U18: Day 1 of the U18s GDT

[vlady]

nice shot Cedzo. Strbak with assist

 

[Czechboy]

Slovak snipe... Right over the shoulder of our 2 metre tall goalie. Perfect shot.. really liked the one touch pass from Strbak to the shooter

1-0 Slovakia

 

[Czechboy]

What I don't get... Unlike Canada.. Czechs have been together for weeks. At least 80 percent of this time has been together for several weeks. They look like it's the first time together. No chemistry... No attack.

Eg. Canada had no training time... Got anhilated but will get better. We don't have that built in excuse.

 

[FourQuarters]

They do and I have no explanation for that. They sound identical in your example.

Thanks for explaining tho!

 

[Antiillafire]

Dej is so big the Czech player was basically bear hugging him lol

 

[martygod12]

Oh yes Czech are already doing everything they can to play in the relegation .... awesome

 

[vlady]

Czechs can't stay out of the penalty box

 

[Antiillafire]

Slovak powerplay barely moves, so easy to defend

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Czechs taking penalties like they are paid to do it,

 

[Czechboy]

Slovak domination.. thrilled it's only 1-0.

Hrabal has been good. Several Czechs have been excellent at standing in the PK box and skating backwards and forwards.
Jiricek has looked confident but, honestly, Slovaks are killing it and we look like a U16 team.

 

[Czechboy]

Czechs taking penalties like they are paid to do it,

5 PKs lol. And I'm not blaming the refs... We just can't keep up. Period 2 is hopefully better.

 

[FourQuarters]

Dvorsky is so skilled. And Jiricek looks good too.

 

[Antiillafire]

Slovak domination.. thrilled it's only 1-0.

Hrabal has been good. Several Czechs have been excellent at standing in the PK box and skating backwards and forwards.
Jiricek has looked confident but, honestly, Slovaks are killing it and we look like a U16 team.

I think it’s a pretty even match besides the penalties. Slovak powder play is awful, and Czechs are smart: COVER DVORSKY.

Why is it at every level the slovak powerplay is so bad?

 

[Goodman68]

I have to praise my favorite. Mr. Petr did not disappoint again and mentally set up his charges absolutely perfectly.

 

[martygod12]

5 PKs lol. And I'm not blaming the refs... We just can't keep up. Period 2 is hopefully better.

Terrible just terrible 1st period. My fears, that this team is copletely out of form sadly seems to be right so far ...

But hopefully we will turn it around.

 

[jcbio11]

I'm watching the men play in their WCH camp. How's this game? We any good?

 

[Antiillafire]

Jakub Chromiak is badly badly needed for the powerplay, I pray that he is good to go for tomorrow.

 

[Czechboy]

Terrible just terrible 1st period. My fears, that this team is copletely out of form sadly seems to be right so far ...

But hopefully we will turn it around.

That's the optimism we need!

 

[Czechboy]

Jakub Chromiak is badly badly needed for the powerplay, I pray that he is good to go for tomorrow.

It'd probably be 4-0 if he were playing today.

 

[Czechboy]

I'm watching the men play in their WCH camp. How's this game? We any good?

You're dominating us so far. Hoping the second is different. Score is close, game hasn't been.

 

[Faterson]

For example, Čech and Praha
Both of them sounds like a more hollow "h"

They don't sound similar at all. Completely different sounds. CH is articulated using the tongue, while H can be articulated using the throat only, with no involvement of the tongue needed.

Czech/Slovak CH is the same as Spanish J, German CH or Russian Х. Zdeno Chára's name has been mispronounced in the NHL for decades.

Americans/English are unable to pronounce CH, so they pronounce H instead.

Russians, conversely, are unable to pronounce H, so they pronounce G or CH instead. Pretty funny!

In Slovak and Czech, we pronounce both CH and H effortlessly, and they're completely different sounds.

 

[martygod12]

And the comedy continues lol. another penalty

 

[Czechboy]

Slovak pp coming up...

 

[Czechboy]

And the comedy continues lol. another penalty

Our PK will be sharp for the relegation series!

 

[martygod12]

Imagine if we played Canada or Sweden, we be down by 7-8 by now already with game like this