WJC 2005 Tournament Thread

[devilsfan26]

Jeez, I think this is the sixth time tonight we've seen a shot of Ray Bourque and heard about his son's "untimely injury"...ERRRR!

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Well, at least it's not a couple of Ducks fans.

EDIT: Beautiful shot by Suter. May the onslaught continue!

Edited January 2, 2005 by devilsfan26

[CRASHER]

see you guys are just proving my point

*goes back to his 200th time of watching Matrix Reloaded*

(just wait till the on-line game comes out.. no more post-whoring by ME )

[Weekes Head]

8-2. Safe to say this one's over.

[Weekes Head]

Man, that goal was just the product of HARD WORK. Nice way to cap the night.

[Weekes Head]

USA wins, will now face Russia!@

[Weekes Head]

Man oh man is Phil Kessel something special. That kid is unreal.

[Derek21]

I only saw bits of the first two periods. Know Montoya played better and saw one of Kessel's amazing goals. This kid is special. Hat trick for the 2006 draft eligible . Here is the boxscore for the Czechs' shutout of Finland:

01/01/2005

1st 2nd 3rd Total

CZE 0 1 2 3

FIN 0 0 0 0

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena

Surface: ICE

Attendance: 7465

Game summary

First Period

No goal

Penalties:

01:22 - CZE: Martin Tuma (7) - 2:00 High Sticking

02:53 - CZE: Zbynek Hrdel (15) - 2:00 Tripping

11:19 - FIN: Risto Korhonen (5) - 2:00 Holding

14:08 - FIN: Petteri Nokelainen (9) - 2:00 Boarding

15:20 - CZE: Petr Petruzalek (28) - 2:00 Slashing

Second Period

1-CZE : Petr Vrana (PP) (4) 16:57

(Smid)

Penalties:

01:51 - FIN: Risto Korhonen (5) - 2:00 Roughing

05:20 - FIN: Janne Kolehmainen (24) - 2:00 Elbowing

11:05 - FIN: Lauri Korpikoski (25) - 2:00 High Sticking

16:35 - FIN: Jussi Makkonen (29) - 2:00 Tripping

Third Period

2-CZE : Rostislav Olesz (SH) (6) 03:35

3-CZE : Roman Cervenka (1) 17:58

(Hluchy)

Penalties:

01:51 - CZE: Michal Gulasi (21) - 2:00 Slashing

06:13 - CZE: Martin Tuma (7) - 2:00 High Sticking

16:06 - CZE: Michal Borovansky (24) - 2:00 Holding

16:06 - FIN: Bench Bench (0) - 2:00 Delay of Game

19:45 - CZE: Lukas Kaspar (22) - 2:00 Slashing

Shots on goal:

CZE: 14-16-3 (33)

FIN: 6-1-14 (21)

Power-play conversions

CZE: 1/6

FIN: 0/6

Goaltenders

FIN: Tuukka Rask 30 SV, 60 min (L)

CZE: Marek Schwarz 21 SV, 60 min (W)

Officials

Ulf Ronnmark ®, Joseph Ross, Kevin Redding,

Team record

CZE: 4-1-0-0

FIN: 2-3-0-0

CZE:

3 different scorers- Vrana, Olesz and Cervenka

Outshot Finland 16-1 in 2nd and 30-7 thru 2 periods

Schwarz, SHO, 21 saves

Advances to semifinals against Canada

FIN:

0-6 PP

Outshot Czech Republic 14-3 in 3rd but 2 of Cze's shots were goals

Rask, 2 GA, 30 saves

Think the last was probably an ENG

[Derek21]

Wonderkid Kessel powers Team USA past Sweden:

01/01/2005

1st 2nd 3rd Total

SWE 1 1 0 2

USA 1 2 5 8

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena

Surface: ICE

Attendance: 8258

Game summary

First Period

1-SWE : Loui Ericksson (1) 04:12

(Salmonsson)

2-USA : Kevin Porter (2) 12:07

(Kessel, Suter)

Penalties:

16:23 - SWE: Anton Stralman (6) - 2:00 Tripping

Second Period

3-USA : Drew Stafford (4) 03:08

(Fritsche)

4-USA : Phil Kessel (2) 06:58

5-SWE : Loui Ericksson (2) 13:26

(Salmonsson, Granat)

Penalties:

07:39 - SWE: Per Savilathi-Nagander (14) - 2:00 High Sticking

07:39 - USA: Drew Stafford (19) - 2:00 Roughing

17:55 - USA: Jake Dowell (16) - 2:00 Hooking

Third Period

6-USA : Phil Kessel (3) 04:15

(O'Sullivan, Likens)

7-USA : Phil Kessel (4) 07:21

(O'Sullivan, Porter)

8-USA : Robbie Schremp (PP) (3) 11:08

(Suter, Stafford)

9-USA : Ryan Suter (PP) (1) 12:46

(O'Sullivan, Fritsche)

10-USA : TJ Hensick (2) 19:45

(Schremp, Pineault)

Penalties:

10:23 - SWE: David Fredriksson (19) - 2:00 Roughing

12:28 - SWE: Johan Fransson (5) - 2:00 Roughing

13:02 - USA: Brian Lee (2) - 2:00 Holding

16:27 - SWE: Ola Svanberg (20) - 2:00 Slashing

Shots on goal:

SWE: 11-14-6 (31)

USA: 14-16-11 (41)

Power-play conversions

SWE: 0/2

USA: 2/4

Goaltenders

SWE: David Raitio Berguv 33 SV, 56:54 min (L)

SWE: Christopher Heino Lindberg 0 SV, 03:06 min

USA: Al Montoya 29 SV, 60 min (W)

Officials

Vyacheslav Bulanov ®, Juha Kautto, Chris De Haan,

Team record

SWE: 2-3-0-0

USA: 3-2-0-0

SWE:

Ericksson & Salmonsson- goal and assist each

Raito Berguv, 7 GA, 33 saves in 57 mins

Lindberg, 1 GA, 0 saves in 3 mins

USA:

Kessel- hat trick and assist

Suter- three points (1-2-3)

O'Sullivan- 3 assists

Montoya, 2 GA, 29 saves

Advances to semifinals versus Russia

[bruins4777]

Good day, i got to play hockey...got kinda owned...but thats besides the point

Schremp scored. Suter got 3 points, kessel got a hat trick, czechs own up and olesz scores...mighty nice day for hockeyl

[GA Devil]

Anybody have the ESPN schedule for the upcoming games? Thanks in advance.

Edit:

Nevermind. Today at 5:30 PST.

Edited January 2, 2005 by GA Devil

[Derek21]

ESPN2- USA vs Russia tonight 8:30 ET (7:30 Cen)

[Jas0nMacIsaac]

Good day, i got to play hockey...got kinda owned...but thats besides the point

Schremp scored. Suter got 3 points, kessel got a hat trick, czechs own up and olesz scores...mighty nice day for hockeyl

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Once again Vrana creates the play but doesn't get an assist. Vrana tied up the man with the puck along the boardsso Olesz could take it walk in and score a goal Rask should have gotten.

[Derek21]

Here's the early result from a loser bracket:

01/02/2005

1st 2nd 3rd Total

SVK 0 0 2 2

BLR 0 1 0 1

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena

Surface: ICE

Attendance: 7650

Game summary

First Period

No goal

Penalties:

11:52 - SVK: Boris Valabik (9) - 2:00 Holding Stick

15:04 - SVK: Peter Olvecky (26) - 2:00 Kneeing

15:42 - BLR: Andrei Kastsitsyn (23) - 2:00 Hooking

19:47 - SVK: Tomas Bulik (11) - 2:00 Hooking

Second Period

1-BLR : Konstantin Zakharov (1) 14:44

Penalties:

01:46 - SVK: Boris Valabik (9) - 2:00 Checking from Behind

01:46 - SVK: Boris Valabik (9) - 10:00 Misconduct

07:39 - BLR: Alexei Savin (10) - 2:00 Elbowing

15:04 - BLR: Team Penalty (0) - 2:00 Delay of Game

Third Period

2-SVK : Andrej Sekera (1) 10:03

(Olvecky)

3-SVK : Peter Olvecky (2) 16:35

(Jencik, Zagrapan)

Penalties:

13:01 - BLR: Vauhen Haranin (6) - 2:00 Hooking

18:59 - SVK: Marek Zagrapan (8) - 2:00 Hooking

Shots on goal:

SVK: 9-11-6 (26)

BLR: 9-10-7 (26)

Power-play conversions

SVK: 0/4

BLR: 0/5

Goaltenders

BLR: Stepan Goryachevskikh 24 SV, 58:59 min (L)

SVK: Jaroslav Halak 25 SV, 60 min (W)

Officials

Jyri Petteri Ronn ®, Lars Schroeter, Anton Seminov,

Team record

SVK: 3-2-0-0

BLR: 1-4-0-0

SVK:

Olvecky- 2 points (1-1-2)

Valabik- 14 PIM

Halak, 1 GA, 25 saves

BLR:

Zakharov- goal

0-5 PP

Goryachevskikh, 2 GA, 24 saves

[Derek21]

Coming up:

25 03:38 pm (4:38 ET) GF CAN CZE

26 07:38 pm (8:38 ET, ESPN2) GF RUS USA

To our Canadian contingent, if you are watching, please keep us in tune with what's happening .

Thanks!

[bruins4777]

Good day, i got to play hockey...got kinda owned...but thats besides the point

Schremp scored. Suter got 3 points, kessel got a hat trick, czechs own up and olesz scores...mighty nice day for hockeyl

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Once again Vrana creates the play but doesn't get an assist. Vrana tied up the man with the puck along the boardsso Olesz could take it walk in and score a goal Rask should have gotten.

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Olesz scored nuff said. Your making it seem like everysingle one of olesz's goals are coming from vrana? How bout his goals and overall play against the U.S. you certainlly weren't too vocal about that? But i'm sure you'll come back with something about how vrana is much better and olesz is a soft pansy right?

[Derek21]

Canada's up 1-0 after the first on a Carter PP tally. I'm kind of hoping Olesz scores a hat trick. I wonder why.

[Derek21]

Just to update, this game is all but over barring a Czech miracle:

3-0 Canada. Dawes netted a PP goal and Bergeron scored. They have outshot the Czechs by a wide margin. Can either Russia or USA challenge them?

[bruins4777]

Good job bergy, i'm glad dawes scored he's been struggling sadly....I like him. I hope stewart tallied one. I can't get into the "live scoreboard" on tsn for some bizarre reason.

Come on olesz!

[Derek21]

Canada defeats the Czech Republic 3-1 in the first semi:

01/02/2005

1st 2nd 3rd Total

CAN 1 2 0 3

CZE 0 0 1 1

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena

Surface: ICE

Attendance: 10266

Game summary

First Period

1-CAN : Jeff Carter (6) 18:38

(Getzlaf, Syvret)

Penalties:

00:35 - CZE: Ladislav Smid (8) - 2:00 Interference

01:29 - CAN: Dion Phaneuf (3) - 2:00 Hooking

01:29 - CZE: Roman Cervenka (29) - 2:00 Unsportsmanlike

02:40 - CZE: Martin Tuma (7) - 2:00 High Sticking

06:39 - CAN: Braydon Coburn (29) - 2:00 Holding

10:26 - CAN: Shea Weber (6) - 2:00 Roughing

16:33 - CZE: Ondrej Smach (12) - 2:00 Tripping

18:52 - CAN: Shawn Belle (4) - 2:00 Boarding

Second Period

2-CAN : Nigel Dawes (PP) (2) 10:02

(Phaneuf, Getzlaf)

3-CAN : Patrice Bergeron (4) 12:34

(Crosby, Perry)

Penalties:

01:22 - CZE: Milan Hluchy (23) - 2:00 Hooking

04:06 - CAN: Stephen Dixon (14) - 2:00 Hooking

09:21 - CZE: Lukas Bolf (10) - 2:00 Slashing

14:28 - CZE: Martin Tuma (7) - 2:00 Cross Checking

15:44 - CAN: Corey Perry (24) - 2:00 Roughing

17:59 - CZE: Petr Vrana (20) - 2:00 Cross Checking

Third Period

4-CZE : Rostislav Olesz (SH) (7) 03:36

(Bolf)

Penalties:

01:50 - CZE: Martin Lojek (3) - 2:00 Interference

09:36 - CZE: Rostislav Olesz (25) - 2:00 Tripping

16:54 - CAN: Team Penalty (0) - 2:00 Team penalty

Shots on goal:

CAN: 10-16-16 (42)

CZE: 2-2-7 (11)

Power-play conversions

CAN: 1/9

CZE: 0/6

Goaltenders

CAN: Jeff Glass 10 SV, 60 min (W)

CZE: Marek Schwarz 39 SV, 56:13 min (L)

Officials

David Hansen

Edited January 3, 2005 by Derek21

[Derek21]

ESPN2 will be televising the other semi live at 8:30 ET (7:30 Cen). Should be a good one.

[bruins4777]

At least olesz scored?

It seems like schwarz didn't play bad so thats good....

Very suprising that canada went 1 for 9, that either tells you a lot about schwarz or just a lot about the penalty killing or both... I'm hoping for both, because i'm sure they gave olesz plenty of PK time. Of course i'm sure jason will come in and explain how olesz's goal was all because of vrana again

Anyways, good job canada.

[Derek21]

That's because according to Jason and Pierre Idiot, Olesz was supposed to score 14 goals instead of a tournament best seven compared to Crosby's 6.

[Derek21]

Just a warning. I'm not sure this game is going to be on because they're airing poker. They're such idiots. But according to espn.com, they are supposed to air it. So keep your fingers crossed.

I also noticed they moved the Sunday Night Giant game to ABC. I wonder what's being shown on ESPN. In any event, be prepared just in case.

[NJDevs4978]

Well apparently the game wasn't moved to ABC, just duplicated. So just so I'm sure I'm not in an alternate universe, ESPN preempted a semifinal between the USA and RUSSIA to show an NFL game on TWO channels pitting a Giants team who's lost 8 million games in a row against a Cowboy team that's at nine losses going on ten?

[NJDevs4978]

Eh nevermind guess they just moved the game to ESPN2.