GDT: 2018 WJC • Game 10 • Group A: USA (2) - SVK (3) F

[Woodhouse]

Group A:

United States vs.

Slovakia
Dec. 28 • 20:00 ET • 02:00 CET
Key Bank Center — Buffalo, NY
TV: NHLN, RDS2, RTVS2, TSN1/4/5

United States
(Confirmed lineup per IIHF.)

7 Brady Tkachuk - 4 Ryan Poehling - 13 Joey Anderson
27 Riley Tufte - 11 Casey Mittelstadt - 21 Patrick Harper
23 Kieffer Bellows - 22 Logan Brown - 17 Kailer Yamamoto
49 Max Jones - 9 Josh Norris - 10 William Lockwood
34 Trent Frederic

12 Dylan Samberg - 8 Adam Fox
5 Ryan Lindgren - 15 Scott Perunovich
24 Mikey Anderson - 20 Andrew Peeke
6 Quinn Hughes

31 Joseph Woll
30 Jake Oettinger
1 Jeremy Swayman

Slovakia
(Confirmed lineup per IIHF.)

4 Erik Smolka - 20 Peter Kundrik - 17 Milos Kelemen
26 Milos Roman - 25 Alex Tamasi - 19 Marian Studenic
13 Samuel Bucek - 21 Adam Ruzicka - 16 Filip Krivosik
18 Adam Liska - 14 Viliam Cacho - 23 Samuel Solensky

3 Tomas Hedera - 7 Marek Korencik
12 Michal Ivan - 5 Martin Bodak
6 Martin Fehervary - 24 Vojtech Zelenak
9 David Matejovic - 27 Samuel Fereta

30 Roman Durny
1 David Hrenak
2 Jakub Kostelny​

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[Ban Hammered]

Wish Hrenak would get this start against his college coach and teammate.

 

[IDuck]

look forward to seeing how USA does

 

[BigBadBoar]

look forward to seeing how USA does

I don't expect a difficult game for them. Slovakia played last night against Canada, they will be tired, plus they have perhaps 2-3 really promising players, but the rest is just average.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

If our players play like they did last night, this could get ugly.

 

[1Gold Standard]

tough opening pair of games for the Slovaks on a back-to-back. I think they'll keep it close for most of the game, but in the end the Americans will pull it out. USA for the W 5-2.

 

[kudla]

This will get ugly

 

[Auston Marlander]

Wouldn't be shocked if the USA put up 10.

 

[Statsy]

tough opening pair of games for the Slovaks on a back-to-back. I think they'll keep it close for most of the game, but in the end the Americans will pull it out. USA for the W 5-2.

And then they get Finland for their third game. Tough group!

 

[Jaykay]

8-1 USA

 

[Canadian Finn]

will there be more players on the ice than fans in the stands?

that will be the question.

 

[Killahpunk]

This one will be lopsided i predict USA wins 9-1.

 

[Dominance]

We tired em out for ya.

Seriously, though, I’m hoping for a better game than the Danes supplied. Their ridiculous collapsing defensive strategy was hard to watch. They weren’t even trying to win.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

8-0 USA

 

[WhatWhat]

Interesting that Woll gets this game too

Is he seen as their number 1? If he is wouldnt it make more sense to play him tomorrow and have Oettinger take tonight? Or does Woll get the first 2 then Oettinger the next and they decide from there?

 

[Snippit]

USA has a quick turnaround tomorrow.

I predict they get up by 3 after one period and then just shut it down

 

[jj cale]

This should be a fairly routine game for thus U.S team, I will go 8-1

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Woll in net again tonight.

 

[caslava]

Durny looks to be in tonight

 

[Woodhouse]

Game lineups:

 

[NewHampshire]

The back to back seemed to set tonight up perfectly for Oettinger. I wonder if this means he'll play tomorrow against Canada - it would certainly be asking a lot of Woll to start again well under 24 hours later. Oettinger is certainly capable of beating Canada and the difference between the two goalies is virtually non-existent...

Does the coaching staff think going from an indoor game to an outdoor game and back inside would be difficult or concerning? Is there an advantage to not subjecting Woll to the outdoor game? Or is Woll simply the guy and they plan on riding him all the way through??

 

[Fried Tree Sap]

7-1 U.S.

 

[Canada4Gold]

I'll go 8-1 USA. Courtesy goal because they were shutout yesterday

 

[OregonCanuck]

Stoked to watch
Casey Mittelstadt

 

[SI90]

Don’t take any opponent lightly. If you do get up big don’t get lazy and get into bad habits.

Go USA!!