WJC: GDT: Canada – Slovakia (6:30 p.m. ET)

[Silky Johnson]

Maybe I was wrong. Again, maybe I just didn't see the game objectively.

I think it's probably a matter of expectations.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Canada plays the US ?
In the semis

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

16 guys from the Slovak team can return next year. Canada should be ready for revenge.

Only ones likely to return for Canada next year are Beck and Korchinski

 

[NyQuil]

100% agree, but lets be honest 10 years ago canada is no doubt finishing 1st in group and there first KO game is a 10-0 blowout.....point being that some of the other countries are getting closer to the "top" teams, and canada was just about unbeatable on home ice in this tourney

I’d like to think so but it’s a lot harder for the smaller countries to be competitive year after year.

 

[ORRFForever]

I think it's probably a matter of expectations.

Fair enough.

 

[New User Name]

I just want what is best for his career.

I just want him to go to a Canadian team.

 

[Ciao]

I thought it was a very poorly officiated game. The Slovaks kept their sticks high and laid the lumber all night without getting called. One player draped himself like a blanket over Bedard going to the net and should have been called for holding. The Slovak player laying on puck in his own end was a delay of game not called.

I'm glad Canada played through it, kept their cool and did not retaliate.

I don't blame Slovakia for playing rough -- it was their best hope -- but I do blame the referees for failing to call penalties when they should have.

If Canada were the weaker team instead and had adopted the same strategy they absolutely would have continued with it as long as possible.

Canada was very disciplined. By contrast, the undisciplined penalty that Nemec took in the last minute of play could have been a major, and even the minor did not help Slovakia at all.

The better team won.

 

[Silky Johnson]

And the fact that you think Bedard will bust depending on where he gets drafted is asinine.

I don't know. Habs can ruin anything....

 

[garyjones93]

Wow what a game Bedard is amazing, but damn Slovakia damn should be proud and could have won that game, Canada out played Slovakia the whole game, but Slovakia played their game nearly perfect. couldn't have been a better quarter final.

 

[SlafySZN]

I didn’t bring up the Habs, re-read the thread.

You still chose to write something dumb about the habs when you could have passed over the comment.

 

[Bounces R Way]

This is a match to remember for the rest of my life

Your guys played amazing. Really thought the Slovaks were going to take it in the last 5 minutes there. That goalie was out of his god damn mind.

 

[IDuck]

We beat them 11-1 like last year. They have a strong group and put everything into this one but don't try and look to big into one game.

and IMO this is the issue with hockey canada.....too big to fail.

 

[NyQuil]

You still chose to write something dumb about the habs when you could have passed over the comment.

And you could have passed over my comment and you chose not to.

Funny how that works.

 

[I am Canadian]

Slovakia hacking and cross-checking Bedard all game.

How'd that work out for you???

 

[Nemo4]

I cannot emphasize enough how proud I am of this young team. Obviously huge amount of luck was involved, with Canadians hitting the post like 7 times... But still. Amazing effort by the boys who played their hearts out. The result sucks, but boy oh boy, what an entertaining game.

Congratulations to Canada, Bedard is truly out of this planet. Hopefully next year we will get a chance for a revenge

 

[trilobyte]

Add a goal from McTavish and it doesn’t go to OT.

Good reply to yet another 'hypothetical'. I don't know why some folks would rather live in the land of "what if" instead of what just happened in the flesh, in real-time.

 

[Gormo]

Great game Slovakia, you played extremely well

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

100% agree, but lets be honest 10 years ago canada is no doubt finishing 1st in group and there first KO game is a 10-0 blowout.....point being that some of the other countries are getting closer to the "top" teams, and canada was just about unbeatable on home ice in this tourney

Canada once lost to Kazakhstan 6-3. It truly is different every year.

 

[57special]

Slovakia outplayed Canada 40 minutes of the game.

Bedard looked absolutely unstoppable.

The shots were 57-27 CAN. Not sure what game you were watching.

 

[Macman]

What a game. One of the greatest ever played in this tournament.

 

[BigBadBoar]

just dont understand the hype about benard, that goal was on slovakian passively stand around him and let him scored.

At least 90 % of players would be looking for a pass. Bedard evaluated the situation perfectly. Saw all three Slovakia players are exhausted, took the responsibility and scored after a surprising individual move. That's what great players do. Read the game and take the responsibility at the right time.

 

[Ducati Boy]

It’s good to see the Czechs and Slovaks playing at the top level again.

Goes to show how playing in men’s leagues can help develop young players.

 

[HabSgt]

Slovakia should hold their heads high, they have nothing to be ashamed of, they played great. Hockey sometimes is truly a game of inches.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Canada plays USA in the semis

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I don't know. Habs can ruin anything....

What the idiot Bumblebrain did has nothing to do with the current management. They have had to rebuild the staff from next to nothing. They now have an actual staff that can train the prospects.