GDT: Bronze Medal Game - May 20 - USA vs Canada

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Bronze Medal Game

May 20
9:45 AM ET • 3:45 PM CET

USA vs Canada

USA
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
1 Keith Kinkaid
33 Scott Darling

Defensemen:
23 Alec Martinez - 5 Connor Murphy
4 Will Butcher - 73 Charlie McAvoy
14 Nick Jensen - 44 Neal Pionk
43 Quinn Hughes

Forwards:
12 Alex DeBrincat - 36 Colin White - 88 Patrick Kane
89 Cam Atkinson - 3 Nick Bonino - 13 Johnny Gaudreau
27 Anders Lee - 21 Dylan Larkin - 20 Chris Kreider
25 Blake Coleman - 7 Derek Ryan - 29 Tage Thompson
22 Sonny Milano

Scratched:
G 35 Charlie Lindgren
D 82 Jordan Oesterle
F 39 Brian Gibbons


Canada
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
35 Darcy Kuemper
30 Curtis McElhinney

Defensemen:
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic - 55 Colton Parayko
3 Joel Edmundson - 5 Aaron Ekblad
27 Ryan Murray - 25 Darnell Nurse
6 Ryan Pulock

Forwards:
93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - 97 Connor McDavid - 10 Brayden Schenn
90 Ryan O’Reilly - 8 Kyle Turris - 21 Tyson Jost
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau - 53 Bo Horvat - 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois
7 Jordan Eberle - 12 Josh Bailey - 13 Mathew Barzal
72 Anthony Beauvillier

Scratched:
G 1 Mickael DiPietro
D 52 Thomas Chabot
F 17 Jaden Schwartz


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[lilidk]

this game will be better than for gold, i have never like how they set it up

 

[Rob]

Both teams will be up for the game because of the natural rivalry.

Expecting a lot of goals.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Canada stinks and I don’t like them.

 

[voxel]

Who is the Lady Byng winning Johnny “Hacksaw” Gaudreau going to swipe at next?

 

[Tomas W]

May the best team win, simply put. Playing for bronze isnt fun, but its better to not to lose two games in a row and show the world how average you are. The bronze medalist will be happier than the silver medalist today.

 

[Like Wall]

this game will be better than for gold, i have never like how they set it up

Correct

 

[1Gold Standard]

The border clash only matters when it's for gold.

don't really care who wins this one. I checked out of this tournament after about 3-4 in when it became obvious Canada wasn't going to get it shit together.

looking forward to next year and a GMG between Canada and the US.

no injuries, please.

see everybody when we gather once again for the World Junior Summer Showcase.

enjoy your summer, folks.

 

[Urbanskog]

The border clash only matters when it's for gold.

don't really care who wins this one. I checked out of this tournament after about 3-4 in when it became obvious Canada wasn't going to get it **** together.

looking forward to next year and a GMG between Canada and the US.

no injuries, please.

see everybody when we gather once again for the World Junior Summer Showcase.

enjoy your summer, folks.

You should have more realistic expectations.

 

[Future GOAT]

USA's got this. Canada is just not good enough this year.

 

[Chimpradamus]

this game will be better than for gold, i have never like how they set it up

You mean, as in that they shouldn't play for bronze at all?

 

[Name Nameless]

I know as a Yote fan I probably shouldn't be saying this, but when Canada shows up in a tournament with the Arizona Coyote backup-goalie as their starting goalie, you have to admit...

Something is Wrong ™.

 

[Hagstrom]

I will always hope for a Canada win, but it's hard to expect one with the lacklustre chemistry and mediocre goaltending colour

 

[mjlee]

This might actually be a better bronze game than usual. Neither the US nor Canada will probably want to lose to the other. Even the meaningless group game was fought hard.

A US v Switzerland would have been completely meaningless to the US. Sweden v Canada would probably have been a relatively easy Swedish win. But hopefully these teams will play for pride at least today.

 

[Bear12Good]

You should have more realistic expectations.

He every year dream about this game)

 

[SanDogBrewin]

He every year dream about this game)

Or the reality that Russia doesn’t evan have a chance at a medal this year.

 

[NyQuil]

I'll watch this while I work.

 

[DDRhockey]

Gaudreu should been suspended

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Colin White scoring the winner would be an acceptable outcome

 

[FinPanda]

Go Canada!

 

[NyQuil]

Gaudreu should been suspended

Meh, losing out on Gold and knowing that it was partly your fault is punishment enough.

 

[Name Nameless]

USA's got this. Canada is just not good enough this year.

Given USA got crushed in the semis, they probably want this even more than the Canadiens. This is gonna be the better game than Sweden-Switzerland, which may be anticlimactic. A game of two teams with bad goalies is much more fun to watch than a, well, whole lot of other things.

 

[Bear12Good]

Or the reality that Russia doesn’t evan have a chance at a medal this year.

This normal. Russia dont have good roster in this year.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Mikko Kaukokari and Sakari Suominen as officials.. Yikes. Expect wild, non-logical calls/non-calls all game long.

 

[Name Nameless]

Seems like the Americans has been told to shoot, just shoot, somethings gonna get in