GDT: 2018 WJC • Game 05 • Group B: SUI (3) - BLR (2) F

[Woodhouse]

Group B:

Switzerland vs.

Belarus
Dec. 27 • 15:00 ET • 21:00 CET
Key Bank Center — Buffalo, NY
TV: NHLN, RDS, TSN

Switzerland
(Confirmed lineup per IIHF.)
11 Marco Miranda - 23 Philipp Kurashev - 9 Nicolas Muller
13 Justin Sigrist - 24 Andre Heim - 22 Nando Eggenberger
10 Guillaume Maillard - 18 Valentin Nussbaumer - 19 Axel Simic
28 Dario Rohrbach - 20 Sven Leuenberger - 14 Ken Jager
26 Marco Cavalleri

12 Tobias Geisser - 16 Nico Gross
17 Elia Riva - 27 Dominik Egli
21 Tim Berni - 8 Davyd Barandun
4 Simon LeCoultre

30 Philip Wuthrich
1 Matteo Ritz
29 Akira Schmid

Belarus
(Confirmed lineup per IIHF.)
19 Ivan Drozdov - 9 Ilya Litvinov - 12 Igor Martynov
7 Viktor Bovbel - 17 Yegor Sharangovich - 24 Maxim Sushko
14 Sergei Pishuk - 16 Dmitri Grinkevich - 10 Vladislav Ryadchenko
11 Alexander Lukashevich - 26 Artyom Anisimov - 13 Arseni Astashevich
21 Vladislav Mikhalchuk

18 Dmitri Burovtsev - 4 Vladislav Sokolovski
5 Dmitri Deryabin - 8 Vladislav Yeryomenko
3 Andrei Gostev - 6 Vladislav Martynyuk
22 Vladislav Gabrus

20 Andrei Grishenko
1 Dmitri Rodik
25 Nikita Tolopilo
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[Speyer]

Switzerland will need to win this one to avoid the relegation round. Unfortunatley they are laking a gamebraker à la Hischier, Malgin, Fiala this year, so its going to be tough if the Belarussians(?) will play all out defence...

 

[BalticWarrior]

Switzerland will need to win this one to avoid the relegation round. Unfortunatley they are laking a gamebraker à la Hischier, Malgin, Fiala this year, so its going to be tough if the Belarussians(?) will play all out defence...

Switzerland is still the better team here. Id say something like 4-1 Switzerland.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Unfortunate for Belarus to be playing this game on the second half of a back-to-back.

I think the Swiss manage to edge them out in a close one.

 

[LDN]

6-3 Swiss

 

[kabidjan18]

Aw no poll.

Switzerland by 3 or 4.

 

[novisor]

Switzerland wins this one by a score of 5-2. Effectively ending Belarus' tournament on 2nd day.

 

[Lays]

Switzerland should win this one easily. Agreed with the posted above, 5-2. Guys to keep an eye on- Kurashev (potential 1st/2nd round pick this year, im a big fan) Eggenberger (same as Kurashev)
Nico Gross is also looking pretty good keep an eye out for him

 

[BalticWarrior]

Switzerland wins this one by a score of 5-2. Effectively ending Belarus' tournament on 2nd day.

It wouldnt end their tournament, theres still relegation round.

 

[Wooren]

Wouldn't be shocked if Belarus managed to win this one. Or at the very least, keep the score within a goal or two. They have a solid team.

 

[novisor]

Wouldn't be shocked if Belarus managed to win this one. Or at the very least, keep the score within a goal or two. They have a solid team.

I hope so, love it when the little guy gets an upset.

 

[Woodhouse]

Aw no poll.

I posted one, but it looks like it was removed whenever they made the thread into an article. @Buffaloed or @EastonBlues22 can confirm that. I don't have an option to re-add a poll either.

 

[Woodhouse]

Game lineups:

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

The Swiss have higher top end talent, albeit no gamebreakers. I'll say they win by 4 or 5 goals.

 

[Snippit]

4-2 SUI

I could see this being a snooze fest though. Lack of high end talent in this game.

 

[De Montreal]

Switzerland should win this one easily. Agreed with the posted above, 5-2. Guys to keep an eye on- Kurashev (potential 1st/2nd round pick this year, im a big fan) Eggenberger (same as Kurashev)
Nico Gross is also looking pretty good keep an eye out for him

thanks. Anyone to watch for Belarus?

 

[Lays]

thanks. Anyone to watch for Belarus?

Forgot about 2019 eligible Nussbaumer for Switzerland. He’s very good.
I don’t know too much about Belarus. There’s some guys I like but I’d rather someone who knows more about them can tell you, I really don’t know much about them

 

[kabidjan18]

Switzerland should win this one easily. Agreed with the posted above, 5-2. Guys to keep an eye on- Kurashev (potential 1st/2nd round pick this year, im a big fan) Eggenberger (same as Kurashev)
Nico Gross is also looking pretty good keep an eye out for him

Hasn't Gross been underwhelming?

 

[Lays]

Hasn't Gross been underwhelming?

He looked good last year

Nussbaumer looking good early, Eggenberger had a chance as well

 

[Canada4Gold]

The Swiss team is a little weaker this year than normal, and the Belarus team is better than the one who got fairly easily relegated 2 years ago. This will be closer than most people think IMO. I'll go 3-2 for the Swiss in OT.

With the Czechs winning yesterday the loser of this would probably have to beat Russia to give them a chance at avoiding the relegation round. In other words the loser of this almost certainly finishes 5th in the pool

 

[coolwood]

Hasn't Gross been underwhelming?

He was underwhelming at the beginning of this season with Oshawa returning from mono. But like most first year euro import dmen it takes a bit to get used to the NA style. He's been much better lately

 

[Canada4Gold]

thanks. Anyone to watch for Belarus?

Sharangovich, is a solid KHL player, played in the World Championship for Belarus last year. Defenceman Yeryomenko is almost a PPG defenceman in the WHL. Almost the same pace a Jake Bean on the same team. Both guys undrafted, but could very well get picked as overagers next time aorund. Shusko is almost a PPG forward in the OHL. 4th rounder from the Flyers this past draft

 

[Woodhouse]

Ugly opening goal for SUI.

 

[Lays]

Eggenberger has looked solid, same with Nussbaumer. Nussbaumer is so good at controlling the puck. Kurashev invisible so far although he won a face off which led to a fluky goal

 

[Lays]

Gross also looking nice