GDT: May 22 • Quarterfinal • USA 3, Czech Republic 4

[Systemfel]

2014 IIHF World Championship
Quarterfinal

May 22
9:00 AM ET • 15:00 CET • 16:00 EET

USA
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

11 Brock Nelson​

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9 Tyler Johnson​

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15 Craig Smith

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89 Justin Abdelkader

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19 Tim Stapleton

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53 Johnny Gaudreau​

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88 Peter Mueller​

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21 Vince Trocheck​

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57 Tommy Wingels​

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12 Kevin Hayes​

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23 Drew Shore​

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13 Colin McDonald

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-​

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-​

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10 Jimmy Hayes​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

65 Danny DeKeyser​

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3 Seth Jones​

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51 Jake Gardiner​

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55 Connor Murphy​

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29 Jake McCabe​

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2 Jeff Petry​

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46 Matt Donovan​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

30 Tim Thomas​

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33 David Leggio​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

G 37 Connor Hellebuyck​

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Healthy​

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D 8 Jacob Trouba​

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Departed​

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F 79 Andy Miele​

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Healthy​

| -

Czech Republic
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

10 Roman Červenka​

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12 Jiří Novotný​

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68 Jaromír Jágr

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48 Tomáš Hertl​

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17 Vladimír Sobotka​

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20 Jakub Klepiš​

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64 Jiří Sekáč​

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26 Martin Zaťovič​

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24 Jiří Hudler​

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60 Tomáš Rolinek

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43 Jan Kovář​

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27 Martin Růžička​

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82 Michal Vondrka​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

74 Ondřej Vitásek​

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23 Ondřej Němec

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2 Jakub Kindl​

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47 Michal Jordán​

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29 Jan Kolář​

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3 Petr Zámorský​

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55 Martin Ševc​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

53 Alexander Salák​

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1 Jakub Kovář​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

G 33 Pavel Francouz​

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Healthy​

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D 46 Roman Polák​

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Shoulder injury, out for tournament​

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F 88 Jakub PetružÃ¡lek​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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Mikael Nord | -

Referee​

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Marcus Vinnerborg | -

Linesman​

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Justin Hull | -

Linesman​

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Sakari Suominen | -

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[Loffer]

So, guys I'm putting my money on the U.S. on this one. Hope it pans out as expected. Johnny Hockey pots a couple and Thomas shuts the door. And we have a win here. Sounds simple. Easy money.

Go UsA Go!

E: I this a wrong thread. Probably.

 

[jkrdevil]

As an FYI, NBCSN is airing this at 9:30 on a 30 minute tape delay due the Monaco Grand Prix practices tomorrow. They are streaming it live (with the other Quarterfinals) however.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Hopefully I wake up for this. Should be a good one.

 

[Tomas W]

Pretty even match up. USA have looked better in the round robin though, and should perhaps be able to get to the semis. Not too often they do that at the worlds?

 

[Jakk123]

Go Czechs!

 

[maclean]

Martin Růžička has been added to the last empty spot on the Czech roster (link), according to the coach (no relation) he may play in Vondrka's place, though it is not decided yet.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Pretty even match up. USA have looked better in the round robin though, and should perhaps be able to get to the semis. Not too often they do that at the worlds?

Exactly the reason for me the Czechs are a slight favorite. They always rise their level of play in elimination games. USA though, have had no success in many years.

My guess would be OT, then its up in the air who wins it.

 

[Sean Monahan]

Johnny hockey shows up when the games matter most.

Expect another jaw-dropping performance from him today.

 

[Systemfel]

Wingels is back in the lineup for the US. Miele the odd man out.

 

[TheBossman22]

Johnny hockey shows up when the games matter most.

Expect another jaw-dropping performance from him today.

It will be interesting to see if he can do it against better competition as the US will need that secondary scoring if they want to win.

 

[Hemsky001]

Let's go Czechs!

 

[KurtSloan]

Sobotka penalty for what omg..

 

[Hemsky001]

oh god and here we go again.. ridiculous refereeing

/ of course 1-0 USA thank you very much

 

[TheBossman22]

Gardiner is terrible!

 

[TheBossman22]

oh god and here we go again.. ridiculous refereeing

/ of course 1-0 USA thank you very much

You can't be serious! That was an easy call, dumb move by Sobotka.

 

[KurtSloan]

Rolinek!!!!

 

[KurtSloan]

You can't be serious! That was an easy call, dumb move by Sobotka.

Hands were down and the American guy flew like a paper.

 

[Hemsky001]

You can't be serious! That was an easy call, dumb move by Sobotka.

I'm deadly serious actually.

 

[michall]

lol refs... and I am Czech.

 

[obv]

Hey it's Vinnerborg which means that he will decide this game.

 

[Woodhouse]

I'm assuming the call on Sobotka was for dumping Murphy into the USA net? I only caught the tail end of that replay and didn't bother to rewind. On the PP, Smith won a draw back to Jones who swung it across to Mueller for the one-timer. Nelson deflected that point shot to make it 1-0. However, Rolinek potted a rebound to tie it, 1-1.

 

[JJTT]

Damn thought this would start in 30 minutes..

 

[777]

Brock Nelson.. da **** was that

edit: Refs have been fine, people will complain about anything

 

[TheBossman22]

Hands were down and the American guy flew like a paper.

Well obviously with the force he fell into the post going backwards, something had to propel him. Think about it.

Good call on Abdelkader.