GDT: May 10 • Slovakia vs. Russia

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2015 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 10
2:15 PM ET • 20:15 CET

Slovakia
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

12 Marián Gáborík​

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43 Tomáš Surový​

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79 Libor Hudáček​

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90 Tomáš Tatar​

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25 Marek Viedenský​

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19 Michel Miklík​

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61 Milan Bartovič

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55 Mário Bližňák​

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13 Tomáš Jurčo​

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28 Richard Pánik​

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82 Tomáš Kopecký

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22 Vladimír Dravecký​

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97 Patrik Lušňák​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

51 Dominik Graňák

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14 Andrej Meszároš​

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26 Juraj Mikúš​

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71 Marek Ďaloga​

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8 Michal Sersen​

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68 Milan Jurčina​

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3 Adam JánošÃ­k​

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Starter​

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Backup​

88 Július Hudáček​

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50 Ján Laco​

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Scratched​

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Details​

F 56 Marko Daňo​

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Out for tournament​

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D 7 Ivan Baranka​

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Healthy​

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G 42 Branislav Konrád​

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Healthy​

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Russia
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

9 Artemiy Panarin​

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87 Vadim Shipachyov​

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63 Yevgeniy Dadonov​

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10 Sergei Mozyakin​

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11 Yevgeniy Malkin​

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41 Nikolai Kulyomin​

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71 Ilya Kovalchuk

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42 Artyom Anisimov​

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91 Vladimir Tarasenko​

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52 Sergei Shirokov​

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14 Viktor Tikhonov​

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16 Sergei Plotnikov​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

77 Anton Belov​

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44 Yegor Yakovlev​

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82 Yevgeniy Medvedev

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73 Maxim Chudinov​

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7 Dmitriy Kulikov​

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93 Viktor Antipin​

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94 Andrei Mironov​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

72 Sergei Bobrovskiy​

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31 Anton Khudobin​

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Scratched​

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Details​

F 25 Danis Zaripov

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Out for tournament​

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D 48 Yevgeniy Biryukov​

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Out for tournament​

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G 30 Konstantin Barulin​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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TBA | -

Referee​

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TBA | -

Linesman​

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TBA | -

Linesman​

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TBA | -

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[Faterson]

A well-deserved rest for Russia after yesterday's Victory Day festivities. Take it easy, please.

 

[PapaQ]

Yeah, Russia - you got this, no need to push yourselfs with this one. Save the energy for the big dogs.

Also, apparently Hudacek is in the net for this one.

 

[Faterson]

Right... riiiight.... why should you play Switzerland in the quarterfinals, when you can eliminate the Czechs on their home ice instead, or that powerful arch-enemy, the Swedes? Just think of the glory! A quarterfinal win against the Swiss would be just "meh".

 

[QnebO]

By winning Russia (or some other game left) would you advance?

 

[TollefsenFan]

Go Russia!

 

[TollefsenFan]

By winning Russia (or some other game left) would you advance?

Slovakia got 7 Points, while Belarus got 10 Points. Belarus will play Norway in their last match. If the slovaks will be Nice to us, then maybe we will be Nice to them

 

[Faterson]

If the slovaks will be Nice to us, then maybe we will be Nice to them

We've already been nice to you by giving you the win, no? The play-off chances for Slovakia are very slim at this point, especially because Norway basically has nothing left to play for, do they? Do they really care if they finish 5th or 6th in Group "B"? Whereas Belarus will be top-motivated in that game, to clinch the play-off spot. So I'm very skeptical about Norway's help for Slovakia on Tuesday.

PS: Slovakia also has the tiebreaker against Belarus, so all we need is 1 win for us (or 3 points combined in 2 games) and two defeats by Belarus (against Finland and Norway) to get into the play-offs.

 

[peto10]

Daňo is hurt and out of the tournament.

 

[Acallabeth]

That damn 1:15 am start.

 

[QnebO]

That damn 1:15 am start.

That's really bad. I wonder why are these started so late, its 21:15 our time, and Czech time zone too.. Normally games start 18:15: It would be 22:15 for you at least.

 

[Urbanskog]

That's really bad. I wonder why are these started so late, its 21:15 our time, and Czech time zone too.. Normally games start 18:15: It would be 22:15 for you at least.

It's 20:15 Central European time, aka Czech time.

 

[Faterson]

The game start is 8:15 in Central Europe. I agree it should have been 7 p.m., the standard hockey-game start time, especially at the weekends.

(I understand the 8:15 starts on weekdays. They need 4 hours between 2 games, so starting the first afternoon game at 4:15 local time is really the first so-so reasonable start time, although most people work from 8 to 5 on weekdays, of course.)

 

[SlovanHC]

Yaaay when it's 7pm start here in the UK

 

[peto10]

J. Hudáček (Laco) - MeszároÅ¡, Graňák, Jurčina, Sersen, Ďaloga, MikuÅ¡, Jánošík - L. Hudáček, Surový, Gáborík - Tatar, Viedenský, Miklík - Jurčo, Bližňák, Bartovič - Pánik, Kopecký, Dravecký - LuÅ¡ňák

 

[zorz]

gl Slovakia

 

[SlovanHC]

Really hope we play well

 

[SlovanHC]

gl Slovakia

Always us having to perform a miracle and not our czech brothers

 

[od71]

Right... riiiight.... why should you play Switzerland in the quarterfinals, when you can eliminate the Czechs on their home ice instead, or that powerful arch-enemy, the Swedes? Just think of the glory! A quarterfinal win against the Swiss would be just "meh".

Today Tretyak said that czechs in the quaterfinals on home ice are more dangerous than Canada. He hints that we should take 1st place. For him there is no worse thing than to lose in QF

 

[slovakiasnextone]

J. Hudáček (Laco) - MeszároÅ¡, Graňák, Jurčina, Sersen, Ďaloga, MikuÅ¡, Jánošík - L. Hudáček, Surový, Gáborík - Tatar, Viedenský, Miklík - Jurčo, Bližňák, Bartovič - Pánik, Kopecký, Dravecký - LuÅ¡ňák

I am kinda inclined to believe that if you play really well and have a 100% offensive effort in a game on Slovak team you get to play with Bartovic and Bliznak as a punishment by the coaches.

 

[luongo321]

This is going to be a sweet game.

 

[kp61c]

Today Tretyak said that czechs in the quaterfinals on home ice are more dangerous than Canada. He hints that we should take 1st place. For him there is no worse thing than to lose in QF

or end up in the fourth spot and avoid meeting those terrible czechs in the qf.

 

[Nakawick]

Slovakia, you can do it.

 

[Faterson]

It's weird Hudáček is in goal, although he can play very well, too. Laco has been amazing so far, though, and he's a long-time KHL goalie, so he would seem like a logical choice against Russia.

 

[QnebO]

Maybe Iliya is taking this game easy.

Go Slovakia