GDT: Game 23: Quarter Finals | Finland Eliminate Canada 2-1 OT

[Breakers]

Hunter's Game plan"

"OK boys we got a 1 goal lead...................Now go clog up the neutral zone, and forget the offense"

 

[NyQuil]

Considering the Fins were without Heiskanen, Kotkaniemi and Vesalainen, probably 3 players better than anyone that Canada was missing, this point isn't really accurate.

Agreed.

The fact that Formenton was going to be the Captain goes to show how little talent there was this year.

 

[PG Canuck]

Remember when everybody dumped on Virtanen for his WJC performance.

Tim Hunter deserves 10000x worse.

Comtois deserves a good chunk of the force too. One of worst captains in a while.

 

[HOPE]

Hayton was realy disappointing to me, all he did was dangle around in non-danger area bethind the net, cycling constantly around the board, holding on him way too much, if your going to do that, at least try and cut back in the middle or close to scoring danger area, looks like he was f***ing around in a outside rink. And worse part is i like hayton. Didn’t have a good tournament.

 

[CLW]

I’m an atheist but tonight I believe in the hockey Gods. Before the next tournament I shall pray to them.

I have a feeling that somewhere in the deep forests of Finland some shamanism was going on...

 

[Dr Pepper]

Canada doesnt medal on home soil for the first time ever, at the WJC. Tough streak to break.

Anyway, congrats Finland!

 

[kevsh]

Canada played a disheartening style of hockey: Dump the puck out of the defensive zone, dump it into the offensive zone, cycle, cycle, chip and cycle more, send it to the point for a weak wrist shot and pray for a deflection or rebound.

It was skill-crushing, uninspiring hockey that was guaranteed to produce very little offense against the best teams. But it was worse than that, it didn't even produce offense against the mid-range teams.

Yes, they did have a shortage of top-end offensive talent but Hunter's system handcuffed the skill players and relied on lady luck. Tonight, they ran out of luck.

 

[Fred McCarthy]

... Actually, Hunter CHOSE Comtois to shoot.
I mean, Evan Bouchard himself would've been a better pick!

Colussion...

 

[Breakers]

Canada doesnt medal on home soil for the first time ever, at the WJC. Tough streak to break.

Anyway, congrats Finland!

Really Really Really bad streak to break

 

[Dough72]

this was the most unlikable Team Canada ever. Never in a million years would I believe the captain of Team Canada would be diving every game. Guess this is the "new" hockey. Sad.

 

[Thebesthockey]

let me repeat

THIS IS 100% ON HUNTER

even calling out 17 year old players in the press ???


f*** off

 

[PG Canuck]

The moment this team named Tim Hunter coach, was where I doubted they would even do anything this tournament. Looks like it was right in the end.

 

[Conrad McBenis]

 

[Fred McCarthy]

The finns 100% deserved the win...................end of story.

Amen..

 

[Warden of the North]

I don't get how the TSN panel says this is one of the most heartbreaking losses. It really wasn't. O'Dog just nailed it. 2 goals in 2 games. No offense. DiPietro made them look better than they should have been. Always next year!

Its hearthbreaking to IIHF, Hockey Canada, and Rogers Arena ownership who wont have as easy a time selling out the arena for the rest of the tournament, and TSN who just lost millions of viewers.

 

[PG Canuck]

Canada doesnt medal on home soil for the first time ever, at the WJC. Tough streak to break.

Anyway, congrats Finland!

Especially for a Vancouver crowd that deserved to see a medal. Why did they have to pick one of the best crowds to massively disappoint.

 

[BruinDust]

The Canadian hockey system needs an overhaul.

The results from the USNTDP and other national training programs in other countries are undeniable.

For sure, it's been ages since Canada has last won gold at the WJCs (Sarcasm).

Coaching did this team no favours. Hunter's reluctance to change up his PP units (in particular the Glass unit which clearly wasn't working) was mind-boggling. I also don't understand why they didn't work down low more in the Finland zone, make that goalie move side to side, which scouts say is his weakness. Instead it was point-shot after point-shot, playing to his strengths.

But the fact is, this version of Team Canada just didn't have the horses to generate enough offense.

 

[Lepardi]

Considering the Fins were without Heiskanen, Kotkaniemi and Vesalainen, probably 3 players better than anyone that Canada was missing, this point isn't really accurate.

Great point. When Finland beat Canada in the quarter-finals three years ago, Canada was missing McDavid, Ekblad, Bennett and Fabbri because of NHL duty, while Finland had no players in the NHL. This time around the roles had been reversed and Finland took the bigger hit due to NHL..

 

[kirppu]

They were lucky. Dobson’s stick shattered. If he didn’t that would have ended the game right there...

Also the game tying goal was a deflection off the shin.

The fins won with two VERY lucky bounces. That being said they were the better team. But make no mistake, luck was a major factor for Finland today

Yeah, second goal was VERY lucky bouce.. LOL

 

[bigdog16]

Canada just couldnt get it going after that Denmark game. Everyone knows its a short tournament and nobody on Canada caught fire. The players as individuals will move on and have great careers, they clearly werent great as a team though. They had the players to win it. Coaching was a problem

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Meh. The further it is from the gold game, the less heartbreaking I find it. That 2010 vs. Russia was one of my worst hockey moments I can still remember how I felt during that game.

Yeah pretty much, when the goal went in tonight it was like a moment of angry then just like....Well guess I am rooting for chaos the rest of the way. 2010 sent me out on a solid drunk after.

 

[Gillings]

let me repeat

THIS IS 100% ON HUNTER

even calling out 17 year old players in the press ???


**** off

I whole heartedly agree. Ask my wife who doesnt care shell tell ya.

 

[Saekk]

The commentator sounds like he's gonna burst to tears any second there.

 

[jj cale]

Amen..

indeed.

It actually might be the last time I am ever at a W.J.C here, so many idiots that are let run wild here.

 

[irunthepeg]

Its hearthbreaking to IIHF, Hockey Canada, and Rogers Arena ownership who wont have as easy a time selling out the arena for the rest of the tournament, and TSN who just lost millions of viewers.

Good point. Maybe that's who Duthie was talking about

Honestly good. Too much political garbage.