GDT: Group B - May 9 - Switzerland (3) vs France (4)

[stv11]

2017 IIHF World Championship
Group B

May 9
2:15 PM ET • 8:15 PM CET

Switzerland
Confirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

23 Simon Bodenmann​

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10 Andres Ambühl "A"​

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96 Damien Brunner​

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70 Denis Hollenstein​

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92 Gaëtan Haas​

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8 Vincent Praprlan​

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44 Pius Suter​

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71 Tanner Richard​

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62 Denis Malgin​

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19 Reto Schäppi​

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89 Cody Almond​

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9 Thomas Rüfenacht​

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61 Fabrice Herzog​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

16 Raphael Diaz "C"​

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54 Philippe Furrer​

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65 Ramon Untersander​

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34 Dean Kukan​

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55 Romain Loeffel​

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76 Joel Genazzi​

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53 Christian Marti​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

63 Leonardo Genoni​

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1 Jonas Hiller​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 26 Nicklas Schlegel​

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Healthy​

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France
Confirmed lineup

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

21 Antoine Roussel​

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41 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare "A"​

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18 Anthony Rech​

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77 Sacha Treille​

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14 Stéphane Da Costa​

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9 Damien Fleury​

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29 Floran Douay​

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10 Laurent Meunier "C"​

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72 Jordann Perret​

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27 Loïc Lampérier​

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25 Nicolas Ritz​

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12 Valentin Claureaux​

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80 Teddy Da Costa​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

18 Yohann Auvitu​

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84 Kevin Hecquefeuille "A"​

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4 Antonin Manavian​

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74 Nicolas Besch​

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3 Johnathan Janil​

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44 Olivier Dame-Malka​

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28 Damien Raux​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

39 Cristobal Huet​

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49 Florian Hardy​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 33 Ronan Quemener​

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Healthy​

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D 62 Florian Chakiachvili​

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-​

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F 23 Maurin Bouvet​

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Healthy​

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Game Officials​

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Referee​

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Eduards Odins | -

Referee​

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Linus Ohlund | -

Linesman​

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Lukas Kohlmüller | -

Linesman​

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Sakari Suominen | -

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[Loffer]

Should be great fun. Suisse and France clashing in Paris. I will be on the stands, naturally. Living in Montmartre I must cheer for the Land of Lilies, but I like the Suisse thing also. So, let the game begin.

 

[BruinLVGA]

With the way the French spanked the Finns, this is going to be tough.

 

[Bookker]

If Stephane Da Costa is healthy for this game (he was on the ice for the training yesterday) he probably will be the C of the second line.

His brother Teddy should be C of the third or fourth line.

I'm in a hurry to be at the game tonight ! Should be great with Swiss fans

 

[Belizarius]

I was at the morning skate.
Forward lines :

S. Treille - S. Da Costa - Fleury.
Roussel-Bellemare-Rech.
Douay-Meunier-Perret.
Lampérier-Ritz-Claireaux.

We don't know yet who will be the 13th forward and 7th d-man.

 

[doug88]

Should be a close one. Hopefully our 4th line keeps up the pace from Sunday's game and we should be fine. I was a bit skeptical before the game against Norway but they proved me wrong -against a weak Norway team though. Then I'm not worried about their bottom-6 but Genoni -should he get the nod- has to be stellar when their top-6 is on the ice. Other than that, their defense looks really weak so I'm not concerned about creating scoring chances but let's just hope Huet is in a bad day.

 

[stv11]

Genoni confirmed, same lines that finished the game against Norway.

 

[jonas2244]

With Malgin, Richard and Suter 3 C in one line.

 

[Antonglk]

Before I wouldn't watch Swiss vs France. But now...

 

[Jon Riley]

As long as the fourth line and the Haas line are the same, I'm fine with mixing the other two. I wasn't really impressed by their game.

 

[mosare]

all nhl players, except of malgin, are not playing for switzerland, but the swiss should be good enough and will win the match 4:1

 

[Jon Riley]

... I hate power plays..

 

[mosare]

swiss PP is really ****

 

[mosare]

i really like how malgin is playing and how he can carry the puck in the zone. he is really big plus for his team

 

[Daninja]

I think the Swiss NHL line of Malkin-Suter is gonna shine today

 

[Jon Riley]

Not the worst match i've seen Switzerland playing, but for **** sake something major has to be done to the pp units.
It would also help if Ambhül remembers how to play hockey. Or at least how to pass a puck.

 

[jonas2244]

Not a bad period, indeed, just missed to score, which would obviously be the most important point.

 

[jonas2244]

Some solid plays there. And I wanted to scratch Praplan in front of the tournament.

 

[mosare]

finally they score! the swiss are far better than france on 5 vs 5!

 

[Belizarius]

Bad, really bad game for France.
Where's the team that beat Finland ?
They just look lost out there

 

[Jon Riley]

Ok, this was a much much better period. Today is the Haas line that is dominant.
I do not want to say it too loud but what we are watching surprisingly looks like good hockey...

Just do not get fancy, please, go for the net not for the nice pass

 

[stv11]

I just arrived home and could watch the last five minutes, enough to see Switzerland dominate and Haas miss the open net. Judging by your comments, this seems to sum up the game pretty well.

 

[stv11]

Obvious interference...

 

[jonas2244]

And Roussel is also in the crease.

 

[jpieti]

Why Brunner isn't playing?