GDT: Group B - May 14 - Switzerland vs Austria

[kabidjan18]

Damn, that was a wicked left hook from Raffl haha

 

[Nexon]

Like Czech Republic till this year, almost no shooting, looking for a perfect position which almost never comes.

 

[Speyer]

But at least finally some good puck movement on the PP,

 

[The Noot]

Austria was falling apart for a bit, but Switzerland is not capitalising.

Could come back to haunt them later on.

 

[stv11]

Such a frustrating period, should be 3 or 4-0. No killer instinct.

 

[kabidjan18]

Like Czech Republic till this year, almost no shooting, looking for a perfect position which almost never comes.

IIRC they have 30 or more shots on goal, so this ain't it.

 

[Jon Riley]

Andrighetto is good, but that line is not really working. Not his best tournament for Haas. I would probably try to switch Moser and Scherwey and try to give a bit more of presence in front of the net.

 

[mosare]

The swiss are much better (as expected), but misses way too many chances

 

[Nexon]

IIRC they have 30 or more shots on goal, so this ain't it.

Yeah, still there were many situations when they should have shoot.

 

[Nexon]

Austria probably didn’t believe much they can beat Swiss otherwise Starkbaum would be in net tonight.

 

[kabidjan18]

Austria probably didn’t believe much they can beat Swiss otherwise Starkbaum would be in net tonight.

We started Kickert in net against Latvia and Starkbaum in net against Russia. You do the math.

 

[The Noot]

When you have 22 SOG in the second period but haven't scored once, I don't think shot volume is the problem.

Also, Kickert is having a great game

 

[stv11]

What a stupid penalty...

 

[kabidjan18]

The people who should have been the supposed "leaders" of the team, the Raffl brothers and Hofer, have been absolute trash today. Michael doesn't have his usual form, but at least he's still playing a good two way game. The other two have been awful everywhere.

Update: Hofer proves my point.

 

[stv11]

The people who should have been the supposed "leaders" of the team, the Raffl brothers and Hofer, have been absolute trash today.

I must admit I was really afraid of this line, but they have been harmless tonight.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Austria probably didn’t believe much they can beat Swiss otherwise Starkbaum would be in net tonight.

It isn't 2013 anymore.. Starkbaum hasn't been good for years.

 

[torero]

They are turning around ... close. continue and 2-0 !!

 

[jonas2244]

Uff. Finally.

 

[stv11]

Finally.

I admit I was about to write that I didn't like the idea of playing Josi with Loeffel

 

[The Noot]

Finally

 

[Phil McKraken]

That has to be a relief, imagine if Austria scored on a breakaway instead.

 

[torero]

They are turning around ... close. continue and 2-0 !!

i was right once again

 

[stv11]

Low quality boards in this tournament, must the 4th or 5th time they need to change one already.

 

[torero]

should be 2 min ... he comes and breakes our glass !! 2 min!!

 

[kabidjan18]

What's upsetting about this game is that the Swiss haven't been unbeatable by a long stretch. It's not the times when our players are under pressure that they make mistakes. It's the passes under no pressure that we've been missing. Passes where the players had time and space to make the right pass, and they miss. Playing like this, you don't even need an opponent to struggle. We haven't been able to hit open passes, so we can't get any sort of offense going.