Yeah, we agree. Finland was weak, out of breath and frozen. The whole time. No excuses, it was straight up Pascal tonight.

Maybe they wanted the folks of both cities to see team Canada play?
Just a guess

I SAY... Dont try to be ALL things to ALL People/FANS...Their First focus should be to give our boyz da best chance to WIN ! So the extra travel was a BAD idea IMO...After all, there under enough pressure as it is...

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Pascal has played well IMO , the first goal he got clipped and knocked a little off balance by Jovo's stick, the 3rd goal was clearly deflected, and the second was the result of a man left free to bang in the rebound, one of our D ( forget who ) was slow getting back...

Might have been Keith , he had a couple of bone head plays that period, especially that penalty...


No Doubt Leclair will STONE KRONORS IN 3rd, If our guys will just quit running around and getting too fancy with the puck in their own end...too MANY friggen passes inside our Blue ...GEEZ !

OK one period away from GOLD GAME...OH CANADA !!!!

I believe the games are to be organized in a way that is NOT favoring any team, not even the all-mighty hosts whether it's Finland, Canada or Zimbabwe. The groups were drawn and Canada went into the Halifax one. That's it.

Flight is only an hour and a half...with a day off in between..not a factor...

Actually it was Halifax that was the original applicant to host the IHWC.
QC came on board a little latter, then almost pulled the plug do to politicians not wanting to guarantee monies should the gate fall short.

Listening Hitch?...go with Ward....big game -*test*-('")ed.....

he is ....re: rotation not performance
...the way the cookie crumbled or cunning strategy....I wonder

I've gotta say, if it's Ward tomorrow that worries me a lot more than LeClaire...Ward can be great but he can also be very mediocre!

ahhh....well
so can Nabby!

...exactly...esp when the pressure's on....Ward will be fine....

The rumour i've heard is that it is definitely Ward in nets tomorrow.

Whoever it is....................he has to stand tall.

Ward will be fine.

What concerns me is the Russian ability to finish. The teams are pretty even skillwise. TC has the advantage of being able to take the physical play to the next level and being albe to pull off the moves and make the plays. However, when I watched the RUS/FIN semi, it appeared that the Russians were bigger than the Fins. Seems they picked a team for the small ice.

They are big and weigh in at ~205 lbs at a glance.

http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/132/IHM1320RUS_33_5_0.pdf

Canada is slightly smaller on average.

http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/132/IHM1320CAN_33_6_0.pdf

I bring this up because Getz wouldn't have been able to get his goal if the defender he toyed with weighed 20 more pounds.

FIN looks to be 195ish. SWE slightly bigger. USA about the same size as SWE.

This game is going to come down to physical play, IMHO. All other areas cancel out to be equal. If that be the case, TC should have the advantage because, no matter their size, they are Canadian hockey players who have played many more games against other hard hitting Canucks on the small ice.

TC has to play an honest game. Stick to fundamentals and be the hardest backchecking and forechecking motherfuckers they can be. Nail the Ruskies with some hard checks and they will begin to play Canada's game.

Go Canada Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111

Totallly agree Vim.

Play old time Canadian hockey and we'll be fine.

stray from it and try to be too cute...................not good.