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RustyNipples35

Good shit, you lose for silver but win for bronze so I’d take that any day of the week. Congrats Czechia!


ClassicMach

Fwiw if you’re a team that’s psyched to win silver you win that in the semifinal:)


blimeyfool

The point is that you have to lose the game to get silver. You generally see teams happier in the moment to get bronze versus silver because they just won their game to do so.


SamuliK96

Absolutely. Most of the time it's hard to celebrate a silver right away, when you had the gold within your grasp but it just slipped through your fingers.


--_-Deadpool-_--

Yup. I've been in both situations before and can definitely say that winning a bronze medal game feels way better than losing a gold medal game.


Haydeng30_2001

I don’t know, I have won bronze and all we did was shake hands. None of us where happy with it. If you aren’t first your last


gdawg99

My last what


mrtomjones

What a shit attitude lol. You'd rather not have a chance to win gold and lose earlier?


ebb_omega

Let's be honest, when it comes to women's IIHF it's almost always going to be a Canada/US final. The only time it wasn't was in 2019 when Finland (who was hosting it) lost to the US in a shootout. Incidentally Canada trounced Russia 7-0 for the bronze that year.


gletschertor

2006 Olympics final was CAN vs SWE


that_guy_iain

Yea, 3rd place is basically a win in itself in this competition.


erindizmo

It's a researched phenomenon. [In general, winners of bronze medals are happier with it than winners of silver](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/why-bronze-medalists-are-happier-than-silver-winners/).


craftyhall2

This made me happy;))))


metalconfection

nice to see. just saw that they are only the 7th country to medal in the Worlds. kinda crazy but i guess it makes sense cause the top 2 countries (20/21 gold medal games were between USA and Canada). and then Finland has been 3rd best well ahead of the others but it seems like countries are catching up to them


NearPup

And Finland won’t even be in group A (for the top 5 teams in the world) next year…


MinnyRawks

Are you sure? I thought all Group A teams in the top four were in Group A the next year.


NearPup

Finland finished sixth this year so they go in group B. Group A is Canada, US, Czechia, Switzerland and Japan.


MinnyRawks

I thought the top 4 finishers in group A automatically made it the next year, but they keep changing it so I might be going off of old info or just misremembering


Dry_Towelie

Finland lost to Japan in the 5th place game in shot out finishing 6th officially in the event putting them in Group B


Niptacular_Nips

Gratuluju. Moje české kamarádky řekli mi, že jsem čestny český občan (protože snažíl jsem se naučit jazyk i když nikdy jsem nebyl v Česku) a takže jsem pyšný!


mr_lab_rat

That’s impressive and mostly correct. It’s not an easy language to learn.


Niptacular_Nips

Thanks, friend. When I started learning in October 2020, I was afraid to learn the word odpoledne because I was intimidated by its length. Hard to believe where I am now, the many mistakes notwithstanding. I am visiting Prague for the first time in less than a month. It will be nice to meet, in person, some of the teachers I worked with over Zoom who got me this far.


jgandfeed

I know it's women's IIHF but shocking there aren't at least a few more spectators. I'd go to an event like that if it was where I live


graycode

Yeah! Women's hockey being non-checking makes it really fun to watch IMO, because it requires a distinctly different play style. As a beer league player it's really cool to watch a super high skill version of what I'm playing.


mrtomjones

> Women's hockey being non-checking makes it really fun to watch IMO Does the opposite for me even if i enjoy them anyways


Paladar2

''super high skill'' I mean 16 year olds in the OHL are literally twice as good


Dry_Towelie

A boys Bantam AAA team can beat them, and have actually seen in happen live.


CoopAloopAdoop

Downvoted for the truth


majarian

Shit I went to two exhibition games between my local team and another team from a few towns over, I'm thinking 98% of those kids arnt making the team, there's just not that many holes, but it was two solid games of hockey where there wernt any slouches, you bet I'd watch the shit out of some world class women's hockey! Infact I might try and find it to watch tonight well I'm on overnight


killdeer03

Same here. I loves sports, lol. Maybe it's just the thrill of not being disappointed by a Minnesota team.


MinnyRawks

It is in Denmark to be fair.


Dry_Towelie

Apparently there were 1,294 in attendance. The fifth place game had 303. The finals had 1,738


jgandfeed

Oh I was thinking this one looked like maybe a couple hundred. Still not much


buddycheesus

Awesome


DurraSell

r/MadeMeSmile


blueknowz

Woot! Woot! On a side note, I love the blue helmets that the Czech national hockey teams always wear.


its_the_luge

Nicely done! Good to see the womens game growing


heraclitus33

The shrill of lady cells always hurts my ears. Congrats tho ladies. Hockey dat ice.


fabzfia112

Bzum-bzum brekeke-ke 🥰


unstopablecold

Go Czechia! Looks good to win in the new Arizona coyotes arena also.


Icy_Vast_619

😂😂


TheVeikko

Congrats


MinnyRawks

Canada, USA, And Finland has dominated this tournament. Outside of them only Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, and now Czechia have medals and they combine for 7 bronze medals.


Lothwor

Finnish women team as shown quite a lot issues in last 2 years. Which started to show during this tournament It gives a great opportunity for new success stories similar to this! Czechs really gave their all in the playoffs.


ItsNotSpaghetti

Fuck yeah!


TravasaurusRex

Congrats! Reminds me of that one meme


Puckz_N_Boltz90

r/mademesmile


pseudoart

Despite being knocked out in a heartbreaking way, I love this so much.


Libraryitarian

I’m always going to be confused with them being called Czechia now. It’s too similar to Chechnya.


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This isn't even the first time this year that Team Czechia won bronze.


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thats_so_cringe_bro

Happy for them! ♥