GDT: Quarterfinal - May 23 - Finland vs Sweden

[Arto Kilponen]

Winning a game like this with exactly zero powerplay seconds is a very good accomplishment too.

 

[Civetty]

I would be pissed as a swedish fan. Those names and absolutely brutal team hockey.

Props to Finland though. Great game.

Mildly annoyed, but the good thing with this tournament is that it's every year, and next year it'll hopefully be better coach. If it had been the World Cup in soccer and we played like shit it would had bothered me a lot more.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Take that blind NHL fans! The difference between the NHL and the top European leagues is really pretty small. Finland has proven it clearly. The same goes with Switzerland and Germany. NHL is MASSIVELY overrated. The best league for sure, but not a yuuge difference still with the top European leagues class, like some blind NHL fans want to believe.

The difference between the NHL and European leagues is disgustingly massive

Please tel me you dont actually think any of this and are just playing excited because of the win....

 

[Anton13]

Jukka Jalonen made Grönborg look like a fool. He is a genious, mastermind. He deserves a statue in front of Vierumäki.

He deserves a statue in senaatintori. Replace that Russian guy with a 20 meter tall Jukka statue.

 

[Svedu]

Hahah! Grönborg got what he deserved being a pr*ck against Marie and Dusan. Grönborg is so overrated as well. The only thing he ever had as a coach was roster with world class players.

 

[Ajaton Azer]

I think it is safe to say that we can all say gongratulitions to our Finnihs Lions! Now all we have to see is to maintain this offensive momentum and gain a winning position in the final match of the hockey world championship 2019 in Slovakya!

 

[ijuka]

If only we had Olkinuora in goal...

Would have won in regulation.

But I'll take this.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Big respect and congrats to Finland. You dominated us completely and deserved the win. I’m very impressed by the team and the coaching, Jalonen is amazing. Best of luck against Russia.

I raise my middle finger to Hank and Grönborg.

 

[DoubleGold]

SUOMI SUOMI SUOMI! THE REFS WILL NOT BEAT US, THE NHL PLAYERS WILL NOT BEAT US! SISUUUU !

 

[MMANumminen]

 

[Arto Kilponen]

What? Sweden and USA are done, they won't play anymore.

Talking obviously about next year.

 

[SpinninRodIntoArmpit]

So Finland's garbage Liiga players trapped and antihockey'd to victory?

 

[canswetoxic]

Will we get more "I don't know what we could've done" when TV start asking Grönborg question about why they played so poorly and couldn't keep the puck in the team for more than 2 passes?

Lol I can't wait to see that.

 

[Ukkosenjumala]

Correction - 2 AHL players. Finland had 0 full-time NHLers on that team.

True, Jokiharju and someone else.

 

[NyQuil]

Take that blind NHL fans! The difference between the NHL and the top European leagues is really pretty small. Finland has proven it clearly. The same goes with Switzerland and Germany. NHL is MASSIVELY overrated. The best league for sure, but not a yuuge difference still with the top European leagues class, like some blind NHL fans want to believe.

Let's see you ice that roster at the next best-on-best tournament.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Take that blind NHL fans! The difference between the NHL and the top European leagues is really pretty small. Finland has proven it clearly. The same goes with Switzerland and Germany. NHL is MASSIVELY overrated. The best league for sure, but not a yuuge difference still with the top European leagues class, like some blind NHL fans want to believe.

Don't compare European players with "NHL player" Loui Eriksson, that probably had about the most ice time of any player, while playing absolut shit hockey this entire tournament and pretty much single handedly killing his line every time he was on the ice, or a coach that is as active as a dead herring behind the bench.

Grönborg's response to not taking a time out when Russia finally scored 6 goals in 16 minutes: "Taking a time out doesn't always work." Yeah, sure, so the response was to not do ANYTHING. Great coaching.

 

[Nithoniniel]

Sweden played very awfully. Was shocked by how bad they were. I mean, Finland was playing like trash but they still dominated. Deserved win. Deserved loss for Sweden. And guys should be embarrassed.

They have played like this most of the tournament. Just been saved by a historic (from a national perspective) tournament by Nylander and individual brilliance from Pettersson and a few others. I said before the game that if Finland can keep those two away from the puck as much as possible, they were going to win this. And that's pretty much exactly what happened.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

Haha bunch of liiga grunts just beat Sweden olympic team just wait till we get our next generation NHLers into these tourneys Finland is the new dominator

Sweden were missing more of their best players than Finland actually. But yeah, that team still should've beaten Finland.

 

[Svedu]

Finland with it´s D-team won against a Swedish A-team, embarrassing for the overrated Grönborg.

 

[Norman Moscow]

Poor Hank.
All his great career on the brink now.

 

[Canucks LB]

Lmao loui on the ice in ot

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Yeah, finns deserved this one.

 

[JHB]

Bye bye Grönborg. You won't be missed.

 

[Finnswiss]

I would like to hear Antero Mertaranta commenting the game winning goal for Finland though I don't understand Finish but it sounds so funny. Can anyone upload a video?

 

[Ajaton Azer]

I see famous former NHL player Tuomo Ruutu (Thomas Screen) of Chicago and Hurricane fame saying that our Finnish Lions deserved the victory. And I have to agree with the champion!