GDT: Czech Republic (2) vs. Finland (1) • Group A • Dec. 26

[TheFinnishTrap]

That stings. At least Vehviläinen wasn't crap.

 

[Lempo]

Congratulations to the Czechs.

 

[Narow]

Good game Czech definatly deserved the win. Finns need to pick their game up not creating enough... cant just be missing PulAho-Laine making all the diffrence can it :sarkasm: ? I dont think we still understand how incredible that first line was.. still i believe in vesalainen and tolvanen for now.

 

[vaiski]

Not enough opportunism or toughness today. Deserved win for Czech.

 

[bob27]

Deserved win for the Czechs, but they should have points reduced for having a goalie with #2 on his back.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

It turns out that if you cannot score goals, you cannot win games. Who knew?

 

[Brun0]

why is rautakorpi as the coach?

He is not from this century and is totally wrong guy for the young players.

Cmon.



And why do have 2 midgets in the lineup?

 

[LoveNHL]

Suprising to see how weak the finnish team is. After half of the third period the number of shots on goal was only 2. Czechs were easily the best team on ice. Gongratz !!!

 

[Jablkon]

This looked deserved

 

[Maukkis]

****ing Kuokkanen. In both goals, he was the one who lost his man. They scored both times... not to mention him wasting chances and taking a bad penalty.

Well, I'm taking nothing away from you guys. You deserved this win.

 

[Periwinkle]

Congrats Czechs, a deserved win.

 

[LoveNHL]

why is rautakorpi as the coach?

He is not from this century and is totally wrong guy for the young players.

Cmon.



And why do have 2 midgets in the lineup?

The coach plays a game of the 70's.

 

[that is unfortunate]

Really happy to get the win after those beyond terrible exhibition games, was a pretty enjoyable game overall too, Vehvilainen was great.

 

[FinPanda]

Meh at least I won 40 euros.

 

[Goodman68]

I do not believe that it happened. Not after what preceded it. Good performance in all ranks.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

This looked deserved

Takes real skill to deflect the puck from opponents back to the goal. You should be proud to have such visionaries in your team.

 

[edd1e]

That was horrible to watch. First two lines where so bad. Better team won, Finland was horrible to look at..

 

[Lemmiwinks]

I like this Czech team, calm and cool when the game was winding down, Spacek with ice in his veins on that goal. Love it!

Still hoping the Finns can win the pool, but I'd also be happy to see the Czechs do well.

 

[D0ctorCool]

I know its early, but I think the Czech's could sneak into the medal round. They've been **** for so long that its nice to see them with a bit of a resurgence.

 

[Babula]

So, Krenzelok with a solid performance today. Kurovsky not bad at all.

 

[LoveNHL]

Takes real skill to deflect the puck from opponents back to the goal. You should be proud to have such visionaries in your team.

Czechs had far more quailty chances, were faster on skates, won most board battles....etc. Finns should be happy with the result. Goalie was the best finnish player. It says all.

 

[leaflover]

Had a feeling since the start of the 3rd that the Czech Republic was going to pull it off.

Kase and Vehvilainen the POTG which is hard to argue with.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Too bad our problem is in the coaching department. That's the one thing you can't do anything about during a tournament like this.

 

[FinPanda]

At least we'll have a good coach next year.

 

[vaiski]

Takes real skill to deflect the puck from opponents back to the goal. You should be proud to have such visionaries in your team.

The czechs worked harder and created more chances. Finland didn't earn the win.