jj cale
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Americans have held up well this game, tough time creating offense but they have been good defensively for the most part and battling hard.
Won't be our last..Excellent save there on a truly atrocious and possibly game ending turnover from the Czech D.
To me . They are playing like those golden Finnish teams. Lots os sisu. Czechs are playing like pissy Russians.Americans have held up well this game, tough time creating offense but they have been good defensively for the most part and battling hard.
Rosival breaks the tie!!To me . They are playing like those golden Finnish teams. Lots os sisu. Czechs are playing like pissy Russians.
Things I wasnt expecting to type.
Him and Zahesky! Little too casual with that puck tonight.lolDravecký must improve defense SIGNIFICANTLY, he can´t play like this, so many dangerous turnovers.
Dobro Noc Goodman!Okay. I was hoping for a little better performance, but it was a very tough opponent. I'm going to sleep, maybe at least I'll fall asleep for a while after this nervousness.
That's right, maybe the biggest disappointment, those puck losses were brutal..Dravecký must improve defense SIGNIFICANTLY, he can´t play like this, so many dangerous turnovers. I really liked Rombach and US defense altogether, they didn´t let us do anything in their third if not for Benak, we wouldn´t do a thing this game.
Czechia's return to greatness - and it's needed in the hockey world. Until, of course, you start beating Canada and then you've gone too far.Big win for us against tough US team. Pretty fun hockey to look at, even though it wasn't the prettiest of games. The Poletin-Novotny-Benak line took some time to settle in but they came through when we needed it. Other than them, I liked Rozsival, Pavlik, Cerny and Mrtka. Mrtka will go pretty high in the draft i think. In terms of his skating style and overall posture, he really reminds me a defensive version of David Jiricek. Really good on puck retrievals and breakouts and even showed some nifty stuff in the O-zone. NHL teams love these sort of Dman prospects, especially RDs.
I gotta say I'm still not used to a Czech U18 team being the one dictating play and creating more offense with speed and skill against a US team (even if it isn't their top squad). This has been unheard for the past 15-20 years or so. It was the Czechs who defended the neutral zone and relied mostly on odd-man situations and turnovers. Very refreshing to see.
Calm it down!!!Czechia's return to greatness