GDT: Group B - May 9 - Slovenia (1) vs Norway (5)

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2017 IIHF World Championship
Group B

May 9
10:15 AM ET • 4:15 PM CET

Slovenia
Confirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

39 Jan Mursak "C"​

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24 Rok Ticar​

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55 Robert Sabolic​

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26 Jan Urbas "A"​

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18 Ken Ograjensek​

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91 Miha Verlic​

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92 Anze Kuralt​

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71 Bostjan Golicic​

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12 David Rodman​

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76 Mik Pem​

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16 Ales Music​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

51 Mitja Robar​

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86 Sabahudin Kovacevic "A"​

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23 Luka Vidmar​

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28 Ales Kranjc​

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7 Klemen Pretnar​

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15 Blaz Gregorc​

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4 Andrej Tavelj​

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14 Matic Podlipnik​

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Starter​

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Backup​

69 Matija Pintaric​

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32 Gasper Kroselj​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 40 Luka Gracnar​

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Healthy​

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D 61 Jurij Repe​

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Healthy​

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F 8 Ziga Jeglic​

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Suspended​

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F 19 Ziga Pance​

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Injured​

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Norway
Confirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

40 Ken Andre Olimb​

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41 Patrick Thoresen "A"​

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46 Mathis Olimb "A"​

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26 Kristian Forsberg​

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24 Andreas Martinsen​

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61 Alexander Reichenberg​

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22 Martin Røymark​

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20 Anders Bastiansen​

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51 Mats Rosseli Olsen​

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8 Mathias Trettenes​

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28 Niklas Roest​

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13 Sondre Olden​

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82 Jorgen Karterud​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

10 Mattias Nørstebø​

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6 Jonas Holøs "C"​

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14 Dennis Sveum​

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42 Henrik Ødegaard​

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4 Johannes Johannesen​

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47 Alexander Bonsaksen​

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90 Daniel Sørvik​

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Starter​

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Backup​

30 Lars Haugen​

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33 Henrik Haukeland​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 70 Steffen Søberg​

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Healthy​

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D 5 Erlend Lesund​

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-​

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F 93 Thomas Valkvæ Olsen​

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-​

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Game Officials​

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Referee​

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Roman Gofman | -

Referee​

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Antonin Jerabek | -

Linesman​

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Miroslav Lhotsky | -

Linesman​

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Peter Sefcik | -

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[Belizarius]

Very small crowd.
Afternoon game on a tuesday with 2 teams with a little fan base...
A few from Norway, I don't think we're at 1000...

 

[linusandvarlamov]

Very small crowd.
Afternoon game on a tuesday with 2 teams with a little fan base...
A few from Norway, I don't think we're at 1000...

That's crazy.

I was there yesterday for Canada-Belarus and we were only 4300 or something like that.

Biggest crowd I've been in so far was 9300 or something close to that on Sunday afternoon when Canada was facing Slovenia. But there must have been a lot more than 9000 people once the France-Finland game began.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

why are Slovenia's jerseys lime green?

 

[Belizarius]

That's crazy.

I was there yesterday for Canada-Belarus and we were only 4300 or something like that.

Biggest crowd I've been in so far was 9300 or something close to that on Sunday afternoon when Canada was facing Slovenia. But there must have been a lot more than 9000 people once the France-Finland game began.

11.400 vs Finland.
Huge crowd for tonight game vs Switzerland.
No tickets available for France-Canada.

 

[Havre]

Solid win for Norway. Should avoid being relegated now (even if France beating Finland and Denmark hosting next time means we still can).

 

[Urbanskog]

Solid win for Norway. Should avoid being relegated now (even if France beating Finland and Denmark hosting next time means we still can).

Denmark isn't in the same group with Norway.

 

[linusandvarlamov]

11.400 vs Finland.
Huge crowd for tonight game vs Switzerland.
No tickets available for France-Canada.

Yeah, I tried grabbing a last minute ticket yesterday at the box-office for France/Canada (as it is the only Canada game I won't be attending throughout their 7 game preliminary phase). The man said it was sold out.

I can't get enough of Canada right now (Mackinnon and Barrie are burning the barn ), so I purchased a ticket for the two quarterfinal games.

 

[Belizarius]

Yeah, I tried grabbing a last minute ticket yesterday at the box-office for France/Canada (as it is the only Canada game I won't be attending throughout their 7 game preliminary phase). The man said it was sold out.

I can't get enough of Canada right now (Mackinnon and Barrie are burning the barn ), so I purchased a ticket for the two quarterfinal games.

Hopefully Germany won''t finish 4th, because if Germany is 4th, Canada will move to Cologne

 

[Nizar]

Pathetic effort.

 

[Heia Norge]

A nice victory today

 

[GotTheMovesLikeJagr]

why are Slovenia's jerseys lime green?

No idea - coincidentally though, the Slovenian soccer team has also been green and white since 1994, when the board of Slovenian FA decided to change the colors. Green and white are the traditional colours of the capital city of Ljubljana and also of the most successful club at the time NK Olimpija of Ljubljana.

Either the Slovenian Ice Hockey Federation chose green, white and blue to be similar to the football team's colors. Other theories are that the colors symbolize the Slovenian landscape (green mountains and blue skies), or that they chose those colors to distinguish themselves from Slovakia (which uses red, white and blue, like Slovenia did earlier).

 

[Havre]

Denmark isn't in the same group with Norway.

As far as I know that doesn´t matter if Denmark ends up last. Then the bottom team in Norway´s group will go down and the weakest 2nd worst team - which could be in Norway´s group (even if that is unlikely).

Pretty sure Norway is safe now, but it isn´t 100% certain.