GDT: Semi Final: Russia Vs Sweden | 9AM EST 1PM CET | RUS 5 - 4 SWE OT

[Spender]

That's not a slash

 

[PG Canuck]

That was a hell of a first period.

 

[Alex K]

Hell of a game so far!

 

[Name Nameless]

Is Askarov really that franchise goalie some people make him out the be?

Do people forget looking at goalies this young basically would be like looking at 14 year old forwards? Oh. A mistake. No future for you.

 

[PG Canuck]

If sweden wins they have to defeat the finnish ref too

Or they could stop beating themselves.

 

[joe89]

Sweden alright 5v5, but the game of trading chances is in favor of Russia. Need to be a bit more boring here and grind it out.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

How bad is this draft if this guy is a top-5 pick. No idea what makes him that much better prospect than Vasilevsky or Samsonov who both outplayed him in pretty much every level pre-draft and both got picked ~20.

He got a ton of helium to his draft rankings based off the U-18 tournament that he absolutely dominated.

 

[llwyd]

Well, my only prediction for this game would have been that it will certainly be low scoring...

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Solid penalty kill.

 

[Magnus the Duck]

Russia looks way too strong for them, not sure what Sweden can do.

Stop taking penalties?

 

[jj cale]

28 seconds to kill off for sweden to start the 2nd, i think the intermission could do wonders for them, start fresh.

 

[bDtKarlsson]

Yep bad call. But on the other hand the refs have been quite consistent in this tournament and in this game.

 

[McDrai]

I’m glad I woke up at 630am for this

 

[Gnome17]

Lol @ everyone chirping Askarov. Even good players have bad games. Especially juniors can be shaky.
There is obviously a reason hes expected to go high in a good draft later this year, even if he hasnt showed it this game so far.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

9 minutes of boxplay and "only" down by 1 is OK imo.

 

[Brun0]

Sweden not used this tempo

 

[Todd Parchment]

Sweden lucky to only be down one. Both goalies looking like goofs.

 

[PTmbp13]

Amazing swedes still in it How
many 4 on 5 has it been??

 

[tictactoe]

That's not a slash

Slashing in ice hockey is a penalty called when an offending player swings their hockey stick at an opposing player, regardless of contact, or breaks an opposing player's stick with their own. Such a penalty may range from a minor penalty to a match penalty, depending on the seriousness of the injury to the opposing player.
Non-aggressive stick contact to the pant or front of the shin pads should not be penalized as slashing. Any forceful or powerful chop with the stick on an opponent’s body, the opponent’s stick, or on or near the opponent’s hands that, in the judgment of the referee, is not an attempt to play the puck, shall be penalized as slashing.

 

[Zub]

Lol @ everyone chirping Askarov. Even good players have bad games. Especially juniors can be shaky.
There is obviously a reason hes expected to go high in a good draft later this year, even if he hasnt showed it this game so far.

^

 

[jj cale]

Stop taking penalties?

That goes without saying but they have even bigger issues I think.

This is a damn good Russian team.

 

[tictactoe]

Swedes can still come back.. Askarov is that bad imo.. based on what I saw form him in this tournament.

 

[theslatcher]

@theslatcher

I hate being right. Here is the stinker. Listen to me next time.

Nolla.

Can you stop bullying me? Thanks.

 

[Tomas W]

Russians seem vulnerable in the D zone, if Sweden can get out of this Russian presure, possibilities to tie the game will come.

 

[Mikeshane]

Highly entertaining period.