What CZE has done has been amazing, but a lot of factors are working against them;
- CAN will be taking them very seriously after being beat by CZE earlier
- home crowd will be REALLY loud and supportive of CAN
- this is more my opinion, but CAN's big, heavy, fast, forecheckers are the antidote to CZE's strength on the back end. It's tough for any Dman to compete if his nose is pasted to the glass.
- Bedard
- Milic
Again, just my opinion, but CZE has a chance if;
- Milic and Bedard have off games
- CAN gets carried away with their physical play, and the refs call them on it.
- Jiricek beasts, and he, Svozil and Spacek can shrug off the forecheck.
- some forward(or three) step up. Kulich, Sale, ?
- The Czech's go nutz with their forecheck. I think the CAN D are vulnerable down low below their goal line. The big defenders are looking kind of clumsy, and the "skilled' dmen careless. Creating turnovers in the O zone will lead to goals.