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‘This Canadian team is scary’: Canada fans reacts to 5-0 win over Czechia

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Hockey fans have waited 12 years for NHL players to participate in the Winter Games, and after a decade, they finally got to see Connor McDavid represent Canada on hockey’s grandest stage in hockey: the Winter Olympics.
Oilers fans and Canadians across the country tuned in Thursday morning as McDavid and company hit the ice in Milan for their first game of the tournament against Czechia, and they did not disappoint, putting five goals past the Czechs, with McDavid delivering three assists.
As the hockey world watched, they also reacted online to Team Canada’s dominance.
Cheering for Connor McDavid once a year is so exhilarating, man y’all live like this????? What a luxury. – Lysshoude via XMcDavid looks… motivated. Very very motivated. – Shaye Ganam via XI love being Canadian because what do you mean Marchand, Crosby, McDavid, Mackinnon et al are on my screen together rn. – Taco Bella via XIt truly is criminal how it took over a decade to see Connor McDavid at the Olympics. – NHL_Sid via XI will say, one thing I love about the Celebrini/McDavid/Wilson line is that the opponent is terrified the entire time – for different reasons for the three guys respectively. – JFreshHockey via XThis Canadian team is scaryyy. I can’t wait to see what they do against USA when that game comes around. – Sham-Atyreus via XIf you think the Canadian brand of hockey is dead I’d urge you watch this game against Czechia right now and shut it. Thank you that is all 🫡 – Jason Demers via XCanada looks every bit like the machine that you’d expect today. Totally in control. McDavid best player on the ice. All four lines look good. PP ridiculous. – Josh Yohe via XI’ve seen enough Bowman needs to get Celebrini to the Oilers to play with McDavid permanently. – Aaron Wiebe via XCzechia is a better team than most people think but Canada made them look very inferior. The start of Canada’s gold medal run began today. – Rives Reucassel
It’s worth noting that Czechia is a strong hockey nation; this isn’t an easy opponent by any means. But Canada came prepared to remind everyone why hockey is its sport.
That was awesome. Made it look almost too easy to win. We have the best players. I can’t wait to watch them beat the US and look on Matthew and Brady’s faces after Canada scrapes them all over the ice. – Luke Bonvie via FacebookI know this sounds crazy, but for the last few minutes I half-pretended it was an Oilers game so I could see us play 5-0. – Amanda Sather via FacebookThe Canadian Olympic team is truly the dream team! So exciting. – ibekriov via InstagramAs a Czech, must say, Team Canada, absolutely legendary..maximal respect to your guys, beautiful game. – Michal_cepek via InstagramWelp, as an American, I can say that Canada looks good. – Lightthelamp81 via InstagramSo funny how all these clowns in hockey media overreact to the world juniors like it really means everything. Canada has struggled in the WJC recently because we’ve literally become too good at developing players. Nobody in the world is close to us and the men are gonna prove it. – Hubyszn via XHey Czech fans? That’s why Canada is still better than Czechia. Don’t let World Juniors and World Championships fool you into believing you’re anywhere close against our best. – KickrocksGLG via X
Fans are clearly ecstatic about this result, exactly what they expect from Canada. Team Canada will be back in action tomorrow afternoon, facing Switzerland in the preliminary round.
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