WJC: U20 WJC Semifinal game thread Sweden vs Finland

[The Price is Right]

Sweden really sucks. Kinda surprised. Their development really sucking recently

 

[TonsofPuppies]

For any Swedish fans here, I have to ask... how in the unholy name of f*** does this coach keep getting the job with the national team? Dude makes Dave Cameron look like Scotty Bowman. lmao

 

[JackSlater]

Deserved win for Finland there. Sweden in elimination games at the WJC is maybe the strangest thing in international hockey. The lack of urgency and push when they need a goal or goals is baffling.

 

[ORRFForever]

Don't worry Canadians you will get your part of this torture tomorrow. Canada struggled against Czechs lmao

 

[Statsy]

Stakestaad as one of the team’s top 3 players is a glaring indictment of how bad Sweden’s offence actually was.

 

[MM917]

Don't worry Canadians you will get your part of this torture tomorrow. Canada struggled against Czechs lmao

When did Canada struggle against the Czechs? Certainly at no point in this tournament did that happen.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Maybe if the fin team got put in the woman's under 18 but even then....

Revoke this guy's man-card.

 

[wonton15]

Sweden’s coaching needs an overhaul. Very amateur showing

 

[thewookie1]

Explaining the entire 6v5 would be easy.

Grans and Andrea shot the puck, Rosen tried once but was stick checked in a brief shift he had and the rest of Sweden passed the puck until the game ended.

Rosen led the team in PP goals, isn’t played to start a 5v3?

Finland knows how to play D for sure but this was a cakewalk for the Finns

 

[Jussi]

Exactly, this was Pennanen masterclass. Bbbut he trash whole team trash everyone trash since game one. And yet we're in the final.

And I think Lehkonen said it in the first period: individualist (Lambert) is out, everyone is now committed to playing according to the system.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Don't worry Canadians you will get your part of this torture tomorrow. Canada struggled against Czechs lmao

The team Canada outscored 10-3 in 2 games? Sure sounds like struggling lmao

 

[DeeQ]

Let's go! Can-Fin is the modern rivalry and I'm all for it.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

That was an entertaining game. Good pace and sufficient nastiness.
Both the goaltenders were really solid.

 

[NyQuil]

Canada struggled against Czechs lmao

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

@Eye of Ra called it.

If you call Sweden to lose *every* game, then every Sweden loss means he "called it".

Bloody genius. Nobody calls him out when they manage to win.

 

[Lambo]

CAN vs FIN again and again! This time with the junors! Crazy! Congrats Suomi!

 

[Miro4Norris]

The team Canada outscored 10-3 in 2 games? Sure sounds like struggling lmao

I'm not talking about round robin game and you know it. Canada had better finishing today but Czechs played better otherwise

 

[ORRFForever]

WHO WAS THAT DROP PASS FOR?! Lmao

Exactly.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Time to build up that rivalry again
IIHF - Is Finland Canada’s biggest rival now?

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Sweden really sucks. Kinda surprised. Their development really sucking recently

You're about to get a like from Eye of Ra

 

[ORRFForever]

If you call Sweden to lose *every* game, then every Sweden loss means he "called it".

Bloody genius. Nobody calls him out when they manage to win.

Fair enough.

 

[NyQuil]

Czechs played better otherwise

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Deserved win for Finland there. Sweden in elimination games at the WJC is maybe the strangest thing in international hockey. The lack of urgency and push when they need a goal or goals is baffling.

Not a strong Swedish team by any means, but they certainly lived up to the baffling trend.

 

[57special]

Andrae was so bad today. Anytime the puck was on his stick was a waste.

Are you kidding me? He was the only one on the Swedish team with a pulse. The rest were passengers, except for Wallstedt, i guess. Andrae might've been trying to do too much, but at least he was trying. The others were about as unimaginative and vanilla as it gets.

How in the hell do the dmen not pinch in the final 3 minutes of the game on a rim around? What are they waiting for?

I wasn't shocked that Finland won, but it could easily have been 5-0. Wallstedt was vg, and had a lot of help from the iron. Sweden, OTOH, had almost no chances to speak off. Their "0" score flattered them.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I'm not talking about round robin game and you know it. Canada had better finishing today but Czechs played better otherwise

They lost by 3 goals. Does that happen often to the better team?