GDT: Group B - May 11 - Switzerland vs Italy

[stv11]

2019 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 11
6:15 AM ET • 12:15 PM CET

Switzerland vs Italy

Switzerland
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
20 Reto Berra
63 Leonardo Genoni

Defensemen:
90 Roman Josi - 6 Yannick Weber
16 Raphael Diaz - 86 Janis Moser
55 Romain Loeffel - 76 Joël Genazzi
45 Michael Fora - 38 Lukas Frick

Forwards:
21 Kevin Fiala - 13 Nico Hischier - 8 Vincent Praplan
82 Simon Moser - 92 Gaëtan Haas - 10 Andres Ambühl
15 Grégory Hofmann - 23 Philipp Kurashev - 93 Lino Martschini
60 Tristan Scherwey - 64 Christoph Bertschy - 46 Noah Rod


Italy
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
1 Andreas Bernard
30 Marco de Filippo Roia

Defensemen:
6 Sean McMonagle - 55 Luca Zanatta
5 Alex Trivellato - 25 Stefano Marchetti
9 Armin Hofer - 7 Jan Pavlu
12 Ivan Tauferer - 26 Armin Helfer

Forwards:
94 Angelo Miceli - 22 Diego Kostner - 8 Marco Insam
81 Anthony Bardaro - 91 Marco Rosa - 16 Giovanni Morini
3 Markus Gander - 19 Raphael Andergassen - 47 Joachim Ramoser
63 Alex Lambacher - 13 Peter Hochkofler - 46 Ivan Deluca

Scratched:
G 35 Gianluca Vallini

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[porris]

Is there a confirmed goaltender set for this match? And is Berra the no. 1 goalie in this tournament?

 

[ViD]

They might actually speak Italian during the game

 

[Nexon]

Is there a confirmed goaltender set for this match? And is Berra the no. 1 goalie in this tournament?

No, definitely Genoni who will probably start today.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Italy will need Bernard to to stop 40 shots to have any chance.

 

[Retroglyphs]

Genoni with the shutout. SUI wins 4-0.

 

[Gianpaolo]

Italy's projected lineup:

Andreas Bernard

Alex Trivellato – Jan Pavlu
Armin Hofer – Armin Helfer
Ivan Tauferer – Luca Zanatta
Sean Mc Monagle – Stefano Marchetti
Roland Hofer

Angelo Miceli – Diego Kostner – Marco Insam
Anthony Bardaro – Marco Rosa – Giovanni Morini
Markus Gander – Raphael Andergassen – Joachim Ramoser
Alex Lambacher – Peter Hochkofler - Ivan Deluca
Simon Kostner

 

[jonas2244]

According to watson Switzerland plays 8+12

Roman Josi, Yannick Weber
Raphael Diaz, Janis Moser
Michael Fora, Lukas Frick
Romain Loeffel, Joël Genazzi

Kevin Fiala, Nico Hischier, Vincent Praplan
Simon Moser, Gaëtan Haas, Andres Ambühl
Grégory Hofmann, Philipp Kuraschew, Lino Martschini
Tristan Scherwey, Christoph Bertschy, Noah Rod

Oh, and it's the 100th World-Championship game for Andres Ambühl. And his 15th WC.

 

[Gianpaolo]

Italy will need Bernard to to stop 40 shots to have any chance.

Unfortunately the latest time Andy Bernard appeared in an official game was in February. I'm afraid he will need a couple of games to show his best performance.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Is the game not at 6:15 ET?

 

[stv11]

Is the game not at 6:15 ET?

You're right, my bad.

 

[jonas2244]

Berra to start for Switzerland.

http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/690/IHM690B06_54B_1_0.pdf

 

[Hellraising Senator]

5-0 Final. Nico 2 goals.

 

[jonas2244]

Josi & Fiala showing their skills.

 

[jonas2244]

Wow, what a backhand-pass by Frick. But Bernard isn't at his best.

 

[SCBdude]

4-0 after the first. I‘ve rarely seen Switzerland dominate their opponent as much as in this period. Hope they can keep it up.

Italy are looking really poor though...

 

[czechmate]

Swiss team looks really sharp this year with Fiala, Nino and company!

 

[Gianpaolo]

Wow, what a backhand-pass by Frick. But Bernard isn't at his best.

Well... he tries to defende alone against the whole Swiss team.

 

[stv11]

4-0 after the first period, why does it remind me of something?

Italy completely outmatched, they have a few players who can hold their own but their depth players are not up to the task. Still, they are well organised but goaltending let them down.

Not much to say from Switzerland's point of view. Praplan is not convincing, he's way below his linemates and that could be a concern against stronger teams. Defense playing a bit risky at time, that gave Italy some dangerous counter attacks.

Also Loeffel needs to be careful when he carries the puck through the neutral zone on the PP and passes it back, he was almost intercepted. It happened a few times during the exhibition games already.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Hopefully Nico is OK after that nasty (interference) check by Zanatta, when Ambühl scored the 4-0.

 

[jonas2244]

Hopefully Nico is OK after that nasty (interference) check by Zanatta, when Ambühl scored the 4-0.

Yeah, that was ugly and should have been called. Also the slash on Loeffel before.

 

[filip85]

Kurashev is looking good so far, considering this is his first WC senior game.

 

[jonas2244]

Italy is really, really, really bad.

 

[Speyer]

This is gonna be a massacre, could be a long tournament for Italy

 

[Jon Riley]

Won't somebody please think of the children?