MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 22: Canadian players look on during the national anthem after a 2-0 gold medal game win over Finland at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
photo: © Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images
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Canada: | It's a Canadian team WINNING in May! |
| 2. |  |
Finland: | Who was that, Connor Kharlamov? |
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Russia: | Moscow bronze: a cherished tradition |
| 4. |  |
United States: | We just got taken to the Bolshoi Ballet |
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Czech Republic: | The Shootout by Franz Kafka |
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Sweden: | As a team, we're good-looking and mild-mannered |
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Germany: | Cologne. For teams that don't want to stink. |
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Denmark: | In the Hans Christian Andersen version, we win gold |
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Slovakia: | It's Peter Stastny's fault for not being 25 |
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Norway: | Roy, thank you for teaching polar bears how to behave |
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Switzerland: | We're in the "Big Eleven" |
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Belarus: | Kool & The Gang wrote "Celebration" about Stepanov |
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Latvia: | What, no beaver jokes this year? |
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France: | Paris. Well, duh...because it's Paris! |
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Hungary: | Our newest wine is the 2017 Division I Tokay |
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Kazakhstan: | We want a new format where we're always on the PP |
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