GDT: Group A - May 11 - Germany vs Great Britain

[Kiev the Great]

And in what part of the UK hockey is most popular?

There's arguably no single hotbed of hockey in the UK. There's nowhere in the UK with a climate particularly suited to Ice Hockey compared to somewhere like Italy where hockey is primarily located in the North because of the Alps. As such I'd say it's partially a function of where there's multiple/better facilities you end up with more top level players coming through. The places with the most access to ice are Cardiff (wales), Nottingham and Sheffield which all have either twin pad facilities or 2 separate rinks (although Cardiff only recently got a twin-pad facility). Theres a lot of history in the Northeast but there's no longer any top level teams there.

I believe historically Scotland supplied more players, but nowadays that's no longer the case. Out of this year's squad only one player hails from Scotland. The most popular places going from place of birth are as follows:

Wales = 4
Yorkshire , the north east & Nottingham = 3 each
The other 3 are dotted around England

 

[unknownbrother]

Lol at the hot takes on Draisaitl in this thread. He started off slowly in his first game in more than a month where he wasn't playing 100% against Great Britain. (He still scored, mind you).

Calling him a product of McDavid after that is just insane.

Sarcasm isn't your strong point, eh?

 

[S E P H]

GB is a well-structured team with superb skating ability. They lack finish as they had some prime time scoring chances to actually take the lead in this game, but the players aren't clutch. However, even though they probably get relegated, they will and should be in almost every game.

 

[GBHockey]

I don't feel like it was necessarily an even game, Germany were the better team for probably 70% of the game.. however, GB exceeded expectations and played very well as far as I'm concerned. I'm proud of that performance.

Bowns was outstanding in net, the defence had their sloppy moments but generally did what they needed to and didn't make it easy for Germany. O'Connor the standout defenceman with some great puck movement and skating. The forwards created a decent amount of chances, a couple which they should've buried. But like with the defence, they never really stopped skating, just played hard and made it frustrating for the Germans.

I'm excited to see what the game against Canada brings. Last time we played Canada we lost 8-2!.

 

[Chloraflora]

I don't feel like it was necessarily an even game, Germany were the better team for probably 70% of the game.. however, GB exceeded expectations and played very well as far as I'm concerned. I'm proud of that performance.

Bowns was outstanding in net, the defence had their sloppy moments but generally did what they needed to and didn't make it easy for Germany. O'Connor the standout defenceman with some great puck movement and skating. The forwards created a decent amount of chances, a couple which they should've buried. But like with the defence, they never really stopped skating, just played hard and made it frustrating for the Germans.

I'm excited to see what the game against Canada brings. Last time we played Canada we lost 8-2!.

Honestly I think 8-2 wouldn't be that bad today