WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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6-2 now.
WJHC (World Junior Hockey Championships) 2016
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Patrick said:
Not able to pay too much attention to this one right now, I heard Sweden wasn't playing their starter?
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CarltonTheBear said:
Yeah, Sandstrom is in net, he's the youngest of the goalies so I figure this is just giving him a taste of what is to come next year.
Bit of a rude awakening though.
Also, just saw McKenzie's rankings for the upcoming draft there, I have a hard time ranking Gauthier above Nylander. Gauthier looks like he has a great shot, but is this another case of scouts overvaluing size?
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Just being cruel to the kid in net now, unless the backup is hurt.
Just being cruel to the kid in net now, unless the backup is hurt.
Patrick said:
I really didn't notice Gauthier out there ever, so that's pretty surprising. If anything I figured that Nylander's tournament really cemented his place in the top-6.
I certainly don't know Gauthier too well, but there's some red flags out there to me. Even ignoring his size. He had a hell of a 16-year old season in the Q, but I wonder how much of that was team-effects. He was still 5th on team scoring and 3 of the guys had huge leads on him. Again, as a 16-year old that's still crazy impressive but not something that should cement his place in the top-10 2 years later.
This season he's scoring at a slightly higher pace but he only has 8 assists in 30 games (and 29 goals). That assist total is a big red-flag to me. And again, 5th on team scoring (everyone ahead of him is older though).
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Team USA knocks out Team Sweden for the Bronze with an 8-3 drubbing. The US led by Michael Tkachuk's two goals, simply overwhelmed a 'depleted' Swedish lineup.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/americans-rout-sweden-to-win-world-junior-bronze/
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/americans-rout-sweden-to-win-world-junior-bronze/
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CarltonTheBear said:
Yeah, it was a consensus list based on his sources that had Gauthier at #5 and Nylander at #6.
The Gold Medal Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIe6Q2wxpD4
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hockeyfan1 said:
It's Matthew Tkachuk.
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The Finns held the Russian without a shot for the first four minutes, the Finn goalie then takes an over the glass/delay of game penalty and the Russians score with their first shot on the PP.
1-0 to the USSR
1-0 to the USSR
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I have thoroughly enjoyed this first period, very intense and the crowd has been amazing. It's a national holiday in Finland tomorrow so these spectators have come for a party!
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Excellent second period too, Kapanen could have had a double.
Still 1-0 Russia even though the Finns outshot them 9-2 in the second.
Still 1-0 Russia even though the Finns outshot them 9-2 in the second.
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A laser beam from Laine ties it at 1, 24 seconds into the 3rd.
And there go the Russians, 2-1!!
And there go the Russians, 2-1!!
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Hype-train for Laine?
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Potvin29 said:
Get out.
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Laine ran over a Russian just before that, close to being a penalty and then the Finns score with the Dman out of position.
Laine ran over a Russian just before that, close to being a penalty and then the Finns score with the Dman out of position.
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Patrick said:
Looked to me like he just side-stepped a hit and the Russian player knocked himself out of position (though I am sort of bouncing back and forth between it and work so maybe I missed it fully).