GDT: WJC Preliminary Round: Game 19 | 12/31 | 5:00PM PST | Russia Vs Canada

[Tobias Kahun]

Canada player gets dumped in open ice.

 

[Christien]

Denisenko is buzzing

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Russian goalie looks kinda leaky...toss the puck at him at will.

 

[trilobyte]

Beautiful pass from Kravtsov. How has he been in this tournament btw?

I think he has been quite good in playing a very responsible centre role, quite good defensively along with some pretty top skill like he just showed.

 

[Lays]

Kravtsov is deadly with that cross-ice pass. he did it last game almost exactly the same.

Yesterday’s was prettier though, was a dirty sauce

 

[La Masse]

Lets not get going with that stuff....................penalties are gonna happen.

Iffy call if you prefer

 

[Richter915]

Iffy call if you prefer

Call nonetheless

 

[Blender]

Iffy call if you prefer

Come on, that was an obvious call, especially under IIHF rules.

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

I think he has been quite good in playing a very responsible centre role, quite good defensively along with some pretty top skill like he just showed.

Has he played better than Wahlstrom? I've barely seen any games.

 

[jj cale]

Iffy call if you prefer

Pretty normal for this tournament though, we will get some our way too....................just the way it goes.

Our p.k has to be sharp, better then it has been.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Has he played better than Wahlstrom? I've barely seen any games.

Definitely. Been Russia's best player.

 

[Richter915]

Come on, that was an obvious call, especially under IIHF rules.

Yup, hit him in the numbers. Check from behind.

 

[La Masse]

Come on, that was an obvious call, especially under IIHF rules.

If they are consistent with the call then fine

 

[Prntscrn]

Canada player gets dumped in open ice.

Just Comtois being Comtois..

 

[TimeZone]

Canada going into that lull now they seem to go into every game after a hot start.

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

Definitely. Been Russia's best player.

Nice to hear since I'm an rangers fan.

 

[Zybalto]

Pretty normal for this tournament though, we will get some our way too....................just the way it goes.

Our p.k has to be sharp, better then it has been.

Like how Ray broke it down there.

Canadians played it well but the Russians were almost perfect on that sequence.

Good game so far.

 

[4thlineduster]

We are looking outmatched so far

 

[jj cale]

Russia controlling things now, gotta work our way out of it.

 

[Richter915]

Canada can't get out of their own zone...

 

[EdJovanovski]

Has he played better than Wahlstrom? I've barely seen any games.

Yes AINEC

 

[Fried Tree Sap]

Great pace to the game so far....

 

[jj cale]

Like how Ray broke it down there.

Canadians played it well but the Russians were almost perfect on that sequence.

Good game so far.

The russians certainly played it well, I just like a real aggressive p.k and I still havent really seen it.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The russians certainly played it well, I just like a real aggressive p.k and I still havent really seen it.

Yup I have noticed all tournament our PK has been stuck in a really passive box and against teams that move the puck well that is a recipe to get chewed up. The modern PK is attacking the puck relentlessly on the PK, a small passive box shouldn't be a thing.

 

[TimeZone]

Dobson looks really good. Mitchell as well

 

[4thlineduster]

So far today, all I’ve really seen as far as O zone “pressure” from us are low percentage shots and trying to make too many fancy passes.

The way we are playing, we will be lucky to keep this close