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After yet another Finnish triumph at the WorldJuniors, SportsnetSpec is left to wonder how this small nation continues to pump out elite hockey talent.

 

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Spec Finland/Suomi-- just, er, 'pesky', 'quite good'? The increasingly hollow, approaching desperate, IceHockey arrogance of Canadian sports imperialism-- WorldJuniors2019 WorldJuniors Hockey IIHFHockey IIHF iihfworldjuniors IIHFWorldJuniorChampionship2019

Spec It’s nice to see other countries doing well in Hockey, they work hard to get to the show and deserve the recognition 🇫🇮 well done!

Spec So glad they beat the US

Spec Great team great victory . Any of 4 team could have won. It was a game of inches , they got the bounces and deserved the wins .

Spec Not sure you answered the question ...

Spec Finns love hockey :) I consider it as our main sport. And the course correcting maneuvers they did for our youth program somewhere in 2009-2010 is now starting to produce results.

Spec Congrats Finns 🥇

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