#wjc25

[peachhcs]

i know emma is so proud of gabe after the game tonight esp with him getting player of the game for usa! how would they celebrate his win tonight…

i feel like the … is alluding to something maybe a little.. 🤭🤭 and i’m here for it! 😛😛

she’s definitely super proud of him and let’s say one thing leads to another once they get back to their hotel room.

edit: GUYS this is soo old i’m so sorry im just answering this now. i’m trying to clean out my drafts and inbox and i know i didn’t take it any farther but i wanted to just make it a small blurb instead 😌 but trust..things are coming don’t even worry

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the two sort of stumbled back into emma’s hotel room knowing james and ryan were occupying gabe’s. the boy’s lips attached to hers as they closed the door and started pulling each other’s coats off. when gabe saw emma after the game he was eager to get her back to the hotel after she repeatedly told him how proud she was in english and french.

their tongues fought for dominance. emma’s back hit against one of the walls and gabe sort of trapped her there as they melted into one another and his hand wandered past her hip.

she’d been wearing a cute navy sweater with the american flag on it and a jean skirt paired with those sheer black stocking to keep her legs warm. gabe was pretty enamored by her outfit to say the least. the boy ditched his other zip up leaving him in just his shirt and dress pants as his hand dipped under emma’s thigh and pulled her leg up to his hip.

the girl giggled between kisses, loving the affection from him knowing he never got too touchy when they were in public. his other hand had a firm grip on her back to keep her flush to his chest—their minds quickly becoming hazy as the desire took over.

“i’m so proud of you, gabe,” emma mumbled again.

“i love you,” the hockey player mumbled, pushing her closer to the wall as his body pressed against hers. her fingers toyed with his curls, tugging ever so lightly when he kissed particularly hard or squeezed her leg he was still holding.

“i’m so glad you’re here. you’re my good luck charm,” the boy muttered, their forehead pressing together as they tried catching their breaths for a second.

“i’m glad i’m here too. best winter break ever,” emma grinned and it was the best break she’s ever had. she never used to do a lot during breaks other than hang at home with her brother and parents, so being in canada with her boyfriend was definitely a good change in pace for her.

it at least pulled her away from the constant need to be studying or doing something and just finally letting go and enjoying herself for the two weeks.

they moved themselves to the bed. gabe hovered over the blonde, trying not to press all of his weight onto her as they continued making out. emma’s legs clung around his calves to keep him close, her hands still playing with his hair and messing it up.

a stifled groan escaped the hockey player’s lips when emma shifted and pressed against his hips.

“you okay?” the girl wondered.

“mm, yeah. i’m fine,” gabe got out, his lip sinking between his teeth. emma admired his face for a second, running her fingers across his skin and trying to memorize every divot and freckle on his face. she couldn’t help but smile seeing how pretty and handsome her boyfriend looked.

“what?” gabe flushed when he realized she’d been staring at him.

“nothing, just admiring you,” the blonde mumbled and that made the hockey player blush even deeper. no one had ever said that to him before nor stared at him in the way that emma was.

he buried his face into the crook of her neck in slight embarrassment that he was so red.

“gabeee,” emma laughed, trying to pull his face back to hers.

he let her tug at his chin and a shy smile danced across his features. emma just grinned and pulled his lips back to hers. they indulged themselves for a bit longer until things got a bit more heated and shirts started coming off.

it was safe to say this was the best worlds experience gabe’s had so far and everyone on the team knew it too when they saw his upper chest the next day while they changed for practice.

[bbrissonn]

https://x.com/puckingdelulu/status/1876113454769328291?s=46

!!!

THANK YOUUUU living rent free in my mind rn

[hischiersgirl]

BABIES IM SO PROUD!!!!

smiley boys so cutie⭐️🎉

[tiger-balm]

bowing down for his shutout | wjc 2025 | can v ger | dec 29th 2024

[antrea]

[24.12.25] 2025 world juniors photo day

[iamidentical]

i was trawling for world junior content, as you do, and saw this graphic on bardown. it's so interesting. take a careful look at the names:

if you're familiar with the players, you'll quickly notice that some of them have their diacritics included here, whereas some of them don't. i've made a little table to illustrate:

there seems to be no obvious pattern here. maybe notability? then explain why šalé is stripped and my dear 2nd pair D on the basement-dwelling kamloops blazers, matteo kočí, isn't. ročák of the kelowna rockets has his diacritics, while his teammate there, štancl, doesn't. two of the vojtěchs have theirs, while the other two don't. whether they play in europe or north america doesn't seem to matter either.

it'd be one thing if all of the names were naked, as i'd honestly expect from bardown, and a really unexpected and pleasant surprise if all the diacritics were present and correct. but they're not, and i think the inconsistency is maybe even more of an issue than if the person behind this graphic had never clicked on the special characters box at all. it kind of lulls you into a certain sense of security when you see some of them there (and if you're unfamilar enough with czech names to not know that tomas should be tomáš). you trust that this graphic is delivering accurate spelling. if the first name your eye lands on looks like vojtěch čihař, then hell, i guess matej mastalirsky must be fine, eh?

and diacritics are important. they're not just pretty decoration—they convey vital information about pronunciation. even if you don't know exactly what they mean, they help you twig to the fact that a particular name or word isn't said the way you might want to say it. and fundamentally, it's about respect. matěj maštalířský's name is just that, every stroke included.

if only bardown wouldn't confuse us this way!

by the way, here's slovakia:

have you ever seen such a sad bunch of denuded names in your life! except róbert fedor, he's special and they like him.

it's also worth noting that bardown did give the swedes and finns all of their applicable diacritics.

so who made these graphics and prepetrated these seemingly inexplicable inconsistencies? who's behind me staying up til 5 am making tables in microsoft word?

i need to know!

[lanehutson48]

Big Brother Vibes

[extraliga-related]

WJC 2025 | TEAM 🇨🇿 | BRONZE MEDAL GAME

[magicalbuttertarts]

Canada vs USA tonight.

Let's go

[annunen]

In honor of WJC25 here's Team Finland's Benjamin Rautiainen talking about hot wings

[vinylbc]

The Canadian WJC team loving their goalie (Carter George) after a 4-0 win over Finland, 26.12.24

[peachhcs]

Can you write emma and gabe celebrating the gold !!! Love your fics:))

literallyyyy knew they were gonna win it all again 😽 if this is bad i’m so sorry but i wanted to write a request about this before it got too late for me to be writing about it LOL

first day of classes tmr for spring semester, wish me luck y’all :))

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the girls were on their feet as teddy got ahold of the puck. he skated down the ice, the goal becoming close and closer. everyone was on their edge of their seats, even the boys on the bench as they leaned over the railing to get a closer eye on what was about to happen.

as soon as teddy shot it into the back of the net, everyone was on their feet and a slew of cheers broke out in the arena. the usa boys bombarded the ice, tackling teddy as he celebrated the victory.

emma, samy, julianne, and olivia jumped on top of one another in excitement as they watched the boys celebrate down on the ice. the blonde’s smile was wide seeing her boyfriend’s happiness down there. their gear went everywhere and the fans were going crazy that the us just won back to back. phones were out and parents around them were trying to get photos of the celebration while the medals and hats started coming out.

things were a bit of a blur as the boys were awarded their medals, were presented with the trophy and sang the national anthem. somewhere in between all of that when samy had pulled the girls down to the glass to catch the boys before they headed back down the tunnel, emma caught gabe’s eye. he excitedly skated towards her, eyes wide and smile big. she shared the glow on his features.

“i’m so proud of you!” emma exclaimed when gabe showed her the medal up close.

he took the hat off his head and tossed it over to her. she giggled, fitting it onto her head. “i love you. i’ll see you really soon after!” she nodded and let him go to be with his teammates.

the girls waited around the lobby of the arena knowing the boys had a lot of celebrating and media to do before they could leave. a few of them caught up with some fans who recognized them. samy excitedly called will to tell him the happy news. there was so much happiness in that lobby it was something emma’s never experienced before, but she could definitely get used to it.

gabe finally came out almost an hour later, freshly showered but in his jersey still with the gold medal hanging from his neck. he immediately rushed to emma where he lifted her into his arms and spun her around in a bear hug.

“i knew you could do it, i’m so happy for you,” she grinned.

“can you believe this? i’ve got 3 of these now,” gabe put her down to show her the medal up close. the blonde slid her finger down it in disbelief.

“better hang them proudly,” she kissed his cheek, but gabe took her face in his hand to kiss her properly, not caring about the others around because he was still on his high.

“i’m so glad you came. couldn’t have done it without you,” he mumbled when they pulled apart. emma blushed.

“i love you so much,” she smiled and gabe kissed her again. this time a few whistles broke them apart and hot blushes spread across their cheeks when they saw the others grinning at them.

ryan roughed up his friend’s shoulders while samy stepped in for a quick hug. “you’ve got two wins tonight,” ryan teased gabe.

“so proud of you, gp. you deserve it,” samy smiled.

“hey, i want a photo!” ryan’s mom quickly cut in.

everyone squeezed themselves together, smiling wide for the photo that mrs. leonard got.

“alright, we gotta get back, but we’ll catch you all at the celebration back at the hotel!” the boys had some last minute things to do before leaving.

gabe looked at emma again before he let her go, “i’ll see you back at the hotel. i love you,” he mumbled, pressing another kiss to her lips.

“i love you. congrats again, amour,” the boy flushed and forced himself to pull away so catch up with the others.

the girls were teasing emma when he was gone, a large flush coating her cheeks as they left the arena together to get ready for the post-win celebration.

like last year, the team booked out one of the large conference rooms in the hotel for the party. the hotel catered the drinks and food and the room was full in minutes as families poured in waiting for the boys to get there with their trophy.

a few minutes later, ryan pushed the door open holding the trophy high in his hands. the families clapped again for them, parents going to their sons again to give more congratulations. emma tried looking for gabe, but the room become chaotic and crowded fairly quickly. she wasn’t a huge fan of crowds, so the amount of people overwhelmed her.

the blonde hung back, hoping she could see her boyfriend over the taller people in front of her, but he got lost in the crowd somewhere and emma was not about to push her away through. julianne and samy braved the crowds and olivia went too, so the girl was left on one of the sides by herself trying to find an out before it got too crowded and panicked.

however, she saw a flash of dark hair and then gabe came through a moment later and a wave of relief washed over her. she quickly smiled when he snaked his arms around her waist.

“hey, sorry. i lost you for a second there. you okay?” he wondered when he saw her slightly panicked state.

“yeah, just a lot of people but i’m fine,” emma nodded.

“yeah, it’s crazy in here, sorry. wanna go somewhere else?” the boy wondered and the blonde quickly shook her head.

“no, no i don’t wanna pull you away from all of this. i’ll be fine.”

“are you sure? i wanna make sure you’re okay,” he searched her gaze and emma was stunned for a moment because no one’s ever said something like that to her before. they always told her to get over it or that she’d get used to the crowds.

she stared at the mass amount of people behind gabe and he seemed to read her look, so he took her hand and tried finding the easiest and quickest way out of the room. she trusted him as he pulled her through, making sure not to lose his hand as they miraculously made it out of the conference room and into the much quieter hallway.

gabe pulled them to a bench a little ways down, “better?” he asked.

“yeah, actually. a lot. thank you,” emma smiled a little.

“it always get so crazy. i should’ve warned you,” he said and she chuckled.

“it’s okay. i know i already said this, but i’m really happy for you. you did so good,” she tugged on his jersey he was still wearing and the boy flushed.

“i’m really glad you came. it meant a lot having you here with me this time,” he pushed a strand of hair away from her face.

“thanks for bringing me. it was a lot of fun. i think i really like hockey now,” the girl laughed and gabe grinned.

“that makes me happy to hear. i’m still trying to wrap my head around it,” he leaned back against the wall, memories of the game winning goal still replaying in his head.

“i have your hat in my room still. you can come get it whenever,” emma smiled, leaning back as well as the boy wrapped his arm around her and pulled her to his chest.

“keep it. it looks good on you,” he hummed making her giggle.

the couple sat there in silence for a few minutes taking everything in and finally catching their breaths after the last few hours. gabe’s rapid heartbeat finally started slowing from the feeling of emma’s head on his chest. emma’s own racing heart finally slowed hearing her boyfriend’s beat against her ear and the anxiety she felt a few minutes ago eased being in his arms.

“do you wanna go back in? i don’t wanna keep you from the celebration,” the blonde mumbled knowing gabe would probably wanna keep celebrating with his teammates.

“we don’t have to if it’s too much for you,” gabe said and emma sat up. she met his gaze, “i’ll be fine. i want you to celebrate.”

“i’ll be celebrating with them for the rest of the year. i wanna be with you,” his words caught her off guard and emma flushed a bit.

“wow, you’re charming,” she poked his shoulder and the look he gave her made her stomach do a little somersault.

“plus, i can think of some other ways i can celebrate,” he mumbled and let his eyes wander. emma blushed a deep red.

“i see winning a 3rd gold medal’s started getting to your head,” she teased a bit, but pulled the boy closer so she could kiss him again.

gabe happily obliged and after a few minutes, the couple were walking away from the party to one of their hotel rooms for the night.

[bbrissonn]

SOME MUCH TO UNPACK OMG

[hischiersgirl]

MY SWEETIE BOY!!!!!!!! YAY

[tiger-balm]

with hat trick, your player of the game is... | wjc 2025 pre tournament - can v sui | Dec 19th 2024

[antrea]

[24.12.29] canada vs. germany

1st | 09:40 | PPG scored by Oliver Bonk (assisted by Easton Cowan and Berkly Catton)