GDT: SVK vs CAN

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Team Slovakia:
Kelemen - Hrivik - Panik
Cehlarik - Sukel - Hudacek
Regenda - Tamasi - Chromiak
Lantosi - Cacho - Okuliar

Koch - Nemec
Knazko - Grman
Rosandic - Ivan
Janosik - Gajdos

Hlavaj
Skorvanek

PP1: Chromiak - Cehlarik - Nemec (+2)

Team Canada:
Lucic - Veleno - Blais
Quinn - Laughton - Toffoli
Neighbours - McBain - Carcone
Krebs - Glass - Crouse
Fantilli

Middleton - Weegar
Hunt - Bear
Joseph - Myers
Barron

Montembeault
Hofer

PP1: Toffoli - Quinn - Glass - Lucic - Weegar

Nemec has been registered for today.

As said in USA thread, start could be a bit sloppy now that it's a 4:20 PM game local time.

Haven't watched Slovakia at all, but very excited about Nemec. For Canada, Weegar has IMO looked very dangerous, and it was fun to see Lucic scoring a goal.

As a neutral fan I'm expecting a low-scoring close game, with Nemec bringing some energy to Slovakian team.

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[tobu]

Upset day.

 

[vlady]

Clear hooking missed there on Hudacek breakaway

 

[Antiillafire]

Okuliar has had a pretty bad first 3 games, and he’s not very good 2 way, so if he’s not scoring…

 

[Jimmy71]

Clear hooking missed there on Hudacek breakaway

I'm sure the referees will make up for it lol

 

[vlady]

Okuliar has had a pretty bad first 3 games, and he’s not very good 2 way, so if he’s not scoring…

hard to score on the 4th line though

Cehlarik! Nice pass from Hrivik

 

[tobu]

Despite the nice pp goal, Canada’s PK is great

 

[elMatador]

And the Oscar goes to.... Hudacek.

 

[vlady]

have we won at least 1 faceoff? I haven't kept track, but it feels like we lost all of them

 

[Jimmy71]

Omg what a sell job that was by Hudacek. I see why that idiot never played in the NHL

 

[vlady]

And the Oscar goes to.... Hudacek.

Hudacek was crosschecked in the ribs. It wasn't very hard, but it was there. The penalty on Koch was bullshit though. The player turned just before contact was made.

 

[tobu]

have we won at least 1 faceoff? I haven't kept track, but it feels like we lost all of them

5-18 on face offs

 

[Antiillafire]

have we won at least 1 faceoff? I haven't kept track, but it feels like we lost all of them

We lose pretty much every 1 it seems. Was Kristof that important as face off guy .

 

[vlady]

5-18 on face offs

that's elite percentage

 

[tuniak]

Dvorsky is decent on faceoffs, just sayin

 

[Jimmy71]

Hudacek was crosschecked in the ribs. It wasn't very hard, but it was there. The penalty on Koch was bullshit though. The player turned just before contact was made.

Cross checked in the ribs he was pushed lol no cross check whatsoever. I'll go and watch the game and not bother with this crap for today lol

 

[vlady]

Dvorsky is decent on faceoffs, just sayin

against kids, just sayin'

 

[vlady]

damn, those were some great chances. Hudacek is having himself a game

 

[SoundAndFury]

Best game I've seen Hudacek play since 2020 or so.

 

[tobu]

Hudacek is really enjoying hockey today.

Okuliar has had a pretty bad first 3 games, and he’s not very good 2 way, so if he’s not scoring…

Not sure what he is doing on the second power play unit either.

 

[Antiillafire]

That second PP unit is terrible

 

[vlady]

That second PP unit is terrible

you are always so negative. Why not instead praise the first unit which has been very good

Hlavaj has been great so far. A backup goalie in Slovak extraliga

 

[vlady]

Another dandy from Hlavaj

 

[HabSgt]

Chippy game. I like it.

 

[Antiillafire]

you are always so negative. Why not instead praise the first unit which has been very good

Hlavaj has been great so far. A backup goalie in Slovak extraliga

I never said the first unit hasn’t been good, they have been. I’m just saying what I’m seeing. Which is that the second unit has struggled to generate anything on several chances today, while also not even being able to establish zone time with the man advantage.

It’s funny, Czech team could be playing way way better than us today and their fans here would still be upset. Yet Slovak fans will barely criticize their team