2025 IIHF World Junior Championship (12/26-1/5)

[forsbergavs32]

Ritchie wears 21? our new Foppa confirmed

 

[BobRossColton]

Just mentioned that it looked like Ritchie fell onto a skate and headed down the tunnel

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Ritchie's hurt, in a random way, he's a keeper.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Yeah, I didn't see what happened on the replay but he definitely looked like he was in pain after he got up.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Latvia is getting some good chances

 

[arun]

Ritchie’s back

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Ritchie back on the ice.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Latvia's goalie loves the Roy statue of liberty pose.

 

[sethro109]

I think he got kicked in the nuts and didn't want to check his twig and barries on the bench.

 

[Metallo]

#8 got walked like a dog.

 

[sethro109]

I don't think being tied 0-0 after 1 is how Canada was expecting this game would go.

 

[Metallo]

Shit period by Canada. Trash cans are going to get kicked.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Daaaayum dude ragdolled himself on that net watching the puck.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Nice shorty by Luchenko (sp?)!

 

[Metallo]

Brutal by the Latvian goalie, you gotta get that puck.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Ritchie stick handling through the center of the ice looked like he was trying like hell to pass the puck off to someone, anyone but it was simply glued to his stick and refused to budge.

 

[Metallo]

Ritchie doesn't have the puck much, he's trying to get to the soft areas to be the trigger man but it doesn't work, he doesn't get the service.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Ritchie doesn't have the puck much, he's trying to get to the soft areas to be the trigger man but it doesn't work, he doesn't get the service.

Cowan is a very selfish player, he makes a lot of junior plays that lead to giveaways.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

If MacK was in the same spots as Ritchie is and these kids kept looking him off for contested shots, we'd have some dead bodies to clean up.

 

[Bender]

Cowan is a very selfish player, he makes a lot of junior plays that lead to giveaways.

Feels like he's trying to prove that he's the best instead of playing a team game. A bunch of times, Ritchie is wide open and coward chooses to either shoot or hang on to it to pass to someone else.

They are going to have to mix up the lines - the Ritchie line is clearly not working. I get the idea - Ritchie is a great playmaker and coward is a great shooter but there's a lot of talent on this team - time to change it up because a 1-0 lead against Latvia is a massive reverse ass-kicking.

 

[Metallo]

Cowan is a very selfish player, he makes a lot of junior plays that lead to giveaways.

Yeah those two don't work together, Cowan is a puck hog that never passes on a shot.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Yeah those two don't work together, Cowan is a puck hog that never passes on a shot.

I'm really disliking him, he is killing opportunities by trying to be the man rather than working with the guys around him. It's like he thinks he's McDavid playing against a bunch of out of shape beer leaguers. I could see him getting absolutely demolished if he makes it to the NHL, so many poor decisions, so many giveaways.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Cowan is a very selfish player, he makes a lot of junior plays that lead to giveaways.

Cowan is a head down, everything on net type player. Very little vision or mindset to look for a second option.

Leafs are hoping he's their Hyman 2.0.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Cowan is a head down, everything on net type player. Very little vision or mindset to look for a second option.

Leafs are hoping he's their Hyman 2.0.

Hyman has significantly better vision than Cowan, Leafs fans are going to be disappointed.

 

[Bender]

I'm gonna record the 3rd period and watch it during Sportsnets garbage intermissions during the Avs game.