GDT: Quarterfinal - February 21 - Sweden (3) vs Germany (4) OT

[Eisen]

And picked up an assist lol

And had a turnover resulting in a goal.

 

[Slimmy]

I am happy for Germany. They deserve some success

I'm not happy. It's f***ing disgraceful. The team we had should be able to beat that German team any day of the week. There's no excuses here.

 

[LiveeviL]

All well congrats Germany, now we can finally burn Grönborg at the stake.

 

[Lampedampe]

While I may hate the fact NHLers aren’t here, this game is one of the things I do like about their absence.........more parity.

Nice to see someone other than Canada, The US, Russia, Sweden, and the Finns just steamrolling everything.

Germany competing for a medal will hopefully help grow hockey in Germany. Might not have the biggest impact but it'll atleast help

 

[ZEBROA]

i repost this

2002 3-4 Belarus
2010 3-4 Slovakia
2018 3-4 Germany
2026 3-4 ???

Congratulations Germany !! Give Canada your best game!

 

[DDRhockey]

And had a turnover resulting in a goal.

Wow big deal. He got 2 minutes of icetime where he also produced a goal. This is all on the coach.

 

[vorky]

That happens when you rely on NHLers.

 

[Slimmy]

And had a turnover resulting in a goal.

That was a botched line change. 4 players on the ice. He was told to go for it and they should have been able to cover for him.

 

[Gnome17]

Good for Germany. The DEL just beat the SHL. Let that sink in for a second here.

Swedens team had more players from the KHL then the SHL. So..I guess they beat the KHL?

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Patrick Ehelecher going crazy on Eurosport was pure gold!!

That's nothing, you should have heard me. My neighbors definitely did.

 

[Leon der Profi]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!
YESSSS!!!!!!

JA!!!!

 

[Nick Hansen]

Grönborg is rubbish.

 

[NyQuil]

Huge for Germany.

Kling Glockchen kling-a-ling-a-ling!

 

[Slimmy]

Congrats Germany was a little sad when Finland lost (I got money from a bet though) but Sweden losing to Germany feels like an olympic medal for sure.

The only comfort is that Finland is out as well.

 

[The Joker]

Wow big deal. He got 2 minutes of icetime where he also produced a goal. This is all on the coach.

People expecting a 17yo kid that plays spotty defense to play significant minutes shows everything that is wrong with this years Team Sweden.

 

[Tomas W]

A big fail for Swedish hockey, I cant help to think it was a bit too much safe bets from thw SWE coaching staff with leaving out E Pettersson and not letting Dahlin play enough.

That said, I assume that the Germans had a real strong game, stuff like that can happen.

 

[aonb]

It feels kinda weird to see swedish fans giving Germany a small chance of not getting spanked. That's nice, but pretty unrealistic..

goat

 

[serp]

People expecting a 17yo kid that plays spotty defense to play significant minutes shows everything that is wrong with this years Team Sweden.

Why is he even on the team then ? Absolutely no sense in bringing a guy to just sit on the bench every single game.

 

[Dueling Banjos]

Congrats Germany!

The battle of the European leagues. While i appreciate the best vs best tourney, i certainly enjoy the unpredictableness of this one.

 

[The Joker]

Why is he even on the team then ? Absolutely no sense in bringing a guy to just sit on the bench every single game.

Experience.

 

[GermanNuck]

I'm not happy. It's ****ing disgraceful. The team we had should be able to beat that German team any day of the week. There's no excuses here.

Well.. you didn't
But maybe in the summer you'll beat us in the football world cup, we always lose or draw one game in the group stage. So good luck

 

[FinPanda]

The only comfort is that Finland is out as well.

We are good friends.

 

[Eisen]

A big fail for Swedish hockey, I cant help to think it was a bit too much safe bets from thw SWE coaching staff with leaving out E Pettersson and not letting Dahlin play enough.

That said, I assume that the Germans had a real strong game, stuff like that can happen.

They played tight and disiplined but were completely blue half way through the game. Started losing the face offs around the same time as well. If were being honest, Sweden could have won that game, it's not like they were outplayed. There were times when Germany couldn't get out of their zone. Of course the hard game against Switzerland played a role here, too. But I don't want to be critical. It was a great effort and I'm very happy.

 

[Legend Leinonen]

I hoped for Sweden win, but anyway congrats to German team.

 

[Natey]

While I may hate the fact NHLers aren’t here, this game is one of the things I do like about their absence.........more parity.

Nice to see someone other than Canada, The US, Russia, Sweden, and the Finns just steamrolling everything.

The whole tournament has been parity. The biggest defeat, if I remember correctly, was Switzerland's 8-0 win over Korea. But then Korea played, all things considered, 3 very close games aside from that. (1 goal loss to Czech's, 4 goal loss to Canada, and a very close game in the Semi-Finals as well). Slovenia had some great games as well. Germany is playing for a medal and in two games against the Swedes, they went 4 goals for, 4 goals against.

While NHL players usually make the Semi-Finals very fun and high quality, that's about it. This feels a lot like a Spengler Cup, which is also a very fun tournament that a lot of people don't watch. The quality of hockey isn't as high, but the games are very entertaining in a "juniors" kind of way.