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And Canada gets "an unfortunate" high-sticking penalty! LOL!

Total BS penalty call and subsequent PP goal...

And, of course, the TSN homers inmediately call it a "poor penalty" on the Czechs.

So Comtois gets 3 jabs in against Michnac and when the Czech finally has had enough and retaliates, the official standing five feet away immediately calls a penalty. Wow.

Then it really can't be defined as a 3-on-0 when CM essentially turned it into a breakaway by himself.

Disagree. He helped cause the bad spacing. He veers left, then snaps a pass to the shooter on the right, goal.

Mittelstadt has done a lot of things right in this tournament...that 3-on-0 was NOT one of them though.

These awful USA jerseys almost have me rooting for Sweden...

It's raining, Wilbur. Unless you want to be king of SiouxSports.com for the day, then it's reigning. Czechs in a historic upset today...4-3. USA takes down Sweden 5-3. Canada calls the IIHF and says they would like to play another outdoor game, so the IIHF sends the Czechs to the 3rd place game against Sweden, prints up 30,000 more tickets, and gets the Zamboni outside. Make it rain (or is that reign?) $ for the IIHF. That's my prediction and I'm sticking to it.

You seem surprised!

Nope.

Wilbur, this tournament is already being hosted in Canada every other year. Any more than that is pretty much overkill. Obviously, Sweden, Finland, and Russia are the best European sites to host this event but the United States HAS to figure something out. If this gig was in St Paul in two years, I'd buy a couple of tickets today!

I guess I didn't realize that NDSU was the Duke of the great white north...if your expectation is annual trips to the NCAA tournament, good luck.

A) What was the attendance for that tournament two years ago? B) Sorry, but there is a HUGE difference between the World Juniors and the U18 tournament.

The white version is a beauty, isn't it? Glad you like it!

It sounded so nice, she said it twice...first to Woll and then to Bellows.

"The USA chants were raining down tonight."

Jersey grades (disregarding sponsor patches): USA white: A+. Don't wear anything else. Ever. Unless it's a 1980 throwback. That patch needs work though - too much clutter. Russia red: A-. Love the crest and RUSSIA spelled beneath it. Hate the thin gold sleeve stripe. Looks out of place with the thicker white and blue stripes. A fixable flaw though.

Well, they have been known to watch the NFL from time to time, so, yea...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?

Not much of a fan budget left for medal round games after they all spent a ton of money on that outdoor preliminary round game, eh?

I bet BU can't wait to have Bellows back in their line-up! Oh, wait...

Excellent Jason Herter reference, Starman!

Whoa...I have visual evidence on the DVR rewind of a Canadian fan cheering for the USA! As rare as a Bigfoot sighting, I know, so I'm saving it.