Well that was about as dramatic as it gets, what an incredible way to start the day. Marner's goal had some shades of the iconic Mario vs North Stars goal. Also very satisfying watching the Suzuki tip-in in slow motion.
I'm going to refrain from being over critical because if history has taught us anything momentum can shift in an international tournament in lightning speed, IMO in the Olympics the tournament flips on it's head once you go from the group stage to elimination as we've seen plenty times before. I think this was a good kick in the dick for us to face a tough opponent in the Czech's who looked like a completely different team vs the opening game and gave them a good test when they were off their game and maybe getting a little complacent.
Credit to Czechia, it's impressive what they've been able to achieve in international hockey with a much smaller population to keep up with the big dogs at the youth & senior level, and I also respect their style of play & how they approach the game overall.
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