GDT: May 24 • Semifinal • Russia 3, Sweden 1

[Finnsane]

Swedes turning into Canadians. Can't we have one game in this tournament without bringing up the Olympics?

 

[m4tt145]

Let Znaroks and Popovic in the ring, I know who im betting for.

 

[FinPanda]

Russia was better and deserved to win. So congrats.

 

[Den]

Bob, Ovie, Malkin - 3 best players... Is this a joke?

 

[Paxton Fettel]

Swedes turning into Canadians. Can't we have one game in this tournament without bringing up the Olympics?

Except Canadians would never brag about being the "second best".

That say it all.

 

[JacobBeans]

Let Znaroks and Popovic in the ring, I know who im betting for.

Hahaha. Poppe! Poppe!

 

[Den]

Let Znaroks and Popovic in the ring, I know who im betting for.

Why Popovic?

 

[Coldplay619]

Bob, Ovie, Malkin - 3 best players... Is this a joke?

IIHF got to get that NHL rep.

 

[m4tt145]

Why Popovic?

Just look at him, he would slay everything in his path.

 

[PTmbp13]

Wow ! Russia is just a disgrace. Awful players divers and the refs the worlds are usually okey. But how the hel can Schinzler still be a WC referee?

 

[aphyro]

Except Canadians would never brag about being the "second best".

That say it all.

Blablabla did you get your lunch money stolen by a big Swedish Viking

 

[Sanderson]

How the hell can you hand out 5+game for that small push?
That's ridiculous. Yes, it was a very stupid move, "classless" so to speak. There was zero reason for it. This is not something you do during play, much less when it's pretty much over. Then again, that's not something you can hand out more than 2 minutes for.

Nothing wrong with Plotnikov falling down, but the way he suddenly acted like he was badly injured was unsportsmanlike as well. He's down on the ice, he has no problem looking at the other players, looks perfectly fine, and then *bam* he's suddenly half dead. That was really bad acting. Completely unnecessary, the deed spoke for itself, no need to embellish at that point.

It all started by one player acting stupid, but what followed was pretty pathetic from everyone involved as well.

Russia deserves the win. Will be interesting to see how they will play in the final. They clearly have the best roster this year, but both possible opponents aren't exactly their favorite opponent. You don't want to end up being the favorite and lose against the Czechs like in 2010.

 

[Finnpin]

 

[DaveH]

How the hell can you hand out 5+game for that small push?

Guess. Bela-rus(sia)

 

[LiveeviL]

I strongly disagree. Sweden hasn't beaten Russian in around 10 years at the A level. it wouldn't have changed a thing if it had better players today.

I fully agree, nationality is the only thing which counts, not the players.

You really do try to much, don't you.

 

[jfc64]

Thumb instead of four fingers will shorten his suspension. Lee Hazlewood inspired haircut?

PS. By the way...if Znark reacts like this after a win, what happens if he should lose??

If opponent was the U.S. or Canada I imagine players would have stood up for their second coach, read storming the russian bench.

PSS. Russia was better and was never in any real danger.

 

[Antonglk]

Znarok and Grönborg are just noobs. They need to take lessons from Torts and Roy how to make arguments on the bench

 

[Plural]

Yes cause yelling from the bench is the same thing as making cut-throats signs

We lost to a better team.

Sisn't the Swedish coach also yell "I will ****ing kill you?" It's the same to me.

 

[Slimmy]

yeah and we reach seminfinal with this C team.

with a better team, we would have won this game.

Give it a break, will you? Russia was the better team. Congrats to them. They have every reason to be happy about their teams performance. Sweden did pretty well. We didn't have a goalie that really gave us a chance to win this but on the other hand, we only managed to score one goal.
Losing to Russia isn't the end of the world. Canada, though
Again, congratulations to Russia. Well deserved.
But if Finland get to the finals, I'm rooting for them.

 

[Finnpin]

Just look at him, he would slay everything in his path.

According to Pasi Nurminen, Russian assistant coach is Jujutsu expert...I think his path would end there

 

[SurMartin]

I thought it was funny about the coaches tbh lol little childish on both sides, but I don't see how could you say one is classless and the other is not. One did a death sign and the other one said "I will **** kill you," is there really that big of a difference?

Making a throat slash gesture is something many athletes have been fined for doing. Kevin Durant in the NBA last year springs to mind. Saying "I'll **** kill you" in response to that is also very childish but I don't think you get fined for it.

 

[Schnurvel]

Sore loser's move

Funny how you decided to ignore the rest of the gifs. Convenient.

 

[PTmbp13]

Why!? Why cant russians stand up on two legs!? Even when theyre winning! Haha. Swedes should be glad eith bronze with this team. Good effort. It s a small country with world leading in so many sport and science. So be proud! Russia were better this evening. It was ok game.

 

[Caser]

It's nice to beat Sweden... again. Probably for Sweden fans it doesn't feel that nice, but they'll get over it... again

 

[John Price]

The US NBCSN just started airing the Russia - Sweden game

So incompetent