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GDT: Group A - May 9 - Latvia (0) vs Russia (4)

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ViD said:
Not sure what you mean by that , Russia looked pretty mediocre in their first two games
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It happens every year. If there's a game against Russia, team Latvia will experience a total moral collapse before the game has even begun. It's a psychological issue.
 
Las Vegas should throw all the money to get Ship Dads Artemi as their first line.

Panarin is RFA after next year, right? So sadly, that could be difficult. :/
 
Other than on the power plays, Latvia hardly touched the puck in the 3rd period. IT was total puck possession by Russia! Kudos to Bob for a great performance, and to see Panarin and Datsyuk on the same ice together is a thing of beauty to behold!
 
It's a bit funny to watch that huge contrast between our Soviet-style combinational top lines and grinding bottom 6, not a lot of NHL teams have it that obvious.

Bobrovskiy with a stellar game!
 
Latvia fought valiantly, Latvia fought nobly, Latvia fought honorably. And Latvia lost.

But seriously, at least it's good that Russia actually played hockey today and Panarin showed us why he is Panarin. For young Latvian guys I think it is better to see at what kind of level one can play, at least from that aspect it's better than if Russia would just stumble around like most time before this game...
 
Kshahdoo said:
Another lol, it should be Merzlikin, he was by far the best Latvian. IIHF is a ****ing joke.
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This actually made me think, maybe some Latvian knows- is Merzlikins of Russian origin or just has a Russian surname? Because in the interviews I don't hear any Russian accent, and he doesn't have a Russian name too. Though Elvis is not only a typical Latvian name, but also an international one.

Could be that he only went to Latvian school, like Maksims Širokovs (Maxim Shirokov) who also speaks Latvian without an accent.
 
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Latgale_fan said:
This actually made me think, maybe some Latvian knows- is Merzlikins of Russian origin or just has a Russian surname? Because in the interviews I don't hear any Russian accent, and he doesn't have a Russian name too. Though Elvis is not only a typical Latvian name, but also an international one.

Could be that he only went to Latvian school, like Maksims Å irokovs (Maxim Shirokov) who also speaks Latvian without an accent.
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Hard to imagine that these names are not Russian in origin, given the fact that Latvians and Russians have different languages and are different ethnic groups.
 
Latgale_fan said:
This actually made me think, maybe some Latvian knows- is Merzlikins of Russian origin or just has a Russian surname? Because in the interviews I don't hear any Russian accent, and he doesn't have a Russian name too. Though Elvis is not only a typical Latvian name, but also an international one.

Could be that he only went to Latvian school, like Maksims Å irokovs (Maxim Shirokov) who also speaks Latvian without an accent.
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Former hockey player Oļegs Sorokins - Oleg Sorokin - is 100% Russian name surname, but the guy has 0 accent. So there are more examples.
 
Yakushev72 said:
Hard to imagine that these names are not Russian in origin, given the fact that Latvians and Russians have different languages and are different ethnic groups.
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Names are Russian in origin, but there are several reasons why they could be:
1) people who arrived during Soviet times, like Maksims Sirokovs (Maxim Shirokov) parents, who are Russians but you cannot tell by him because he went to Latvian school
2) ''old'' Russians who have lived here for generations, maybe some have already assimilated and only the surname shows that it is Russian in origin
3) given surnames to local peasants... like with Andersons and and other ''sons'' the guys are not Scandinavian, but it's a relic of Swedish times in Latvian when locals were given Swedish surnames, the same with Rēdlihs and other German sounding ones... with Russians it was not as common, as Russian Empire came here already later and there was not much of Russian landed nobility here anyway, but still- some could be named in Russian surnames, some could have changed them to be more ''Russian'' when at that time it was useful.

Like ''Masaļskis'', the surname sounds like a Polish one/Slavic, but I wonder if he has had any Polish relatives at all.
 
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