IIHF WC Game Day 9/Moncton vs. Calgary Memorial Cup Open Thread
by Bruce Peter on May 15, 2010 10:23 AM EDT
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If you're up for the early games, realize it's the relegation round today. Of course, that means Team USA's surprising presence in the round, as they take on Team Kazakhstan... surely they should be able to score some goals today. Universal Sports is your broadcaster of Team USA games. The other early game is between France and Italy. If you want to watch that game, you'll have to go to the IIHF website. The relegation action has the tournament start new for these teams... no carryover points at all, which hurts USA because they were the only team to get points in the preliminary round of the 4.
The later games today (2:15 PM EST) should be better. The star studded Russian team takes on the host Germans. Can Germany's defensive posture hold off Russia's offence? Also going at 2:15 today is Switzerland vs. the Czech Republic, in what should be a highly competitive game.
The big news of the tournament today is that Norwegian captain Tommy Jakobsen has been kicked out of the tournament for his abuse of official penalty in the game against Canada yesterday. The disciplinary panel determined his shoulder shove to be deliberate, which ends Jakobsen's 18th World Championship appearance after just 4 games.
Kick back and spend your day here, hockey fans... there's no NHL games today!
EDIT: I guess I wasn't expecting the Memorial Cup game today to be an afternoon affair. They could have had saturday night to themselves. So we're adding Moncton/Calgary to this thread as well. Game is at 3 PM EST, and is webcast on Sportsnet.
UPDATE: USA finally wins in rout of Kazakhstan, France survives late Italian push
USA 10, Kazakhstan 0: A hat trick from Matt Gilroy, plus a combined shutout by Scott Clemmensen and Ben Bishop proved the USA are a lot better than their competition in the relegation round. Of note, Chris Kreider, the 20 year old star of the American gold medal winning 2010 WJC team, scored the final goal for USA.
France 2, Italy 1: An early third period power play goal by Laurent Gras proved the difference as France puts themselves in a position to earn a spot in next year's Championships in Slovakia. Italy/Kazakhstan tomorrow becomes a must win for both teams, and even that might not be enough.
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4-0 USA
2 goals by Matt Gilroy, plus goals from T.J. Oshie and Kyle Okposo.
That’s the score after 1.
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1-0 France
Baptiste Amar from Stephane Da Costa and Pierre-Eduoard Bellemarre give the French the lead after one period.
Assuming USA rolls through this round like they should, this game is a must win for both France and Italy to earn a spot in Slovakia next year.
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Oh, I checked (though I’m not actively promoting them. These relegation games seem to have little interest.
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by Bruce Peter on May 15, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
So I found a Czech website that shows all of the highlights of the games and interviews (unbelievably, the IIHF sight even charges for the 30 second recap clips)…. I watched the highlights of the Denmark Slovakia drubbing…. honestly, all those goals were awesome! Tipped in front, lots of traffic, of the post and in… they really looked world class in that game.
9-0
It’s what we expected it to be: a blowout.
Matt Gilroy completes the hat trick in the 2nd period, plus goals from Potulny, Foligno, Dubinsky and Hillen.
Ben Bishop is now playing goal for the USA, his first action of the tournament. A Kazakh player apparenlty got a misconduct for a headshot, not sure on who.
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by Bruce Peter on May 15, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
2-0 France
If France can hold this lead, they just have to beat Kazakhstan on Tuesday to stay in the top group.
Laurent Gras, who even after following the games this past week I still hadn’t heard of, scored the 2nd goal early in the third period.
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Italy scores, 2-1 France late in 3rd
Should be a tight finish. A PPG with just under 9 minutes to play by Michele Strazzabosco from Christian Borgatello and Roland Romaser cuts the lead in half.
Sometimes I just write these goal records just to write out those names.
Italy is outshooting France 26-18. They don’t want to head back to Div. 1.
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You don't see this too often
Coincidental high-sticking minors in USA/Kazakhstan: Eric Nystrom and Alexei Voronstov go off.
Seems like a really dull 3rd period. USA just waiting for tomorrow… they play ridiculously early in the morning here in North America (6:15 AM EST, just after noon in Germany). They play France, in case you’re wondering.
But I won’t be up to update that one. That’s 4:15 AM for me. :)
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commentary....
Did anyone happen to catch the commentary of the France/Italy game…. it might have been the worst thing I have ever heard! Honestly, you could go to any pub in Canada, grab the 2 drunkest guys and they would’ve done a much better job!
At the Olympics, the French hockey broadcast crew had Roch Voisine, a French-Canadian pop singer from New Brunswick.
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by Bruce Peter on May 15, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
By French, I mean the crew from France. :)
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by Bruce Peter on May 15, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Memorial Cup game
Feel free to discuss the Memorial Cup game here as well, between the Calgary Hitmen and Moncton Wildcats. Game starts at 3 PM EST, and the webcast is posted above on Sportsnet.
Sportsnet is carrying the game on TV in Canada, the NHL Network is picking it up in the USA.
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<a href “http://www.matchsticksandgasoline.com/”>Matchsticks & Gasoline, the SBN Calgary Flames blog, is also running an open thread for the Hitmen/Wildcats game today, if you’re interested.
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Er, whoops. Matchsticks & Gasoline.
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1-0 Switzerland
Martin Plüss from Goran Bezina and Ivo Rüthemann
2-0 Swiss after 1
Ambuhl, again.
Apologies for my absence. I was mowing my lawn. And I still have a little more to do.
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1-0 Russia after 1
Kovalchuk from Frolov and Alexei Emelin. Shots are pretty even: 13-11, so Germany seems to be keeping up with them.
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Make that 2-0 at the first intermission
The second Swiss goal was a nice tic-tac-toe move by Thibaut Monnet to Damian Brunner to Andres Ambühl for the cold-blooded finish.
Goran Bezina and Jaromír Jágr each missed a huge opportunity.
2-1
Jan Marek left alone in front of the net has all the time in the world to take his own rebound.
2-0 Russia
Kulemin from Afinogenov and Kozlov. You have to wonder if Russia can go undefeated this tourney.
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And that's 3-1 for Switzerland instead
Andres Ambühl again.
Game on
Calgary/Moncton is about 3 minutes old. My lawn is completely mowed. Time to sit back smelling like lawn clippings and gasoline and watch some hockey on the tube. :)
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Gabriel Bourque absolutely levelled Zak Stebner. Bourque is 5’9", 175. Stebner is 6’3", 205. And Stebner is down. Wow.
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3-2
Blatak from Cervenka draws the Czechs within 1.
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Calgary gets first PP
About 7 minutes into the game.
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Brandon Kozun
He’s playing this game, but really hurt. His ankle is really bugging him. Calgary needs him badly, don’t know if they’re going to get what they want out of him.
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2 man advantage as well.
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1-0 Moncton
Tipped in off Calgary D Ben Wilson, credit to Devon Macausland, a Moncton native.
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3-2 Switzerland after 2
But the Czechs have the momentum. (If you believe in such things.)
Germany with a buzzer beater
2-1 Russia after 2, thanks to Christian Ehrhoff getting a goal with 1 second left in the 2nd, from Michael Wolf and Kai Hospelt.
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2-1 Russia after 2
German goal by Ehrhoff from Wolf and Hospelt
Moncton looks in control of this first period here. Very impressed. Apparently Calgary is already short two players from the heavy hitting of the Wildcats.
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Stepner has returned for Calgary.
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1-0 Moncton after 1
Martin Jones keeping the Hitmen within 1.
Good timing, the IIHF games are back on.
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Germans really look impressive right now. They’ve won 2/3 of the faceoffs and are skating well through the neutral zone.
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3-1 Russia
Who else? Ovechkin. From Semin and Fedorov (I think). Great play.
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2nd period underway
Memorial Cup game back on.
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Kozun won’t be playing except maybe PP duty.
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This team has no balls!
The Czechs are down by 1 in the 3rd and are generating nothing! Also, Cervenka is highly over rated… the guy sucks! Blatak is still assume but when Jakub Klepis is our BEST option on forward for a 5 on 3, we’re screwed. Amazingly, the Czech Goalie let in another bad goal…. we’ve let in one shitty one (at least) in every game…. this is painful to watch.
Seems like Russia is playing some sort of “Torpedo” or whatever the Swedes played in 2006, the system in which everyone sort of played every position. Only thing is, their D isn’t that great, and the forwards are doing some lackluster backchecking, save Datsyuk.
Cидни Kросби: Александр Oвечкин, он твой папа теперь
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And 3-2. Alexander Barta with a nice shot high-blocker in a scramble in front of Varlamov.
Cидни Kросби: Александр Oвечкин, он твой папа теперь
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by red army line on May 15, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Almost got another one right away as well.
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Delay of game penalty for Germany with about 4 minutes left…
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1 minute left, timeout, faceoff in Russia's zone
Goalie will be pulled. Should be interesting.
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It's over. Switzerland still unbeaten.
Ambühl was impressive. Two goals, impressive on defense, and a nice hit on Jágr, though they aren’t exactly boxing in the same category.
I wouldn’t go as far as what Czechboy says, but the Czech team was indeed disappointing. Good for us.
Trust me, I’m the biggest fan of Czech hockey I know…. but this team is just not very creative and does not generate good chances. In fact, I’m not even sure what their strategy is because they usually are down by 1 goal and look like they are defending…. where are my Euro dangles? Give and go’s? Selfish end to end attempts and general hot dogging?
Russia wins 3-2
Ehrhoff got a point shot off in the dying seconds, didn’t go in. Russia and Swiss are still perfect.
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2-0 Moncton
Wow, and Riopel just made a great save, too. I missed the goal watching the GER/RUS game.
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Denmark/Russia should be interesting tomorrow. Russia has such a quick turnover and had to play this one right to the end.
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3-0 Moncton
I think we might get a few Moncton votes for who will win this tourney.
Alex Saulnier puts it through Martin Jones. The WHL is getting owned here early.
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3-1
Kyle Fiddler scores. Calgary has finally started to put some pressure on Moncton. 1:08 left in 2nd.
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3-2
Broda scores… weird, Sportsnet airs the conversation between the booth and the ref on the review!
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Just prior to this, Kelsey Tessier of Moncton had a breakaway, and Jones made a big save. Could be a huge turning point.
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4-2
Saulnier with his second on the PP. Nice work opening up the gap on the goal line.
Apparently that’s Alex Saulnier’s first 2 goal game in major junior. He had 8 regular season goals, 2 more in the playoffs… 2 in the first Memorial Cup game.
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Wow.
5-4 Calgary final. Crazy goal with a minute left is the winner.
Now there’s a real start to the Memorial Cup.
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Ridiculous comeback. As the Sportsnet guys said, Calgary stole one there. Full credit to them of course. It will be interesting to see how Moncton reacts to this sucker punch.
Tomorrow’s game between Moncton and Brandon is so crucial now. Two teams coming off completely different yet equally devastating losses. Who regroups best?
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