00:00So let's start off with what went down uh today in men's uh hockey um the Germans Germany I tell
00:07you what uh Matthew Kachuk talked smack to uh Leon Dreisaitl after the USA beat Germany in
00:13the preliminary round action a couple of days ago and I couldn't help but think you know I was like
00:18you know I can see the Germans sort of surprising everybody and Germany's got a favorable matchup
00:24and you know look if you're the United States you've got to deal with Sweden which isn't easy
00:28and you're Germany you've got Slovakia you beat Slovakia you've got a chance to win a bronze
00:35medal after right and Germany a bronze medal would be massive hockey is not a popular sport in Germany
00:41although its popularity is growing it's obviously a soccer nation and a bobsled nation as well uh
00:49dominant uh with the with the bobsled but um just you know it would be a massive like growth for
00:56the
00:57sport of hockey in Germany if they were able to get a medal now not there yet but they're a
01:01step
01:02closer with their their victory uh today uh Czechia survives today against the Danes it wasn't easy
01:09uh for them against Denmark Frederick Anderson is the goalie Carolina Hurricanes goaltender
01:14is the goalie for uh for Denmark and you have an NHL goalie right he can steal the game for
01:20you he can
01:21keep you in the game albeit like the Czech Republic have survived and normally a very powerful hockey
01:27nation but they're just sort of off in this tournament right like as good as these players
01:33are they don't really play together very often in fact like NHL players haven't played together
01:37since 2014 in the Olympics so short of playing in the world championships which not everybody does
01:44there's it's not easy just because you're from the same country doesn't mean you're all just gonna
01:49like you know come together and have great chemistry on the ice uh right so for whatever
01:55reason I don't think Pasternak is 100 percent right now I think he's fighting an injury that
01:59they're not telling us about the Czechs are like getting by but they're vulnerable so good news bad
02:06news for Czechia's hockey team good news is you survived and you beat Denmark bad news is you play
02:11Canada now Canada are two and a half goal favorites uh in this game Switzerland Switzerland are another
02:18one they got a free pass basically by playing Italy it's weird how some teams like finished lower in
02:23the group and actually got easier matchups but the Swiss did so the Swiss have gotten a free pass
02:30and they're a game away from potentially playing for a medal as well but are they going to beat Finland
02:36they've got a shot they've got a shot against Finland I don't think they do but we'll go over like
02:41the
02:42potential upsets um on the ice and this is one like Finland are better than they are though and
02:48Finland seem to be pretty locked in uh right now and Finland are kind of like the king of like
02:53the
02:53kings of bronze medals and these things Finland are like really good but they're not going to be
02:58Canada good type thing but they always sort of get the bronze on the way out
03:02Canada good
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