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PGT: WJC Gold Medal Game | Finland Win Gold Over USA 3-2

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Let's focus on this game. If you want to discuss the goal that was disallowed, make a thread for it and discuss it there.
 
Can we expect fair refereeing in the Canada soil vs the USA (I'd expect a large American audience)? Just asking cause I'm still having nightmares about 2014 WJC gold medal game in Stockholm. :D Some people actually stopped watching the game cause the refs made it so frigging awful. The Finns would get 2 minute minor practically by swearing. Meanwhile the Swedes seemed to have unlimited "get out of the jail cards" for any on ice infractions. At least in the end justice prevailed!

Anyway I'm just hoping for a fair fight and hope for the best. The Finns will come in as underdogs and at least it shouldn't be a disadvantage (less pressure etc).
 
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kelsier said:
Just asking cause I'm still having nightmares about 2014 WJC gold medal game in Stockholm. :D Some people actually stopped watching the game cause the refs made it so frigging awful. The Finns would get 2 minute minor practically by swearing.
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The game was in Malmö, not Stockholm.

The Finnish crowd certainly whined and moaned about the refereeing in that game like there was no tomorrow and the play-by-play man on TV was unbearable. When Ristolainen scored the OT goal, Taivainen couldn't wait to get to say "up yours, refs" (he actually used that English phrase).

What everyone forgot was that in the first period of that game a Finnish player delivered a very dirty hit into a Swede's head. That should have been an ejection and a 5-minute major, but he wasn't penalized at all. The refs probably didn't see it. That mistake by the officials was so beneficial for Finland that it pretty much renders moot the very questionable calls favoring Sweden after the dirty hit.
 
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I think this game is very important for our young Finnish lions if, and when, they want to be the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship winners. They had very nice practice game with the opponing team USA in the opening rounds, which has certainly elevated the level of competence a lot. After defeating teams Canada and Sknife only the sky is limiting our young Finnish lions en route to being victorious!
 
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The game was in Malmö, not Stockholm.

The Finnish crowd certainly whined and moaned about the refereeing in that game like there was no tomorrow and the play-by-play man on TV was unbearable. When Ristolainen scored the OT goal, Taivainen couldn't wait to get to say "up yours, refs" (he actually used that English phrase).

What everyone forgot was that in the first period of that game a Finnish player delivered a very dirty hit into a Swede's head. That should have been an ejection and a 5-minute major, but he wasn't penalized at all. The refs probably didn't see it. That mistake by the officials was so beneficial for Finland that it pretty much renders moot the very questionable calls favoring Sweden after the dirty hit.
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Yeah Malmö it was, though Sweden all the same.

I don't remember all the details of that game anymore, apart from that it's stuck on my mind as one of the worst, if not the worst game of reffing I've seen. Don't remember that hit for instance. You happen to have a link to show for? Anyway, I'd take a five minute major (especially in the first period) over never-ending series of 2 minute penalties over nothing. After all even if the opponent scores lets say two goals in that five mins, you still got plenty of time to catch up during and after the first period.

A missed mistake should never be allowed to lead into a never-ending series of punishments by the refs and I find it hard to believe anything should affect their decision making as much as to whistle every single small contact by the unfavoured team. It was a text-book horror show what a game should never look like from refs' respective. A missed hit or no hit, that group of referees had some screws too loose, were afraid of the stacked crowd or they had accepted some handouts from some dubious sources. No pro can whistle that badly and they certainly were rightfully criticized.
 
I think Switzerland will get the gold. They'll make the comeback to beat Russia in OT and get bronze....and then a massive bench clearing brawl will break out in final leading to both the U.S. and Finland being disqualified, giving Switzerland the gold by default. :naughty:
 
kelsier said:
Yeah Malmö it was, though Sweden all the same.

I don't remember all the details of that game anymore, apart from that it's stuck on my mind as one of the worst, if not the worst game of reffing I've seen. Don't remember that hit for instance. You happen to have a link to show for? Anyway, I'd take a five minute major (especially in the first period) over never-ending series of 2 minute penalties over nothing. After all even if the opponent scores lets say two goals in that five mins, you still got plenty of time to catch up during and after the first period.

A missed mistake should never be allowed to lead into a never-ending series of punishments by the refs and I find it hard to believe anything should affect their decision making as much as to whistle every single small contact by the unfavoured team. It was a text-book horror show what a game should never look like from refs' respective. A missed hit or no hit, that group of referees had some screws too loose, were afraid of the stacked crowd or they had accepted some handouts from some dubious sources. No pro can whistle that badly and they certainly were rightfully criticized.
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Sweden got 2 penalties and Finland got 6. In the third period, Finland had 3 and Sweden had zero.

http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/359/IHM359131_74_4_0.pdf

Anyways, old news.

Go Finland! Finland 4 USA 2
 
Dont care who won but Russia deserved to win. And dont come with the , "the team who won deserved to win". Thats not always the case. It is still strong by US to win, despite being the worse team. But Finland will win gold against this US team if they dont step up.
 
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Can anyone confirm NHL.tv will be streaming this? Read that in a few articles but don’t see anything through the app.

I also pay for NHL Network but I’m not home. Any way to stream through a computer using your cable plan?
 
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