WJC: Scenarios

[Canada4Gold]

Pool B:

Winner of Slovakia/USA is 1st, loser is 2nd
Winner of Czechia/Switzerland is 3rd, loser is 4th
Norway is 5th

Pool A:

	Canada Wins in Regulation	Canada wins in OT/SO	Germany wins in OT/SO	Germany wins in Regulation
Sweden wins in Regulation	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Latvia	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Germany 4. Finland	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Germany 4. Finland	1. Sweden 2. Germany 3. Canada 4. Finland
Sweden wins in OT/SO	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Latvia	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Germany 4. Finland	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Germany 4. Finland	1. Sweden 2. Germany 3. Canada 4. Finland
Finland wins in OT/SO	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Latvia	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Germany	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Germany 4. Finland	1. Sweden 2. Germany 3. Canada 4. Finland
Finland wins in Regulation	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Latvia	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Germany	1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Germany	1. Sweden 2. Germany 3. Canada 4. Finland

Sweden finishes 1st

Sweden cannot finish 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th

Canada cannot finish 1st

Canada finishes 2nd if:
- Canada beats Germany
- Canada loses to Germany in OT/SO

Canada finishes 3rd if:
- Canada loses to Germany in Regulation

Canada cannot finish 4th or 5th

Finland cannot finish 1st, or 2nd

Finland finishes 3rd if:
- Canada beats Germany in regulation
- Canada beats Germany in OT/SO and Finland beats Sweden
- Germany beats Canada in OT/SO and Finland beats Sweden in Regulation

Finland finishes 4th if:
- Germany beats Canada in Regulation
- Germany beats Canada in OT/SO and Finland doesn't beat Sweden in Regulation
- Canada beats Germany in OT/SO and Finland loses to Sweden

Finland cannot finish 5th

Latvia cannot finish 1st, 2nd, or 3rd

Latvia finishes 4th if:
- Canada beats Germany in Regulation

Latvia finishes 5th if:
- Germany beats Canada
- Canada beats Germany in OT/SO

Germany cannot finish 1st

Germany finishes 2nd if:
- Germany beats Canada in Regulation

Germany finishes 3rd if:
- Germany beats Canada in OT/SO and Finland doesn't beat Sweden in Regulation
- Germany loses to Canada in OT/SO and Sweden beats Finland

Germany finishes 4th if:
- Germany beats Canada in OT/SO and Finland beats Sweden in Regulation
- Germany loses to Canada in OT/SO and Finland beats Sweden

Germany finishes 5th if:
- Germany loses to Canada in Regulation

Latvia cannot finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Latvia finishes 4th if:
- Canada beats Germany in Regulation

Latvia finishes 5th if:
- Germany beats Canada
- Canada beats Germany in OT/SO

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[Canada4Gold]

Gord Miller was driving me crazy with his Germany should let Latvia win by 8 to put Finland at risk stuff, but I'm sad we missed out on the possibility of back and forth goalie pulls in Germany/Latvia. Since they likely needed to win by 3, if Latvia were up 2 late they should pull their goalie. If Germany scores an empty netter then Latvia can't risk going to OT so put their goalie back in and hope when they win by 1 that Finland gets a point tomorrow to advance. But then Germany is only down by 1 and with 1 goal of breathing room they should try to go for the tie to lock a QF spot in so they pull their goalie. Then Latvia scores an empty netter to go up by 2 and we're back where we started with Latvia in a spot where they should pull their goalie again. Repeat until the game ends, or the team with the goalie pulled scores to achieve their goal.

It won't happen because fair play and all but if USA wins tomorrow against Slovakia, and Sweden beats Finland, then Canada could try to get Finland to face USA in the QF by going to OT with Germany. The issue is they couldn't just let Germany win outright because that would drop Canada to 3rd. Of course it won't happen anyway but one would assume Canada benefits if they force 1 of USA/Finland out in the QF

 

[Pieck]

Gord Miller was driving me crazy with his Germany should let Latvia win by 8 to put Finland at risk stuff, but I'm sad we missed out on the possibility of back and forth goalie pulls in Germany/Latvia. Since they likely needed to win by 3, if Latvia were up 2 late they should pull their goalie. If Germany scores an empty netter then Latvia can't risk going to OT so put their goalie back in and hope when they win by 1 that Finland gets a point tomorrow to advance. But then Germany is only down by 1 and with 1 goal of breathing room they should try to go for the tie to lock a QF spot in so they pull their goalie. Then Latvia scores an empty netter to go up by 2 and we're back where we started with Latvia in a spot where they should pull their goalie again. Repeat until the game ends, or the team with the goalie pulled scores to achieve their goal.

It won't happen because fair play and all but if USA wins tomorrow against Slovakia, and Sweden beats Finland, then Canada could try to get Finland to face USA in the QF by going to OT with Germany. The issue is they couldn't just let Germany win outright because that would drop Canada to 3rd. Of course it won't happen anyway but one would assume Canada benefits if they force 1 of USA/Finland out in the QF

Lmao I was thinking about the scenarios a bit but the back and forth goalie pulling thing never crossed my mind. I don’t think anything funnier could happen in a hockey game

 

[baronsforever]

In the Men's Division 1A 2018 World Championship there was a game where briefly both teams had their goalie pulled. On the final day both Italy and Slovenia needed to win in regulation time to earn promotion for 2019 and it came down to a 3-3 tie with a minute left. Slovenia pulled theirs with possession in in Italy's end in the final minute. Though not confirmed by the game summary, as Italy gained control out of their own zone Italy's goalie left the net in the final ten seconds. Italy scored an empty net goal with 2 seconds left to gain promotion, winning a tie-breaker with a very pissed off Kazakh team.