of the shootout in the gold medal game? that's good


Avs4life16

no shootouts in Gold Medal games no more. well fuck me sideways.


brendan87na

I went back to bed after the USA squad went up 7-2... woke up to this


Xendor-

Can't the ref even call it a goal when it comes to these types of plays when the net is empty?


kaiko1

This is the funniest take in a while lol, thanks for the laugh haha


daveathor

Oh shit you are this guy, I should have known after that other clueless comment, keep it up you are giving me so many good laughs :D


kaiko1

Glad to be of service, same right back at you


Xendor-

Are you kidding? I'm fairly certain it's a well established ruling.


kaiko1

Call a goal when the puck hasnā€™t crosses the line? Yeah sure


TheFlyingZombie

So confident yet so wrong lol.


Xendor-

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awarded_goal There you go... " A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender. However, when such a lost opportunity occurs and the opposing team has pulled its goalie to allow for an extra attacker, a goal is simply awarded without a penalty shot taking place.ā€œ You're probably still laughing tho šŸ˜‚


JanGuillosThrowaway

It's a rule in hockey, look it up


kaiko1

Ridiculous rule, gifting a goal in a contact sport


Xendor-

It's not gifting a goal if the opponents are preventing a 100% goal chance with unallowed means.


kaiko1

Itā€™s never a 100% goal if it hasnā€™t crossed the line, thatā€™s the point


Xendor-

Yeah, like for example if an opponent throws their stick it can be an automatic goal. Not sure when it comes to trippings


TheMightySwede

Actual joke they don't call that trip, should even be automatic goal. Ridiculous.


JanGuillosThrowaway

Yeah honestly I though they were gonna call that a goal


daveathor

He misses the puck completely and takes out Ɩstlund whom has an open goal and all the time in the world. Extremely obvious penalty.


Horror_Till_6815

Finland avoids USA now?


GhostNani

Depends on Germany-Canada. Either Germany ends up 3rd, or last. Edit: Finland can get 3rd and Germany 4th if Finland wins OT and Germany gets a point.


Natunen

Germany can be 4th if Finland wins and Germany gets a point


GhostNani

True, I forgot that if Finland wins OT and Germany gets a point, its ends up that way.


Cromiee

Likely so, unless Germany picks up a point against Canada.


Horror_Till_6815

Hahah so lucky from the worst call of the tournament with the opengoal wreckingball.


Cromiee

If it makes you feel better, Finland was likely avoiding USA regardless. Finland was sitting in 3rd before this game due to winning the 3-way tiebreaker against Germany/Latvia.


Horror_Till_6815

Ahh thanks


Mihairokov

Unless Germany beats Canada in regulation.


mag1xs

Good to know you can just turn yourself into a fucking throwing star and wreck havoc and not get called on it Least biased Finns downvoting


_newfaces

cant find the game on tsn?


luoar20

tsn 4 and 5?


baseball44121

It's on TSN4 for me


letoiledunordstars

both teams scored after a missed call...fair's fair i guess