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- EuroCap - 06-15-2015
First I want to say, great game Canada. It was well fought and you put up a great fight along with Sweden and our other IIHF opponents.
Ireland is well known for pots of gold, delicious beer, and now an IIHF Gold Medal.
The Irish defeated Canada in the S23 Gold Medal Game to claim superiority in the IIHF by a famous score for all Irish men and women 3-2.
The significance of this number comes from the first time the Irish defeated Canada, as you guess by a score of 3-2, while Ireland was still in it's infancy and growing as a nation.
While Ireland received no love during predictions from people in the IIHF by being ranked on average of 9.2 by other members. only love from Bojo Biscuit who ranked Ireland at #1 along with 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, and 11, and Pedro Sarantez, who ranked Ireland at #2 heading into the tourney.
Ireland was overlooked by many, but the members of Ireland knew their time of greatness was on the horizon. Another year of development for Ireland proved to be the deciding factor after an early loss to Germany in last years IIHF. What they say is you have to taste defeat before you taste victory and victory tastes like Gold.
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</div>I am taking questions about Ireland and winning the Gold Medal for the next few hours, so please stop by and ask away.
Quote:Originally posted by r1c3bowl22+Jun 15 2015, 09:26 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1' id='QUOTE-WRAP'><tr><td>QUOTE (r1c3bowl22 @ Jun 15 2015, 09:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Goddamn you bumped over my thread.Yeah, bad timing for you, eh? Haha.
Congrats tho.
How long do you think you guys can sustain international supremacy?
What do you think was the key to your victory?
Sweden still better, y'all just got lucky. Damn luck of the Irish.[/b]
We have a very young core, with mostly S20 draftees and younger. We will lose a defenseman or two before the next IIHF, but there are guys ready to step into those roles, so I expect Ireland to be near the top of the pack for a long time.
Key to our victory was scoring more goals than our opponent.
Honestly though, I think we have a great combination of players and because of that our team has great chemistry. Tanner had a heck of a Tourney as well and that always helps.
Sweden is not better because 44 is a sieve against the Irish.
But then again, so are the other goalies. 
Quote:Originally posted by Bojo@Jun 15 2015, 10:00 PM<br />How good does it feel to win exactly 3-2?
Delicious.
Quote:Originally posted by jRuutu@Jun 16 2015, 01:16 PM<br />Top o' the mornin' to ya ! What kind of plans Team Ireland has for the Gold party?
I don't remember what happened, but I think there was a parade and alcohol.
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Scale of 1-10 how mad do you think Gorlab is[/quote]
Honestly, not that mad. Maybe disappointing, but Canada and Ireland have played great games in the past and both teams had a real chance of winning the game. Plus, he never gets mad when i gloat... what a dick.
- Joester09 - 06-15-2015
Sexbang has won more gold medals then all of Team Russia combined.
- r1c3bowl22 - 06-15-2015
Goddamn you bumped over my thread.
Congrats tho.
How long do you think you guys can sustain international supremacy?
What do you think was the key to your victory?
Sweden still better, y'all just got lucky. Damn luck of the Irish.
- EuroCap - 06-15-2015
Updated to R1ce
- .bojo - 06-15-2015
How good does it feel to win exactly 3-2?
- storm - 06-15-2015
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At least you have 2 of these Canada....
- jRuutu - 06-16-2015
Top o' the mornin' to ya ! What kind of plans Team Ireland has for the Gold party?
- EuroCap - 06-16-2015
Storm taunting Canada.
)Updated to Ruutu.
- Birks - 06-16-2015
tf rly IRL won? I thought final was Russia/Canada
- .bojo - 06-16-2015
Quote:Originally posted by Birks@Jun 16 2015, 04:28 PM
tf rly IRL won? I thought final was Russia/Canada
YA THOUGHT WRROOOOOOOONG!!!!!!!
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- Caillean - 06-16-2015
Scale of 1-10 how mad do you think Gorlab is
- .bojo - 06-16-2015
Quote:Originally posted by Caillean@Jun 16 2015, 06:22 PM
Scale of 1-10 how mad do you think Gorlab is
at least 3 pushkins/s20 class.
- HabsFanFromOntario - 06-17-2015
Would you say it was magically delicious?