PGT: 9/19 - Team Europe vs. Czech Republic - Team Europe 3 Czech Republic 2 F OT

[Fenway]

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[that is unfortunate]

Kempny is ****

 

[Claypool]

Draisaitl is a beast.

 

[Gentle Man]

Lol Mrazek

 

[Hemsky001]

was waiting for Kempny to show up on the ice to f.... something up.
my sense was right.. I believe he's the worst defender in the tournament.

 

[c9777666]

It's astonishing how the Czech Republic has fallen in nearly 20 years- from Olympic gold to this.

 

[Natey]

Halak should have two assists if they score it right. Amazing.

 

[djdub]

Dr Drai

 

[NoShowWilly]

Draisaitl is looking scarier and scarier.

Then there is that other guy. Mark Messier was looking for him.

 

[Ezekial]

Anyone have a link to the ot goal, I missed it.

 

[ComradeChris]

Mrazek's a bum. Detroit should trade him while he still has value and then keep that drunk Howard until his contract is gone. Successful rebuilding 101

 

[Natey]

was wrong.

 

[Woodhouse]

Anyone have a link to the ot goal, I missed it.

https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/777986958144462848

 

[kary]

was waiting for Kempny to show up on the ice to f.... something up.
my sense was right.. I believe he's the worst defender in the tournament.

Indeed, he did more harm than good the whole tournament (including the exibition games).

 

[PuLaAho]

Why on earth didn't Czechs pull out their goalie on overtime? It would have been 4 on 3 for 5 mins.

Did they really think that they could beat Team Europe in goal difference in case of draw, especially after 0-6 loss to Canada?

Or am I missing something here?

 

[Fenway]

It's astonishing how the Czech Republic has fallen in nearly 20 years- from Olympic gold to this.

If fairness losing talent from what is now Slovakia is a big reason.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

If USA wins against Canada (has to be in regulation), they need to win big (or destroy the Czech's in the final game).

Canada is +6
Europe is +4
USA is -3

if the US wins both their games in regulation, wouldn't that be the tie-breaker?

Canada 2-1
USA 2-1
Europe 2-1
Czech Rep. 0-3

US own tie breaker over Europe

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

anyone have a link to the ot goal, i missed it.

 

[that is unfortunate]

Why on earth didn't Czechs pull out their goalie on overtime? It would have been 4 on 3 for 5 mins.

Did they really think that they could beat Team Europe in goal difference in case of draw, especially after 0-6 loss to Canada?

Tie Between Two Teams
If two teams are tied in points, the tie is broken by the result of the head-to-head game between the two tied teams.

Because it wouldn't matter assuming the Czechs beat the US (which they had to) and Europe lost to Canada.

 

[KurtSloan]

The good and most important thing is that I won't have to watch ice hockey at 2 a.m. on the Friday....for me WC is over, looking forward for the World Championship..

 

[Ezekial]

https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/777986958144462848

Thank you sir.
Wow Pete, play great the whole game and then that?

Why on earth didn't Czechs pull out their goalie on overtime? It would have been 4 on 3 for 5 mins.

Did they really think that they could beat Team Europe in goal difference in case of draw, especially after 0-6 loss to Canada?

If they won, then canada beat Europe and they beat usa GD doesn't matter.

 

[Ivo]

If USA wins against Canada (has to be in regulation), they need to win big (or destroy the Czech's in the final game).

Canada is +6
Europe is +4
USA is -3

Their game with the Czechs should not really count, if there is a three-way-tie with EU and Canada, right? Shouldn't the tie-breaker be based on the games of those three teams? So unless EU is completely blown by Canada in the last game, the US would need a big win tomorrow.

 

[Splatter]

Wow. Kempny is awful. As a Blues fan, I'm pleased to find out about this. I feel bad for the Czechs though.

 

[JTD]

If the US somehow beats Canada in regulation, all they have to do is beat the Czech Republic in regulation and they're in the semis cause regulation/OT wins are the first tiebreaker

 

[Canada4Gold]

If USA wins against Canada (has to be in regulation), they need to win big (or destroy the Czech's in the final game).

Canada is +6
Europe is +4
USA is -3

don't have to win big. In a 3 way tie ROW is the first tiebreaker, followed by regulation wins. If USA beats Canada and the Czechs in regulation then they're through with 4 points, 2 ROW, 2 regulation wins.

Either Canada would have less than 4 points(if Europe beats Canada), or Canada/USA would have a tie at 4 points for 2nd with Europe at 5 and USA advances on h2h(if Canada wins in OT or SO) or it's a 3 way tie at 4 points(Canada win in regulation) and USA and CAN advance on tiebreakers with 2 ROW and 2 regulation wins while Europe would only have 1 regulation win.

With this game going to OT, I don't believe there can be a 3 way tie on points, ROW and regulation wins anymore in this group and thus goal differential will now be irrelevant.