Utah Mammoth players at the IIHF World Nationals.

[TheLegend]

So far to date.....



Team USA: Clayton Keller, Logan Cooley, Michael Kesselring, Josh Doan

Team Canada: Barrett Hayton

Team Czechia: Karel Vejmelka

 

[Luceni]

Gregor Bieber is playing for Austria I guess

 

[TheLegend]

Opening rosters....

USA:


Canada:

 

[TheLegend]

Keller wearing the "C" for Team USA.

 

[Summer Rose]

Came to our board to post about Keller getting the C for the pre-tournament game, and you beat me to it!

Pretty cool to see. I wonder if he'll also wear the C for the tournament proper.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Wow, that Team USA roster...for the AZ people I counted 7 people with some sort of Arizona ties, either by playing here for the Coyotes or ASU or being born here or both? a full third of the team....

...and 2 on Team Canada, including....Brendan Perlini?

 

[Coyotedroppings]

Opening rosters....

USA:
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Canada:
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That line at the top for the USA is what I want to see the Mammoth ice. Make it so BA.

 

[Jamieh]

This might be the best roster Canada has sent ever but reality is for North America this is just a fun tournament until the playoffs.

 

[TheLegend]

USA up 2-0 in the 2nd vs Denmark. Logan Cooley with a goal and Kesselring with an assist on the other.

Game is on NHLN.

 

[Stanley Thermos]

US is picking up momentum. 3-0.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Stanley Thermos]

Looks like Vejmelka got the win with Czechia.

 

[Summer Rose]

Looks like Vejmelka got the win with Czechia.

He did, but I watched the game and he played quite poorly. The third goal that Switzerland scored wasn't really on him at all, but he should have stopped goals 1, 2, and 4. The Czechs overall did not play very well, but nor did the Swiss really. On the other hand, Vejmelka made a couple key saves in overtime to save the game, and the Czechs escaped with an overtime win.

Also, David Pastrnak had a pathetic penalty shot attempt that was saved, so that was pretty funny.

 

[Arizonatah]

Cooley lookedike he was hurting on the bench. After that goal.

 

[TheLegend]

USA up 4-0, Kessering with another assist.

 

[Stanley Thermos]

Can't watch the game, but I notice multiple matching penalties for roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct. Anyone care to summarize the general tenor/tone of the game? Seems a bit fiery.

 

[Summer Rose]

Can't watch the game, but I notice multiple matching penalties for roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct. Anyone care to summarize the general tenor/tone of the game? Seems a bit fiery.

It just finished, and didn't really strike me that way. It is, however, the IIHF where the standard of play is "softer" if you know what I mean, with how the officials call the game. Sometimes you see stuff that probably wouldn't even get called as a penalty by NHL standards get called as 5 and a game at this tournament.

 

[Stanley Thermos]

Thanks for the breakdown.

 

[Jakey53]

That line at the top for the USA is what I want to see the Mammoth ice. Make it so BA.

Dream on.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Coyotedroppings]

Dream on.

I'm not being very serious Jakey, but I would like to ask if you laughed when I proposed GMDM attain Scottie Upshal? Pretty certain that was the only other time I suggested a GM obtain another player, so I'm currently 100%.

 

[TheLegend]

Some stats from today's games.

Hayton with a goal today in Canada's 7-1 win.

Cooley went 1-1-2 in USA's 6-0 win.

Vejmelka made 22 save in Czechia's 2-1 win.

 

[TheLegend]

USA ran into a buzzsaw Swiss team today. Losing 3-0.

 

[Jormungandr]

if Keller thought he was going to prove he belongs on the Olympic roster in this tournament, he’s failing miserably. He’s been invisible so far. Completely outworked, even by nations like Hungary.

 

[Jamieh]

if Keller thought he was going to prove he belongs on the Olympic roster in this tournament, he’s failing miserably. He’s been invisible so far. Completely outworked, even by nations like Hungary.

First10 days are a group party, then get it together for a few and try to win.