GDT: Semifinal • Sweden vs. Finland pt 2

[DenisSamson3]

Swedes didn't have their best player, also possible best player of the tournament, was a close game.

Excited to see that atmosphere in the finals with the Finns vs. USA.

Game hasn't even started yet.

 

[EP40 AKA Lil Wayne]

Shame that some of the our players blame it all on the ref., kudos to Laine for recognizing that we got some unfair calls against us.

Every now and then teams get bad calls against them, but its not like it was at the end of the game and we still did not capitalize on the chances we got. Too much shooting from the blue line and not enough crashing the net.

 

[W75]

I love the intensity and excitement when Sweden and Finland play against each other. But I hate the media atmosphere after the game, whoever won. And try to avoid tabloids, headlines and comments..

It was a tight and exciting game. We won this time, I'm happy because of it. But we all know very well, how it feels on the other side too. I think we should try to respect that.

To the next one.

 

[Alexandrov]

Also have to say the Finns scored the first goal right after a powerplay from a very questionable interference call on Kempe.

The 2+10 came from a beautiful, clean and hard hit right infront of the ref.

They called it checking to the head. I think it was Juolevi that got hit, he's small and wears a cage so maybe the ref felt he hit him up high but to me that call was absolutely brutal.

Nothing questionable about the interference. I thought the hit on Juolevi was called a charging but hit to the head makes more sense, considering...you know, it was a hit to the head.

 

[aphyro]

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/landslag/jvm/article22039754.ab

I feel bad for Söderström

Det spelar ingen roll. När laget inte fungerar sÃ¥ ska mÃ¥lvakten man kunna stÃ¥ pÃ¥ huvudet och rädda dem – Ã¥terigen gör jag inte det och det är jobbigt, säger han med darrande röst.

It dosent matter when the team dosent work the goalkeeper should stand on his head and save them and once again i dont do it, that is hars he says with a trembling voice

He has nothing to be ashemd of he was one of our best player this game today along with Timashov

 

[LiveeviL]

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/landslag/jvm/article22039754.ab

I feel bad for Söderström



It dosent matter when the team dosent work the goalkeeper should stand on his head and save them and once again i dont do it, that is hars he says with a trembling voice

He has nothing to be ashemd of he was one of our best player this game today along with Timashov

He was good. The skaters should have played on that more and gone more offensive in the third. Instead they took the calls in the 2nd in the wrong way and went defensive when they should have done the opposite. Söderström delivered and sent a signal to the skaters but the rest of the team looked at the wrong parameters in the third.

 

[Saekki*]

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/landslag/jvm/article22039754.ab

I feel bad for Söderström



It dosent matter when the team dosent work the goalkeeper should stand on his head and save them and once again i dont do it, that is hars he says with a trembling voice

He has nothing to be ashemd of he was one of our best player this game today along with Timashov

Can you translate this? Swedish isn't my forte, lol.

Also, totally agree, Söderström and Timashov were great.

 

[Plural]

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/landslag/jvm/article22039754.ab

I feel bad for Söderström



It dosent matter when the team dosent work the goalkeeper should stand on his head and save them and once again i dont do it, that is hars he says with a trembling voice

He has nothing to be ashemd of he was one of our best player this game today along with Timashov

100% agreed. Swedes had maybe the best goalie of the whole tournament. You guys did not fail because of him. Too bad he feels that way. But he's a competitive guy and losing is the hardest part of any sports. He'll get over it and I'm sure his team mates will tell him straight up, that he did great job in this tournament and that he can be proud of his game.

 

[aphyro]

He was good. The skaters should have played on that more and gone more offensive in the third. Instead they took the calls in the 2nd in the wrong way and went defensive when they should have done the opposite. Söderström delivered and sent a signal to the skaters but the rest of the team looked at the wrong parameters in the third.

Exactely he was by far the best player in the team.

 

[Joe MacMillan]

Also have to say the Finns scored the first goal right after a powerplay from a very questionable interference call on Kempe.

The 2+10 came from a beautiful, clean and hard hit right infront of the ref.

They called it checking to the head. I think it was Juolevi that got hit, he's small and wears a cage so maybe the ref felt he hit him up high but to me that call was absolutely brutal.

Do you think he hit him to the head? It looked like shoulder-to-shoulder from my vantage point through a screen, but I wasn't paying attention. The ref who called it was right next to them, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Juolevi's size (he's 6'2 so not exactly a small player) and the fact that he wears a cage shouldn't matter. If it was a hit to the head the call was correct.

 

[IamherefortheFinn]

I know it was almost a decade ago, but after that "pineapple medal" crap, I can't help but feel a slight, warm sense of satisfaction every time Swedish media cries its heart out. I mean, talk trash before the game all you want, but going for the low blow after the other guy has been beaten?

And let me emphasize that my animosity is just for your classless journos. Having been on the other side for bit too much, I can't help but feel bad for a regular fan.

I thought about posting that picture in this thread with some kind of silly text but decided that it is not classy after the game.

To be fair most Swedes are good sports. For example in the Expressens vote 60 % of people (including me ) said that the reason why they lost was that Finns were better.

 

[Maelmoor]

Finland was the better team in this game, so cannot say the result was unfair.

 

[Matti_A]

Do you think he hit him to the head? It looked like shoulder-to-shoulder from my vantage point through a screen, but I wasn't paying attention. The ref who called it was right next to them, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Juolevi's size (he's 6'2 so not exactly a small player) and the fact that he wears a cage shouldn't matter. If it was a hit to the head the call was correct.

I thought it was somebody small but maybe he was just bent over, I don't think he hit him in the head however.

 

[Jim Morrison]

Oh no doubt, Finland were much better than Sweden.

 

[aphyro]

Can you translate this? Swedish isn't my forte, lol.

Also, totally agree, Söderström and Timashov were great.

hmm Translate the whol page or? the one thing i quoted because i translated that

It dosent matter when the team dosent work the goalkeeper should stand on his head and save them and once again i dont do it, that is hars he says with a trembling voice

Srry if im being stupid now!

 

[Loffer]

Ridiculous whining by the Suedos. It was a head hit. And those are taken out in here. Just like in the case of Willie Nylander - Egilthorpe incidence.

Now that it bites you bitterly, bitter you are. Lol.
This was just a graceful example of poetic justice in work.

 

[Plural]

hmm Translate the whol page or? the one thing i quoted because i translated that



Srry if im being stupid now!

He meant that quote you wrote. Not the whole page. It just wasn't clear that the translation you put in was actually the translation.

 

[paragon]

At least it's good to see Europeans finally taking this tournament seriously.

It's just the rivalry. Loosing to the other country is like doing something really stupid in front of your girlfriend. You know she's never going to forget it and will always bring it up when things heat up, whether it is 5-6 or 6-1. Had Sweden lost to USA they wouldn't care nearly as much.

I can't believe some people are saying we were turtling in the 3rd period. I think in order to turtle the other team should have possession. That wasn't the case here. We forechecked hard and won pretty much every puck battle when Sweden didn't have their 3rd line on the ice.

 

[aphyro]

He meant that quote you wrote. Not the whole page. It just wasn't clear that the translation you put in was actually the translation.

Aha my bad

 

[Matte99]

I thought it was somebody small but maybe he was just bent over, I don't think he hit him in the head however.

He barely touched him... more or less just hit the boards in front of him. The ref probably felt he came with to high speed and made the call. The thing is he did have high speed but he didnt skate into the hit, he glided.

Anyway, once the swedish team felt they couldnt play physical (cuz of the refs rather strange calls) they looked lost out there and the momentom went to the finns who trapped their way to a win.

The sad thing is, until those 2 calls (Kempe and Karlsson) the game was great, after it looked like one team didn't know what to do and the other just sat on their blue line waiting for the time to run out.

 

[crowi]

Söderström was great. Hope he feels better later.

 

[hirawl]

There are actually equal number of registered hockey players in Finland and Sweden, so there is no reason we should *never* have the same depth as they do. We just like to think ourselves as underdogs, not as one of the ice hockey giants. Swedes just simply have done better job at junior coaching, processing top talent individuals. Except for the goalies, of course. Finnish goaltender coaching has been possibly best in the world.

It is great that Finnish players play their best team play at national team, and that they can often succeed better than expected in the big tournaments, but there is no reason we shouldn't also be able to produce top talents. We have 2nd most players per capita after Canada, and there are ice hockey arena's in every little village.

You had a great point about coaching at the end.

Never crossed my mind that we would have the same amount of registered players. That's equal then with Sweden. There might be more money in Swedish hockey though. I have no figures on that, just a hunch. That would be a plus for the Swedes regarding development systems, if it was the case.

 

[teugen]

Hey swedes. Remember 2014? What refs did back then? Did we still win? - Yes we did.

 

[Matte99]

I also wonder if the Swedish coaches hadn't over focused on the Finish offense and PP. The swedish PK looked like they didnt know what todo and they played incredible PK in the earlier rounds. Seems like the coaches had "special" tactical orders that the players werent sure how to solve.

Anyway, no matter what the reason is, the swedish team never managed to get their game together after those two pp goals and in the 3rd period Finns played excellent (boring) trap hockey.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

some really lame pens, but alas - earwax (reference)

Puljo and Laines really exiting, good for Finland! Good luck in the finals, ill be rooting for the US, though