Canadians handle world junior loss in true Canadian fashion

After a stressful 80-plus minutes, hockey fans congratulate the gold medallists

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Caption: Team Canada captain Dylan Strome congratulates USA on their gold-medal win. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)

A classic USA vs. Canada gold-medal game was bound to be entertaining. But hockey fans from both countries probably didn't anticipate being so stressed out over a junior hockey game.

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And as if the final period wasn't heart-stopping enough, the game eventually went to overtime followed by a five-shooter shootout. The subject quickly changed to anger over the shootout format as even Stanley Cup champion Mike Commodore didn't like the idea.

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While the USA's eventual win stung for a moment, many Canadians started tweeting their congratulations to both Canada on their silver medal and the USA on their win.

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Even Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield got in on the action.

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