Go Leafs Go! ooops wrong thread.

Finland stomps its 2 toughest opponents ( canada and usa) and then loses to Upper Boldovia.
goes to show you anything can happen in any 1 game.

its nice to see that Ovechkin is not at this event. i hope he wins the stanley cup. he deserves it.

Sjokola

Netherlands800 Posts

May 17 2018 14:10 GMT

#83

Yeah, the fins toppong their group wile losing to germany and denmark is unexpexted to say the least. But the line up for the playoffs is nothomg new.

I would have liked if theu germans could have qualified now that the top teams have most of their nhl players with them. But that was idle hope I know

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17796 Posts

May 17 2018 17:47 GMT

#84

the Russia//Canada OT game today was fun to watch. seems like the best hockey games ever played have a final score of 6-5 or 5-4.

Sjokola

Netherlands800 Posts

May 17 2018 18:58 GMT

#85

That game was awesome to watch. A gift for the neutral spectator.
That Anisimov can skate.

The Sweden game is a bit stale so far.

phagga

Switzerland2194 Posts

May 18 2018 06:59 GMT

#86

So we actually beat the finns... unfortunately I didn't have time to watch (and expected us to lose anyway), but what I heard they played really well.

There were a lot of critical voices regarding the swiss coach after the olympics (where we absolutely bombed), I guess that's gonna stop for a while now.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17796 Posts

May 18 2018 22:45 GMT

#87

its hard to be overly critical in stuff like the olympics or these other IIHF events because its a 1 game elimination situation.
1 hot goalie and and an entire great game played by 15+ skaters can be nullified.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17796 Posts

May 19 2018 14:18 GMT

#88

every bounce is going Sweden's way.

Gaudreau with the Bobby Clarke Memorial Baseball Home Run swing slash.
he is lucky he didn't get 5 for that.

Sjokola

Netherlands800 Posts

May 19 2018 14:24 GMT

#89

They're on fire!

I know it's a physical and intense game but there are so many unnecessary penalties. The swedes did that vs russia. A minor and a double minor within the first 3 min or so. So frustrating to watch.

Sjokola

Netherlands800 Posts

May 19 2018 14:25 GMT

#90

Btw this is really entertaining. I had no idea the refs we're talking this much

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17796 Posts

May 19 2018 14:53 GMT

#91

here is the "Bobby Clarke" baseball home run swing slash i was referring to....
+ Show Spoiler +

Sjokola

Netherlands800 Posts

May 19 2018 15:14 GMT

#92

On May 19 2018 23:53 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
here is the "Bobby Clarke" baseball home run swing slash i was referring to....
+ Show Spoiler +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPzaVDilFEI#t=59m24s

War by proxy. That is rough.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17796 Posts

May 19 2018 15:16 GMT

#93

imo its the best hockey series ever played. it was an 8 game series. 4 in Canada. 4 in the SOviet Union at the height of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West.
the final game score was 6-5... imo the best game ever played.

regarding USA v. Sweden.
that was the most one-sided, for the losing team, 6-0 games i`ve ever seen.
USA carried the play a lot...