USA And Canada Are The Two Best Teams By A Mile

Summary

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Empty Netters Podcast – "USA And Canada Are The Two Best Teams By A Mile" (Feb 13, 2026)

Hosts: Dan Powers & Chris Powers
Location: Milan, Italy (On-site for the 2026 Winter Olympics)
Theme: In-depth recap and analysis of the opening round of men's and women's Olympic hockey, with a focus on Team USA and Team Canada’s dominance, plus vivid behind-the-scenes travel stories and observations from the heart of Milan.

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Episode Overview

This episode finds the Empty Netters crew soaking in the Olympic fever in Milan, providing their signature mix of sharp hockey analysis and hilarious brotherly banter. Fresh from the stands and bars of Milan, Dan and Chris break down the opening games of the 2026 Olympic men's and women’s hockey tournaments—spotlighting Team USA and Team Canada’s big debuts, controversial rule decisions, and the upstart teams making noise. Off-ice, the boys serve up spirited stories about Italian culture, sports bar misadventures, and Milanese life, all delivered with their trademark energy and authenticity.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Milan Vibes & Olympic Setting (00:00–06:46)

• The Powers brothers gush over Milan’s charm, atmosphere, and unexpected work ethic (“I didn’t think Italy went hard in the paint like that… I thought it was like, do you want some wine and some pasta?” – Chris, 02:27).
• Comedic rants about Italian bidets and failed attempts at acting cool when traveling (“If you don't think I am buying an at-home bidet the second I get home, you're out of your mind” – Dan, 03:15).
• Early praise for the Olympic arena’s energy and setup, dismissing online criticisms (“Don't listen to it for a second. The arena is fantastic.” – Dan, 05:54).

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2. Olympic Men’s Hockey – Early Rounds Breakdown (06:46–17:53)

Finland vs. Slovakia (08:01–09:17)

• Slovakia surprises Finland, but the drama is diminished by a forgiving tournament structure: “Finland can go 0-3, get into the one-game qualy, and just beat whoever… That sucks.” (Chris, 08:47).

Sweden vs. Italy (10:37–14:13)

• Spotlight on Italian goalie Damian Clara’s heroics (55 saves!) and Sweden’s NHL-packed roster.
• “Before we even get into that game, how in the world is Filip Forsberg the 13th forward on this team?” – Dan, 11:08.
• Shout-out to Italy’s Tommy Larkin (Chris’ old acquaintance), playing in the Olympics—“It’s amazing. He’s still playing for the Olympics.” (Chris, 13:19).

Switzerland vs. France & Germany vs. Denmark (14:20–16:48)

• Switzerland and Germany notch solid, if unspectacular, wins—Roman Josi (Switzerland), Stützle and Draisaitl (Germany) headlining.
• “Germany… they’ve got a lot to do when Stützle, Draisaitl, and Paterka aren’t on the ice.” (Chris, 16:19).
• Denmark pushes hard, outshooting Germany.

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3. Marquee Matchup: Team Canada Blasts Czechia (18:05–36:42)

In-Arena Experience (18:13–20:49)

• Electric atmosphere with passionate Czech fans (“They were chanting the whole game and were friendly, too. A real highlight.” – Chris, 18:37).
• Marveling at Connor McDavid’s speed and game-changing presence (“I will always be shocked—he just moves so much faster than everyone else.” – Dan, 18:59).

Physical Tone & Key Moments (19:30–24:01)

• Both teams come out hitting; Posternak and Radko Gudas throw big checks.
• Controversial non-calls, including a blatant too-many-men by Czechia and physical exchanges (“No rules here, Dan.” – Chris, 20:39).

Scoring & Standouts (22:07–36:42)

• Macklin Celebrini scores in his Olympic debut (“Is there anyone more ready than Macklin Celebrini? No. He’s incredible, dude.” – Chris, 27:19).
• Statistical oddity: Celebrini scores in every major debut (USHL, college, NHL, Olympics) (24:12).
• Canadian depth: Five different scorers (Celebrini, Stone, Horvat, McKinnon, Suzuki) and McDavid with three assists.
• “This team just doesn’t make mistakes.” (Red, 35:30, relayed by Dan/Chris).
• Jordan Binnington earns a statement shutout; “He is maybe the most automatic big game dude who’s ever lived.” (Dan, 31:05).
• Canadian defensive detail: Drew Doughty lauded for his all-around play.

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4. Team USA’s Turbulent Win Over Latvia (41:01–66:14)

Bar-Hopping Odyssey (43:25–56:25)

• Hilarious, relatable saga as the boys struggle through three bars (Mind the Gap, Football Pub, and eventually Offside Sports Pub) just to find the game on TV, highlighting cultural and logistical differences in Milan.

Game Analysis (41:01–64:12)

• Kachuk Brothers set the tone (“the Tkachuks have a Team USA version of themselves at the drycleaner, ready to go.” – Chris, 41:51).
• Two early USA goals disallowed on challenge: one for offsides, one (soft) for goalie interference under strict Olympic rules.
• Latvia plays tough, tying the game 1-1 after a controversial call.
• Brock Nelson emerges as a breakout star (two goals, one called back, nearly a third). Family legacy: grandfather and uncle were American Olympians and gold medalists (60:59).
• Jack Hughes bounces back from Four Nations criticism, quietly running the show (“Jack Hughes looks fantastic.” – Dan, 58:51).
• Power play finally clicks: Eichel and Matthews get on the board.
• “I think that was a perfect game for the US. You played a pesky team, dealt with adversity, and looked dominant in the second and third.” (Dan, 63:23).

On the Goalie:

• Some early nerves regarding Connor Hellebuyck, but he steadies and finishes with a solid performance (64:12).

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5. Women’s Olympic Hockey – “USA and Canada by a Mile, But Sweden’s Coming” (66:29–72:04)

• USA women dominate Canada 5-0 in round robin (“One of the most dominant U.S. wins over Canada women's we've seen.” – Dan, 68:25).
• Shout-outs to Hannah Bilka (2 goals), Caroline Harvey, Layla Edwards (“the most electric player in the tournament right now” – Dan, 68:12), and steadfast goalie Erin Frankel.
• On spotting the icy rivalry at a postgame event: “The Canada and US girls were not talking... you could feel the iciness in the air.” (Chris, 69:20).
• Canada rebounds, trouncing Finland 5-0; Sweden’s women’s team now 4-0 and “overlooked, but wheeling.”
• Quarterfinals overview: look out for Sweden vs Czechia, Italy vs USA, Germany vs Canada, and Switzerland vs Finland.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Connor McDavid, Team Canada (19:00):

“I will always be shocked—he just moves so much faster than everyone else. It’s fucking crazy.”
— Dan

On Slovakia’s Upset & Olympic Format (08:47):

“Finland can go 0-3, get into the one-game qualy, and just beat whoever… That sucks.”
— Chris

On Olympic Officiating (52:09):

“Apparently, these are international Olympic rules, folks. We will be having zero crease time whatsoever. That is something these players need to know.”
— Dan

On Macklin Celebrini’s Poise (27:19):

“No. It’s incredible, dude. He’s… and he’s playing wing. He just goes, sure, what do you need me to do? And I’ll be all over the ice. This is the Olympics. This moment isn’t about him… and at no point does he look nervous or scared or out of place.”
— Chris

On the Arena and Atmosphere (05:54):

“Don’t listen to it for a second. The arena is fantastic. The jumbotron, the whole setup is fantastic.”
— Dan

On the Postgame Women’s Hockey Mixer (69:20):

“There were Canada women there… and everybody was being so friendly and nice… but the Canada and US girls were not talking. You could feel the iciness in the air.”
— Chris

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Important Timestamps for Key Segments

• Milan Life & Bidet Banter: 00:00–06:46
• Olympic Hockey (Men’s, Early Games): 06:46–17:53
• Canada–Czechia Reaction: 18:09–36:42
• Team USA’s USA–Latvia Game Analysis: 41:01–66:14
• Finding a Bar to Watch Hockey in Milan: 43:25–56:25
• Women’s Hockey Tournament Recap: 66:29–72:04

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Takeaways & Outlook

• Team Canada looked every inch the juggernaut—world-class skill, complete buy-in, and a veteran goalie who thrives on the biggest stage.
• Team USA showed resolve, skill depth, and important mental toughness in overcoming a pesky Latvia squad and some brutal early officiating.
• Women’s Tournament: USA and Canada remain favorites, but Sweden’s eye-opening start has made them a serious third threat.
• Atmosphere in Milan:* Despite quirks in Italian TV culture, the Olympic buzz is electric—fans, food, and (occasional) calzones abound.
• Brotherly energy and nostalgia carry the show: from Tommy Larkin Olympic shout-out to the trip down memory lane with bar reviews, the Powers duo make even the mundane wildly entertaining.

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Summary:
This was a rich, content-packed episode, combining Olympic hockey expertise, hilarious anecdotes, and genuine love for the sport and its global community. For fans following the tournament or just wanting a taste of what makes “Empty Netters” tick, it’s a must-listen (or read!).

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Transcript

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Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast.

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Can you believe what this has become? There's a full 48 hours where I.

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Felt like I was, like, literally Superman. Jumbo loves playing Fortnite.

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So does he.

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He gets on the sticks. Did TR show you the sauna cycle or was that all?

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No, I invented that. Almost a year now that I haven't taken a body check. That's kind of nice.

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So we are back. We are horned up and we are going deep. Finished tonight with some chicken fingers and a few Guinnesses. Ran into you guys, and that's where this pod came to life. Ice is ready. Bonjourno. Coming to you live from Milano, we are back with another episode of the MG Netters podcast, brought to you by BetMGM. I'm your host, Dan Powers. We're on the roads. That means we got Redmond with us. And over here to my right, a man who does everything he can to look like the biggest boner in the world. Chris Powers.

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As always.

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Do you know how corny you look all the time?

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Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

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Do you?

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Yeah, dude, listen, I got. I'm a billboard, baby. I got. I got people to appease. I got products to wear.

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But you just don't have to look so dumb all the time. You look great right now.

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You got.

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You got good stuff on.

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I was gonna say, pretty much everything I'm wearing is bought by you, which is almost always the case. And then your argument is always like, well, I bought you that when it was cool, and now you've worn it too long and it's no longer cool.

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That's true often.

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Yeah. But it is always funny.

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But then also, you can have nice things and then match them horribly.

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Yeah, yeah. Hell, yeah.

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And you know that happens.

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Yeah.

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Well, guys, we're in Milan, and I got to say, I'm. I'm absolutely loving it. I'm loving every single thing about it.

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It's an incredible place. Incredible. It's. It doesn't feel like Italy as much as I thought it might. Like, I just. I feel like I could be just in. In a big city. Could be in Chicago.

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I think the. I think that Italy, in your mind, is the south of Italy.

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Yeah, probably.

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You're thinking coastal.

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Yeah. You're thinking.

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Yeah. You're thinking like, Rome, because it's like.

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It's like a completely perfectly bustling city out there.

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What is. What are you. What are you saying?

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Dude?

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You said. You talk shit about. You don't think Italy has that in it.

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I didn't think Italy went. Went Hard in the paint like that. They were like, I thought it was like, do you want some wine and some pasta? And everybody was just eating and drinking.

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They're doing that here too.

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And everybody's out, just working. Yeah. All day.

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And I'm like, well, they're doing that here too.

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Yeah, but they're working. They're working hard here.

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I want to get into some Italy stuff before we get into some Olympic hockey stuff because that's what these episodes are going to be all about, baby. While we're here. I mentioned this on the story yesterday. If, if you guys don't. Every time I travel to Europe.

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Yeah.

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I, I come home and buy something immediately that's like, oh, something I've been experiencing while in Europe that I love. And I get all pretentious and douchey and I'm like, I now need this in my everyday life in the States. If you don't think I am buying an at home bidet.

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Yeah.

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The second I get home. Dude, I cannot begin to describe how nice a bidet is.

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How hard is that to attach? It's like an easy job.

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They sell them and I don't know free ads. But I am going to say this. I know that there's a company that sells an attachment that attaches to your seat and it gives you a water temperature controlled bidet right on your toilet. Wherever you are, whatever you, whatever company you are, slide into our emails. All right. DMS and let's get something going.

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Oh, my God.

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Dude, don't say what it is. Why not? Because we need them to come to us. Actually, let's do it.

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I'm gonna.

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Free ad. Is it. What is it? Tushy?

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Well, this is the one. I. This was just the top hit, but Tushy. The Tushy Classic 3.0. Our best selling bidet attachment. How much you think it cost?

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I bet it's a thousand dollars.

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110 bucks. I was about to say 600.

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Look at that.

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110 bucks. And if you get.

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There are not. Hold on. This is.

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You get 60 bucks.

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Stop it. This is turning into too much of an ad. Like, that was ridiculous. You actually just gave a free ad. I haven't used it yet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Delete it. Guys, I'm scared of the shuffle.

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There's no shuffle required here.

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We're talking about here. Airbnb in our room, in our bathrooms. You have a nice shuffle. We all, we. It's the pants around the ankles shuffle. It's just so nice. But you know what? It got Me thinking, and I promise this. This won't be butt talk the whole time. Do you think it'd be more awkward to walk in on someone pooping or walking on someone Bide? I think walking in on someone while they're washing their anus, slightly worse.

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But I think it would be. I think, though, it would be so hilarious that it wouldn't be awkward at all. Like, it would be just walking in.

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You walk in and you just lock eyes with the person. They're like this. Because it feels so good. They're just like, oh, yeah.

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Sorry.

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I'm just.

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Sometimes I know I'm already clean, but I just keep it going.

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It's just great.

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Lovely.

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It's so great. But I'll tell you, this place we're gonna get into, folks, you're gonna see a ton of content coming from us, of enjoying Milan, doing a bunch of stuff here, but it has been phenomenal so far. The weather's great. It's cold enough for Winter Olympics, but it's not too cold. The food has been incredible so far. Walking around the city. I love walking.

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Love walking, love walking.

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We're getting to walk around a city, and I. I am here to say this. Anything that you're seeing on Twitter, anything online of just a bunch of curmudgeons and a bunch of Ebenezer screwji talking shit about this arena.

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Don't listen to it, dude.

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Don't listen to it for a second. Dope the wrinkle.

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Oh, my God. Cool.

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The. The jumbotron. The whole setup is fantastic.

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The.

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The audio.

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I like the guy. There's that guy.

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The guys are great.

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I don't know his name.

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There's one wall that's like. There's no seating, and it looks cool. It's like a horseshoe. The. The arena is fantastic.

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I couldn't believe how fired up that guy got for the Wave.

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Yeah. Loved the Wave.

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Do you remember when it was coming around the second time and he was.

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Like, keep it going. He was like, don't give up on the ammo.

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I was like, I love that guy, dude. I hope it's him every game.

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It was awesome. So just so much respect to everyone going right now. It's fantastic.

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So some games.

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Oh, yeah. I haven't had a single piece of pizza yet.

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We haven't eaten well at all.

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Well, we've eaten well. We haven't eaten enough.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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We haven't eaten enough. Let's go ahead and get into some Olympic hockey.

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Some games have been playing.

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Like, the women are trailblazers and they've been buzzing around for a week for us. And the men started getting it going. So let's jump into it all. We're jumping into Olympic hockey breakdowns. Brought to you by BetMGM.

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Come on, let's get into the first day of the men's round. We got the prelims. We had Finland, Slovakia and we had Italy. Sweden quickly jumping into these games. Finland.

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Finland got bitched.

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They kind of got bitched.

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And what bums me out is and I don't want to use this opportunity of this game to talk about the format, but when I was watching that game, we were at the lovely Samsung house.

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Yes.

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And the bow at the bower.

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Yes.

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Watching on the huge screen. And we got. And we're doing our tour, we have a few obligations. And I come back out and Finland's losing. And I was like, oh shit, we're both, we're both like yo, upset, upset. Then Slovakia just continues to pour it on and wins. And I thought to myself, damn, dude, Finland like is in a bit of a bind here now because no offense, but it's Italy on the other is the fourth team. So I'm thinking, you know, everybody's going to beat them. So you really now you've just lost the tiebreaker. Slovakia to get second in this group, you've got to now beat Sweden or hope Sweden loses to them. And then I was like, oh, actually everyone gets through. Yeah. So this doesn't matter at all. Finland can go 03, get into the one game quality and just beat whoever. Yeah. Because they're capable of beating anybody.

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Correct.

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And then they're just like, sick. We're in the. We went 0 and 3 in the round robin and now we're going to be in the final. And I'm like, that sucks. So I wish, I wish this wasn't that because that the feeling of ooh, upset was kind of taken from me in that moment.

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It does. It is strange that it feels like the group stage is completely meaningless with the other. With the exception of fun.

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I like watching.

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Yeah.

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But I was like. But that. That hurt a little. That hurt me personally a little bit.

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Yeah. I realized that losing these early games doesn't mean that much.

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Which is tough, you know, like that game. I mean not to make everything about 1980, this entire two week round, which I will. But the. That tie against Sweden. They always say, my God, that was such a crucial point for the US because you need those round robin points. And this, this. It used to be like that.

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Yeah.

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This. I'm like, you don't need shit.

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And listen, it's not totally point pointless. You get a buy determines who you play.

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Yep. But yeah, yeah, yeah. The seating's.

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But it's not there. You can lose all three games here. And you're just still.

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When you're as good as Finland.

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Yeah.

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Which. Which means you probably won't lose the three. But you just could and then be like, where are.

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Exactly.

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But that was a. That was a crazy, crazy way to start.

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Crazy way to start. And I feel like going into this tournament, you know, we've got the four nations teams that everyone talks about and then I feel like check is the team everyone wants to bring up after that. And Slovakia came in and went, hey, we're going to tag Finland. And your eyes. Levkovsky.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Two goals.

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Like he was buzzing.

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Two goals and an assist. And his two goals were nasty.

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Yep.

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He looked great.

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And one of the sickest empty netters I've ever seen. That was.

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That was the street. That was a truly mad mad.

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That was awesome. Yeah. Okay. And then Sweden. Italy.

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Sweden. Italy.

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They were. They weren't laughing the whole time.

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No. The. Before we even get into. Because Sweden. Italy was an electric factory for a bit Red. Can you look up real quick the, the name of the Italian goalie? Because that animal was out of control. Like he saved so many shots. It was insane. I think Sweden had 60 shots in that. Is that true? Yeah. He had 55 saves.

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Oh my God, dude, that's amazing if that's true.

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Yeah, no, it, I, I assure you it's true.

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He.

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They literally had 60 shots to 22 in that game. That's awesome. But that starts. And before we even get into that game, how in the world is Philip Forsberg the 13th forward on this team?

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I thought that was a mistake when I saw it, and I literally don't know. Sweden's the only other team besides us and Canada that has all NHL players. Finland is all but one, so they're right there. Yeah, but there are three teams, all NHL players. So theoretically, you know, you scratch anyone on usa, Canada or Sweden.

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Yep.

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Somebody nasty. Yeah. Damien.

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Clara. Clara. I imagine it is 20, 23, second.

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Round pick of the Anaheim Ducks. Let's go.

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60 saves, 65 shots, 55 shots, 55 saves, 55 fries, 55 burgers. 55 saves in that game. Crazy.

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It's insane. But I just don't know. This is one of those situations where, you know, when you're this. I. I feel like I always bring up the Rider Cup. This happens with the Rider Cup a lot. Where they go, should we bring this guy? He's nasty. He's not playing that well, but he's nasty. And they go, yeah, dude, he's gross.

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Just. Yeah, yeah. This is like.

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Flip is a guy that. I'm like, yeah. Was he having his best season of his career? No. But I just don't understand how you could put that talent, literally the amount of talent that that man possesses, not on the ice at the fucking Olympics.

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It was crazy. It was crazy. But listen, they went down 1, nothing, then go up to 1, then started the second right off the bat in second period, Italy ties a 2.

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2.

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Making it fun for the home.

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Dude, I want to shout out my. Well, I was gonna say my boy, he doesn't even remember me, but this guy on the Italian team, Tommy Larkin. Yeah, dude.

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The Italian Job.

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The Italian Job went to Exeter with me. He was a freshman. When me and all my friends were on our last year. I was a PGR last year. And, you know, he wasn't that good yet because he was a little kid.

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Yeah.

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And we played Tommy. Look at Tommy. Look at Tommy out here. Him and him and Pooch. And then by the time he was a senior, him and Pooch were gross. Tommy goes to Colgate and has an incredible career playing. Playing.

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Look at him now.

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It's amazing.

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He's still playing for the Olympics.

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He's been in World Championships. He's got a picture of himself lined up next to Datsuk. It's incredible. And I was like, man, I hope he's you know, he's not that old, but I was like, I hope he makes this Olympic team and that'll be sick. And then, bang, he's on the squad. He's on the squash, has an apple.

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It's unbelievable.

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Unbelievable.

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So for Sweden, a 52 win against Italy, where you go into the third period up 3, 2. But it was kind of a sweat.

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Yeah.

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Not exactly what you want, but I will say what you want is the. There are a lot of guys on the score sheet who are so important. Landy scoring. Neil underscoring. Zibanajad, I think had a goal and an assist. Dahlie and had like three assists. Forsling had a goal and an assist like everyone that you need. Kempe with an assist, Carlson with an assist. Like, the big guys were all over the score sheet. And that's exactly what you want from a game like that. So Sweden, even though it was a bit of a sweat, very happy.

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Yes. Take the dub.

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Very happy. Now we get into today. We start off. It is Thursday. I have no idea what.

[B]

I know, dude. Same. Holy shit.

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No idea what day it is, what time zone I'm in where I am other than Milano. We start off the day with Switzerland, France.

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Yes.

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Roman Yossi was all over the place. I mean, just like, good God, that man. Not much. Not much doing in this game. Two goals in the first for Swiss, two goals in the third for the, like, a nice comfortable.

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Took care of business.

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Four, four nothing. When two Timo Meyer goals. Shout out. J.J. moser.

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Yes.

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Getting the tuck. Love to see that. And an assist. But good win for the Swiss. Good shutout for the Swiss. And that's another team that I'm like, Frisky.

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Yeah.

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Just be aware.

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Frisky indeed. But. But I still think some other teams in their group are more competitive. But we'll see, though, because that's a. That's a good showing by them. And they have the tools. They have the tools to. To make a waves.

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Yes, absolutely. And then the jumping ahead to the. The evening game.

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Germany.

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Denmark.

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Yep.

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Denmark, obviously great team. Got some great players on there. But all eyes were on Germany and the big dogs.

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And the big dogs came to Stuttler dry.

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I was like, yeah, Stutzler with two.

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Did he get another.

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No, no, no, it was dry.

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Stutzler.

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Stutzler. Oh, three one win.

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Yeah, he must have tipped that.

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Yeah, Dry. Got the primary assist on that second. On the third goal. Yeah, but good little scrap like Germany. There are a couple of fucking dog walkers who are like, Germany's going to win this group. And, you know, who knows, Maybe they will. But that's, that's not an easy game. Denmark's good. And a 31 scrappy victory for Germany. But I didn't think Germany was like terrifying when those dudes weren't on the ice. And it's funny, like, dry scored 23 seconds into the game. And then Sutzla with two, including a power play goal. There's part of me that's like, yeah, if Stutz La Dry Cider and Paterka aren't on the ice, it's a little bit like they've got a lot to do.

[B]

I think Denmark outshot them pretty high too. Or maybe it came back around.

[A]

No, it was there 20. I think it ended 24 to 16.

[B]

Yeah. I was like, yeah, what are you doing?

[A]

So again, great win for Germany, but I, I 16 shots. Like, I'm not. I don't think Germany looked that dominant. Yeah, it's again, when you're big game here, when your big guy score, that's huge.

[B]

There's a whole game.

[A]

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[A]

Unbelievable. Let's talk about unbelievable. Team Canada.

[B]

Team Canada. Very good hockey team. Very good hockey team.

[A]

The men's Canadian team.

[B]

Very good team.

[A]

Holy. So this is the first game we went to, folks. We did as. We did as the Romans do. We did as the Milanos do. We took the public transit, we walked through the city, we hopped on the bus, we got to the arena, we walk in.

[B]

Place was buzzing. Yeah, dude, it was.

[A]

And I gotta say, listen, they lost five, nothing. But the Czech fans were incredible, dude.

[B]

They were chanting the whole game and were friendly too. It was. It wasn't hostile at all. At any moment, they were chanting the whole game, singing, cheering for the team. Friendly the whole time. We had checked fans all over the place. It was. They were a real highlight for me. That was awesome.

[A]

Yeah. You sound like you're on the Czech tourism board.

[B]

I should fucking know. I might move there.

[A]

The fans were awesome. Game starts. I. The first thing that I saw and the first thing that I have to say, I don't fucking understand how I can see Connor McDavid play live as many times as possible. And I will always be shocked. Yeah, it's like he just moves so much faster than everyone else. It's fucking crazy. You read, you said it like he. When he gets galloping, it's like, good Christ Almighty. It's genuinely like the most terrifying thing I've ever seen.

[B]

There was one time in the far corner where he had it and I could see the 7, but I couldn't tell if it was him or Sid. I thought it was Sid. And he did. He did a turn and stop so fast. And I looked at Dan Red and I was like, whoa, Sid. Little giddy up there.

[A]

And then he was like, connor, that was not Sid. Chris. Not Sid. No, he's out of control. I think JD tweeted something was like Connor McDavid snorted a red Bull before this game. And it did. It looked like that. It was crazy. But both teams in the beginning were flying and I couldn't believe how physical it was.

[B]

Yes. The whole game. Both sides too. The check. I think that was an agenda. I'm sure there was a talking point for them where they were like, go, hit them. Hit them in the mouth. So they came out trying to do it. But man, the Canada BO were not holding back. The guys you'd expect, obviously through Tom Wilson throwing The body around and Bennett throwing the body around. But Connor McDavid and Dewey and guys just popping people left and right. I was like, holy, we're in one. Now.

[A]

Here's a question for you. David Posternak, dirty player in an international.

[B]

Play in international waters. There's no rules here, Dan.

[A]

He came around the net and popped a shoulder into devontaves's face.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Early.

[B]

There are no rules here, Dan.

[A]

He was running people. Yeah, he was running people. Radko Gudis was running people. Nate Dog cross checked a guy's arm into Bolivia. It was unbelievable that.

[B]

So there were two. Was that second period? Yeah, it was. They were in the second period after a tight first in terms of score, right? Yeah, because you get. It was one nothing. We'll go back to that in a second. But in that second period, Canada started to. Canada got better throughout the game. Right. They could tell. They were kind of wearing that check team down. So as it started to be like, oh, you're gonna lose. There were two plays that Nate Dog Cross check behind the net. And then the too many men, which was lunacy.

[A]

Lunacy was crazy. Like, it was a. The guy jumped over the boards prematurely. We've all been there.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Played. Played the puck. And the entire arena was like, oh, too many men.

[B]

And then the check team was going like this. Oh, yeah.

[A]

And they didn't call it. And then just kept six guys out for like 30 seconds. They just kept playing with six dudes on the ice. And the rest are just like, we've made our bet. I'm not.

[B]

No call.

[A]

I'm not calling this.

[B]

And, you know, the check power play. Had. Had one already and didn't do much. Yeah. So who knows? But either of those get called and, you know, maybe you pull one back there and it's a little bit of a game, but it was just like, fuck you. Fuck you, Canada rolls. And I was like, ah, okay, dude, we're done here. Everybody go home.

[A]

So good. So that first period was just buzzing all over the place. And then with.

[B]

With it.

[A]

What.

[B]

What was it?

[A]

Five seconds.

[B]

But before that, talk about the Nate goal. The Nate goal. That wasn't.

[A]

I don't have anything to say about the Nate goal. Why don't you talk about it?

[B]

I'm sad because that was a really cool moment. Like, it was like. Especially where we were sitting, it was like, Nathan McKinnon. We had a cool view of barreling down, bang, high glove crowd. Canada crowd goes ballistic. And I was like, wow, what a great opening goal for this team. And that guy specifically, you know, I was like, holy, what a moment. So I'm sad that that was robbed of him for a. I don't know.

[A]

If I'm being a hater. I didn't think there was anything special about that.

[B]

Oh, really? Yeah, it was sick as hell.

[A]

No, it was. I'm sorry. It was a nice goal.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But, like, you keep, like, talking about this moment. Like, I didn't think there was anything.

[B]

Special about Nathan McKinnon. Never been in the Olympics. And then he comes firing down the slot and nips. High glove.

[A]

I've got news for you. Take anyone on that team except two guys. No one's been on the Olympics.

[B]

But you want it to be Nate. Like, I think Nate or Connor is. Is a cool narrative. If they go and they're finally here, boom.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

They open the scoring and with the goal is even. Even or equally amazing.

[A]

I'm not trying to be a hater. I just don't, I don't think there's.

[B]

Anything special about it. I think we'll hear from the comments. I think you were wrong about this one.

[A]

I, I, I think, I think I probably am too.

[B]

I think, I think people are gonna go, Dan was being hater about that. That would have been cool.

[A]

No, no. I'm officially not being a hater. You can't call me a hater.

[B]

You said I am being.

[A]

No, no, no. I, I, I said I fear I'm being a hater, but I'm not hating on the moment. It was a great goal. I just don't think. I'm not really sure I see what's more special about it than if Conor did, than if Kale did. Then frankly, if Sid did, like, if Sid or Dewey scored, I'd be like, that's almost more special to me because it's like, welcome back.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

One of the guys who's been there brought us back.

[B]

I think Nate and Connor tied. Yeah. Are the most special moments of opening Canada. Scoring Nader, Connor. Because everyone goes, those are our two best players.

[A]

You know, you putting Connor equally important. I'm on board.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Don't get defensive, dude. You're getting, you're getting spicy over here. I'm just trying to. I'm trying to figure out if it was if that would have been more special than what did happen.

[B]

Connor.

[A]

No.

[B]

Macklin celebrity. Yeah, yeah, yeah. God.

[A]

With like, five seconds left, Macklin Celebrini scores. This one's not called back. It is the first goal of the game. And now I got a fact for you. I got a stat for you.

[B]

Hit me.

[A]

Macklin Celebrini has scored in his USHL debut, his collegiate debut, his NHL debut, and his Olympic debut.

[B]

Should have seen that one coming.

[A]

Is there guys we should have bet on that?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And here's another fucking shout out to jd. I think he did call that one. Yeah, I think he said. I think he tweeted. Macklin Celebrini, first goal scorer.

[B]

God, we got.

[A]

We had to be on that action.

[B]

I'm pissed now. Or, John, I'm jumping ahead, but I'm pissed because Locks texted me and was like, who you got first USA goal scorer. And I was like, brady Chuck. Did you like. He always. He always does this.

[A]

And Locks didn't bet it?

[B]

No. I don't think I said it with enough conviction because I was just like. I don't know. I think I like Brady. Can I.

[A]

Can I be harsh to you?

[B]

Yeah, that's.

[A]

That is your MO.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not. Not like you. You have all these thoughts in your head and then you tell these retroactive stories that things come to fruition, and you go, I just. I didn't convince people enough.

[B]

Believe in yourself an idea. Believe in everyone else. Learn a lesson. How many times in a row can I go? I don't know. I think this will happen, and then it happens every time. And you all keep going. What do you mean? If you, Chris, had only given me more conviction there. And I'm like this.

[A]

You are the one who said that.

[B]

I don't have to do anything.

[A]

I didn't say anything about. You were the one who admitted your conviction wasn't good enough. I didn't say your conviction was bad.

[B]

Yeah, but you're saying it's on me for not giving more conviction so everyone will start acting on these things. And I'm going, no, it isn't. I'm just right every time. I don't. I can say it with whatever conviction. I want you guys to start acting on it. Okay.

[A]

Can I. Can I. Can I challenge you?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What you just said is you're right all the time. You're always right.

[B]

You're.

[A]

You're. You're this, you're that. The other. You need to start putting your money where your mouth is. And when you have all these things, you need to go. When Locks goes, who's the first goal scorer for the U.S. you need to go, Brady Tkachuk. Bet it right now, you fucking idiot, or you will be poor. Or you. You need to then make the bet yourself and then show him the ticket and go. See, I'm putting my money where my mouth is.

[B]

I don't want.

[A]

I don't want it.

[B]

I don't want to bet.

[A]

Well, then I don't think you're allowed to peacock around here saying you're right all the time.

[B]

Did JD Ben on it when he. He just. He said Macklin.

[A]

No, but he called it. He tweeted it.

[B]

Yeah, I texted a buddy. I don't tweet like. I texted a buddy tweet.

[A]

You tweet sometimes, Jules. You drink.

[B]

You drink. I. I tweaked.

[A]

Then. Then that. That counts. I'm not like. Again, I don't know why you're. I'm not clowning on you. I'm trying to get you your credit.

[B]

No, you're not. You just said, I can't peacock.

[A]

I. I.

[B]

Credit would go. Good job because.

[A]

Because you don't do it with. I don't. I don't have any of these receipts. Dude, all you do is tell everyone, oh, you did this, you did that. But then you don't have the bets to prove it, and you don't have.

[B]

Tweets to prove Tweets. Yeah, maybe I'll make an account that's called.

[A]

You can.

[B]

You can even. Here's Make a Twitter account that's called. Yeah, I kind of think this will happen.

[A]

No, no.

[B]

And that person will just tweet things. That.

[A]

That's pretty good.

[B]

I think people would follow that, delete that. Dude, I don't need anybody.

[A]

No one needs to know about that.

[B]

That's actually gas.

[A]

But, you know, you can. You can do. Text us all of these things, and then when they come through, I'll talk about them.

[B]

Oh, yeah, okay.

[A]

And be like, Chris was on it. Yep, he was on it. But is there anyone more ready than Macklin Celebrini?

[B]

No. It's incredible, dude. He's.

[A]

He's.

[B]

And he's playing wing, like, he just goes, sure. What do you need me to do? And I'll be all over the ice. He had another great chance. He was always in the right spot the whole game. And, dude, this is the Olympics. Like, this is the Olympics. This is Connor's first Olympics. Nate's first Olympics. This moment isn't about him in many ways at all. He's going to be in a 10 of these, you know? Yeah. Sid's third. Going for his third go. So many other storylines here, and at no point does he look nervous or scared or out of place. He's just like, what's up, dude? I'm one of the best players on the ice. I'm 10 years old.

[A]

Dude.

[B]

Okay. He.

[A]

He just looks so about it too. He's always getting in the shit with people. He's getting in people's faces. He's 19.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Jason Tatum's only 18 years old. Macklin Celebrini is 19 years old. I think it is remarkable. I also think there we, we talk about this with Sid and OVI all the time. We've talked about it on this show. Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard will be compared for the rest of their entire lives. And I think because of that, there's unfortunately a huge collection of Chicago Blackhawks fans who hate Macklin Celebrini. Yeah, that was a really tough moment for them.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

They are all these Blackhawks fans who are like, connor Bardard should be on this team over Celebrini. You're wrong.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

That's not me saying that Bedard shouldn't be on this team. But you are wrong when you say that he should be on it over Macklin. And when Macklin then comes out and scores the first goal and looks like a ten year vet.

[B]

Veterinarian.

[A]

It's a tough look for you, or it's not a tough look for you. It's. It's a tough pill to swallow.

[B]

Yeah. And I will say it's tough for fans of American hockey where, God, you fuckers just churn them out like, here's Sydney Cross.

[A]

It's unbelievable.

[B]

Here's Connor McDavid. Here's Nathan McKinnon. Here's Macklin. Celebrate. I'm like, take it easy.

[A]

And here's Conor Berdaud. Yeah. Here's Gavin McKenna.

[B]

Yeah, stop, chill.

[A]

Let us have a couple.

[B]

Yeah, we'll take a couple. Yeah.

[A]

I don't even need all of them.

[B]

So just give me a couple of.

[A]

Them before we get into the other goal scorers. Team Canada banner.

[B]

Yes, bro.

[A]

I I there, there's a part of me that's like, I think this Czech team is really good. What did they have? Chr. Six. Yeah. 26 shots to 36 shots for Canada. Not a bad performance. And I think in the third period they definitely got, they got ground down.

[B]

Yeah. Like finely ground beef in a, in a Bolognese sauce.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

You could have put that Czech team over some pastini.

[A]

That's some Italy there.

[B]

That's what I'm talking about.

[A]

That's.

[B]

Get in the zone, little ragu.

[A]

Get in the calzone.

[B]

Yeah. They have calzones here, do they yeah, but it's not like our calzones. It's not like you're telling me you've.

[A]

Seen a calzone on a menu and you didn't order.

[B]

At the Bauer dinner, there was four calzones on the menu. There was a whole section of calzones. Like, oh, my God, I swear, I.

[A]

Calzone would have felt like something like chicken parm to me.

[B]

Where they're like, we don't do that. I almost got it, but I was like, they. I feared getting made fun of.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Everyone in the table orders this, like, incredible Milan. And I'm like, all of the pepperoni calzone. We.

[A]

One of our crew tried to order an espresso martini at that dinner and.

[B]

Got fucking laughed out of the restaurant.

[A]

Which was bullshit because he got an espresso martini somewhere else like the night before.

[B]

Yeah, no, that place was just. Just beer and wine.

[A]

Oh, that's why.

[B]

I think that's what happened.

[A]

That's why he got laughed out.

[B]

He did. Yeah.

[A]

Because I was like, I don't think that's a crazy word.

[B]

No, no, they were. They love an espresso martini. Yeah, he. They didn't. He didn't know that.

[A]

Okay, back to Benner. I. I don't get it. I don't get it. But this fucking guy just. I'll tell you what, every other team in the league pray that this fucker never gets back to the Stanley cup because he will win.

[B]

Correct.

[A]

Like, he is the. He is maybe the most automatic big game dude who's ever lived.

[B]

And I will add, the Czech team was aware of his struggles this year. Yeah, obviously. But what I mean, what I mean is they were firing pucks from every angle possible in that first bank shit off him. Because they were like, anything will go against this guy. And a couple almost did, by the way. A couple.

[A]

You know, like, there were a couple, like, scrappy moments.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But.

[B]

But, man, dude, he. And, and. And this is what I meant to say earlier too, when we were talking about who else is in that group. Oh, Swiss.

[A]

Yeah. In France.

[B]

Easy to say the Czech team got rolled on today because they did. But that. That team is very good.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Nothing to do with them. That is. That is a completely attestment to how nasty this Canada team is. Yeah. Where that even. Wasn't even their best. Best game. And they made that look easy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But that check team is good. And Binner, that wasn't a freebie shutout. No, that wasn't like, oh, I'm playing.

[A]

No Italy, like I said. They, they definitely slowed down in the third.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, they, they got ground. We don't need to do this all night again. That would have been Twilight Zone, but they did. They, they, they got tired. But, man, they, they tested him early and he just. Nothing looked like it faced him. I mean, they're gonna rotate. I think. Lt's gonna play the next game because that's how Team Canada operates. But when it's all said and done, that. That's his net. And I, I said it in our. If you haven't watched, we released a YouTube video. Come. Come to the Canada game with us. Go watch that. It's fun. I said at the end, this guy, I swear to God, he unzips himself and he hangs up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Team Canada banner in his closet.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And then he puts on that super suit.

[B]

When it comes time saying he. I had. We had both been wondering who they would go with because. Are you just going to rely on that. Rely on his super suit? And it. It is now to the point after that game where. Because the checks were even out shooting them for a while till they became ground beef. But the.

[A]

Some.

[B]

Something catastrophic in his play would have to happen for him to not get the net moving forward. That's what this game.

[A]

Correct.

[B]

Did for me, dude.

[A]

So bad news for everyone else. They get in the second period, their goals. Unbelievable play by Mitch Marner. Putrid, nasty dude. Putrid backhand sauce over the defender, lands right on Mark Stone. Sick. Who makes a great drive to the net. Bangs at home. That is you to your point that you always say, like, when everyone's like, what? How is Mark Stone on this team? That's a goal that not everyone on this Canada roster can score like that. Mark Stone is so good. Bo Horvat, another guy that people were like, should Bo been picked up. He was all over the ice. He gets sprung. Very fucking cheeky forehand, backhand push, five hole. Then the Nate Dog goal in the third period. The power play goal was.

[B]

That was the Dream team. That was.

[A]

That was. That was insulting. It was. It was just Crosby to McDavid. Poise down low, passes it across to McKinnon, pounds it in. And everyone's like, oh, it was like that first four nations goal.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Just power play. Dream team. The three best centers alive.

[B]

Unreal.

[A]

And then my guy, Nick suzuki, also from McDavid. I think McDavid had three assists in that game.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Suzuki gets on the score sheet to cap it off for the fifth. So the first big challenge Canada takes on Check. Game one. And they beat the wheels off them five to nothing.

[B]

The I loved Nate obviously got that. But I loved that, you know, Sid had that unreal deflection like that classic high tip. That said does that somehow got saved with like four minutes left. But you know, Sid doesn't even get one. McDavid doesn't get one. After having a ridiculous two on one with Hagel where Hakes double solves him and McDavid has two shots where normally he puts that under the bar. Both of those he puts under the bar.

[A]

Two chances.

[B]

Can't get either one up.

[A]

It's crazy.

[B]

So if you're Canada and you go, we just rolled. And Sid missed a grade A, which he created with his skill was like Connor missed a grade A Kale Kayl not really doing. Yeah, yeah. I'm like, holy hell, they have such a ceiling. We walked out of that game going. We walked out of that game going. I don't know how anybody but I don't know how the US Beats that team. Who said it was red, I think was like, they don't make mistakes. They do.

[A]

Yeah. Red did say that that was sharp red.

[B]

And he was like, it's crazy just.

[A]

Watching a team that no one makes mistakes. It's also crazy. You just see guys hands.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And not everyone has hands like this, but everyone has hands like this on this team. It's just wild. Every time they talk the touch the puck. It's just hands moving, feet moving.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Everybody. And can I give a quick double wrister to our boy?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I thought Dewey looked fantastic. He did hold on defensively.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

We know Dewey to be a great offensive weapon. And he was fucking dialed defensively.

[B]

Hammering people, grinding in the corners. He was hitting, rotating, rotating. That's when the boots come into it. And I'm like, oh, dude, Dewey's fucking everywhere. In front, in the corner, in front, in the corner. It was awesome.

[A]

He had a quick change of like. There was a turnover and a quick change of possession in the D zone and he fucking threw the pivot on, got backwards. The offense, I think it was Natius got even with him and Dewey just turned and clapped his stick down on the pass. Last second, picked it off. And I was like, oh, my God.

[B]

Because that's pasta in alone. That's pasta in alone.

[A]

Without that fight.

[B]

That was huge. He looks great.

[A]

So Canada, I mean, we said it. Dream, dream start.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

It is ridiculous. Okay, let's hear from another quick ad break before we get into Team USA's game against Latvia. All right.

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Unfamiliar with Gore Verbinski, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Ring, Rango. This guy is a weapon. Sam Rockwell is a weapon. The cast is fantastic. Juno Temple's in this. You know I love me some Juno Temple from Ted Lasso. It's just so good, top to bottom. And what I always say is in a world full of sequels, remakes, prequels, superhero movies, all of this nonsense, we don't get enough original content, authentic storytelling. That is exactly what this movie is. It's going to be unhinged, it's going to be incredible. And you are going to have the best time in the theater that you will have in all of 20, 20, 26.

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You always make the joke. It's like the world is falling apart in the future, but they couldn't send Arnold Schwarzenegger back as the. He's not the T1000. Does he have a name like he's. He's just like a T. Yeah, something. Yeah, for sure. They can't send the T. Whatever back. They send Sam Rockwell in a. In a Christmas light suit. Yeah, yeah. So if that, if that doesn't tickle your funny bone, I don't know what does because it's hilarity ensues at every turn. They sent us a screener. This movie is so, so incredible. I cannot wait for it. Good. And what a theater experience.

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Yep.

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Go to the theater to see this. Do not wait.

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The entire theater is going to be cracking up on the edge of their seats. It's, it's the exact movie going experience that you want. So do not wait. In theaters today, Friday 13th February. Get your tickets now, go see it and have a blast. Despite the refs being on the Latvian.

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Pay, the fix was in. I thought I was watching a Kansas City Chiefs game.

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That. Wow, great reference. That's fantastic. That was a wacky element of this game. USA takes on Latvia, who, by the way, Red said this to Latvia in the past has upsets against Canada like this is a horseshoe up their ass.

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Really Pesky, pesky team.

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Good players on the Latvian team. Good goalies. They got Merzleekins, they got Shilobs. But Team USA gets going. They're buzzing around out there. And in the first period. Who else, man? Man, who else but the Kachuk brothers?

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It's incredible. They are so clutch. They.

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They're such.

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Well, actually, this is an insult to their regular season play, which is also elite, but I was going to say they are Binner in a way where they have a Team USA version of themselves in the. At the dry cleaner.

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There's no doubt about.

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Just go pick it up whenever the games start.

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There's no doubt about that. They're gamers, man. They're gamers. And we had a nice little play. Zach Korensky, my, my boy, yep. Gets the puck up to Matthew Tkachuk. He comes in, puts on the brakes, tosses a lovely cheeky little bit of sauce over the defender coming in. Brady gets it with some time and fucking nips. And it was just watching Brady curl up the boards, drag the knee, throw the fist pump, go right into Matthew's arms. I knew we were back, dude. That is, I knew we were back.

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Dream felt. And the reason to circle back, the reason I texted Lox Brady, was because of that. I just thought it was, it was too typical that, you know, Brady Tkachuk would score the first goal and frankly, same with Mack. It makes sense where you go, okay, of course they bring this. They bring this 18 year old phenom and it's going to be him. It is. Oh, Brady Tkachuk put the team on his back at four nations. It's going to be him. It is. You know, it just. That was, it was too perfect.

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It was just too. It was too good. But then things got messy. Then things get messy. USA scores again.

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Quinn Hughes, nip job.

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Quinn Hughes gets a nice puck at the top. Beautiful shot through traffic. Nip two, nothing. Usa.

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I thought we were about to roll.

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Oh, I was like, oh, here we go. Two goals in the first period. Because we talked about it with the guys that were left home. The big questions were, can, can we score? Can the boys score? Well, Quinn Hughes gets on the board, but then challenge for offsides. I personally did not think what I saw and actually, can we dial it back?

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Yeah. Good call, folks.

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It's late here. It's. It's 12:30 in the morning. We got a lot going on. I totally forgot to talk about the fucking saga that was us watching.

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So also to be clear, we, as it stands right now had could get tickets to three round one.

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We're going to be going to a bunch of games. We're not going to every game.

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Exactly.

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Don't, don't forget folks, we're here via empty netters. You know, we're here for you and we're not made of money. We're not going to every single game. We also don't have time. So this game we were like, we're going to, we're going to hang. We're going to watch this one.

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We'll go to Canada today.

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Yep.

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Watch us.

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And we wanted to get the pod out. So we were like, we're going to Canada.

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Check. Game on paper seemed, yeah, epic. This one we could sleep on. And we just thought naively that I was like, folks, I'll just watch the game literally anywhere.

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Anywhere. Think about it. Including in my opinion, the, the Olympics are on. Yeah. USA is playing. The US Men's are playing their first game. This will be on every TV in, in the country. The country.

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Yeah.

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Unfortunately, There are no TVs in this country in establishments that serve food and alcohol. We, There are three sports bar in bars in this entire city. Where do people watch AC Milan games? Where do people watch Inter Milan games?

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I assume home. Now that I've seen what I've seen, I assume home because otherwise I have never seen anything like, for the love of all things holy, if there are any Italian people, fans of us listening to this and, and we're doing it wrong.

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Yeah.

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Tell me. It'd be like, oh, go here. There's a, there's a million. Please.

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We've got a lot of Italian fans now and so many actually people in Milano who have hit us up. Being like, you're in my home city, like, let's go, we're begging you.

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Where should we go?

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Where do we watch games? So what's funny is I'm thinking, obviously the US and Canada. Sports bars on every fucking carpet.

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Yeah.

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But we're like, I'm even thinking London. I'm thinking the uk. I'm like, there are pubs everywhere. So we're looking shit up. We're just desperately trying to find a place to watch this fucking game. And of course the two places we find are called Mind the Gap.

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Yeah.

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British.

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Yeah.

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And then the football pub.

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Oh, yeah. And then the offside.

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And then the offside.

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Yeah.

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So we're, we're, we go to, we.

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Go to leave early enough to. We're gonna walk. We leave Early. Plenty of time.

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And keep in mind, we're. We're hungry. Yeah, we're trying to eat. We go to the first place we go to, Mind the Gap. Scariest bar I've ever been to in my entire life.

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Remember that bar at Southie? Remember the review of that bar? Yeah. What the is that place called?

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No, come on. We gotta know what that place is called. There's a bar in Southie called Fucking. There's. Oh, no. There's a bar in South Boston called Something so Boston. And one of the reviews is a guy telling a story about how he got stabbed there because it was, like, some bookie who owed him money or something. And it's the craziest bar in the world.

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Do you have it? Oh, not yet.

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But that was basically this bar. We go to this bar, Mind the Gap. It's a broom closet. When we walk up, there are 20 guys outside ripping darts, drinking Peronis, and they looked at us like the three biggest scumbags they've ever seen in their fucking dance.

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It's just occurring to me now that the Arsenal game probably hadn't started yet. So those guys were all outside smoking, just waiting for Arsenal to start. But they. Dude, they were truly like, get the fuck.

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They looked at us and they're like, what are these three cake eaters doing?

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It was as if we were gonna go inside. Like, yeah, dude.

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And I looked inside.

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Found it, bro.

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You found. You found the bar?

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Yeah.

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What's the bar called?

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Croak Park.

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Croak Pock, dude. That's right. Croak park in Southie. Sketchiest bar in the world, aside from Mind the Gap. But I look inside. It is a broom closet. There are two tiny TVs and not a single morsel of food to be found. People are only drinking and chain smoking cigarettes in this place. So we decide we. We didn't even think about opening the door. We just went. And we're moving on. We're headed to the football pub. So we walked another 25 minutes, got there just in time for puck drop, and we walk up, look through the glass. I don't even look inside yet, but look through the glass. Chris is reading the review of Croak Pac right now. Do you want to read the review before I move on?

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I don't read the whole thing or just a little bit?

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I think you got to read the whole thing.

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Okay.

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This is one of. This is one of the funniest bar. One of the funniest bar reviews of.

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All pro park in South Boston. Red this is a review from Johnny's on Yelp. One star, he says, I don't want to say this is the worst bar in the world because I've never been to places like Bangladesh, Rwanda or Haiti. But I can say with 100% certainty that this place is by far the worst bar in Boston. I've been to crack houses where I felt safer, also that had less crack. Seriously, at no point did I feel like I wasn't about to be stabbed by the locals. Remember the scene in Star wars when Luke Skywalker walks into the bar and the two aliens attack him before Obi Wan Kenobi steps in and cuts the guy's arm off? Croak park makes that place look like Cheers. The clientele was a collection of mobsters, wannabe mobsters, addicts, punks, criminals, pimps, and fugitives of the law. And the men there were twice as bad people. People in the know tell me this place has gone downhill since the original owner, Whitey McGrail, died and he was shot one day while bartender. So apparently this place has gotten much worse since the days when customers would walk in and shoot the bartender. I could go on, but I think my review might get kind of negative after this one. That's gotta be the greatest review of all time.

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Oh, fuck me.

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Oh, that's incredible.

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Incredible.

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So that was. That was our first stop.

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Yeah.

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Mind the gap.

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That was. Mind the gap. We then go on to the football pub. We get to the football pub right in time for puck drop. Like I said, we didn't even look inside yet as far as the people. We looked in and just saw the game on TVs and we were like, let's go. We open the door. It's the most packed bar I've ever seen.

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Literally, the door threshold was the space.

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There was a person.

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That was the only spot.

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There was a person so close to the door that I assumed, this can't be a door, this is a window. Because why would anyone be standing ass up against the door like this?

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Or I thought there was a host table. That person's in line to receive his table.

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But sure enough, it was the door. And we then slid in. And wouldn't you know it, for some godforsaken reason, There was a 9pm UK London kickoff time of an Arsenal Brentford game. And apparently all 100 people in Milan wanting to watch. Arsenal Brentford were at the ball pub.

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And I said, in their defense, I said they were fuming mad that there happened to be a USA Latvia game on. And we have overrun Their football pub. And they were like, I thought I was gonna sit here in peace. And now I have dudes asses sticking out the door.

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Yes.

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So everyone was upset.

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So not a single person was having fun in there. We walk in, there's no audio for any game. I would have accepted the Arsenal same, but there's just no audio. We've got Latvia fans on one side of the pub.

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We've got actually just Canadian.

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Those guys were Canadian.

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They were all decked out. Headstone.

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So there's a bunch of Canadians pretending to root for Latvia. There was a couple of Finns pretending to root for Latvia. There was a table full of US Fans. And one of these buffoons kept going, blame Canada. Blame Canada. Like from the South Park.

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He was trying to chirp the Canadian dude who was cheering for Latvia, but it just was. It was getting unruly, but.

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And it just. It wasn't a good chirp. Yeah, nothing was landing. So, anyway, we're watching the game here. Quinn's goal gets taken away from the offsides. And when I said from what I could see on the replays on tv, we're back on track, I didn't think you could overturn.

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And we can't hear anything either. So we're just like, yeah.

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The one view they kept showing us, Brock Nelson is. Is entering the zone. And J.T. miller gets in the way of the puck. Like, you can't see the puck. And again, maybe there's an angle from the other side that we didn't see, but they call that goal back. Latvia scores.

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Yeah. Right away.

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So now it's tied up. Krastenberg scores, and then us gets on the board again. Brock Nelson tips a puck in.

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Great tip.

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Beautiful goal that gets called back for the softest goalie interference these eyes have ever seen. Now, apparently, these are international Olympic rules, folks. There is. We will be having zero increase time whatsoever with the. So that is something these players need to know. Increase.

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Got you.

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If you were in the crease, anywhere near the goalie in international play rules, that is goalie interference. So beware, folks.

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JD Said, I don't know. I'm going to pronounce this horribly. But the Latvian coach, something like that. Pateris Groms. Incredible challenges. Oh. I was like, what are you doing? Because I asked if you get a penalty with this too, and I think you do. So it was like. Like, if you give that up now, you're down. And then the US Scores again. And I'm like, oh, my God. And so I couldn't believe the Balls to hit those brass balls just hit them.

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Challenging the second and then getting it right. I was like, jesus, this is crazy. So they call that one back. Then we get Brock Nelson hitting the post.

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Dude. And. And then there was Guy.

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This poor guy.

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Yeah, there was a crossbar to close out the first also.

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But the two.

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The two call. Oh, and shout out Matt Boldy, who actually didn't think did much tonight or. Or Jake. Correct, but Boldy. So latvia overturns the US's second goal and then immediately scores to tie it.

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Yeah.

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And the U.S. scores their second goal again. And then Latvia challenged it, overturned, and then again 30 seconds later, had a wide open net and I was like, wow, these challenges have gone perfectly. They got a race to goal and then scored. And Matt Bold flying in out of nowhere, got a stick on that one to deflect. Unbelievable block. That was actually a massive play in that.

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Unbelievable block.

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Massive play.

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So period ends 1, 1. And I'm going to say in that moment, I was like, okay, here's classic Latvia being a pest. And this is it. This is going to be a mental toughness game for the us. And I won't lie, I was sitting there going, I'm a little. I feel a little uncomfy about Connor Hellebuck.

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Oh, really?

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I actually think.

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I guess when all said and done.

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I thought their goal wasn't the best defense from. From the lads, but it was also just like a. There was a loose puck. The Latvian goal scorer, what's his name, Sorry, Crossenberg's, came crashing in and like got a quick shot on it, but it. It chicken winged him. It didn't go up and over him. It was just like. Really?

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Yeah.

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We score a second goal, it gets called back, and then immediately the first shot on net you let in.

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Yeah. And then it's happened again.

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And then it almost happened again. And I was like, don't go down here in this second period. So I was a little uncomfy.

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So. Speaking of uncomfy, at the end of the first, we were a little uncomfy.

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Yes.

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So we were like, we gots to get out of here. And. But again, it was actually hilarious. If you. If you open up Google Maps.

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Yeah.

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It's like your blue dots where you are and you can hit like nearby bars. And it's actually really great because you can be like, nearby bars with TVs.

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Yes.

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And it's like. And a bunch pop up. But. But Italy is a. It's weirdly, it closes. Not that late city, but also doesn't open till late city. So I go open now and they all just disappear. Like, there's no bar with a TV open in even the searchable area of my Google Maps.

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Correct.

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So I'm like, I'm stretching it out and we see this place called the Offside Sports Pub.

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Yeah.

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It looks like it has a ton of TVs online.

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So we immediately get an Uber.

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15 minute. What? How long is intermission red? 15 minutes. I'll tell you. 15 minutes. How long's the ride to the offside pub?

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15 minutes.

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15 minutes. We said we can do it.

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We. We ordered the fastest Uber you've ever. These eyes have ever seen.

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Yep.

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We left that. We left the football pub.

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Yeah.

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And we got in the car, we got to this next place, and as we walked up through the. Through the glass windows, like a mirage.

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Like a perfect oasis.

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Olympic hockey on TVs. And we go, thank.

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Through the windows. Empty table.

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Thank the Lord. So we walk in, and wouldn't you know it too, there's a gorgeous four top table.

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Oh, my God. And the food looks amazing.

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Nude. It smells incredible in there. And I go, this is the best. This is where we always should have been.

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Yeah.

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I was born in this bar and I will die in it as well. We. We literally look at the server. Bongiorno.

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Yeah.

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Can we sit here? Yeah, absolutely. You can. We look up, it's the Germany game.

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But the US Game's not back yet.

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So I was like, us game's not back now. We're like, okay. And there's a lot of TVs in there.

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Yeah.

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German games on a lot of them. And we go, is there a chance that the US game is on one of these televisions? She says, no, they can't get it.

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They don't have that channel.

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We don't have that channel.

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I was like, what do you mean?

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And we. We were now like, dear Lord Almighty, what are we gonna do here? And then an angel. Yeah.

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Oh, yeah.

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An angel from Italy.

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Yep.

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Swooped down over. Literally over my shoulder.

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I don't know if you heard this Dan, by the way, he works for Euro.

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For Eurosport.

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Yeah.

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This Italian gentleman, bespectacled, handsome fellow.

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Yes.

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Swooped in, swept in, over.

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I don't know.

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Swooped. Swooped in, I think swooped in over my shoulder, placed his phone onto our table, had grabbed a silver carafe.

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Yeah, yeah.

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And leaned his phone against said carafe with the USA game on. And he said, till I finish my beer.

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Yes. And then we said, oh, wow, thank you so Much. And did you hear what he said after that?

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No.

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He goes, olympic spirit.

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Yes, that's it. Yeah, I did hear that. So we were able to watch the game on this gentleman's phone.

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Yep. It's unbelievable. Until. Until he finished his beer. And then hilariously, we were checking all our apps and it was like out of range, you know, you're in the wrong area. And then we, I tried the NBC Olympics app and it came with a 30 minute free preview before you had to connect the TV provider, which I don't have. But Dan and I realized that between our two phones there was only 60 minutes. So we just doubled in the game. So we just watched mine.

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We just double tapped free trials, baby. Finished the game.

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That's a have a hell of a meal.

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Only to get home and discover that in our beautiful apartment, it's just on tv. We could have just been here the whole time. But anyway, that, by the way, that chicken sandwich I got at that place was one of the best chicken sandwiches I've ever had in my entire life. No, I was starving. That might have added to it, but that thing was.

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That was unbelievable. Okay, so it's two, it's one one. It's one one.

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We go into the second, we get.

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Halfway through the second and then it's getting tight. Then I started thinking, if they saw here, it's bad.

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Sticks were getting tight and I, I was like, man, we got to get something going here. But I want to get a little bit of credit here. I had said earlier and I tweeted it, you did.

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See, this is how you have receipts.

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I said Jack Hughes looks phenomenal, looks fantastic. And if you go back and the Brock Nelson goal, that goal. No, yeah, sorry, the disallowed one. That goal was made possible by Jack Hughes. Great possession of the puck, slowed down the play on the sidewall. Then dishes a nice pass up to the point and gets it to shot, gets off. Brock tips it in. I was like, jack Hughes looks great. After some flack from four nations. He's been hurt this year.

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Playing on a low line. Great.

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And then bang. Brock Nelson gets a nut. Dude hands team population Brock on that. The second goal of the game for his.

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Oh my God, dude.

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I was like fucking Brock. But a great play by Jack Hughes. So bang. There you go. Two one us. Then get a little peeper. With three minutes left, 25 seconds in, Quinn Hughes, Jack Eichel, Tach Thompson.

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Boom.

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Power play goal. Then 12 seconds left. Brock Nelson again from Jack Hughes again.

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Dude, Brock Nelson is the greatest Player alive. And when he made the four nations team, he is. I was upset.

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So many apologies. Me, so many people. And you and I are at the top of that.

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Dude. My boy Kyle, big islands guy, he always talks about this because he's like, buddy, take it easy on Brock. He's nasty.

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Yeah.

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And when he got picked for four nations, I was so pissed. And he had a fine tournament, but I won't. I wouldn't say. I was like, oh, I was so wrong about Brock Nelson. But I was like, he belongs here. I should have eased up, but whatever. And then I'm like, oh, now he makes the Olympic team. Like, do we really need to know? Like, he's having a good year. And I'm like, he's playing. I'm like, the ass. I'd be having a good year on the apps. Grow up. Yeah, but then he has this game where you said he has a goal disallowed unfairly. A post that was this far from going in. And then two.

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Two goals.

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Like, Brock Nelson is the best player on our team.

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He was buzzing.

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He was absolutely buzzing. And then I heard this dude and I tried. I almost told you in real time. And you said, what was that? I said, I'll tell you on the.

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I think I know it, dude.

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Brock's uncle or great uncle.

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So Brock's the. Brock's granddaddy played on the 1960 team.

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Correct.

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Then his uncle Dave Christian played on the 80 team. Played on the 19 gold. Now we got Brock Nelson.

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Imagine if we didn't select Brock Nelson like this. We might have locked up gold.

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Also, I am going to evbot. We might have to have you splice this in. We dogged. Not we. The hockey world collectively dogged on Brock Nelson for his Four nations team photo.

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Yeah.

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This is a photo of his grandfather on the 1960 team. You're going to look me in my eyes and tell me that's not Brock Nelson.

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That is Brock Nelson and that's a.

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Picture of Brock and you're the photo he took for his four nations team. You're telling me that's not the same guy? Are you kidding me?

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That's him.

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That's just Brock.

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That's incredible.

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I got news for you, player. That's just Brock.

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I wonder if they put a picture of his granddaddy by accident.

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They might have. They might have. But he looked fucking phenomenal.

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He's best player on the ice, dude.

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And at this point, at this point, here's one of my favorite things. Okay? Right. So first goal. We got Brady Tkachuk, goal. Matthew Kachuk, assist. Maranski assist, too, but Brady, Matthew. Next goal, Brock Nelson. Jack Hughes, assist. Next goal, Quinn Hughes assist. Next goal, Jack Hughes. Matthew Tkachuk assist. Final goal, Quinn Hughes assist. The brothers were going all over the stat sheet. All over the stat sheet. And then, yeah, third period, we got another power play. Quinn Hughes to Jack Eichel. Jack Eichel again to a sick pass.

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Sick. I know it got deflected a little bit, but sick release.

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And you know what I loved about this goal? A number of things. Number one, it was Auston Matthews. Oh, my God, dude.

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I knew.

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Austin Matthews.

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I fucking knew it. I fucking knew it.

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Auston Matthews, who wasn't. Wasn't the buzziest in this game. He caught a little shot up high, and he looked like he was in.

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A bit of pain on the bench. Good call. I meant to bring that. That scared me.

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That was scary.

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He was getting checked by the trainer and I was like, this is the last thing we. And he needs is a concussion in against Latvia.

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And now we're Auston Matthews getting a goal in the first game.

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That's big. Massive.

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But also, you know what I really loved? It was a nice dish in the slot right where he lost Connor McDavid in the Four Nations.

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Nice. I like that.

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And he gets his slot goal, too. Yeah, I like exercise some demons.

[B]

Yeah, I like that.

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So five, one win for usa. And I'm here to say this. I think that was a perfect game.

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For the U.S. i gotta tell you.

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I think that. I think that there was a. You played a pesky team who can upset people. We've seen that before. You get a convincing win, you score as many goals as anyone else in the tournament. Five goals so far.

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Yeah.

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You've dealt with adversity, mental toughness.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

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Some going on with the refs. You dealt. And then you also had a lot of guy like Brock Nelson.

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I'm mad we unveiled Brock already. I wish. Didn't other teams.

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Oh, I love.

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Have the notes.

[A]

I love it. You got a guy like Brock, who you're like, is. Was. Does Brock belong? You bet your ass he does. You got a guy like Jack Hughes, who wasn't that buzzy in for and he was fantastic. And then that was also only 18 shots for Lafayette. But Connor Hellebuck, you know, lets up that one that you're kind of like nothing after that.

[B]

I thought he looked good, dude. I thought he looked good.

[A]

I think that they are fired up.

[B]

I went like this. I walked out of the Canada game and went, man, it's gonna be hard to beat that team.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then halfway through the second of the Latvia game, and I know we're two days into the men's tournament, but halfway through the second, after having seen the Canada game, I was literally there sitting at offside pub thinking, we are going to get murdered by Canada.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then I left that game going, God, this gold medal game is going to be fucking electric, dude. I agree with you. I guess I wouldn't say it was perfect, but it just. It looked at every level that we can hang. It was okay, let's just fight, dude. Let's go.

[A]

It was just so.

[B]

So I had a question to you. I'm shocked. And I haven't. I got to look up their numbers again, but I'm shocked that. That Latvia went mers leakins in goal.

[A]

I agree. I thought she loves should have started only because.

[B]

What was the term? What did he win? Was it a world juniors or a world championship?

[A]

She loves.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Something. I think championship.

[B]

Like, literally it was gold. Right. Or was it bronze? I know they did. They did something for the first time ever and it was literally on the back of she lob.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Like a spider. And I'm going to myself, that's a dude who is in the same way. The same Bennington argument. I'm like, this is a dude who in this exact tournament, because you. If you're going to win as Latvia, you need a massive upset and great goalie play. Right. And he. I go, he's done that to these Same countries, like 100. He beat these people already. So it was kind of shocking to me. I couldn't. Since we were on the phone and no audio. I actually didn't even notice. I think it was going into the third when they made the poll.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I just noticed one save eventually and we were like, oh, she loves it. So whatever. But I'd be. I'm interested to see if it's him moving forward because I would have definitely given him the bid at the upset in. In that one.

[A]

Agree. So Canada. Dream start.

[B]

Dream start.

[A]

USA Dream start.

[B]

Pretty close.

[A]

Yeah, I think Dream start.

[B]

I'll give it to him.

[A]

I'm telling you. It's the adversity.

[B]

I'll give it to him.

[A]

Dream start. Big, big start to the men's. We're going to get right back at it. We're going to be at the Sweden Finland game bright and early tomorrow. You're going to be seeing all the content coming out, but we're going to close this episode out talking about the ladies.

[B]

Yes, sir.

[A]

Because the ladies are buzzing. We're going to go back to when we got here the 10th. We got, you know, a few days here to get through. Just because there were big results.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Sweden 4 nothing against Japan. Sweden 4 zero.

[B]

Dude, the Sweden ladies are wheeling and overlooked. Of course, in the women's game. It's pretty consistently. Everyone's gearing up for the USA Canada final. And Sweden took that personal. Yeah, that's how it looks right now.

[A]

I mean, they. They are just all over the place. You love to see it. They won for nothing. Germany 21 over Italy. I think we might have discussed. Did we talk about this? I thought so right before because we talked about the US Thwacking.

[B]

Did we? I thought we hadn't got.

[A]

That's what I couldn't remember.

[B]

I think we didn't. Or maybe it was like, no, because we were somewhere, dude. And I went. I was like, is that the score of that game? Yeah, we were at like.

[A]

God, I don't think we talked about it.

[B]

No, we couldn't have because we were in Italy.

[A]

Yeah, we were talking. We talked about the.

[B]

Yeah, we were in Italy when that happened.

[A]

Yeah. So let's quickly talk about usa.

[B]

Dude, this was crazy. I thought it was a mistake. USA always so tight.

[A]

Takes down Canada 5 nothing. And they looked elite. And don't worry, Canada bounced. Bounced back with a big win. We'll get to in a second. But Caroline Harvey starts the scoring and then our girl friend of the program, Hannah Bililka, Bilks with two goals in the game. Unbelievable stuff. Kristen Sims on the score sheet again. And then also, dude, I think Layla Edwards is the most electric player in the tournament right now. The. The. Just doing it all over the ice Cap. I. I think it was. Was that a. No, not a power play. Sims was a power play goal. Yeah. But Layla gets the fifth goal to like really break the back of Canada in that third period about halfway through. And that was. That was one of the most dominant U. S. Wins over Canada women's that we've seen.

[B]

Especially when Aaron Frankel's pitching a shutout. Canada goes, okay, we're not going to score anyway. 52 was insurmountable.

[A]

And also friend of the program Aaron Frankel for ankle looks completely unflappable in net.

[B]

It's.

[A]

It's hysterical. Like, shots are. She's doing those. Like, it looks like the other team has a good chance. They're passing the puck around and they get a. Like a live wire Shot on that.

[B]

And she's just going. Already been here, saw that glove, was.

[A]

There the whole time. Pat two pad stack there the whole time. She's just dialed.

[B]

The event we went to, and I won't. We won't say any names, but the event we went to after that.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

There were Canada women there.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

There were less women there. And there were. And there were women from a ton of the teams.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

And everybody was being so friendly and nice and buddy. Buddy. But the Canada and US Girls were not talking.

[A]

No, they were dials.

[B]

Like, they were like, don't. Don't look at me.

[A]

They were dying.

[B]

Yeah, it was. I was like, oh, you could feel the. Yeah, the iciness in the air here because that. That game stings. Dude. Dude, Canada's here to win a gold medal. Canada's here to defend their gold medal.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So that getting thwapped, dude, for a stretch, they couldn't get the puck out of the zone.

[A]

No, it was.

[B]

It was crazy. So I was like, man, this. This is. This is a uneven match.

[A]

And what I loved. I'm not going to say who it was, but at. At the event we were at, when the girls came through, they were playing, replaying the Canada U.S. game. And one of the U.S. women sees it on TV and she was, oh, let's go.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So Finland gets their first win. They took down Switzerland 3 1. And then yesterday, Slovakia beats Finland 4 to 1. So the 12th, as we talked about, Canada was able to get their.

[B]

Get it back. Yep.

[A]

And they get their third win. Only loss was to us. They beat Finland 5 nothing. So Canada was all over the place. Clark with two goals at the end in the third period. They look great. It's going to be a battle between us, Canada, it feels like for sure. But this is what we said at the top. Sweden. The Sweden women are fucking firing.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, my God.

[A]

Don't. Cannot stress that enough. Four and.

[B]

Oh, and now the quarterfinals are set. So when you're listening to this, on Friday, yes, they'll be playing Sweden against the Czechs, Italy against the US and then on Saturday, Germans against the Canadians and Swiss against Finland.

[A]

Yes. So Finland, Swiss. That's going to be an interesting game. Canada, Germany, great matchup for Canada. You. You've got to expect that they'll be able to take, I think, Germany 2, 1, 0 and 1 in their four games through the prelims.

[B]

Yeah, that's the toughest matchup.

[A]

Honestly, that has got to be the toughest.

[B]

Like Canada. That's tough draw for them.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm like, oh, okay.

[A]

But the Italians, with two good wins, love to see that on home ice. But that's a matchup the USA wants. I think that Sweden check game is going to be a should be win for Sweden because of how good they've been. But Czech is always, always scrappy.

[B]

Yeah, they have been. They haven't had a great tournament. They only beat Finland, I think, who's been so bad.

[A]

So tomorrow, today for us, today, by the time you're listening to this. To this.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yep, Today for you, we've got some great games. Like we said, we're going to be at Sweden, Finland for the men's. We've got Switzerland, Canada. That'll be a great game for the men's. But. But all eyes today are on the women. Sweden. This is the quarterfinals.

[B]

Quarterfinals getting knocked out now.

[A]

This is Sweden, Czechia, Italy, US and the US Women are fucking crab. Crab wagon.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And they are blowing everyone out of the water.

[B]

It's incredible.

[A]

So those, those are the games to dial into. All right, we got to get some rest. We got a ton of shit to get to. Like we said. Check us out on all the socials. We're going to be posting all this stuff. We're going to be at that Sweden Finland game tomorrow. We're going to be dialing into the quarterfinals for the women's. We're going to be covering that as well. Guys, make sure do us favor, Spotify, Apple, five star reviews. Show us some love if you can. Make sure you're subscribed everywhere so you have fun. And also if you're, if you're Canadian, us, We've got some awesome merch on the site right now. You can rep the Olympic gear, rep your nations, do your thing. It's going to be a blast. Like I said, we got to go to sleep. When we wake up, there's only one thing that we can do. And we hope you do it with us.

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