GDT: Bronze Medal Game - May 22 - Russia (7) vs USA (2)

[Ralonzo]

Bob Rovsky gets POG? Yeah, he gave his team a chance to eke out a 7-2 win

 

[1Gold Standard]

Congrats to the U.S. great tournament. one of these years a perfect storm will occur and a group of elite NHLers will all accept invites...and the U.S. will play for a gold medal.

 

[ijuka]

Congrats to the U.S. great tournament. one of these years a perfect storm will occur and a group of elite NHLers will all accept invites...and the U.S. will play for a gold medal.

We'll see in 4 months.

 

[Sigh]

Why do so many Russian dudes look like they cut their own hair?

 

[1Gold Standard]

We'll see in 4 months.

I meant specifically this tournament. Everybody knows for the NHL gimmicky pre-season exhibition tournament, Sweden and the U.S. are either the #2 or #3 ranked teams and are contenders for a gold.

 

[Liminality]

That awkward passing of the bronze trophy down the Russian line

 

[JTD]

Congrats to the U.S. great tournament. one of these years a perfect storm will occur and a group of elite NHLers will all accept invites...and the U.S. will play for a gold medal.

Nearly got Gaudreau and Galchenyuk this year if not for contract issues and injuries. Same with Seth Jones. Have a feeling they'll get some of their young stars next year. The recent young players from their developmental program seem to be more prideful about wearing the USA crest and if they're truly healthy will come to this event. Different mindset than some of the 27-30 year olds who turn them down every year. I'd expect a better roster next year

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Good to see the USA team stay on the ice for the national anthem. Russia left the ice before Canada's anthem was being played last year.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Russia looked dominant all game. The Yanks looked defeated pretty early on. For whatever reason the US and Canadians always look deflated in bronze medal games.

You really think Russia dominated ?

US won Bronze last year and in 2013. So the US has been pretty good lately at the Worlds.

 

[Lempo]

I liked the audience audibly amping up the applauds for smiling Snarog.

 

[habsrule4eva3089]

Glad the Russian fans got to hear their anthem to end the tournament that way.

Great crowds the whole event, great atmosphere.

 

[Liminality]

Think Matthews said it pretty well in his interview.

Tough to score when you're playing defense all game.

USA's defense wasn't up to the task to contain the high powered Russian offense.

 

[Plural]

Not a good showing by the US players. Russia played great, so glad we didn't face that team yesterday. Would have been much more tighter game.

 

[1Gold Standard]

Nearly got Gaudreau and Galchenyuk this year if not for contract issues and injuries. Same with Seth Jones. Have a feeling they'll get some of their young stars next year. The recent young players from their developmental program seem to be more prideful about wearing the USA crest and if they're truly healthy will come to this event. Different mindset than some of the 27-30 year olds who turn them down every year. I'd expect a better roster next year

Next year could be the perfect storm. Gaudreau + Matthews or Eichel. Hope it happens. It would be fun to watch. All teams are hoping to land in the Paris group.

 

[Ilyeu]

Well so much for the grit and enthusiasm for Team USA. Talk about falling flat on your face.

 

[Scotty B]

You clearly don't understand something the refs do: The intentional point of contact rules only stand if the head is at a normal level. He even lowered himself just before the hit. And to me he hits the collar bone area with the biggest force, the head is just coincidental contact. Which is of course why he wasn't even injured.

What I saw was a player moving in for the hit, with his arm moving upwards, who follows thru with a forearm to the face. In that case, it doesn't matter if ur target is hunched over admiring his skates, ur still guilty as sin. Don't bring ur arm up...target opponent strictly with shoulder and we aren't having this debate

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Next year could be the perfect storm. Gaudreau + Matthews or Eichel. Hope it happens. It would be fun to watch. All teams are hoping to land in the Paris group.

Seems like every other year, the right players tend to accept or the right teams miss the playoffs and/or get bounced in the 1st round.

 

[BlitzSnipe]

At least we got bronze. Congrats to Team Russia . Too bad they didn't show up like this against Team Finland. As to the Final, I believe Finland will take home Gold.

 

[Fantomas]

Nothing to sneeze at. Content with the result.

 

[BMann]

Nothing to sneeze at. Content with the result.

Perhaps for this game (against a very understrength US team). But not for the tournament. This team has the most loaded roster and still only comes away with a bronze.

It's simply not good enough. Useless coach(es) and players who had no idea yesterday when it counted and couldn't convert their chances.

Only the SKA line and Mozyakin come out with credit. An awful PK and PP unit(s) and in many games a lack of collective team play. They might learn something from the former great history of this team when players who would walk into this team (even those relatively not well remembered like Kamensky/ Nemchinov) played for each other and the jersey. And something from Finland who despite fielding an understrength team fought tooth and nail as a collective unit.

Gold medal at u18/u20/WC/Olympics is the sole aim and only achievement of merit. Striving for excellence as in the past in a range of sports even in the cultural field like Mravinsky at the LPO.

Good riddance to Znarok but the governing body is not fit for purpose either.

 

[Eisen]

Why would any team, up 6-2 with 10 seconds left, still be trying to score on a powerplay?

Cause they are playing at home in front of their crowd and had a stinker the game before.

 

[Mehar]

Congrats to Russia on their Bronze. Would have loved to see a Russia-Canada final, but it was not meant to be. Glad Canada won Gold, even with our best players sitting at home and declining to come. Hoping we see a Russia-Canada final in the 2016 World Cup.

 

[Joe Zanussi]

Very satisfied with fourth. Good show by these players

 

[Zero Pucks Given]

Medal or no medal, this US team was fun to watch.

 

[Yakushev72]

Perhaps for this game (against a very understrength US team). But not for the tournament. This team has the most loaded roster and still only comes away with a bronze.

It's simply not good enough. Useless coach(es) and players who had no idea yesterday when it counted and couldn't convert their chances.

Only the SKA line and Mozyakin come out with credit. An awful PK and PP unit(s) and in many games a lack of collective team play. They might learn something from the former great history of this team when players who would walk into this team (even those relatively not well remembered like Kamensky/ Nemchinov) played for each other and the jersey. And something from Finland who despite fielding an understrength team fought tooth and nail as a collective unit.

Gold medal at u18/u20/WC/Olympics is the sole aim and only achievement of merit. Striving for excellence as in the past in a range of sports even in the cultural field like Mravinsky at the LPO.

Good riddance to Znarok but the governing body is not fit for purpose either.

Fun to see a 7-goal outburst today, but Finland's poor showing against Canada just raises the dissatisfaction level with the travesty Saturday in the SF. Really no excuse for continuing to lose to Finland, a team completely devoid of any semblance of offense, in big games. Tretyak apparently announced today that Znarok will be the coach in the World Cup, so no accountability for failure to do better than bronze. The World Cup will of course be a disaster for Russia.