Russia - Canada GDT

[NyQuil]

Very even period. Doan, Draper and Regehr have been huge down low and on the PK. Sakic and Iginla have been good, but Gagne was really dragging them down before the injury; for someone who's supposed to be the speed on that line, he was sure getting beaten to a lot of loose pucks. Thornton and Nash have had spurts of energy in-between long periods of suckitude, while Bertuzzi has been terrible. Redden, Foote and Pronger need to wake the hell up.

On Russia's side, Ovechkin has been a monster; he needs to remember that he has half-decent teammates now, though. Watch out if Russia gets the top line out there when Regehr isn't on the ice, because he and Brodeur have been the only ones keeping Kovalchuk from running amok. Nabokov is showing shades of the great goalie he was prior to this season.

Wow, a lot of love for Regehr.

 

[GnomE]

Russia gives so much space to Canada on the on the penalty kill. If the color comentator's words turn out to be right in saying that special teams will decide this game then Russia is not looking good (Russia's powerplay has been ineffective throughout the tournament and they are not moving enough in this game too)

 

[PuckNut]

Your crazy, show where in the rules it says hipchecking is clipping. Hipchecking is hitting hip on hip (clean hit, oldschool).

IIHF rules. Poster above already showed it. Take a look. I'm not going to repost them.

 

[Roger's Pancreas*]

Clean hit IMO. He was trying to take him out of the play but not trying to hurt him.




Too bad we had to lose one of our top performing players though. I've been hoping for Staal (yes over Spezza) to get a shot though so here's hoping he takes full advantage.

Dude I don't think you're going to find anyone objecting to the check but the intent is certainly there. Kasparitis is well known for injuring players with borderline hits, this was no different.

 

[HfxMoose]

Don Cherry, "I thought it was a pretty good hit".

It's offical, it was clean

 

[Nordique]

Cuz the US team has that flight home booked up

Not before we get stinking drunk and redecorate some hotel rooms.

 

[Nova88]

Now you're exagerating in the other direction. It clearly wasnt in the hip.

Can you read that before you post:
A player who delivers a check in a clipping manner or lowers his own body position to deliver a check on or below an opponents knees, shall be assessed a ...

"on or below an opponents knees"

 

[Bileur]

Don Cherry, "I thought it was a pretty good hit".

Hunh? Thats the position i'm supporting.

 

[PuckNut]

Oh ok, Last time i checked this isn't basketball.

We are playing a contact sport called hockey and hip checks are ::GASP:: LEGAL.

I was correcting him on saying it was knee on knee. If the hip check was at the knee level or lower, it was illegal. It wasn't called, now lets move on shall we.

 

[joe_shannon_1983*]

Here we go with the 2nd period.

 

[Bloggins]

The funniest thing is the USA fans in here just waiting for a Canadian train wreck

 

[naihlflames]

Cuz the US team has that flight home booked up

Well done. However, the flight will probably open up because our players may be delayed at the hotel by Italian police.

 

[Matrix]

Best period so far for McCabe... still nothing compared to a guy named Dion

You're very wrong my friend, he's much better than Celine.....

 

[joe_shannon_1983*]

Canada on the penalty kill.

 

[Steve L*]

Was there a penalty call?

No and thats why it was a blown (non) call.

 

[think-blue-]

Bench minor. Jesus.

On Quinn

 

[Bill McNeal]

Great way to start the period...

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

They just said Gagne should be back.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Anybody can give me the lines used in the 1st?

13 F DATSYUK Pavel
27 F KOVALEV Alexei
29 D MARKOV Daniil
52 D MARKOV Andrei
71 F KOVALCHUK Ilya

6 D VOLCHENKOV Anton
8 F OVECHKIN Alexander
25 F KOZLOV Viktor
51 D TYUTIN Fedor
79 F YASHIN Alexei

11 D KASPARAITIS Darius
18 F MALKIN Evgeni
21 F KHARITONOV Alexander
33 F SUSHINSKY Maxim
55 D GONCHAR Sergei

4 D ZHUKOV Sergei
5 D VISHNEVSKI Vitali
22 F TARATUKHIN Andrei
61 F AFINOGENOV Maxim
94 F KOROLYUK Alexander


6 D REDDEN Wade
14 F BERTUZZI Todd
52 D FOOTE Adam
61 F NASH Rick
97 F THORNTON Joe

3 D BOUWMEESTER Jay
12 F IGINLA Jarome
21 F GAGNE Simon
44 D PRONGER Chris
91 F SAKIC Joe

4 D BLAKE Rob
15 F HEATLEY Dany
28 D REGEHR Robyn
33 F DRAPER Kris
39 F RICHARDS Brad

9 F DOAN Shane
24 D McCABE Bryan
26 F ST-LOUIS Martin
40 F LECAVALIER Vincent
94 F SMYTH Ryan

 

[joe_shannon_1983*]

Gagne should be back this game, they just said.

 

[creative giant*]

Pat Quinn joins the penalty parade with a bench minor. Bertuzzi serving.

 

[bcrt2000]

Quinn better hope Russia doesn't score on his penalty.

 

[Silvercup Returns]

Gagne will return to the game.

Quinn got a penalty.

 

[Nemchinov13]

You're very wrong my friend, he's much better than Celine.....

I thought he said "guy"

 

[joe_shannon_1983*]

Quinn was apparently harrassing the referee, and that is why Canada got the penalty.