Is there more to life than Sioux Hockey. Okay, I have an impressive hockey card collection. Have switched from playing hockey to curling as it easier on the body and I am losing less blood.
Canada only wins the WJC when they have a player that can take the team on his back which we now know is not McKenna. The kid was completely over-hyped and unfortunately the type of players who could have done it ( ie Celebrini and Schaeffer) were already in the NHL. Also everyone forgets that this tournament isn't won by teams that play a bunch of underage juniors but rather a tournament where 19 year old players often dominate.
Sweden has looked like the team to beat before and have often gone undefeated during many past tournaments, both the boy's and men's teams, and then they don't show up for the playoffs.
When they originally said the US was going to send a team this year, I assumed USA hockey was going to do the same thing as Canada, send a team made up of only US players that are already playing for teams in Europe. However, it was fun to watch the college players compete. It looks like Nashville got a real draft steal with their 2023 seventh round pick of Calgary native Aiden Fink from Penn St.
Not sure which game you were watching but the in the Gold Medal game on TSN they were the visiting team. Czechia had the last change and Canada were wearing white sweaters in the game I watched.