GDT: Semi-Final | United States Vs Finland | 9:30 PM ET | NHLN/TSN

[bl02]

I hope Zegras is playing full time in Anaheim this year. Fun to watch on the pp

 

[NorCalhockey]

USA should feel pretty good heading into the intermission.

Finns need break then they will win USA.

Intermission was the worst thing that could happen for US since they were coming on like an avalanche

 

[karhukissa]

Stupid Canadian refs, now they're helping the Americans beat the poor Fins

What a clown. Now when Finns are down it's nice to come and feel powerful

 

[Chainshot]

The Canadian refs are biased against whoever is upset at the time.

Well my beer is empty and now I'm upset that the refs drank it.

 

[SRHRangers]

USA needed blood drawn to get a PP in this game lol

 

[prizminferno]

Fin fans are the most angry inferiority complexed people in these threads always

 

[dm1371]

I mean, he was voted the 5th best prospect on this site before this tournament so it's not like he can get that much more hyped really.

You'd be surprised.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Caufield has some serious tunnel vision, he misses wide open guys just to stick handle

Odd thing to point out after he made a few absolute beauty passes on the PP just a few minutes ago.

 

[Zub]

Well that game sure turned hard on a dime, Finns were playing so well too.

And all because of a completely unneccessary penalty..

 

[Cotton]

Canadians refs dare call a penalty on Canadians tomorrow?

To be honest, Canada could play the entire game short handed and will still smoke you. You aren’t on that level.

 

[Opak]

Yikes what an end to the period from Finland. Yikes.

Räty deserves a benching for that boneheaded double minor, unfortunately that would mean we had to play Järventie. Lose-lose situation.

We kinda stopped skating and allowed the US to do whatever they wanted. Gotta find some legs during this intermission.

 

[jepjepjoo]

My confidence in the finnish team crumbled fast... Unfortunately not fast enough to save my money.

 

[Stoat]

Really bad last half of the period by Finland. Even Heinola looked bad the shift before USA second goal.

Fortunately it's junior hockey. Anything can happen.

 

[NyQuil]

Well my beer is empty and now I'm upset that the refs drank it.

Sneaky bastards.

 

[Buttermilk]

The Americans were the only team who had a legitimate shot at beating Canada, lets be honest.

They'll be a pretty big underdog tomorrow, but they do have the skill to pull off the upset in a winner takes all scenario, for sure.

Pls. Lets be honest; Finland is second best team in WJC ever (-soviet). How many times Finland had to beat USA/Canada when u believe it?

 

[Arhidia]

Zegras is an absolute stud, I sure hope his wjc showing doesn't set expectations too high/unrealistic for him though. It is still just one junior tournament

Can u imagine his numbers if he played with
Caufield instead of the Lumbering guy
On his wing

 

[snipes]

Finns will need to muster all of the sisu they have if they want to get this to OT.

American speed and skill starting to take over.

 

[John Agar]

The US suddenly realized that our team doesn't really have any individual talent outside of some singular players, that sequence was really close to making it 4-1
.

Nope... the difference is a boneheaded penalty by a singular player...

And the rest of the Finnish team suffered...

I used to hate that until Canada figured out IIHF rules...

I mean... got morally bankrupt and unconscionable Canadian refs...

 

[HanSolo]

You'd be surprised.

Guess that's fair but I mean...he's a Ducks prospect. There's a hype cap somewhere.

 

[Rangers79]

Running joke from last game, lol.

Ahhh sorry my bad man!!

 

[trilobyte]

Stupid Canadian refs, now they're helping the Americans beat the poor Fins

It depends whether greenbacks or euro's are being pressed into their palms at the time. So many currencies, but they all buy some good back bacon.
We Canadians are pragmatic.

 

[Shocker]

Fin fans are the most angry inferiority complexed people in these threads always

Thanks for the generalization.

 

[SUX2BU]

Way to use that stick as a can opener

 

[SRHRangers]

Can u imagine his numbers if he played with
Caufield instead of the Lumbering guy
On his wing

To be fair, Kaliyev is having his best game tonight.

Dude is working hard.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

Watching Zegras play makes me even more mad we passed on him why tf HOLLAND

Stevie Y took Seider right?And Buffalo took Cozens. Zegras>Cozens

 

[NyQuil]

Pls. Lets be honest; Finland is second best team in WJC ever (-soviet). How many times Finland had to beat USA/Canada when u believe it?

The timing of this post is a bit odd after Canada dominated Finland and the US is leading going into the 3rd period.