It has been some long time since the Swiss have brought a goaltender to this event.
Gerber was never part of any of the Swiss Junior Team programs. He developed later.
Hollenstein is barely NLA quality but it is hard to deny these stats for this one tourney
| 1. |
| Luca Hollenstein (G) | 5 | 2.43 | .917 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 246:37 | 110 | |||
| 2. |
| Akira Schmid (G) | 3 | 4.23 | .878 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170:00 | 86 |
Hollenstein is barely NLA quality but it is hard to deny these stats for this one tourney
1. Luca Hollenstein (G) 5 2.43 .917 2 3 - 2 246:37 110 2. Akira Schmid (G) 3 4.23 .878 0 2 0 0 170:00 86
4th place finish with Hollenstein I believe. Won't claim to be a Swiss hockey expert but have followed this tourney for close to 40 years.
Hollenstein is barely NLA quality but it is hard to deny these stats for this one tourney
1. Luca Hollenstein (G) 5 2.43 .917 2 3 - 2 246:37 110 2. Akira Schmid (G) 3 4.23 .878 0 2 0 0 170:00 86
4th place finish with Hollenstein I believe. Won't claim to be a Swiss hockey expert but have followed this tourney for close to 40 years.
Bad goalies can stand on their head for a short tournament. We've seen that with Beglieri last year. Beglieri is a poor goalie but has been fantastic at that tournament. Hollenstein wasn't such a case. His stats were helped by playing behind a solid team.
I think there is a big difference between bringing a good goalie and that goalie managing to have good stats behind a terrible team that Switzerland is a lot of the time at the WJC level. Of course, their goalies aren't at a future NHL star talent level but neither is Team Canada's most of the time. I definitely wouldn't say goaltending has been a major weakness for the Swiss either in terms of the quality of players or the performance.
Kazakhstan was not icing their only (selected) CHLer Sarkenov so surely they will improve when games start to matter. /cope
It was also 3rd game for the Germans already and they have been in Canada for almost 2 weeks now. From what I gather Kazakhstan arrived in Canada a few days ago so you have to assume jet lag is still present. Playing a stronger opponent almost straight out of the plain cannot be very pleasant.
Without a doubt... Canadian goaltending has been disappointing but luckily, we don't need dominance, just competence most of the time. The Swiss need at least competence and usually greatness to get anywhere. I guess I was thinking back and couldn't really remember too many great performances. They need better than what they got last night for sure.I find Hinterland's opinions about goaltending to be pretty peculiar. Like, Pasche had a pretty successful career in the USHL for a very bad team and now has .919 Sv% in the NL at the young age of 21 and he absolutely hated the guy. It feels like he thrashes every goalie who isn't Vasilevsky-like during the WJC. It's either a bad goalie who stands on his head or a bad goalie behind a solid defensive team
I think there is a big difference between bringing a good goalie and that goalie managing to have good stats behind a terrible team that Switzerland is a lot of the time at the WJC level. Of course, their goalies aren't at a future NHL star talent level but neither is Team Canada's most of the time. I definitely wouldn't say goaltending has been a major weakness for the Swiss either in terms of the quality of players or the performance.
Out of curiosity, I looked through Canada's starting goalies between 2010 and 2020 and the only ones with an NHL career are Joel Hofer, Carter Hart and Blackwood. Others are Visentin, Fucale, DiPietro, etc.
