GDT: 2014 Winter Olympics Part IV, POTENTIAL SPOILERS

[member 96824]

Meh, this Czech team is nothing to fear IMO, leading one of the few teams worse than them after the 1st period doesn't really change that.

 

[Terrier]

Great glove save by Masalskis to keep it 2-0 Latvia.

 

[TCL40]

Chara in the box-team Czech has a good opportunity.

 

[Alicat]

Solid dive by Erat

 

[KrejciMVP]

Wow Krejci, that was Stamkos-like

 

[Dellstrom]

Poor Chara. His team sucks.

 

[TooMuchMan]

Yikes, after Chara takes a captain-worthy tour of the offensive zone, Sekera hands the Czechs a goal. Gotta feel for the big man at this point.

 

[Neely08]

Poor chara. Come back and win the cup big Z.

Z was just trying to give them a pulse.

 

[Terrier]

Swiss on the board, 2-1 Latvia. Latvians now on a power play. Wow, a game!

 

[TD Charlie]

Yikes, after Chara takes a captain-worthy tour of the offensive zone, Sekera hands the Czechs a goal. Gotta feel for the big man at this point.

He's got nothing to be ashamed of. Despite many experts lambasting everything Slovakia, from what I saw Chara was pretty steady back there. He did look really slow, but I expected that with the larger ice surface.

 

[Dellstrom]

Swiss on the board, 2-1 Latvia. Latvians now on a power play. Wow, a game!

Definitely swapping over after this period.

Slovakia finally scores. They need another 3, haven't they only scored 3 all tournament?

 

[TCL40]

Well it's no longer a shut out-Hossa scores.

Slovakia really isn't all that good a team-makes me wonder how they took Russia to a shoot out.

 

[Trap Jesus]

He's got nothing to be ashamed of. Despite many experts lambasting everything Slovakia, from what I saw Chara was pretty steady back there. He did look really slow, but I expected that with the larger ice surface.

He has to share some of the blame, I think. He's looked pretty passive on a lot of the goals against he's been on the ice for. I love the guy, but he's definitely not having a great tournament.

 

[TD Charlie]

He has to share some of the blame, I think. He's looked pretty passive on a lot of the goals against he's been on the ice for. I love the guy, but he's definitely not having a great tournament.

True. He just hasn't been nearly as bad as all the writer guys have made him sound. Even Goucher was on a couple nights ago critiquing Chara pretty harshly.

 

[Rubber Biscuit]

Slovakia cuts the lead to 1 with 11:09 to play

 

[qc]

Slovaks still got some fight in em!

 

[TooMuchMan]

Wow. Slovakia looked buried before their first goal. It's a hockey game now.

 

[TCL40]

And Slovakia mounting a come back.

Czech I think started shut down.

 

[Dellstrom]

Wow... just like that. Back to the Slovakia Czech game!

 

[TooMuchMan]

He's got nothing to be ashamed of. Despite many experts lambasting everything Slovakia, from what I saw Chara was pretty steady back there. He did look really slow, but I expected that with the larger ice surface.

He certainly chugs along deliberately - but he's the type of guy who consistently puts the type of demonstrative effort that inspires teammates. Leadership.

 

[qc]

No icing? Weird.

 

[Terrier]

Latvia scores into the empty net, Swiss are done.

 

[Rubber Biscuit]

Latvia scores into the empty net, Swiss are done.

They're going to get smoked by Canada

 

[Dellstrom]

Wow. Two 2-on-1s in like 20 seconds.

 

[TCL40]

Why didn't the Slovaks pull the goalie?

That penalty pretty much ends much hope to score.