GDT: 9/19 - Team Europe vs. Czech Republic - 3:30 PM ET

[KurtSloan]

From hero to zero....

 

[Patmac40]

Wow and after that huge save, that'll deflate you a bit

 

[GoodKiwi]

Suddenly a wild Hasek appears.

And disappears just as suddenly.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Haha, this is hilarious

 

[oobga]

ouch...after all that.

 

[kary]

Oh wel mrazek ... One take away and one give. Still our best player today.

 

[Natey]

Zucc!!

That hit Polak.. but of course the announcers are too dumb to see it.

 

[Pandaman11]

Mrazek... from hero to goat in 30 seconds

 

[Gentle Man]

holy crap.

Petr Hrazek

edit. Nvm I take that back.

That was Garbo

 

[DoubleGold]

And disappears just as suddenly.

I jinxed it .

 

[coyotechrisz]

lets have a wild 3rd period here!

hope czechs can come back!

 

[Natey]

Am I the only one that saw the puck deflect off Polak? Like what the ****? lol

 

[Rille]

Am I the only one that saw the puck deflect off Polak? Like what the ****? lol

Nope

 

[Jablkon]

Yes, very little amount of money goes into the sport in here. It's almost a miracle that we aren't any worse yet. Concretely lack of finances in the youth categories, starting with the youngest ones. It's privilege of the rich families to send a kid to play hockey in the Czech Republic so we paradoxically bring up the worse kids just because their parents have the money... poorer families with the kid that has way more talent unlike the "silver spoon" ones simply don't have enough money to properly support their kids and they have to end their promising careers very soon or they don't show up on the rinks at all. That's how we do in Czech Republic, sad story.

And extraliga teams are able to offer same conditions as in finnish league. So there are money, just might be invested to different parts of organizations....

 

[MNRube]

Classic Vanek there. He takes a ton of penalties for one of the softest players in the NHL

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

Polak trying to be Karlsson there. Then proceeds to throw a terrible pass to kill that possession.

 

[Chimpradamus]

A penalty for a slewfoot? But Malkin never gets called for those in Pittsburgh!

Although not so sarcastic.

 

[Patmac40]

Classic Vanek there. He takes a ton of penalties for one of the softest players in the NHL

Takes a lot less penalties than he used to but his penalties are a lot more stick work because he's not a good skater, can get lazy, and has to try to make up for it sometimes.

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

Hanzal!!!!

 

[Hemsky001]

alright we have a game again

 

[kary]

Nice

 

[coyotechrisz]

yes.. punished right away!

 

[Fenway]

This game smells like OT or a shootout which is the last thing Team USA needs to happen.

 

[WeberStreit]

Vanek sucks. He's useless. Can't believe he was on the ice for the 5-3 pp.

 

[Phil McKraken]

I'm calling it now, Voracek with 3-2 in OT.