GDT: Group A - May 18 - Great Britain vs Slovakia

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2019 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 18
2:15 PM ET • 8:15 PM CET

Slovakia vs Great Britain

Great Britain
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
33 Ben Bowns
1 Jackson Whistle

Defensemen:
28 Ben O'Connor - 13 David Phillips
17 Mark Richardson - 4 Stephen Lee
54 Tim Billingsley - 26 Evan Mosey
2 Dallas Ehrhardt

Forwards:
91 Ben Lake - 9 Brett Perlini - 19 Colin Shields
10 Robert Farmer - 21 Mike Hammond - 75 Robert Dowd
74 Oliver Betteridge - 7 Robert Lachowicz - 20 Jonathan Phillips
14 Liam Kirk - 5 Ben Davies - 11 Joseph Lewis
27 Luke Ferrara

Scratched:
G 30 Thomas Murdy
D 23 Paul Swindlehurst
F 8 Matthew Myer


Slovakia
Last game's lineup

Goaltenders:
33 Patrik Rybár
1 Marek Ciliak

Defensemen:
81 Erik Černák - 2 Andrej Sekera
45 Michal Čajkovský - 52 Martin Marinčin
6 Martin Fehérváry - 64 Patrik Koch

Forwards:
90 Tomáš Tatar - 79 Libor Hudáček - 14 Richard Pánik
27 Ladislav Nagy - 13 Michal Krištof - 28 Marian Studenič
56 Marko Daňo - 19 Matúš Sukeľ - 16 Róbert Lántoši
47 Mário Lunter - 17 Dávid Buc - 23 Adam Liška
24 Tomáš Zigo

Scratched:
G 30 Denis Godla
D 71 Marek Ďaloga
D 83 Christián Jaroš
F 12 David Bondra


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[stastny12]

This game would be more interesting in soccer

We won 6:1 before approx. two weeks with weaker team. I guess this game would not be a drama, finally.

Slovakia 4:0

 

[mattihp]

Watch out Slovakia. Great Britain are very aggressive and effective in minimizing the quality of shots against their goal. Relentless stick checking.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

I would hope that Slovakia won't underestimate the Brits since they have already played them.

 

[Shrimper]

Come on GB!

 

[Retroglyphs]

Team Slovakia looking for redemption, and they win this 7:1.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Ciliak in net for Slovakia. Too bad, I was hoping for Godla, to see if he could potentially get hot for this kind of tourney even at men's level as he did at u20.

Jaros and Daloga are also out, Hudacek is questionable.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Go team GB.

 

[Pandaman11]

Uhm, I noticed only now that Slovakia does NOT play their games in Bratislava. Why?

 

[BennsGonnaGetYou]

Uhm, I noticed only now that Slovakia does NOT play their games in Bratislava. Why?

Denmark played in Herning last year and not in Copenhagen. Don't know why they do this, however I assume the reason last year was to make the tournament more available for Swedish fans.

 

[Jakk123]

Uhm, I noticed only now that Slovakia does NOT play their games in Bratislava. Why?

Last time we hosted the WC, Bratislava had great attendance (we played there) but Kosice did not, so the organisers decided that Slovakia would play in Kosice this year, while the Czech Republic would play in Bratislava. Czech Republic is in the vicinity of Bratislava, so it's almost like they are the home team there.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Last time we hosted the WC, Bratislava had great attendance (we played there) but Kosice did not, so the organisers decided that Slovakia would play in Kosice this year, while the Czech Republic would play in Bratislava. Czech Republic is in the vicinity of Bratislava, so it's almost like they are the home team there.

Also there was a large outcry from fans in Kosice about not only not having a Slovakia game, but also no play-off games in 2011 which might have influenced attendance there as well.

 

[stastny12]

Godla in the net! Its his first appearance on WC.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Godla in the net! Its his first appearance on WC.

Source? Earlier news said Ciliak would be in net, I think.

 

[ryerockarola]

Tatar will score today

 

[slovakiasnextone]

How many assistant coaches do we actually have? Feels like there is an interview with a different one before every game.

And why don't they ever get Ramsey himself to talk? It's not like RTVS would have that much trouble translating from English, they are doing ok with the player interviews this year.

Ahh, ok, Ciliak has some kind of stomach bug, so that's why Godla is in goal.

 

[ryerockarola]

Bowns has faced 213 shots so far in the tourney, yikes

 

[ukyote]

Already damage limitation mode!

 

[Shrimper]

On to the France game then

 

[tobu]

I expected nothing else. I'm still bummed by us choking the games vs Canada and Germany in last seconds. I honestly think we would have contended medals otherwise. Positive takeaway is that we can likely expect similar style of play in the coming years.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

I expected nothing else. I'm still bummed by us choking the games vs Canada and Germany in last seconds. I honestly think we would have contended medals otherwise. Positive takeaway is that we can likely expect similar style of play in the coming years.

If we miss the QFs for the 2nd time in a row by one point, you know what they says: 3rd time's a charm.

EDIT: And the disappointment from the losses against Canada and Germany feels a bit better to me than barely defeating Italy yo avoid relegation. At least I was happy for a big part of those two games and every other game in this tourney so far.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Bowns has faced 213 shots so far in the tourney, yikes

And he is out of the game now, looks like an injury possibly? But I feel kinda bad for him. He's up to 225 shots now.

 

[tobu]

Stars might not align next year, we might not get the core from NHL. Either way, I'm pleased with the coaching, this style of play that we are showing this tournament is likely Ramsay's signature, I hope he extends. Even if stars might not align in NHL next year, I feel like if we ice fast Europeans, we can be competitive again. It's all about speed, I mean look at them, they're skating and skating and skating, I love the effort!

 

[ukyote]

Go on then!

 

[Shrimper]

If Bowns is injured we're f***ed