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2026 WJC

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Stauber1

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If there is already a thread, apologies. I didn't see one.
Any idea what happened to Hutson? At the game he seemingly just went down almost on his own, no replay ever shown
 
Stauber1 said:
If there is already a thread, apologies. I didn't see one.
Any idea what happened to Hutson? At the game he seemingly just went down almost on his own, no replay ever shown
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Hit in the back of the neck with the puck.
 
0 SOG between both teams in the 3rd with less than 4 minutes left.

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As soon as I submitted that, the US hit the post/outside the net twice, then put up 4 actual SOG in the next 60 seconds or so.

Still 2-1 228 left.
 
That was a pretty crap game, honestly. The Swiss did look better than Germany did, but not a lot of inspired play from the US.
 
How do the crowds look? If I had the time available, I’d love to make a game or two at the X.
 
Stauber1 said:
That was a pretty crap game, honestly. The Swiss did look better than Germany did, but not a lot of inspired play from the US.
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TBF, watching a teammate being stretchered off probably wasn’t very inspiring. Also doesn’t help that the Swiss typically play a very defensive, 90’s-esque style.
 
I have a LOT of stories so far, but I won't share much until after the tourney ends. A few things:

Canada is really firm on the boycott. I admire it. I've talked to a bunch who all mentioned how many refuse to come here, and I respect it. I've met some of the families of players and they're great.

Some canadians are really astroturfing online tho, making straight up lies. The crying today about the german team wearing practice gear on the bus was wild - it was REQUIRED the teams to bus today due to the shitstorm outside. Every team has a perfectly fine locker room at the arena, but some have to practice at the wild practice rink.

If Canada wanted a better locker room, they should have won more last year. Finland had first pick, and of course they picked the gopher men's room.

Most of these teams and federations are incredibly kind people.

I've had to watch many of the games (its a rough job) and I'm not that impressed with the US or Canada. Seems wide open.

and to the dane and czech kids who were so excited to see the snow today, i hope they got out and had a good snowball fight.
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
I have a LOT of stories so far, but I won't share much until after the tourney ends. A few things:

Canada is really firm on the boycott. I admire it. I've talked to a bunch who all mentioned how many refuse to come here, and I respect it. I've met some of the families of players and they're great.

Some canadians are really astroturfing online tho, making straight up lies. The crying today about the german team wearing practice gear on the bus was wild - it was REQUIRED the teams to bus today due to the shitstorm outside. Every team has a perfectly fine locker room at the arena, but some have to practice at the wild practice rink.

If Canada wanted a better locker room, they should have won more last year. Finland had first pick, and of course they picked the gopher men's room.

Most of these teams and federations are incredibly kind people.

I've had to watch many of the games (its a rough job) and I'm not that impressed with the US or Canada. Seems wide open.

and to the dane and czech kids who were so excited to see the snow today, i hope they got out and had a good snowball fight.
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This post is why I love the Cafe.
 
Kepler said:
The Comments. Brutal.
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Can't blame them. I can confirm Canadians aren't in Maine either. I see very few, like once in a blue moon Canadian license plate, where normally you see them all year long. Pretty common in Northern Maine to have family on both sides of the border, not sure how thats working out but I know traffic is way down on Maine side of borders.
 
It is too bad that MN will end up paying for it. Hard to see us getting another any time in the next century. Attendance would likely have been a bit down compared to a Detroit, Buffalo, or Seattle regardless, but politics I’d bet is the death knell.

What’s funny is that the cities these games are taking place in are likely more progressive than the towns most of the Canadian players come from.
 
state of hockey said:
It is too bad that MN will end up paying for it. Hard to see us getting another any time in the next century. Attendance would likely have been a bit down compared to a Detroit, Buffalo, or Seattle regardless, but politics I’d bet is the death knell.

What’s funny is that the cities these games are taking place in are likely more progressive than the towns most of the Canadian players come from.
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The attendance being down is overblown.

The average attendance last year was just over 10k per game.

So far in 2026 it's just over 6k despite the fact most Canadians have stayed home. The organizers aren't stupid and they know this. I also expect attendance to improve as interested fans learn ticket prices are now not as unreasonable as they were before the tournament started.
 
Kepler said:
The Comments. Brutal.
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It’s fascinating watching the media beat around the bush on this, especially TSN. It’s pretty clear that Canadians aren’t traveling and tickets are too expensive for the average Minnesotan to consider attending (though the “I thought Minnesota was the ‘State of Hockey’?” comments are absolutely true).

Of course, then there’s the MAGAts that chime in with some weird Somali comment.
 
Slap Shot said:
The attendance being down is overblown.

The average attendance last year was just over 10k per game.

So far in 2026 it's just over 6k despite the fact most Canadians have stayed home. The organizers aren't stupid and they know this. I also expect attendance to improve as interested fans learn ticket prices are now not as unreasonable as they were before the tournament started.
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Good point. A quick look at the numbers from previous tournaments shows that attendance numbers aren’t far off from Sweden or Halifax.
 
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