GDT: 9/19 - Russia vs. Team North America - 8:00 PM ET

[Gentle Man]

Ekblad better be ok.


**** I cant breathe right now.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Gonna be fun to watch Couts mind **** Shrek and Ovi in the same game !!!!!

Didn't Ovi basically end Couts' season last year? I'd be careful if I were him...

 

[Brock Radunske]

I know he's amazing at hockey but damn...McDavid is a hard looking kid

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

I'm calling it now. 5-1 or 5-3 to North America U23 team. So skilled and that speed will kill Russia, russian defence is bad...

 

[Kuudere]

Tough loss for NA, Ekblad is the best D

 

[Daximus]

Where the hell was MacLean going with that pokemon go comment?

 

[TLeafsFan]

Woah, Ekblad out with an upper body. That's a big hit.

 

[XokkeyGuy]

Gotta love the Russian Anthem. Although the Soviets and now Russians were and still are our biggest and most hated rivalry, their anthem brings a smile.

It would be really cool if they would organize national anthem ceremonies in the semifinals / finals like they did at the Rendez vous in 87 (start at 0:33):

 

[Sempiternal]

Aaron Ekblad is a huge loss.

 

[hamzarocks]

I'm personally hoping geno and ovy come out looking to hit macdavid, mack , matthews etc I want to see how the kids can handle all this skill and physicality.

 

[Warden of the North]

NA's D is better and their kids can go toe to toe offensively. NA wins.

EDIT - Ekblad out changes things. Evens out the D corps significantly.

 

[Sempiternal]

Trouba better not F up!

 

[I am not exposed]

Aaron Ekblad is a huge loss.

It better not be anything serious!

 

[snipes]

I got to say, the Russian anthem is awesome.

 

[fahad203]

I got to say, the Russian anthem is awesome.

Very powerful yet haunting

I really like the Czech as well.

 

[hamzarocks]

Didn't Ovy have a goal yesterday? I mean sure he wasn't playing at the level he can but he still produced. The guy can score a goal at any moment, and i personally think a line with him and panarin would be dynamite, with malkin in the middle. Theu should have dats center tank and kuch with kuznetsov trying to feast on the 3rd pairing.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Aaron Ekblad is a huge loss.

Leo "the human wrecking ball" Komarov strikes again....

 

[snipes]

Very powerful yet haunting

I really like the Czech as well.

Yup, I like the Czech one too.

 

[Jack Butler]

So glad that Ron McLean is introducing the games and running the show. Also glad that it's mostly a CBC crew on Sportsnet. Everything seems to be getting back to normal this way. I like it.

 

[Plub]

I wonder how many people OV is going to run tonight? Hope they all have their heads up.

 

[Mats13]

Ovi looks so pissed

I wouldn't want to be Team NA's goalie today

 

[DoubleGold]

3-1, NA wins.

 

[Internet Explorer]

I wonder how many people OV is going to run tonight? Hope they all have their heads up.

All of them.

 

[Startseva]

No one expecting from Russia much today. When it is like that then team can play their best hockey. I hope it will happen today. We can... just need motivation from the start - that's it.

 

[al secord]

Zaitsev upon hearing Ekblad is out : "If he dies, he dies."