GDT: USA vs. Finland, Jan. 4th, Semi-Final; 1:30 pm EST, 7:30 pm local

[tictactoe]

Pocked the bear? Bear is not in this tournament unfortunately.

I do cry about not seeing Michkov in every game thread of this wjc

 

[LaMasquerade]

Night and day compared to first 20

We are always awful in 2nd period..

 

[agent082]

Why in the f*** did Mikkola decide to bench Hemming after the 1st period? Actual braindead move that made our 4th line useless int he 2nd.

Must be injury. He was one of our best players in the first period

 

[FinPanda]

Not surprised, total domination by US in the 2nd. Playing defense was never going to work.

 

[LaMasquerade]

Well, anything is possible now..

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Pocked the bear? Bear is not in this tournament unfortunately.

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

Pocked the bear? Bear is not in this tournament unfortunately.

I do cry about not seeing Michkov in every game thread of this wjc

What bear are you talking about? It was all an illusion lmao.

 

[LaMasquerade]

Shots 14-3 in this period.. quite brutal

 

[novisor]

Fins are just waiting to lose at this point, letting these cocky little pr**ks walk all over them. Sad.

 

[TLEH]

No, Finland were better first period with plenty of missed chances. So... You are wrong.

The domination this period could have easily been 4-5 goals. He has been excellent. To even remotely blame him is delusional.

 

[MTU34]

Most complete period for the US all tournament. Gotta hold this level and pace

 

[Bounces R Way]

Finns have to work on their clears. Slapping it into the corner when there's better plays to be made is just going to extend possession.

 

[Gsus]

Pocked the bear? Bear is not in this tournament unfortunately.

I do cry about not seeing Michkov in every game thread of this wjc

Flyers fan here as well, and I don't like drafting Michkov, at all.

 

[Jukurit]

They've clearly improved.

They've clearly not improved.

 

[tictactoe]

What bear are you talking about? It was all an illusion lmao.

Wasnt it obvious?

 

[JetsFan815]

Finland looks done. 3 shots that period and one of them was a soft dump in.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Casey was very good in that period, excellent at both ends.

 

[Svedu]

The domination this period could have easily been 4-5 goals. He has been excellent. To even remotely blame him is delusional.

I' m not blaming him. I said Väisänen and other D's like Kulonummi look really slow. But, I do think Kokko is shaky and seems insecure and unaware of where the puck is at times.
Americans were bad at finishing and unlucky, just like Finns in the first. Wasn't Kokko or Augustine necessarily saving their teams buddy.

 

[Christien]

It’s funny to read the habs comments hating on Augustine

 

[Jussi]

They've clearly not improved.

Well the second period wasn't good vs Sweden either.

 

[Bunch of AHOs]

Fins are just waiting to lose at this point, letting these cocky little pr**ks walk all over them. Sad.

Don't think so. Being at 2-2 after two periods is excellent situation for us, thought it might be game over already. Final 20 minutes, everything can happen as long as we keep up playing strong defence and counter-attack

 

[agent082]

Finland looks done. 3 shots that period and one of them was a soft dump in.

Yeah. One highbar reflection, but that was only good scoring chance.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Jimmy Snuggerud has got to be the most American name. Like, ever.

 

[tictactoe]

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[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Casey was very good in that period, excellent at both ends.

Best dman on the ice again. Hutson was much better as well.

When those two are going it makes this team so tough to defend.