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Laphroaig said:
The Latvians have always been the best hockey fans on the planet. I'm so happy for them that I intend to spend the rest of the day sporting my game worn Kaspars Daugavins Ottawa Senators jersey.
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It's more of an elemental event once a year. Not really the best though, it's really a nice myth but I can go with it. At least somebody thinks we're best at something.
 
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SantosHalper said:
2nd thing i love about this is the massive middle finger to the "bronze medal game is futile"-crowd and to the "best-on-best purists" who claim this doesn't mean anything to anyone. WRONG!
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I agree, and quite often during WCH the bronze games are much more entertaining than the game for the gold. It's not the Olympics.
 
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Rob said:
It is easy to feel happy for Latvia watching that celebration. It means so much to them.
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Good for Latvia but this is far from a real world championship- more like local tournament
This is USA 4team and Canada 6 team
Instaed of silly all star game have world's in a 10 day or 2 week span then
 
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larek said:
Good for Latvia but this is far from a real world championship- more like local tournament
This is USA 4team and Canada 6 team
Instaed of silly all star game have world's in a 10 day or 2 week span then
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Also it sucks that Russia is not allowed to participate, making it far from a real tournament.
Hockeyfrilla said:
Is USA a hockey power amymore? :)
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Congrats to Latvia. But we all know what would have happened in a true best on best tournament game between Latvia vs. USA. People should not be downplaying how great of a hockey country USA is based on this one loss with their D Team.

This tournament is like the Stanley Cup for Europeans. People in North America do not care about this tournament, which is a shame though. Look at the quality of players that declined Invites to Team USA and Team Canada. People should not be saying USA is not a hockey power anymore based on this one loss, and yesterday's heartbreaking loss to Germany.
 
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Mehar said:
Also it sucks that Russia is not allowed to participate, making it far from a real tournament.

Congrats to Latvia. But we all know what would have happened in a true best on best tournament game between Latvia vs. USA. People should not be downplaying how great of a hockey country USA is based on this one loss with their D Team.

This tournament is like the Stanley Cup for Europeans. People in North America do not care about this tournament, which is a shame though. Look at the quality of players that declined Invites to Team USA and Team Canada. People should not be saying USA is not a hockey power anymore based on this one loss, and yesterday's heartbreaking loss to Germany.
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USA downfall was overall team was too small
And Bonino dissapeared some
Lane Hutson was real good
Wondering if a change to forward might be interesting
 

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Mehar said:
Also it sucks that Russia is not allowed to participate, making it far from a real tournament.

Congrats to Latvia. But we all know what would have happened in a true best on best tournament game between Latvia vs. USA. People should not be downplaying how great of a hockey country USA is based on this one loss with their D Team.

This tournament is like the Stanley Cup for Europeans. People in North America do not care about this tournament, which is a shame though. Look at the quality of players that declined Invites to Team USA and Team Canada. People should not be saying USA is not a hockey power anymore based on this one loss, and yesterday's heartbreaking loss to Germany.
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Team Sweden say hello, Salt Lake 2002.
 

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snipes said:
Finns have become a major hockey power but there was a time when you guys were the lovable underdogs. That time has long passed.

Latvia is unlikely to ever become a major hockey power like Finland, but as a Finn I’m sure you might able to see a bit of yourselves in them.

Great fans and hopefully they enjoy this
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It's almost hard to overstate how big the impact of 1995 world championship was for Finland as a nation. I think this bronze will be just as sweet for a small country such as Latvia. I'm super happy for them. It's going to inspire Latvians on and off the ice. Hoping for lots of future success for them.
 
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Old Man Jags said:
The bottom three in the other group were also not very good. Better than the bottom 3 in America’s group, but the US also beat Sweden, Finland, the Czechs and - in the group - Germany, which are now in the final… The Americans had a great tournament until the semis..
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I thought we were in the weaker group... 2 of the 3 medalists were in our group! Who knew!? We have silver and bronze or gold and bronze.
 
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snipes said:
Finns have become a major hockey power but there was a time when you guys were the lovable underdogs. That time has long passed.

Latvia is unlikely to ever become a major hockey power like Finland, but as a Finn I’m sure you might able to see a bit of yourselves in them.

Great fans and hopefully they enjoy this
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I don't think we can match Latvians as fans even if our marketplace is full of people.
 
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