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FinPanda said:
Do you cheer for Finland or Switzerland when they play against each other?
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Good question. I was born in Finland and my father was Finn. So they are some reasons to cheer for Finland. On the other side I grew up here in Switzerland and I'm Swiss man but have really strong sympathies for your country and the Finnish NT.
So for whom now to cheer? Let's say more for Switzerland also because Switzerland missed twice only very close the title. But if Finland wins the title I'm pleased too.
 
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Finnswiss said:
Good question. I was born in Finland and my father was Finn. So they are some reasons to cheer for Finland. On the other side I grew up here in Switzerland and I'm Swiss man but have really strong sympathies for your country and the Finnish NT.
So for whom now to cheer? Let's say more for Switzerland also because Switzerland missed twice only very close the title. But if Finland wins the title I'm pleased too.
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Alright, I guess it can be quite painful sometimes. Do you speak any Finnish?
 
FinPanda said:
Alright, I guess it can be quite painful sometimes. Do you speak any Finnish?
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My father taught me the numbers, how to count in Finnish. Yksi, kaksi, kolme, neljä, viisi, kuusi, seitsemän, kahdeksan, yhdeksan and kymmenen. My classmates in the secondary class found it sounds very funny. "Sadat" is if I remember correctly 100 and "tuhat" is 1000, but I'm not sure if it's written correctly. When you know this numbers you can count as foreigner very far. He explained me also how to count further. For the numbers 11 - 19 you only have to add "toista" to the numbers from one to ten. 11 = yksitoista, 12 = kaksitoista, 13 = kolmetoista and so on.
20 = 2x10 = kaksikymmenten, 21 = kaksikymmentenyksi and so on. The same system for the numbers from 100 to 1000 and 1000 to 10'000.

Then I learned from him 1 phrase "Minä puhun saksa" = "I speak German". A phrase that I could use as child when we visited in Finland relatives from my fathers side. From a Finn I met in Mallorca I learned another phrase: "Oli ruoka hyvää" = "the meal was good" if I remember correctly.

Additionally some words I know from my father: "näkemiin" = good bye, "kiitos" = "thanks", "hyvää päivää" = "good day", "huomenta" = "tomorrow"

Sorry if it there are mistakes in the orthography.
 
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Sorry to jump in here but don't know where else I could ask.

I've been looking some site or thread where you'd see the special teams for each country. I'm mainly interested how the power play lines are. I know only bits and pieces.

For NHL there are resources where you can see even how much ice time on power play certain line got last game. The statistics on IIHF site are very basic and haven't found anything useful when searching the Internet.

Any advice would be appreciated.
 
Finnswiss said:
My father taught me the numbers, how to count in Finnish. Yksi, kaksi, kolme, neljä, viisi, kuusi, seitsemän, kahdeksan, yhdeksan and kymmenen. My classmates in the secondary class found it sounds very funny. "Sadat" is if I remember correctly 100 and "tuhat" is 1000, but I'm not sure if it's written correctly. When you know this numbers you can count as foreigner very far. He explained me also how to count further. For the numbers 11 - 19 you only have to add "toista" to the numbers from one to ten. 11 = yksitoista, 12 = kaksitoista, 13 = kolmetoista and so on.
20 = 2x10 = kaksikymmenten, 21 = kaksikymmentenyksi and so on. The same system for the numbers from 100 to 1000 and 1000 to 10'000.

Then I learned from him 1 phrase "Minä puhun saksa" = "I speak German". A phrase that I could use as child when we visited in Finland relatives from my fathers side. From a Finn I met in Mallorca I learned another phrase: "Oli ruoka hyvää" = "the meal was good" if I remember correctly.

Additionally some words I know from my father: "näkemiin" = good bye, "kiitos" = "thanks", "hyvää päivää" = "good day", "huomenta" = "tomorrow"

Sorry if it there are mistakes in the orthography.
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Sata is 100, and there is some mistakes but its understandable.
 
Finnswiss said:
I hope Finland loses another year against Slovakia not this year. I'm still dreaming for the Switzerland - Finland final game. Concerning the Switzerland - USA quarterfinal, I see it like the Finnish betting site. USA isn't in my opinion the favourite. I think we have a strong team and are capable to beat USA. I'm optimistic for Switzerland in this game. So far Switzerland was much more convincing than the USA. But ok USA is unpredictable. You never know how they play, but I still predict a win Switzerland.

Sweden - Canada. Mm... I don't know on whom I would bet. I agree here with the Finnish betting site. I predict a close game with good chances for Sweden to win it. They are good as we have seen in the game against Finland.

Only Finland is the very clear favorite in these quarterfinal games.
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In my opinion USA is the weakest team out of these 8 teams in the QF. Yes Germany is better too, but as you said USA is capable of a surprise. We just got to look at the Sweden vs USA game's result.
 
Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and Czech Republic to go through. Although I hope that my Czech prediction isn’t just wishful thinking, given that I am Czech. The Germans have a strong team here this year and that one could go either way.
 
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Why are so many Swedes so incredibly scared of playing Canada? The Canadian team has not been very impressive at all. I get that they have the typical Canadian will to win, and tend to turn it up in the knockout stages. But looking at how the two sides have performed at this tournament so far, Sweden should be reasonably confident.
 
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It will be a Finland-Canada final again. They are just inseparable.
 
Jarvinen said:
Shit happens. They had the lead. Never go full hedgehog. Not even sonic approves
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That's on them.

anyway, they did indeed lose today, as usual in the big games against Canada.

Pretty typical stuff from them against Canada They need to look into their program and see why they are so weak on the mental side of the game, way too soft and when they do try to be hard they just needlessly take penalties from being aggressive in the wrong way.

They've got a huge problem as a serious hockey nation.
 
jj cale said:
That's on them.

anyway, they did indeed lose today, as usual in the big games against Canada.

Pretty typical stuff from them against Canada They need to look into their program and see why they are so weak on the mental side of the game, way too soft and when they do try to be hard they just needlessly take penalties from being aggressive in the wrong way.

They've got a huge problem as a serious hockey nation.
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I don't think it is that much of a problem though. I think both penalties were pretty unfortunate and they decided the game.

I still think Sweden had a good tourney and a good team. I wish they could have advanced. It all came down to a few very bad minutes, and unfortunately that is enough in a game of hockey. Which also is one of the reasons I love this sport.
 
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Jarvinen said:
I don't think it is that much of a problem though. I think both penalties were pretty unfortunate and they decided the game.

I still think Sweden had a good tourney and a good team. I wish they could have advanced. It all came down to a few very bad minutes, and unfortunately that is enough in a game of hockey. Which also is one of the reasons I love this sport.
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It's a big problem against Canada for sure, we've seen this loads of times.

Anyway, they are done.
 
Old Man Jags said:
Why are so many Swedes so incredibly scared of playing Canada? The Canadian team has not been very impressive at all. I get that they have the typical Canadian will to win, and tend to turn it up in the knockout stages. But looking at how the two sides have performed at this tournament so far, Sweden should be reasonably confident.
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There you go.
 
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