Olympics: Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 (6-9 February 2020)

[kabidjan18]

Not only that, he is also the one to score what now stands as GWG.

I don't think it's very surprising that he's on their team. He's basically the only interesting prospect in their system right now.

 

[ozo]

Current score in Poland - Kazakhstan game made me tune in haha

 

[Eye of Ra]

Host of the Olympics shouldn't automatically participate in the Games. I'd really like to know how a team made of North American players will make hockey popular in China.

Whole team?

Tam
Bartley
Jaw
Yuen
Cory Kane
Yip
Lockhart
Squires

I count to 8, did i miss someone?

 

[jonas2244]

Current score in Poland - Kazakhstan game made me tune in haha

Haha, me too. Poland takes the lead again. That would be cool if they could beat the mercenaries.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Poles seem to be doing work, too bad I can't watch..

 

[Artorius Horus T]

So GB beat Romania 4-3 and then beat Estonia 7-1. Win over Hungary and they q to the olympic q.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Whole team?

Tam
Bartley
Jaw
Yuen
Cory Kane
Yip
Lockhart
Squires

I count to 8, did i miss someone?

You seem to not count guys like Foo, Wong, etc. who were obviously signed with Olympics in mind.

 

[ES]

That goalie must have wondered why he even got dressed. He could have been on his smartphone for 95% of the game and nothing would have really changed.

Kari Lehtonen attitude for entire game would have been good.

 

[jonas2244]

Poles seem to be doing work, too bad I can't watch..

Murray is having a great game, but they're also working their asses off in front of him. KAZ obviously better.

 

[jonas2244]

Wohoo, that's good news for icehockey, Poland beats KAZ and goes to the next round. Murray with 51 saves.

 

[Michal]

Poland wins!!!!!

 

[filip85]

Bravo Poland !!!!!!

 

[Urbanskog]

Kazakhstan really is a pathetic team. All the resources and naturalized players, yet they manage to lose to Poland on home ice.

 

[ZT]

Poland

 

[ozo]

mwahahahaahahhaahahhahahaahhaahha Kazakhstan.

 

[SoundAndFury]

I wonder how many kid's practices the money they paid someone like Dawes could have funded.

 

[filip85]

I wonder how many kid's practices the money they paid someone like Dawes could have funded.

Well, yes, but more money for kids could mean better kids and in country like Kazahstan better kids usually means "I will do everything to play for Russia U-XX".

 

[SoundAndFury]

Well, yes, but more money for kids could mean better kids and in country like Kazahstan better kids usually means "I will do everything to play for Russia U-XX".

Not really... Sergiyenko was probably the last guy worth mentioning who did that. None of the new generation have though and some of those are really good. I mean sure there is always some risk in it but something like Belarus seems to be dealing fairly ok with it.

 

[filip85]

I just figured out now that Polish goalie is former Partizan Belgrade goalie from their glory days in slohokej liga.

 

[Namejs]

Holy shit

Good job Poland, you guys really cheered me up today

Coincidentally, it's going to be a lot less challenging for Latvia to qualify now.

 

[HungryFrank]

Well, yes, but more money for kids could mean better kids and in country like Kazahstan better kids usually means "I will do everything to play for Russia U-XX".

That's completely wrong. You don't do that to have two real good players who might end up playing for Russia or getting terribly injured, but to have 3 other guys that might step in and then 3 more and so on. Fear of unlikely failure shouldn't be a reason not to try and as long as you try something good will happen.

What use does team Croatia have of a great player like Rendulić if he can't play for them? They need Janković, Šakić and others to be good

 

[SoundAndFury]

I just figured out now that Polish goalie is former Partizan Belgrade goalie from their glory days in slohokej liga.

Yeah that guy really hung in there to play hockey professionally.. Probably the highlight of his whole career today.

Funny enough, he was the only import Poles used as well. It wasn't even close to the best Polish roster, in theory.

To be honest, it feels like very few countries are taking this OGQ seriously. Even Poles or Hungary didn't.

I don't think it's very surprising that he's on their team. He's basically the only interesting prospect in their system right now.

Yeah but again, he shouldn't be close to that role yet if this was actual best on best.

 

[Michal]

Holy ****

Good job Poland, you guys really cheered me up today

Coincidentally, it's going to be a lot less challenging for Latvia to qualify now.

That's what Kazachstan thought some time ago

 

[Michal]

Yeah that guy really hung in there to play hockey professionally.. Probably the highlight of his whole career today.

Funny enough, he was the only import Poles used as well. It wasn't even close to the best Polish roster, in theory.

To be honest, it feels like very few countries are taking this OGQ seriously. Even Poles or Hungary didn't.

Yeah but again, he shouldn't be close to that role yet if this was actual best on best.

Yes, e.g. Wronka, Bryk, Malasinski, Baginski, Pociecha and of course our NA prospects Lewandowski and Lyszczarczyk didn't play. Would you add someone else (as first team roster player)?

 

[tobu]

Holy ****

Good job Poland, you guys really cheered me up today

Coincidentally, it's going to be a lot less challenging for Latvia to qualify now.

Correct me if I am wrong, but unless Japan wins tonight as well, Poland is going to the Slovak qualification tournament and not Latvia's.