WC: 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

[PanniniClaus]

Redirected off white.

 

[BMann]

Boooooooooo 1-1. Redirect 5 hole through Bowns.

 

[ozo]

Belarus and Russia ban on paper made this edition of 1A boring, but kinda cool to see promotion being decided in last 20 minutes of the tournament.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Congratulations... I am 48 and have been watching the Worlds since TSN started airing it so we are talking early 90's... I did not think that when Poland were relegated that it would take this long to return but perhaps I just didn't see the decline that was already underway. As it is, they need to still put more into the game there... ole Johnny Murray isn't going to last forever,

Who was the last drafted Polish player? Was it Marcin Kolusz?

You could see Krzysztof Macias taken in the later rounds of this years draft….

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[SoundAndFury]

You could see Krzysztof Macias taken in the later rounds of this years draft….

I would be pretty shocked if that happens.

 

[member 305909]

Poland used to be in the 8 team elite division in the 80d. They have gone down since. The breakup of the Soviet Union is a factor but doesn't fully explain the decline.

Hopefully they can stay up.

 

[ozo]

I would be pretty shocked if that happens.

As much as I love GermanSpitfire's interest in international prospects, this is not his craziest claim. Obligatory happy to be proved wrong disclaimer.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

I would be pretty shocked if that happens.

i wouldn’t be shocked, maybe mildly surprised.

Probably the most promising Polish name for the NHL draft in a long while. Even if would only be a late round selection.

 

[BMann]

2-1 Neilson....Yusss.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Nice look off from Neilson... Italy looked a bit like the Leafs on the first goal against last night... Should be out of trouble... but no, goal against.

 

[BMann]

Huge save from Fazio on Lake.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Poland used to be in the 8 team elite division in the 80d. They have gone down since. The breakup of the Soviet Union is a factor but doesn't fully explain the decline.

As with many post-Soviet countries, they were left standing still while other countries - namely Norway, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, etc. - got much better.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Not sure which D that was for GB but that was a full sized pepperoni pizza to Petan

 

[BMann]

Wrister from Petan 2-2.

 

[PanniniClaus]

That will not please Mike Edward Keenan

 

[BMann]

Nice pounce from Hammond. Lovely finish. 3-2 GB.

 

[aquaregia]

We're genuinely so much better than them technically but still only one goal in it.
Sad to see O'Connor a shadow of his old self really, been a bit of a liability on D including for the 2-2 goal.

 

[BMann]

Just need to get the next one and that should be job done.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Phil the thrill Pietroniro nearly sealed it for GB.

 

[aquaregia]

...and breathe

 

[jonas2244]

Nice atmosphere.

 

[BMann]

Well done lads. Thanks to a great servant Jonathan Phillips. Shame more people would not have seen this. The potential for the sport in GB is great as is the potential for developing better and better players.

So much work to be done. It's amazing we're at this level given the mismanagement of the sport from all the bodies involved.

 

[awegrzyn]

poland hockey has improved? they just came up a division and in 1st place in division 1a now?

No. You can't improve having 10 ice rinks. Poland has less ice rinks than my New Jersey. I have been watching them since late 80's. During communism countries showed off on international stage through sports. Back then money was going to hockey from government. Once Poland became a commercialized country in 1989 every team sport went to shit. Only single athletes are great that train somewhere in huts, or excersise cheap sports.

Back then sport was not on this level that you see right now. Right now kids on YouTube have more hockey talent then all hockey players in 80's and 90's. It was much easier to compete. Not to mention back then it was best of 8, now it's best of 16. Poland will never ever crack top 8. It's a lost sport in Poland. They don't even have an idea how to build it. They would have to live in US or Canada for 20 years to actually understand it. Besides, they are not a Nordic country. Lost cause. Promotion to top 16 meaningless for hockey in Poland despite what all of them want you to believe.

They peaked in Calgary in 88.

 

[Albatros]

Hum. We have an all-Polish Champions League final in volleyball this year. It's surely true that reforms came with complications in every sport, but it has not hindered development overall.

 

[Old Man Jags]

Very happy about the two countries that advanced. Italy has offered absolutely nothing at all at top level in recent years while GB have been entertaining and I am pleased they are back. And the Poles are our neighbours so I am happy to welcome them back.