Empty Netters Podcast - The Dream Gold Medal Matchup - Semi Finals Olympic Hockey Recap

Episode Date: February 21, 2026

Canada is really making things interesting but they survived an early Finland attack and pulled off the huge 3-2 come back. And they did it without Sidney Crosby. Then USA steamrolled the Cinderella Slovakia team but might have lost Tage Thompson in the process. But either way, the gold medal game is set and we all got what we wanted. Best on best. USA v Canada for all the marbles. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 03:07 -Women’s Final 25:19 - Canada V Finland 01:05:17 - USA v Slovakia 01:22:22 - Gold Medal Predictions PRESENTED by BetMGM. Download the BETMGM app and use code “NETTERS” and enjoy up to $1500 in bonus bets if you lose your first wager! Thanks to our Sponsors! BetMGM: Use bonus code NETTERS when signing up to receive up to $1500 in bonus bets if your first bet loses. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER (Available in the US) 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) 1-800-327-5050 (MA), 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-981-0023 (PR) 21+ only. Please Gamble Responsibly. See BetMGM.com for Terms. First Bet Offer for new customers only. Subject to eligibility requirements. Bonus bets are non-withdrawable. In partnership with Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel. This promotional offer is not available in New York, Nevada, Ontario, or Puerto Rico. Restocked and ready to keep you sharp! The Bauer Prosharp Advantedge at-home sharpener gives everyone the ability to sharpen their skates with pro-level precision at the touch of a button. Leveraged by decades of progressive innovation, this machine is designed to be as automated, precise, and convenient as possible. Whether you're sharpening skates in your garage, at the rink, or even on the road — the Advantedge at-home sharpener ensures that your skates are always game-ready. Stop waiting in line and start skating on perfect edges. Grab the Bauer Prosharp Advantedge at Bauer.com. For a limited time, our listeners can get the Harry’s Plus Trial Set for only $10 at Harrys.com/NETTERS. This set includes the all-new Harry’s Plus razor, one refined 5-blade cartridge, a 2oz Foaming Shave Gel, and a travel cover to protect your blades on the go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast. Can you believe what this has become? There was a full 48 hours where I felt like I was like literally Superman. Jumbo loves playing Fortnite, so he gets on the sticks. Did TR show you the sauna cycle or was that all year? No, no, I invented that. Almost a year now that I haven't taken a body check. That's kind of nice.

So we are back. We are horned up and we are going deep. Finish tonight with some chicken fingers and a few guineasas and ran into you guys. That's where this pod came to life. Ice is ready and we are live with another episode of the MDNarrows podcast brought to you by BetMGM. We are here in Milan. Boots on the ground coming to you live right now breaking down a lot of Olympic hockey. We're going through the rundown, the women's gold medal game, USA, Canada.

Then we're rolling right into the men's semifinal games. We had Canada, Finland, USA, Slovakia. Holy hell. lots of action lots of horny vibes here in Italia horny for hockey right one of the horniest days I've been a part of and I've been a part of a lot of them

to be very honest with you I've been a part of a lot of them a couple of horny horny days let's get it cracking stick with the gold medal who's this podcast brought to you by

did you say that I said okay yeah did you say red's here he is did you say as always I'm here no that's your job well you got to say I'm here no one even knows

knows I'm here. That's true. I'm your host, Dan Powers. I got red on the sticks. Sticking. He is exhausted after that Canada game. Yeah, he is. I am physically, mentally, emotionally, truly drained. spiritually, gone. I saw your soul being sucked out of your anus. I almost didn't speak for an hour yeah. He didn't. I've only seen Red look like that once in his life and then it was at that was at Coachella. It was at Coachella. And then over here with the best homemade net hat. Ping on. What's her name? Chris Powers.

Laura. Laura. Shout out Laura. Shout out Laura. As always. Holy fuck indeed. Hey, I forgot about it the other day. What is the...

Oh, Matt Boldie Glazer's here. Fucking Boldie Glazer. Thank God you're back. What is the movie that we've been trying to quote every episode? Draft day. Draft day, yeah, yeah. So we've got to get a draft day quote in there at some point. I want my picks back.

There to end. Folks, there it is. All right. We just came back from the official USA Hockey House, watching it with a ton of the Olympians. We wanted to do a house date today. We were at the Canada House, then the USA House, watching the boys play. But we were in the house, in the building for the gold medal tilt. Basically, we were like, we're coming all the way to Milan.

We saw a ton of preliminary matchups and everything. And we were just thinking to ourselves, if we're here, we've got to see the gold medal. Yeah, yeah. We've got to be in the building. Saw a few of the early round elimination games. games, but this semi-final round, we wanted to do it with the people at the houses. We're going to the gold medal game on Sunday, obviously, and we went to the gold medal game last night. One of the great rivalries going. Oh, yeah. In sports. Oh, yeah, buddy. The USA women and the USA

Canadian, or Jesus Christ, the USA women and the Canadian women facing off in that gold medal game. It's the gold medal game everyone wanted. Yes, it was. And holy hell, was that tense. Well, because coming in, we said, because there was a lot of hype here around the two, those two women's teams. And everybody was saying, and we're talking to people who are deep in the women's game. Reps and staff and all this shit. And everybody was like, this U.S. women's team is next level. And we posted that graphic, 7 and 0, 33 goals to 2. You know, when it's all said and done, they look unbelievably dominant. Unbelievable dominant. Coming into that game, that's all everybody was talking. about here. This women's team, U.S. team, is the greatest female team ever. They are going to roll over Canada in the final, just like they did in the round robin. Yeah. And it just, we kept saying, this is a nightmare for the U.S. team because you have everything to lose. Shout out, that just gets to play free. Shout out our girl, Dami, unbelievable agent at CAA. She was quick to say

during that game, this Canada team is nasty. Yep. And anyone who thinks this is going to be a role fest does not watch women's hockey. And it was, that was on pure, display in that game. And I also want to shout out the Canadian ladies. Yes. Because that graphic did go up that you mentioned. Yes. Talking about how dominant this U.S. team is, and they are. But that Beijing year, Canada team, was a wagon.

Yeah. So just saying. And they've had plenty of wagons. Check yourself. They've had plenty of wagons. Check yourself on the stats. Yep. But we come into this game and it was juiced to the tits.

It was unbelievable. And the crowd was split. It was packed. And there were flags. I've never seen more flags. The flat, Canada had the flag game. Yeah. The building was split.

We were sitting in a very family-oriented section. And that was very split. And we did our best. It's also like we talk about. I mean, listen, we are America. We're proud Americans. But we got a lot of friends on both teams. And we always like to try to snap around the love.

So we were doing our best to be impartial in the stands. I'm talking literal parents of Canadian players are sitting behind me and parents of U.S. players are sitting in front of me. So I was just, I was trying to be Switzerland in that game. Well, I'm a bronze medalist. Yeah, I was going to say, and they were there. They were in the building. So, the Swiss team.

So we're in there. And, man, like you said, the fandom was split, but the Canadian flags were everywhere. Yeah. They were everywhere. They actually, at one point, there's a guy. I've been talking about the rink guy all trip. The rink guy, he's doing the wave. He's doing the fucking clout.

He's got all kinds of gimmicks. Strony Kapos. He does that one. Yeah, he's so good. He loves the wave, like you said. Also, I don't know if people aren't aware of this yet. Everyone here in Milan is aware. So hockey, not the biggest thing in Milan.

Yeah. And when there are TV timeouts and people, the ice crew comes out and cleans the ice. insane dude they have decided to call that a power break and I'll tell you what when that comes over the speakers in that arena every fucking time it sounds like power play and keep in mind it always happens at a stoppage of play

and all the gates open so 80% of the arena every time goes what was the power what team so it's great and it sounds like it's from a Nintendo game I was just about to say that it's like my Pokemon or something It is, it's like an old school and 64 game. Power break. I'm like, holy shit.

Everyone goes, for which team? Yeah, so we got all kinds of chaos. And but this time, for the first time at a game I've been to, that rink guy goes, he goes, put the flags up during a, during a power rig. Yeah, that was, that was nails. And if you did, if you looked around the building, just flags waving everywhere. I was like, oh my God, dude, this is all time. Everywhere. It was amazing.

And you go into that game, okay? and what's that? I think it's a Mike Tyson quote. Everybody's got a plan. Everyone's got a plan until you get punched in the mouth. Those Canadian gals had that mentality. Because yes, round robin,

they lost five nothing to this U.S. team. This U.S. team was just shalacking everyone. I went in to the semis, US Sweden. And I was like, this is the game of the tournament. It just turned out to be murder, unfortunately. And by the way, the Swedish gals. tough tough tough tough tough tough but that is what happened this the veteran leadership and just the

the the the talents and the poise on that Canada team they came out and they frustrated the shit out of USA dude we we had talked about well nervy low nervy because dude we Tom Brady in the building by the way couldn't find him I was trying to get up there that was a lot that was a lot for us I had some Panthers boys up there in a suite and I was like yoke give me up to sweet and he was like he talked to the guy and the guy said get fucked your friends can't come up here and i was like oh shit and then i was like where's brady and he was like he's actually two sweets over there's fucking secret service consequences consequences yeah so it was dialed in there is no room for error correct so it was it was um you see tom was with uh wano and mess today yeah dude

and he uh he took a pick too with somebody else that i saw with jack and quinn with jack and for some reason can tom take a pick with me one tom's arm and arm with quinn or Yeah, Jack standing off to the side. I'm like, Jack, get in there. It's unbelievable. Jack, Jack, slide in, dude. Fuck in. So anyway, Tom has said many times,

haven't played in 10 Super Bowls, how are you? He was like, you don't, you just can't simulate it. You don't know what you want to feel like you can't test the nerves. And plenty of these girls on the USA team have been in gold medal games. So I don't mean to imply they're this,

you know, completely novice, inexperienced team. Correct. But they have some young players who are in their first one. Sure. But even if you've played in them already, it still affects you. That's what you really need to understand.

And that's what we were kind of getting at with the fear of that girl's team going and going, you're better. You know you're better. They are a rabid dog because they just go, just give them your best punch in the mouth and see how they respond. And I thought the first period was super tense. But coming out of the first, I almost felt like if you just survive the first zero zero as the U.S. women, you come out in the second with a fresh sheet of ice on a peeper,

you just pop a goal there and then you are off and running and you still win five Yeah. What you couldn't do, Dan, to start the second period, is give up a two-on-one, incredible cross-scene pass, bang, forehand, back-hand, tuck job. Shorty, down 1-0-0. You've been scored on once all tournament. That, and you're now down 1-0 in the gold medal game to Canada. That was the most, again, the game was so back and forth that second period. I barely, like I said, it was just a horny couple of days of hockey. That goal was too horny. Yeah. Christian O'Neill comes in on the shorty scores. Nice move. And it was nice. And I do need to shout out quickly.

I, I, we talk about with the Olympics all the time. You fall in love with people. You fall in love with players. Players you weren't familiar with. We, I mean,

I fell head over heels in love with Laura Stacey in that game. Laura Stacey team Canada. She was all fucking over the ice. Oh. Blocking shots head first. She took that one up the hand. but she went head first into that. All over the ice and on the PK had the primary assist on that O'Neill goal.

And, I mean, just unbelievable. But that was a, that was a not a death blow, obviously, but that was a, oh, fuck moment for USA. And then it was just chasing for the rest of it. Chasing for the rest of it. Canada did such a good job of keeping them out on the perimeter. They really just, USA could not get through the seam. You had great, I mean, there are just so many great players. on this team. Taylor Heisey, our homie, friend of the program, Hannah Bilka, friend of the program,

Abby Murphy, just great, great players. And no one could really get through. There were a few cross-crease passes, good little one-two setups that no one could get on the end of, and they were just doing a good job of keeping them outside, frustrating them. We talked about the veteran leadership on Canada. Also need to take a quick moment and shout out our homie, Aaron Ambrose. Yep. Best game of the tournament for Aaron. And I'm so, I mean, mind-blowing best game of the tournament for her. She was unbelievable. It's funny.

I kind of have, it's, I'm so close with her and so close with Drew. And those two humans came in in such uniquely similar circumstance. I know. Where I'm like, oh, you were two Olympian legend Canadian defensemen. Legends. Who are like, you know, probably your last Olympics. Yeah. You just want to give it everything.

And it's been really funny watching their journeys both. Yeah. be perfect mirror. But I, so with you, I said to everyone that would listen, I hope USA wins this game, but if Canada wins, I hope Aaron scores and I just hope she plays a great game. And I'm so happy to have finished that and have been able to go up to her and say, you were incredible. You were incredible.

You did everything you were supposed to do and then some all the game. Played so well, drew two monster penalties for the team, including one right there at the end. I think it was like six and a half minutes left or something. And Aaron drew that penalty and listened. Could that have been a five-minute major? So I want to get into that. So to kind of get us there, I would say half through the second,

the ice did tilt a little bit, and the U.S. team found their game in a way I didn't think they had at all. Yeah. So they were possessing it, but everything you said is right. Perimeter, perimeter, perimeter, perimeter. You go to intermission,

you're down one, nothing. Now you're tweaking because you come out in the 30, 20 minutes rest of your life. Big time. Kill yourself, you lose this game. They come out and, dude, that clock just goes and goes and goes, and you're trying to get one by 10,

and then you don't. And now it's humming. Yeah. that play happens and they review that and there's six and a half minutes left. If that's a fiver, this game is hova, hova. And it was a tough hit. Aaron's obviously legitimately, oh man, I mean, that knee took a beating. Yep. But, and obviously I'm biased, but I'm glad, having seen the hit, because if it was a clear five minute, I would say, but since it was borderline for me, I'm glad they let the gals decide it. Yeah? With a minor.

minor penalty, if you can kill this off, you have a chance to play for the gold medal versus just going, you're killing a penalty for the rest of this game. I'm willing to agree, I'm going to call that one borderline. And given the situation, I said, I got to imagine that's not called a five or because there's six and a half minutes left in the gold medal game. And it's a one goal game. And I'm fine with that. You're like, you're already getting a paper.

Yeah. USA kills it off. Now we're in desperation mode. We're in desperation mode. And what do you know? with just over two minutes left, who else? And they pulled Aaron. I thought that was an early poll,

just because in my mind they're thinking, we don't want to give up the freebie. But they want early poll, yeah. Early Yank, they get good possession. Layla Edwards, I've been saying, one of the most electric players, all tournament for USA,

gets a great puck on net. And like I said, who else? Captain America. That was awesome. I mean, you've got, you just big time, big time players make big time plays. shit.

Yeah, that was insane. Hillary Knight gets the goal, ties it up. Holy fuck. So now we go into OT. We're not going to waste precious minutes of this live, talking about the fact that in the fucking gold medal game, at the Olympics, we're doing three on three.

But it is so dumb. And I also... I want to go further and say, it is so dumb that we're doing three on three for these ladies who don't play three on three. Yeah, yeah. It's just... It was mayhem and this is no knock.

It was clear that they don't play three on three often because it's just a totally different style of game that they're now forced to be playing here in the Olympics. That said, it made the three on three so entertaining. It was just truly, it was true mayhem out there on the ice. And some great chances both ways because I thought the U.S. team had the speed advantage. Yeah. And I thought three on three was going to be very one-sided. and my God, could that have gone either way?

Yeah. Absolutely could have gone either way. I think it was Abby Murphy made one of, I think I got it on film. Abby Murphy made one of the most electric back check breakups of all time. It was, I think it was a two on oh. At the very least, it was a two on one. And the Canadian girls are coming down. I was like, oh, fuck, you're done.

USA's dead. Dunions. And Abby. just came through and it was remarkable. The play that she made, Jesus Christ. I was actually laughing because we were right behind the bench. When she did that, she comes all the way back, breaks it up, US goes down the other way, and she comes to the bench, gassed obviously.

And people just kind of let her on. And I'm sure she got some taps that I couldn't really see. But I was like, she would have gone to the bench and would have been like, she said, thank you. I was like, she needs some respect on that magic. Crowdsurf. It's insane, dude. But you said it earlier.

Big time players make big time plays. the other captain of this team. Keller comes in, defenseman. Unreal, unreal stretch pass from Highsson. Unreal stretch pass from Taylor Heisey. And just somehow finding the legs,

finding the hands in OT, three on three, walks the defender, gets the back hand in to squeeze through the six whole game. Called game. Called game blouses. Unbelievable.

Rick James, quote. Or no, Prince quote. Prince quote. Well, it's a Charlie Murphy, or it's a Dave Chappelle playing Prince. Which he says to Charlie Murphy. Which he says to Charlie Murphy. Yeah.

Blouses. Yes. Unbelievable. God, that was awesome, man. That was a gross goal. It was a dizzy doodle. Couple of just, just, a hall of fame photos coming from that goal, too. Yep.

But, I mean, it feels to me. me, there's a cool, I don't want to even call it changing of the guard, but this U.S. team is very young. Yeah. There's a new wave of elite, elite talent on this women's team for USA. Obviously, they can play, look at the tournament they just put out. Yeah. But there are a few all-time vets on this team. And the two goal scores, the two captains are a couple of them. Someone says here in the comments to, still wild that after losing they gave. the Canadian team a bunch of stuffed animals.

And I will. To be fair, the U.S. team got stuffed animals too. I know, but I can't believe. I mean, this first gold medal game I've ever been lucky enough to go to, obviously. It is a tragedy how long the Canadian team

has to sit on the ice and watch all that bullshit. And then to sit there and go through and get handed some stuffed animals. You know what? You know what? You know what? But I just think, I don't want.

Let me be very clear. There is, there are no comparisons going on here. but when you lose in the NCAA tournament, you at pretty much any stage, you get given little medals to. It's like you lose in the elite eight. They're like, here you go.

Final four, here you go. And you want to fucking rock skip that stupid little fucking medal as far as the eyes can see. Like Hagrid, skipping them all across the Black Lake. But it is something that people are like, you're going to want that at some point in your life. Now, obviously,

I'm not comparing the stuffed animal to the silver medal, but I'm pretty sure the little mascots or red, maybe you can let this up. They're called, I think, Mila. I saw one. I think they're called Mila and Tina. One is called Tina. Milan and Cortina. Oh, nice. And I think they're weasels.

They're like, no, they're not weasels. No, they're a form of weasel. Somebody in the comments find this out, please. Let me fucking talk. Stop interrupting me. I'm trying to educate you. You don't know shit. I do. I don't know the name, but they're a weasel-like animal that's native to the area

and I'm pretty sure that their fur changes color with the season. So in the winter they're white, and in the summer they're brownish. And I think one of them's white, one of them's brown. Yeah, that's cool. And also good names for Milan. Incredible names. I saw one. It might be Milo.

No, I think it's Mila and Tina. It is Milo and Tina. Milo and Tina. And they do look like ferret-like creature. Well, anyway, it's a stote. A stout. Thank you, chat. Yep.

But you're going to want that. stuffed animals. You're going to want that stope. Maybe your kids, maybe a niece, nephew, or something like that. Maybe you. You're a big stuffed animal. You get stuffed animals all over your bed. You're a 40-year-old man and you still sleep with stuffed animals. Explain yourself. You're telling me you don't want Milo and Tina. I'm actually going to get Milo and Tina now. And you're going to stick them on your bed. But I didn't just lose it gut-wrenching overtime. Someone wants to hand me Be Lo and Tina right now. I go, thank you. Yeah. Did you at a point in your life think, you know, there's a lot of people who make jokes about throw pillows taking up bed space.

And then you have to potentially deal with a partner in your life who's going to go, I fucking hate these throw pillows. Did you at a point in your life realize I'm going to have to explain to a partner that I have a corral of stuffed animals that I sleep with? And then you happened to decide to spend your life with a person who does the same thing. Yeah, that's how you know. That was the moment for you? That's how you know.

You went, this is going to work. As long as you're aligned on throw pillowness. Or stuffed animalness. Whatever it is. I think. I don't think there are that many. I think it's throw pillars or stuff to animals, Chris. Well, you don't know, dude.

There's probably some crazy shit going on. We do not kinkshame. So, you find your thing. We're a horny pod. You find your pro kink pod. I cannot leave the women's gold medal game without saying Aaron Frankel. Okay. So I wanted to get into this before we move on.

Quick stick taps two. Well, obviously we're going to get into Aaron, friend of the program. Caroline fucking Harvey. Yes. Caroline Harvey Olympic All-Star team Olympic best defender Olympic best plus minus

with a plus 14 how are you gold medal most assists most points most points by a defenseman and most valuable player what a fucking tourney for Caroline Harvey that said

we must also give the empty netters MVP of the women's tournament to Aaron Frankel that absolutely That superhuman could not be scored on. And all, I mean, she gave up two goals. Yeah. All tournament and one in this gold medal game.

And the saves that Aaron made were in, she made a couple off her head. Dude, many. There were so many bouncing pucks that she's throwing the blocker around the paddle of her stick around. She's literally heading balls out of the fucking crease. It was, or balls. Pucks out of the crease. Aaron was out of this world, this whole tournament and that game.

So the MT Netters MVP goes to Aaron Franklin. Incredible. I was so pumped. Fucking crazy, crazy shit. The thing that sucks about the Olympics and about the Stanley Cup and about any championship game is someone has to lose.

And those Canadian women played an unbelievable tournament and a particularly unbelievable game and it sucks that they had to lose. It sucks that players like Aaron Ambrose and Poo have to. you know, not win a gold in potentially their last Olympics, but decorated, decorated, decorated Olympians with gold medals to their names.

And a legendary effort. And at the end of the day, it had to be those two teams. I'm so glad it was. I'm glad USA won. We are Americans, so, you know, we've got to back our girls. But, I mean, what a game. I mean, most viewed women's hockey game, women's Olympic hockey game of all time. I think 7.7 million people watching on TV all.

Well, it was just, what a fucking show from the gals. You love to see it. Congrats to our girls. We're going to get a bunch of them on the show here soon. So if you want more of the U.S. women's talk, it's coming. So get ready for that. Can't wait. Can't wait to have them.

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I saw it happen. And as for a man with flares for the dramatics, I think I'd played it off pretty well. I didn't make a meal of it, right? We heard about it, so. But it just happened. Like I was like, I stubbed my toe pretty hard. Well, now we're hearing about it again. Well, I just...

Everybody's hearing about it. I'm saying it's late. It's past midnight and I'm flexing it right now and it doesn't feel good. Yeah. So I'm playing hurt. Playing hurt. And you're doing a great job. Thanks, man.

That's what I do. You know who wasn't playing hurt? Sidney Crosby. Two hard to play. All right. We are getting into the men's semi-final games. Canada versus Finland did not go how we expected. And things started brutal.

Sydney Crosby, not playing. we knew it was coming and frankly there's a bit more optimism about him than I expected even maybe it's all smoke and mirrors but I thought they were just going to say he is completely shut down. From what we were hearing I was happy and excited to hear people were like

Sid is out for this game there is hope that you will be and I'm now thinking given that we have the gold medal game against USA in what could possibly be Sidney Crosby's last last Olympics. I actually, I really think he's going to play. I kind of do too. I think he's going to play. And what's nuts is, there's a part of me that feels like that's short-sighted. And I'm like, buddy, the pens are in the playoffs. We're a cup chasing. We might be able to go out and deal for somebody. That's what I'm saying to you guys, just having him on the bench, even if he plays five

minutes, like I feel like as you're 13 forward, that's better than no sit at all. Right? Agree. Go out and trade for Bobowski. For most people that people, I think a lot of people probably don't know that if you've been paying attention you figured it out but in the NHL you dress 12 forwards and 60 so you dress the even lines yeah and that's it if you lose a guy you're playing short yeah in the Olympics you are allowed to dress and two extra guys you can be whatever you want but most people go one extra forward one extra d so if you lose a guy they can come or he can just not play yeah yeah so sid could just suit up and be on the bench which would be electric yes kind of a risk is like if you lose someone if you really can't go and then you actually lose someone you're

like yeah but I don't know. Just have his pride. Dude, his aura just oozing down the bench. And it would be worth it. Well, you love to, you, you, we all heard, you know, you're not putting Sid in the press box. Sid was just in the locker room. Yeah, between reports.

He's in the locker room. Yeah. Between periods. And was clearly instrumental. Yeah. As he is. But this game starts and, uh, yeah, man, things did not go as expected. Um, there was one other cool pregame thing.

You said it on the story, but, um, you, you legally have to have someone wearing the for your team when you're playing in the Olympics. So they came out Connor McDavid wearing the seat for Team Canada. I picture the moment where John Cooper and co went up to Connor McDavid and they went, hey, the I-IHF rules dictates that

we need a captain on the ice. Therefore, you will be taking the sea. I imagine that situation going identical. Identical. We're also getting my cousin Vinnie quotes in every episode to the scene in Ted Lassow where Roy Kent tells Ted that a captain needs to be on the pitch. And Ted's like,

well, as long as I'm the coach here, you are the captain. And Roy Kent is like, it's a rule. He's like, well, then you have to pick. And he's like, I don't want to. And he's like, I insist. I imagine Connor did that exact same thing. Yeah. Like they were like, you were wearing the sea and Connor was like, no. He goes, I refuse. Yeah. And they're like, well, you have to. And he's like, well, no. And it's so great because obviously he gets all these questions and he's like this. I'm just keeping it 1% like he won't even entertain. They're like, it's a great honor. He's like, this is fucking bullshit. I hate it.

It is not my C. It belongs to Cid. and it's a crime that I'm doing. Yes. I'm like, fuck. Yeah, Connor. That is great. And if Sid grocery sticks on Sunday, he will be wearing it. Yes. They will slap it back on his chest and that'll be incredible. I, I'm not going to lie. I hammered.

Hammered a lot of money on a Connor McDavid anytime goal scorer because I just felt like Captain Connor wearing the sea for Canada. It was just going to just pump him, pump him full of, you know what. Yeah.

To get on the score sheet. Which, by the way, he did instantly with an assist and became the all-time leading goals. Yep, which we will get to. I loved, loved that in this game, they didn't go Mick Mac line to start. Correct. Because they were like, we can go to that if we want,

but I actually think it's been affecting the other lines a little bit. And then Jarvie gets up with Nate Dogg. Yeah, you love. to see Jarvie up there. That fired me up, dude. He can shine there. I thought he played a great game. I thought he played a great, great game.

So that was really cool. And then I also had an early note in the game, and this is so funny, considering everyone on Earth that plays with Connor McDavid says something like, God, what an honor it is to play with the game. It's so fun to play with Connor McDavid.

But I actually made a note watching this game early, where I said, Connor must love playing with Mac. Because every time Connor looks up, Mac's cutting somewhere perfectly and Connor passes it, and then Mac fucking hammers it on net.

And I'm like, well, Connor must be like, this kid is so good. That's another thing. You, and we'll get into this later, he must love it for a million reasons, but also the fact that Mac is, Mac's just spraying. Oh, every time.

He's like, he's like a little puppy who's like learning to pee outside still and he's just spraying all over the place and getting shots on net and a guy like Connor who's always looking to pass. Like he must love it. He's like, I'm just going to give it to this kid. He's going to fucking rip it.

It's absolutely. It's unbelievable. Eight shots today? Yeah. Lead the team. I think led all players in shots. And again, like I said, we'll get into that. But it's fantastic.

But we get into this game. I think Canada all over them. One second. Everyone's saying no audio, but then they're saying they left the video and came back and now it's good. So let us know. Got to be a YouTube issue. Who knows? Okay, keep talking to us if there's no audio, but I think people have figured.

Yeah, chat. We'll rely on you. Let it. What are we? Yeah. So are people saying it must be a YouTube issue? Well, it was a lot of no audios. Everyone lose audio, no audio, no audio.

And then people are saying, oh, I left the video and came back and it's okay. Okay. And everyone's saying, yeah, I left and came back and it's okay. Someone said, or they're saying audio's fine now. So I think we keep going. Okay. Hey, hey, sharp. Sharp action, CP.

Come on, come on. Sorry about that chat. We need heart attack round two today, boys. Seriously, we can't take that. Good looks, chat. Oh, we got producer. Evan here in the chat now too. I think he says audio good.

Yep. Eb-Sand. Edbot? Good job. All right, we're back, folks. We never left. Okay. We never left.

All right, we get into this game. For my money, Canada's on him. Yeah. But Finland, in the first period, Finland's there. They were getting a couple chances. Didn't get any, in my opinion,

in the beginning, super grade A chances, but it's going back and forth. No one looked very tense. But Canada wasn't... dominating. And I don't think we ever thought they were going to. This is a very good Finland team. Very, very good team. But it's just a daunting task going up against this Canadian team. Then Finland gets a power play. And I mean, hilarious. Like, they literally get

a power play. They line up in the offensive zone. Cleanest face-off draw you'll ever see from Sebastian Aho. Cleanest release you will ever see from Miko Ranton. Just nipped it top corner and towards the end of the first, just like that, Finland's up won nothing. Okay, a few things there. One, nothing Benner can do. Unreal shot from an unreal player. Absolutely nothing. No big deal. Two, Bo Horvatt nightmare. Because they go, you are on this team to not, to not even just win a D-Zone draw on the PK, but certainly not lose it clean. And by the way, that happens all, it's hockey, right? Like, they're good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It just sucks when you're a Bo Horvat and you go, here we go. I'm going to go do my, I'm going to go do the thing,

that's the reason I made this team. And then they go, snap back goal. And you go, well, if I could take that one back, that would be awesome. And by the way, that was off of the our fucking boy, Sam Bennett. Okay, so this is my- Sam Bennett. Dude, that power. Back on his bullshit. Back on his bullshit, baby.

He can't quit the game. He can't quit the game. I wrote this down. Sam Bennett, you know how a bull sees the red thing? Sam Bennett sees the blue. Sam Bennett sees blue paint. And he's like a... No, he goes, I gotta, fuck it.

I gotta get in there. Change the paint. I gotta get in there. The first time you play the Panthers, you gotta change the paint of the crease. And I bet you could petition the league and just go, because it's not blue, it doesn't have to be blue. I'd be like, hey, we're doing a color rush thing.

The crease is now yellow. The funniest part was he goes in there against his teammate, Niko Mikola, and they just go careening into the dint of dinner. into Zaros. Yes. And I got to say, watching the replay,

watching it live, I thought Bennett just, well, I didn't think he ran Saros, but I was like, I thought he got pushed. I hand up, I was like,

that was a big collision. Like, I think he got pushed in there, but like, I think Sam was leading. I mean, listen, dude, the guy gets to the net.

He's a fucking great player. I, on the replay, and I granted, I only, you know, there's a lot going on in Canada house.

In the replay, I thought that was a bad call. In the slow-mo replay, I saw it. I was like, Oh, man. They're just kind of, he's going hard at the net, but they're just tangled. It's like one of those pass interference plays where they're like, yeah, they both fell,

but it just kind of just ran into each other. There was just a lot going on that I didn't, I didn't love it. I didn't love it. But then immediate goal, and I said to you, Red, I'm pretty sure that was the first time, someone in the chat can check this. I'm pretty sure that's the first time Canada didn't score first in every game this tournament. I believe that is true. Check team, but this was like, oh shit.

I believe, I, I'm fairly certain that is true. So, period. sense. Canada fans feeling a little tense, but nothing crazy yet. Just went through this with the check game. We then get into the second period. Canada gets a power play. And it's like, okay, here we go. Canada gets a power play. I forget which penalty this was. Let me check this. I believe...

This was just a run-of-the-mill penalty because this wasn't marshy. Yeah, so it wasn't the high stick. It wasn't the high stick yet. I just forget what call it was. But either way, Canada gets a peeper. like, all right, here we go. Yep. And fucking Eric Hala. Yeah.

Eric Hala gets a nice block shot, gets sprung, breakaway, great move composure. And a great finish. Great finish. Great finish. And we are now, I mean, the air was sucked out of this room. Out of the arena, out of hockey Canada house, out of the nation of Canada. It was now like a whole fuck. We're down to nothing.

and here we go. Game on. I will be interested to say, because we talked about this, I'll be interested to hear with the chat things here. I, because I wanted Canada

to win this game very badly, I was less scared down 2-0 because they were never down 2 to the team. But even down 2-0, I still didn't, I was like, this is not good. Sure. But I was like, just score,

you know, we're okay, versus how scared I was late against the checks. I legitimately thought that they might lose that game. I was genuinely never scared a second in this game. And I'm also, I do want to say, Finns aside, our Finnish fans and listeners, this does not pertain to you. Yep. Any U.S. fan rooting against Canada, I, I just want to say, this is the matchup we all want. And I get it. If in hockey, you're like, oh, it's a rival, whatever. But it's like, this is fun.

Yeah. And so many of these players are probably on your favorite team. Yeah. They're great boys. Send them love. It's going to be fun. This, rooting for Canada 100%, but I was genuinely like,

and I felt this way with the check game too. And we will get into this right now. I was not worried because I, while I was passionately rooting for Canada, for a number of reasons, I don't have the insane emotional connection that I do to other things. But I was just like,

this team is too good, man. And you can see it already. That goal came early in the second period, but you could already see it. Finland just didn't have anything going. Yeah. And Canada had a lot going. That second period, I think Canada outshot Finland 14 to 3 or something. And this...

I can't remember I've talked about all the entire time. This brings up a great question. And I think there's a lot of good answers and reasons on both sides. But for me, when you were this Finland team and you go, go up to nothing because of a instantaneous power play goal. Three seconds into the power play. Like draw, shot goal.

Then you get a not a lucky finish, but whenever you score a shorty, it's pretty lucky. You get a shorthanded goal. Now you're up to nothing. And you are getting outplayed like crazy. You know, we get to the halfway mark through the second period and you're getting

fist fucked. Yeah. I do not get the coaching strategy of looking at that fucking monoling Monstar Squad of Canada and going like this, we'll survive. Yeah. Pack it in. Pack it in, boys.

Keep it on the outside. I just don't get the mentality of thinking you're going to survive with that strategy. And obviously, don't be reckless. Don't be crazy and fly the zone and run and gun because then you open up the ice and you're going to get penetrated through the middle and you're going to lose fucking 10 to. Yeah. But take some shots.

And again, we'll keep going through this game. but Miko Ranton had a great quote at the end, or after the loss. And he was like, listen, we're upset that we lost. And I'm so proud of this team. We fought hard. But when you defend for 30 to 25 seconds a shift, no one on earth can then go and try and get up into an offensive rush. Like we are pinned in desperate.

We are in a washing machine. Spin cycle on fucking high, high heat, high speed. And you want me to then go like this. Let's go get on a rush. You just can't survive like that. And there are ways you can win games like this when you get an unexpected two-goal lead and you're like, okay, they're probably the better team, but we can survive. We can pack it in. I don't care how good your defense is. I don't care how good Soros is. This Canada team is not a team that you will live against trying to do that.

And that is why for me watching, I was like, they're fine. I assure you they're fine. And we'll get to this in a second, but the only way you're not fine in that scenario is when you're, you run into a hot goalie. Yeah. And there was a chance that we were touching something hot. He was playing well. When I was watching Soros.

He was playing great. And what? He made 36 saves in this game. Soros was fantastic. And, you know, Coup had his cheeky little, you know, he quoted his... I didn't love that.

Yeah, that... I love Coop, but I was just like, dude, he played awesome. He played awesome in a semi-final Olympic game. And he also, I think Coup's quote was like, what's that commercial he's in? No goals. And I'm like, well, he gave up three.

So don't, don't be rude. Yeah. But, but... But he's trying to be like he was unbelievable, which he was. Oh, I read it the other way. I thought he was chirping him. Oh, no. It was like he gave up three goals.

And I was like, chill. Oh, no, no. I think he was being like that's, it was playing like he was never going to give up a goal. Okay, good. Because I was like, bro. So you did love it. Yeah. And then I do love it because I was like, we don't need to kick him when he's down.

I, I love everything about Coup. He has 100% of my love. I, sometimes I said this to you two when we saw that quote. When you've won, it's sometimes easy to give like a cool guy, quote, like that. Yeah. And part of me's like, don't give him a cool guy quote,

man, let them mourn. But Canada is just too good. They're always going to win this game. They get a power play goal, sick tip by Sam Reinhart. And I love that that Sam Reinhardt goal. And I believe Redd, this was the marshy high stick, right?

Yes, it was. Yeah. Yes, it was. Let's talk about that after this comment. That Sam Reiner goal. Right place, right time, baby. That was a get in front of the net, be a good hockey player and get in a good position.

I don't think he knew shit about that. Really? I thought he did that. I thought he went out to get that. Well, I think he put his stick in a good position. I do not think he moved that stick based on where the shot was going. I think he's trying to, like, get out of the way slash screen the goal. He was body. I agree.

I think that hit his stick and he went, that hit my stick. But what's funny is the tip. Yes. The tip was, it wasn't like a, oh, it was like kind of like just a straight down bounce. It was like a 45 degree angle change other side of the net nasty tip. And I think Sam was like, what happened there? Oh, sick. That was great.

Dude, he on the hall of Shorty, this was not Sam Ryder's fault at all. Yeah. It was he, the puck was kind of loose on the half wall. It was kind of trying to get to the point and it got chipped by and whatever. And I said to myself there, and it's hilarious that he then gets this gross tip goal, he has completely been this 13th forward on this Canada team. which means he's not in a line rotation. And it's so, like, it makes sense to me that he's dressed because they feel he's a

power play weapon, which he is. He has a couple power play goals in this tournament. Yeah. But it must be so insane to be in an Olympic semi-final game and just plugged on the bench. And then they go, go, go now, go play. And you have to just be doing everything in like the most high pressure moments. I think about a DH in baseball. At least those dudes are in the batting cage the whole time.

Like they go down and are taking. reps staying loose and then you go oh my turn my turn to hit you you real quick you look like a fucking lost boy right now i feel like a lost boy right now sam ryan i feel like sam ryan i've been sitting here on the bench for hours did i need to do something so credit to him because those are not easy minutes when they go hey dude we need a we're losing two nothing to finland yeah we need a power play goal have you been sitting there for 30 minutes and he's like uh-huh and they're like go go tip one and then he does i mean he's just he's such a he's such a dangerous player. Yeah. Big game player, too. We see it in the Stanley Cup all the time. The guy's got a terrifying

shot, too. Every time he puts a puck on net, I'm like, Jesus, that came off. We'll watch some Stanley Cup highlights if you're curious about Sam Ryan, its goal scoring ability. 50. Yeah. Unbelievable. Bitch. So, wait, before we go to the third period, why don't you tell everybody, Dan, about our friends at Bauer? Am I talking about the pro-sharp advantage? Yeah. Folks, you know that we are the biggest Bauer guys in the world and Bauer is the biggest name in hockey. For almost 100 years, they've been the most trusted and most elite name in the game and you know it. You know every time you go into the shop and you're looking at new gear, Bauer is the thing that stands out because it's the sexiest and it is the most elite gear that you will find. Make sure you get Bauer head to toe, whether

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Going into the third. Butthole is pretty tight. Yeah. For Canada. Clenched. Clenched. Red was sweating. He was pacing.

He said earlier, he didn't have a drop of alcohol today, and he's like, I feel drunk. Yeah. That's how taxing this was for him. We get into this period and getting pounded. And I mentioned earlier, wanted to talk about that Brad Marshand, the high stick from Lundell that Brad Marshint. I immediately said I did not like that call. Correct. You did.

Anton Lundell is getting held, completely held and completely tied up. I'm not saying hold as a penalty, but completely tied up against the boards. His body is pinned and his stick is just sticking out to the side. He has no control over it whatsoever. And it's about three feet off the ice. Yeah. And Marci comes in, crouch down, getting low to dig the puck out, and his face runs into the stick. Yeah.

And they call a high stick. Now, Lundell's stick hit him in the face. Yes, it did. It is what it is. But the second, the content, I think Lundel started complaining to the ref before the call, before the arm even went up. Yeah. He was immediately like,

I have not fucking moved. Like, you cannot call that. And I am just saying, I think he has an argument. And I'm like, yeah, that was,

that was kind of tough. Because that's a huge, that's a massive, yeah, that's a massive momentum swing. So we'll just keep that in mind. Yep. Yep.

Okay. We get halfway through. Canada all over. Canada's all over them. And they went to the Mick Mac line, by the way. That happened in the second, but they immediately were like,

okay, never mind, we got to go back to this. They sure did. And like we mentioned, uh, or we were about to mention, sorry,

shots 39, 17 in this game. And like in the, half of the third period, like you said, it was just, it was all Canada. It was truly, it felt like a matter of time.

We get Shay Theodore with the puck, top of the slot, boom, shot goes in. Right before that, Marci also in the mixer again, completely takes out sorrow.

I mean, I mean, goes through the crease, gets pushed. absolutely, but not that strongly and completely take Soros come out of the crease. Soros gets back in, in my opinion, per the rule, certainly does not get reset. Shot comes in and goes in. Saros instantly was like, yo, what the fuck.

They don't even look at it. No one talks about it. Face off. Tie game two, two, let's move on. I'm not here to say it was a bad call. I am here to say, if you were Finland, how in the world do you not challenge that? I couldn't believe there was. the hockey cannon house went so crazy.

Everybody was cheering. And then they showed the replay. And we were all like, oh, 100%. Because it's hard to hear, right? We were like 100% this is going to come back and they're going to be looking at it. They came back and it was just puck drop. And I didn't even hear if the announcers were saying anything.

No. And it wasn't until who said that made that quote after the game, which was a little salty. But Armia. You can't tell me anything. Joel Armia was like, they didn't, they didn't, The only goal they scored five on five was goal interference.

Yes. So clearly the bench had something to say about it. Which, by the way, I also, I mean, shout out Army. That's a Kingsboy got love for him. But I was like, you guys scored a power play goal on a shorty. Yeah, you didn't score five to five. You lost one, nothing. It was a zero-zero game if you want to count that one out.

But to me, again, the thing to talk about with that play is, Finland, what are you doing? And this also goes into, at that point in the game, you're up to one. there's less than 10 minutes left. You've survived maybe a little bit longer than most of us thought. You've got to know if you're feeling you ain't scoring in this game. You are not scoring in regulation again in this game.

So at that point, challenge that. Give it a fucking bid. What are we doing? I was just shocked that they didn't challenge. I guess they go. Obviously the fear is they don't get it. And you get a power play. And then there's another goal.

Now we're losing. And now you're not going to, since we know you're not going to score, and at least now it's two on two. Honestly, dude, it's kind of like the Oilers King's thing where you're like, don't. But the other version, or the other way, because that Oilers Kings one was obviously not goaling interference. Yeah, yeah.

In my, dude, we saw in the USA some crazy soft goaling interference calls. Yeah, oh my God. There was one in the USA game today. Yep. You're telling me that that might not have gotten overturned? I think they would have overturned that. I agree. I think legit.

I'm not saying it was. Marchand goals him over. Yeah. Completely goes out of the crease and does not get reset. The only question is, did Marching get push? And I'm here saying, I don't think it was that significant of a push. I think you had a shot in it. But again, you're both right.

It was definitely the fear of, if we get this wrong, and then give them power play and they score, and now we're losing, we look like assholes. I get it. But I just think, I mean, you had the lead, and that was very questionable. Maybe give it a go. Yep. So, tie game now,

same story. There's really nothing to talk about. Same story. Binner made some great saves again. Binner made some great. Graves again down the stretch. Also, you know, he didn't see, let in two and only saw 17 shots, but the thing with Binner is like, you know, immediately in the second period, he gives up that second goal, and he's just unfaced. He's always unfaced, and that's what you need. But Finland's getting bragg-dalled, and they're now just like, just make it, make it to overtime, and let's see what could happen, 3V3, and then two and a half minutes left.

Nathan McKinnon gets a stick to the face. Let's talk about it. Because I have two very significant takes here. Okay, hit me. Take number one, that was a high stick. Yep. That is a penalty. Number two, Nathan McKinnon sold the shit out of that. And turned to the ref while playing.

Going like this. Look what just happened. Yes. Both things can be true. Yeah. And I am here to say if you're a purist and you're like, embellishment shouldn't be part of hockey, whatever, whatever. Well, it shouldn't, but...

Okay, you're a purist in that regard. In my opinion, it's part of the game. It was a high stick. And I always think when you get hit in the face, you're not... I don't know if it's necessarily...

I think part of it is a natural reaction. Yeah. Like when you get hit in the face and you kind of like throw your head, I think it's a protection complex. Like you're like, don't keep your face there. It just got hit. Yep, yep.

That's right. When something goes in your eye, you're immediately like, oh, fuck. So was there some embellishment there? Maybe. But I also think it's just a reaction. At the end of the day, it was a high stick to face. It was more the look for me. Yeah.

Just, you know, you go like this. You keep playing. He went like, oh my God, give us the power play right here. And it was more of a high stick than the one on Marshy too. So it's like, you're calling the marshy one. You're calling this one. What sucks is Mikala, if you watch the other replay. He literally, and, you know, the rules are you going to control your stick.

he swings his stick completely below the knee, certainly below the waist, but below the knee, just a sweep check like this, and it just hits, I think Nate's stick, which is at an angle, because it's like,

it's like he's holding a golf club, right? It hits his stick and just bounces up. Like, Miklis just going like this so low and it goes, and it just kind of like rode up and hit him, so it's like, you know,

that's a thing too, right? It's like you need to be in more control of your stick. Like that's the whole purpose. It's part of the rule. Yep, 100%. That's how it goes, but it was just so tough. And I have to say,

Well, first I want to give credit to Canada because they, that's a massive moment in the game, obviously. And they, that was a dominant power play. I know they almost didn't score, but they were, they were all. Connor, oh my God, just the way he moves. It's like, it's poetry. Snapping it around for two minutes, unbelievable, felt inevitable that they were going to get one. And I said at the top, I wanted Canada to win this game very badly. So I'm glad that result happened.

And I didn't want an overtime for my stress levels, for your stress levels, anything. but once Mika took that penalty who I would have felt this way anyway but as a player I really love I was sick to my stomach and was praying that they would survive that kill and then just lose an OT because it just

don't be the guy in the box for him to have to go back to the boys with 30 fucking seconds left and be like sorry because he did it right and it wasn't a malicious size stick it wasn't even that bad of a play but 100% he has sticked him and he has to come back and go you guys we all just played the game of our fucking

lives and have Canada on the ropes and then I accidentally high stick Nathan McKinney with two minutes left and we've lost because of that. That sucks so much and I know the boys wanted that kill for him. It does so badly because I've been in those situations both in the box and out there where you're like we've got to get this kill for our guy. Yeah. And I was, I literally felt ill because yeah, I don't even like watching sports sometimes when shit like that happens. It just makes me so sad. We got we got we got to move on but uh you're I mean it it sucks. There's nothing else to say about it. Uh, and the other thing that I will say

on that is I like I said I know it was a penalty I think it fucking sucks when penalties determined games and penalties determined that game in a big way and that blows

the whole game the whole game yeah right penalty penalties completely dictated and determined that whole game and that blows but end of the day Canada survives not the not the way that Canada I think thought that was going to go

but I do want to I would like to all mention Finland deserve so much respect that is a very good team. Now I know a lot of people are going to say, imagine if Alexander Barkov

was playing in that game. We have to remember Sidney Crosby was not in that game. But at the same time, Alexander Barkov, it's done things against the good players on that camera. This finished team

is fucking holy hell. If Alexander Barkov were playing in this tournament, I'm kind of like, I'm not sure I'm going to sit here and calmly say they wouldn't be in the gold medal game. So obviously,

Powerplay happens. Nathan McKinnon scores with like two seconds left in the power play. Game over. Canada wins. Let's just talk about the result for Canada, but quickly, Macklin Celebrini. Yep. This guy...

He's the best player in the world. He's the best player in the world. He's the best player. He's a fast. He's a last kid. He's a last kid. Uh, per Chris Johnson. Shout up, Chris Johnson. Played 1802 of the final 40 minutes for Team Canada. While they were behind. Can everyone remember that? He finished with a team high,

25 minutes, 53 seconds of ice time, eight shots on goal. The team. Connor McDavid's on the team. Nathan McKinnon is on the team. We did this last episode. We don't need to do it again. But I just, I think it is important to emphasize

19-year-old Macklin Celebrini is like the most important player on this team in that game. And this is just, it feels like game after game after game. And then another one, we mentioned it earlier. Connor McDavid gets an assist on the first goal. He gets an assist on the second goal becoming the all-time leader for Canada in a single Olympics.

Yeah, yeah. Set the record for single season tournament points 13 and is only two behind SIDS 15 for Olympics ever. They're the three best players in the world and they're the, it's the best line hockey has ever seen. It's great. It's incredible. It's insane.

The Mick Mac line legitimately right now is probably the three best players in the world. Last thing I have in this, I said it earlier, but Soros just cannot have enough good things say about I thought it was incredible. You didn't think Mac was offside. I didn't. I thought, well, I thought it was inconclusive. Yeah.

Cubic hair. It was, and you actually said, Chris, you were like, I think that was the exact same time. Yeah. And I loved that call. Is, you know, also that was a good job, Finland. Like, go for it. I would have challenged anything. I would have challenged anyway, but that actually, when they did that, I was like, oh, this is a desperation challenge.

Well, did you? I said it in real time. Oh, really? Because Conner kind of like fumbled that pop right before they went in. And I went, ooh, that might have been off. And then they were just in the zone forever. Yeah. And when they challenged it, I was like, he might have been off.

Um, anyone who's saying it was definitely off, anyone who's saying it was definitely on, neither of you are right. It's impossible to determine. Uh, it's the call in the eye stands for me. I was too close to off. People, some people are really mad online, but that one I just, and dude, trust me, I wanted it to be off so we could go to overtime and we guys could win there. But that is just, it's one of those, it's, they're both on the blue line.

And then you pan one millisecond and they're both in. Yeah. I'm like, we don't have the cameras. We don't have the frame rate to see. So we're good. It's a whole other can of worms, but too, but it's like, it was a minute. Yeah. It really was.

So true. So true. They were always one in that game. Okay, before we move on to the U.S. Slovakia game, thoughts on Canada. You're fucking doing that. I'm not doing that. We got two. You want me to do it?

We got two? Yeah. No, I'll do one. Okay. The, I think that it's good for them. I said before, I wish Canada won eight nothing every game up until the final, so they wouldn't have played a single hard game. so I think it's good for them that they've had this experience.

But actually, I'll save some of this for my finals prediction, but they haven't looked that comfortable. They played two good teams. Don't get me wrong. But they just haven't looked as comfortable as I have thought. The possession numbers are all there, of course. The shots are there. But I, and I know you're like, well, dude, they are comfortable because they never are out,

which is very scary. But I'm kind of shocked there wasn't like one more gear so far. I dude they got they've got USA right with their yeah unfortunately honestly god it's how I feel

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but I think it's great to have these sketchy games I'm glad USA got the Sweden game I think it's great to be up against it and feel that pressure and feel the sweat because they they are going to go into this USA game

going we've dealt with it all we've dealt with every emotion we've been down two. We've been down one. We've been down late. Won a game without Sid. They, they, they, they've dealt with every bit of adversity they could expect. So I think it's great for Canada. And again, Connor said something like, he was like, I know we've got a whole country of people who are fucking sweating right now, but like, but it's fun. And I'm just like, yes, you are dialed. So I'm sure you Canadian fans, this hasn't been

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Oh, we're back to back and my bad. We get yelled at. Yeah. We're back to back and all right. So, you know, I'm just trying to not get yelled bad. I hate getting yelled at. You guys know, I hate getting yelled at. I do too.

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USA-Slovakia. Great job, C-P. I'm sorry if you got yelled at. Well, we won't now. We won't now. We won't now. USA, Slovakia, as I said, oh, before it's to add it. Yeah.

I don't want to sewer this Slovakia team, but Red is going to. You don't have an NHO goalie. You have four NHL players. Half your team probably works in finance in the other half of the season. I don't know what to tell you, brother. We were so... Cinderella has turned into a pumpkin. Yes.

We were so impressed with Slovakia's tournament, and there was this big narrative going into this game. game. So many people here in Milan as we were walking around, I'm talking NHL employees, NBC employees, a bunch of U.S. people were like, fuck man, like this one might be tough. This team feels like a team of destiny. They're playing so well together. They clearly know each other's game really well. And that is true. But what Red just said is also true. And if you were one of the top two teams in the tournament, which USA is, there is absolutely no excuse to look at that Slovakia team and be like this. We're going to get frustrated by them. Yeah. It's like, I'm sorry, dude. No, wrong.

And you cannot. In this situation, playing the second game where you know what the stakes are. Dude, if you go, we, the Canada was waiting for the gold medal matchup that we all wanted, that we all believed we deserve with the roster we put together. And then you have to come home and go, I guess, we actually lost to the Slovaks and the semis. Yeah. So then we beat Finland for the bronze. I go, you have to be outside your fucking mind.

Canada, obviously, did not want to lose to Finland. But if you lose to Finland, you go, yeah, it was a fucking tough one, dude. They're nasty. We didn't have Sid. You know, if this team, this U.S. team lost to this Slovakia team, you can't come home. Correct. They did it. They took care of business.

They took care of business. And that's the best part. As we get into this game, the USA was jacking off. Yep. They were jacking off. They were jacking off hard. And we're going to get into the jack-off session. The first thing that you pointed out was the jersey matchup was fucked.

There are, this game finished 6-2, and we could so easily just be like, it was a beat down. There's a lot to talk about. yeah. The number one thing, as we keep talking about, is like, this, this was a classic going into this game. It's the semifinals. And I feel as though so many people in media want to be the cool guy who goes, oh, I don't know. I could, I could see Slovaks coming in with big punch here. And it could get, and I'm like, why? Why be that guy and say, because you, you want to look. like the cool dude who calls it if the one in a million chance that happens this, I'm so happy that this USA team went, what the fuck

are you talking about? We are much better than this team. Good job. They came in and they just put a beat down on them and that's great. What was not great was the Jersey matchup. Ridiculous. That was crazy. That was crazy. Seeing triple. And I loved

that it was unanimous. People were like, I'm getting a headache watching this game. It was difficult. It was genuinely, we had like a serious high-res and the contrast or whatever was like really bright where we were watching. And I was like, this is good God Almighty. I can't see who's who. But USA could see who's who and they just came out flying first period. Dylan Larkin gets it started. My boy. Getting better as the games get more intense. Oh yeah. Dylan Larkin like this dude. Boom. Scatter plot. Game intensity on the Y axis. Dylan Larkins play on the X axis. Look at this.

Larks gets it going early. TNT gets it going right after that, assisted by Eichel and Quinn Hughes, just a beautiful, beautiful power play. One T. Did you see the curve in that stick? Have you seen that photo?

Which one? Tage Thompson's one T-T clap. Titty daddy that went in, like the teeniest little slot to get in there. The curve in his stick, I mean, good Lord,

Almighty. And it was just, it was, all bets off after that. Second period, we're jacking off. Jack, Jack Hughes, goal. Jack Eichol, goal. Jack, Jack Hughes, goal. Jack off session. The second period was, everyone, we were just, we're jack. The United States of America was jacking off in the second period.

I wanted to talk about the McAfoy goal interference. Did you like that call? Yeah. I think so too. 100%. I don't know why he kind of clipped him, but he was going. Like McVoy was like, oh yeah. What the fuck. And then later he had that high stick, right? And then he's going again. Chuckie, I love you. The, the, the, listen, I don't get mad at these NHL players when those goal interference gets called because that I don't think that's goal interference in the NHL. Actually, maybe that was going interference, but what I love, dude, you know, never let a penalty go. Yeah, yeah.

Never let a penalty go. And I like that Chuckie was giving it to him. And then Chucky's high sticking penalty when he was like, what the fuck you talk? I was like, Chuck was like, he was like, he was like, he was like, here you go, Harry Potter again. He was the troll in the dungeon, swinging his club around. He smacked someone in the face. I was like, what are you talking about, Charlie? I need to know what he was saying.

I know. I just need to know if he was like, dude, you don't understand. Someone pushed my stick or something. I'd love to find out that sometimes that it's the scene from billions. And he's going like this. That's a great call. I just need to look pissed off. I fucking smoked him in the face.

Yeah, the team needs it. And then, dude, I just want to touch on this because I hate this shit so much. The fucking delay of game that Worensky takes, You actually had an amazing comment in the Finland game where I stand by this. Soros played one out and it almost went over the glass. And I was like, oh shit. Goleys should not be allowed to get delay of game calls for a puck over the glass.

Incredible take. If you as a goalie can get that puck high up and up and over the glass, no penalty. Yeah. They're going to be doing it all the time then. But I think you should be rewarded. If you're hemmed in the zone and the goalie gets out, they got the stones to get their puck on the stick and flip it out, get a clock stop.

Reward them. And then this one, and I know this is so hard, it's objected, but Wuranski literally poke checks a pocket. That was crazy. And it just goes and flips into the crowd. And they're like, delay of game. And I'm like, that obviously is not in the spirit of this fucking penalty. I know.

Like it's, again, there's no way to be like, I bet to when the refs call those ones, they're like, sorry. That was fucking bullshit. Dude, that made me so mad. And I have a USAPK comment later. But that was one of those moments where I think it was only one nothing still. And I'm like, great, here comes the Slovakia power play. I go on.

Yeah. Bullshit. Okay. So yeah, like you said, Tage Peeper, you know, go into the second, amazing.

And then, oh, oh, there was also, Eichel in the second had one of these, he wheels in on the backhand and takes it behind the net and then plated off the back of the net.

Oh, it was beautiful. And I was like, Jack is. Self pass off the skirt. That's even more of a jackoff session. Jack were jacking off. The jacks were jacking.

That was fucking awesome. I loved that. The fucking high stick, I said. Oh, we got the bull. boldie to Gensel goal that was waved off because he clearly kicked it in.

Yes, that was funny. But the USA House feed was going crazy when that was happening. So it was like, boldie, go! And like the video cut out. It froze as the ref was like, yeah, it's like, what the fuck happened? That was insane.

I loved that. Oh, I want to ask you this. They pulled their goalie, as in Yankton. Yes. Went the fourth one. Fourth, fourth. And the announcers were going, you got to keep in mind,

because this is their stud goalie. They want him for the bronze medal game. And I was like, that's kind of a tough white flag wave. Like, obviously we did roll on them, but I was like, man, that's a little early. Oh, I disagree. The game was over after the first Jack Jack. So you're like, pull him anyway. I mean, I don't necessarily, I wouldn't necessarily pull him. I mean, I don't think it was a white flag wave, though. The game was over. Yeah, yeah. I thought the game was over after the second goal, frankly. But I agree, if, if that is your guy, yanking him is kind of like a little bit of a morale de-boost. He was. He was,

pissed. He punched the glass, barehanded. Once he took his... If you're the goalie coach, we go, we're pulling you to save you, and then he goes, like, it breaks his hand. You're like, dude, why did you do that? We did this for a very specific reason. That was so funny. I kind of forgot. In that moment, I was like, oh, his Olympics tournament is over, so I get it. I kind of forgot in that

moment they have another game. And then he broke his hand. You got to calm down, dude. Okay, I'll get to that in a second. The Jack Hughes first goal. Yeah. It was fucking nasty. Nass. And do you count?

A little shimmy? We have all said, that was some Quentinue's body movement. We have all said, Jack's been great, but show me against the good teams. Does this, which bucket does this go in? Because we all agree, that was, this isn't a good team, but this is a semi-final game. So it's a big moment. Yeah. It's a big moment.

It's a semi-final game, and he was good all game. Great. He was great on the, he, Jack Hughes drew the penalty that led to the Tage Thompson goal. And it was, I, we mentioned it on somewhere on our socials. the poise he had in the D zone, held up the play, then made a great rush to get it in, then he dug the puck out, drew the penalty. Like, he was great all game early before the game was over. And then obviously he started jacking off and only got better.

But there's nothing you can say about, and frankly, obviously don't go in there and shit down your leg. There's nothing bad anyone can say about Jack Hughes. There's no way Jack Hughes is playing this well, looks this healthy, and mentally is this clear right now and is going to go in and be terrible in this gold medal game even against Canada. So if you were a Jack Hughes hater, it is

time to stop hating because he has proven everyone wrong. He's been brilliant in this tournament. He deserves all of his flowers. He deserves to be jacking off. Yes, he does. In public. Stop Jeff. What is the fucking, this is the end scene. I'll jerk off wherever I want to.

Did you have any brothers or sisters? No, I was raising a house of women. Oh, God. Um, last thing in the second period, outrageous interference hit on Jake Gets. Oh, my. And then, and then the double or the hack across both legs of Dylan Lark. And Larks got up and he was like, that's a fucking penalty too. That ended the second period.

And I, I was like, maybe that was just a finish his hit. He passed that puck so early. He, there was a good four full seconds before he got hit. That is unbelievable. Blew him up. Good hit. Jesus Christ. blew him up.

I don't want to rush through this game. But I mean, like, you can keep going through your bullet points here. Yeah. Like, game, game ends. Six two. Slav Koski gets a goal. Love that. Slav played great this tournament.

He deserves a little stick tap for sure. But game's over. Yep. Six to win. Easy stuff. Brady Kucuk double breakaway got it on the second one. But that's it. Game over.

Let's talk about what's going on here. Tage Thompson does not come out to start the third period. I'm absolutely terrified about that. So at the end of the second period, that penalty, the Gensel hit, the Larkin hack. It was clear the Slovakia was like, oh my God, we're getting buried. And there are two things I don't like about this game for USA. Number one, for the love of God, Tage Thompson, do not be hurt. I don't know if this is management thing.

Maybe you got like a little knock and there's like, dude, the game's over. There's no reason for you to keep playing. Just get out of here. That would be fine. But if he's hurt, I'm fucking furious. Did not like when it was getting chippy because I was like, if you get hurt in this game. I know. Like, that's a disaster. So let's pray, Tage is okay. The other one, you can, you can say that a beat down like this, people talk about the tune up game all the time.

Yeah, this is my next question. I don't believe in that fucking bullshit at all. There was a point in this game. I think it was five nothing. The boys were just yucking it up. Yep. And it felt like point night. It genuinely felt like go out there and get your cookies. And that is not the game, in my opinion, that is not the game you want going in to play fucking Canada easily. I mean, no offense, Sweden, but like Canada is a much stronger team

than Sweden. And it's just like, you were about to go in and face the most intense competition of this tournament. You have not faced them before. This was not the game that you want to warm you up for that.

So I didn't love it for that. I don't think that's going to get in these guys' heads, but I am like, fuck me. I also didn't love, and this was nobody's fault, really, but if you're going to play this,

and now I'm like talking shit about Slovakie team because they've had an incredible tournament. But if you're going to play this game where it's like a bullshit blowout in the semifinals, I wanted, not stupidly, just aggressively, I wanted the shutout for Helly because I wanted him to just be like,

yeah, I'm seeing fucking everything. No one is scoring on me again for the rest of the tournament. And the first one, he just misplayed it behind the net, so I kind of don't even care about that one, which was Slaff and credit to Slav because what a tournament. I was actually really happy for him that he got the goal.

But then, you know, they kind of got one behind R.D again. And then they go top cheddar on Heli, And I'm just like, damn it. And again, who cares? But I just wanted him at the least to come out of this being like, I'm a fucking brick wall. And then it's like, well, they got to tell you.

I know. I didn't like those either. But I do think he's a brick wall. He looks very dialed. Yep. And I think also when you're in the middle of a tune-up game like that, it's easy to fall asleep. Yep. I'm not saying Hellbuck fell asleep, but I have no issue with those goals because I think he's just like, whatever,

you get me out of this game. Brady Breakway, you got that. Can I, because we're live. So I don't know. Could there be no editing of this? Can I voice my gripe about. the crowd we were watching the game with. Yes.

Okay, so we... Hey, keep it cute. This is my biggest fear about going into the final against a nationwide... Instead of a criticism, yeah, let this be a rallying cry. The Canada House, which we've been lucky enough to go to many times for games, has been passed. 15 out of 10, no notes.

And when we got there for this game, it was much less crowded than the past games. And I thought to myself, oh, of course. Everyone's up the game. We're far enough into this tournament that if you're still here, you're going, you're finding a way to get to this game. But the crowd that was there at the Canada House today

was rocked. I mean, you saw our stories, our grid posts. Like, I'm paying the camera around. Like, people are going nuts. And we hadn't been able to get into the USA House this whole time. We've been actually trying to go and we haven't been able to get into.

and then very luckily we got to go for this game and I was pumped to see it and I was actually blown away how sick it was. Oh, like so sick. What is it? The Winter House. Yeah, the Winter House. Just unbelievable setup. Different little rooms, gorgeous interior picks of all the greatest U.S. achievements

across every sport on the walls, food spread, sick bar, like everything. Shout out Starbucks. Yeah, yeah, yeah, attached with Starbucks. But like every level, it was incredible. utterly incredible. Winterhouse Can't wait to go back. I mean, Jesus, what a setup. What a setup.

And the figure skaters were doing an incredible presentation, like current Olympian gold medals. They were gold medals from me. Chris Yamaguchi. Yeah, like legends. Unbelievable. Huge presentation. Everything's awesome. And then the game starts. And there's a million screens and the huge screen. And I was like, this is going to be a vibe. Yeah. Right at Puck Choppe, I actually was like, this is about to be

the most rip viewing experience we've had. And dude, then people were just chilling. They didn't care. And there were some rooms where people had their back. You know how you don't turn your back on the on the emperor, Maximus? Never. And people had their backs to the screen. And I was like, this is this, this attitude is why we have a hard time competing with Canada.

And I'm not criticizing. I'm imploring change for the gold medal batch. Watch the game. If there is anyone who was at Winterhouse who is, listening to this or does listen to this. We are just here to say the behavior was a bit you were behaving like

toffee-nosed snoots. And I don't want you to do that. It felt like there was just a significant lack of support and a lack of care. And we need all... We need all the support and care, especially from other Olympians

and families of Olympians. Like, we need you desperately. So again, this is a... We're on our hands and knees, begging in the pouring rain, support the boys. Dude, this isn't some throwaway game up in Rochester

has been over quoted, obviously. Way too many times. But I literally wanted to scream that at the winter. We're in the semi-final. This is the Olympics. Dude, this is in a fucking throwaway game. Tor it around.

Your USA men are playing in this game. So rallying cry, everyone in the states, it's like this is, you know, get up for this game. Okay. I only have a few.

few things left to say if you are ready to close out unless you have you you're giving me a look like no finals predictions that's it's it i don't want to do that you can do it all right we already we already did it actually obligate we already did our finals predictions i don't want to do it again we've refreshed it every round that was the whole point you here was your predictions they were wrong here's your next predictions just hit a score just give me a score yeah okay three two oh you're not saying who no red gave me an out soft no he was saying give a score that's it. Yeah.

He said, give a score. I just said, three, two. Cop. That's insane. You gave me a directive and I gave an answer. Just saying.

All right, you got to give read a score. You got to me a team. You don't have to give me a score. Just I need a team. I'm giving you a team all right. No, I need a team from Dan. I don't need a team from Dan.

I don't need a team. No, no, I'll do it. I'll do it. Give, you want me to do it? Sure. Um, I want high scoring so badly.

I just don't think we can get it. Goleys too dialed. I think it's going to overtime. And God, I would love a 3-2-O-T like Four Nations, but I think, unfortunately, it's going to be 2-1 Canada. Okay. Wow. I'll go 3-1 Canada, but...

Fuck you, Red. Fuck you. But empty netter. Okay, okay. Okay, I'm going to do a combination of both yours for balance of the show. I actually think it's going to be 4-2 with an empty netter. I actually was toggling... USA.

That would be so sick. I just want the goal so badly. I hope you guys are, I hope I'm dead wrong. Yeah. Because I want, it's just so fun when there's, it'd be so fun.

A lot of action. That really fires me up. One last bullet point I had about a fear of mine. Actually, it'll be an interesting data point for the game. When Canada gets on the power play, I mean,

the fucking Canadian, I guess they get up a shorthy, but the Canadian power play saved their ass tonight, right? And when they get it, they look so lethal. USA only team in the tournament that has not given up a power play goal

killed like five more tonight. four or five more tonight, um, unstopped before some movable object type shit. Because there's going to be a few penalties. And I think actually, if that holds, if that stat holds,

I, I do like our chances. Like if you guys don't get a single power play goal, I'm kind of like, you guys also haven't played the four best players in the world in the same shift before. I'm just saying we haven't given a power play goal.

Yeah. So if that holds, I kind of do like our chances. That would be a huge. I also hope there are minimal, minimal, minimal penalties in this game. Me too. Give me zero. would be amazing.

Give me zero. That would be absolutely amazing. Make these guys play five and five. Yep. Okay. Little housekeeping before we wrap up. Don't leave yet. Few things.

Number one, we will be at the gold medal game, of course, on Sunday. Boots on the ground in the building, giving you all the coverage just like we've been doing, giving you all the vibes inside the building for USA Canada on Sunday. Make sure you tune in wherever you are. It's going to be a blast. We're going to be doing tons of lead up before that. We've got some great interviews coming up with a bunch of these Olympians. are here, they'll be rolling out, you're going to be hearing from all of them. Stay tuned for all

those. It's going to be fantastic. Next one, if you were here in Milan, tomorrow at the East River American pub or bar. I don't know. Sorry, I'm, I keep getting a pub, American pub, East River American pub in Milan at 4 p.m. Milan time. Tomorrow we'll be doing a meetup. We're watching some Chelsea football. We'll be there. If you're here in Milan, come by, say what's up. Let's have some beers, let's have some hangs as we get ready for the big day on Sunday. It's going to be fantastic. And then finally, just another, we always like doing this at the end of the episode, just a huge, we love you to you guys. Everyone who's been here who has come up to us, giving us some hugs, said hello, it's just like, I don't want to get emotional, but like,

it just means the world. It's so fun. It's so cool. We can't tell you how much we love you guys doing this trip. It's crazy. It's exhausting. It's so fun. And it's made all the better by all of you. everyone watching right now, everyone tuning in later. Thank you so much. Do us a favor. Hit us with the five-star reviews, Spotify, Apple, whatever. Subscribe, follow us along. Keep hanging with us, joining in this family.

It is unbelievable. You guys are the best. We love you. We will see you the rest of the weekend as we do all this fun stuff. We'll see you at the game on Sunday, whether they're in person or on the socials as we do this together. And we'll be doing this someone else. We'll be doing this right after the gold. Right after the gold.

Right after the gold. will be bang live immediately. Cannot wait. We'll see who joins us for that too. That might be fun. Can't wait to see you then until we do. Skate hard.