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‘This Canadian team is scary’: Canada fans reacts to 5-0 win over Czechia
Team Canada Connor McDavid Nathan MacKinnon Olympics
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Woz
By Woz
Feb 12, 2026, 16:00 ESTUpdated: Feb 12, 2026, 16:34 EST
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 X
McDavid looks… motivated. Very very motivated. – Shaye Ganam via X
I love being Canadian because what do you mean Marchand, Crosby, McDavid, Mackinnon et al are on my screen together rn. – Taco Bella via X
It truly is criminal how it took over a decade to see Connor McDavid at the Olympics. – NHL_Sid via X
I 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 X
This Canadian team is scaryyy. I can’t wait to see what they do against USA when that game comes around. – Sham-Atyreus via X
If 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 X
Canada 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 X
I’ve seen enough Bowman needs to get Celebrini to the Oilers to play with McDavid permanently. – Aaron Wiebe via X
Czechia 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 Facebook
I 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 Facebook
The Canadian Olympic team is truly the dream team! So exciting. – ibekriov via Instagram
As a Czech, must say, Team Canada, absolutely legendary..maximal respect to your guys, beautiful game. – Michal_cepek via Instagram
Welp, as an American, I can say that Canada looks good. – Lightthelamp81 via Instagram
So 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 X
Hey 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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