For the first time since the double JVM golds, in 2000 and 2001, the Czech Republic was in the final.
Once there, they faced the toughest possible opposition, the host nation Canada.
The Czech Republic did win when the teams played in the group stage, but in the final Canada would be the team to celebrate.
However, there was no overrun as many believed in advance.
The Czech Republic held up well, and it wasn't until Canada got a chance on the power play that the score was broken.
Dylan Guenther then fired his cannon from the left drawing circle, adamantly in the left cross.
Nice goal to make it 1-0, and even 2-0 was a delicious piece.
Birthday boy Shane Wright outwitted two players on the right wing, broke into the middle, and splashed the puck into the right cross with a rock-hard backhand.
Quick turnaround of the Czech Republic
However, the Czech Republic was strong, and effectively kept the score down.
And in the third period came two quick goals that changed the picture of the match completely.
First, Jiri Kulich reduced with seven-and-a-half minutes remaining, and 54 seconds later Jakub Ko's drive bounced into the goal via the legs of a defending Thomas Milic in the box.
The Czech Republic pressed hard at the end and came close to making it 3-2 in regular time.
But the match went to extra time.
Once there, the match would be decided in the same way it had started, with a goal from Dylan Guenther that, in a game-changing move, caused the arena in Halifax to erupt in a golden roar.