WJC 2005 Tournament Thread

[Weekes Head]

NOW it's 6-4.

[Satans Hockey]

THAT WAS IN 6-4 WOOOOOOOOO

[Weekes Head]

the first 3 Montoya goals werent weak, the last one was

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ahh, okay. Thanks.

[Satans Hockey]

O'Sullivan got that one

[Satans Hockey]

We are averaging a goal a minute lol

[devilsfan26]

If you combine the first two periods of the game against Russia with this game's third period, it would be one amazingly insane game.

[Weekes Head]

Holy crap, that was a crazy play, two nice saves there by the Swiss goalie.

[Satans Hockey]

USA Wins 6-4

[Derek21]

The U.S. D is a joke. If not for Montoya the first two periods, the Swiss would have been up by a couple of goals.

Montoya must feel like he's on the Rangers. Every play in the defensive end is like a firedrill.

The Swiss deserved to win that game. They outplayed and outworked Team USA most of the game. They're winning just on skill right now.

That won't work against the stiffer competition.

Callahan played a whale of a game. Kessel is amazing. I can see what all the hype is about. Stafford made a nice shot on the PP. Schremp looked good on his goal going top shelf.

I don't know what happened after that. Guess the D continued to run around. When I turned it back on, it went from 5-2 to 5-4. I know one of the goals was bad just from the highlights they showed. I don't know about the other one.

Hensick's goal was nice. He got more ice-time and played well. Like I said, he's a player. O'Sullivan got a big goal too.

Lee didn't look comfortable out there.

The only guys on D I trust are Suter and Hagemo. Anyone else and it's panic time.

Last year, the D was much steadier. They didn't panic as much. That's the difference. If the D was better, they could beat Canada.

To hell with what all the experts say. We have as many skilled forwards as them. We have a better big game goalie. I noticed again that when the game was hanging in the balance, Montoya made some key saves to keep it at 6-4. I just worry about the D. Why didn't they select Jack Johnson if he was so good?

[Derek21]

the first 3 Montoya goals werent weak, the last one was

You're right. I wish I had seen the screened one so I could judge.

The fourth one was brutal.

The one thing about the first goal that I would have liked to seen Montoya do was try to cover it up. I realize the guy was allowed to stuff it in four times. But if he could have controlled the rebound, that's not scored. His rebound control has been an issue in the first two games. And it's clearly obvious that his D is not the best at taking guys down low. So, he has to be sharp.

They play Belarus next on Wednesday. It won't be televised until 9:30 PM on ESPN2. That will be on 2 hour delay I believe. Just a heads up.

[bruins4777]

Derek, the question about jack johnson vs. brian lee has been hanging around for a long long time. Nobody really knows. With forwards situation can be an excuse, but defense it makes no sense.

As for montoya, i think ur just making excuses He's overrated and he's showing it.

The swiss goalie is good, but lacks consistency and stamina. He has the ability to make huge saves, but needs to work on doing it when facing them constantly.

good to know my boy suter is doing good. As for why the d is so much more nervous? Its obvious no Mark Stuart Suter is a good leader, but he is no mark stuart. Stuart has the ability to calm everybody down. Also, the defense is obviously much younger. but the lack of stuart is obvoius.....yes i love stuart

[Derek21]

Honestly bruins, I think he gets too much heat. I didn't expect him to repeat last year's performance. It's just too much pressure. And it's not the same team on D. Technically, he's given up 3 bad goals out of the 8. But he's also made some timely stops when his team needed it.

I'm not ready to throw in the towel on him. I'd like to see some better two-way hockey. That would help a lot.

[Derek21]

Canada defeats Sweden 8-1:

12/27/2004

1st 2nd 3rd Total

CAN 1 4 3 8

SWE 1 0 0 1

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena

Surface: ICE

Attendance: 10739

Game summary

First Period

1-CAN : Jeff Carter (2) 02:28

(Getzlaf)

2-SWE : David Fredriksson (PP) (1) 07:29

(Videll, Svanberg)

Penalties:

00:21 - SWE: Christopher Heino Lindberg (30) - 2:00 High Sticking

04:13 - SWE: David Fredriksson (19) - 2:00 Tripping

06:54 - CAN: Danny Syvret (20) - 2:00 Hooking

08:01 - SWE: Nicklas Grossman (12) - 2:00 Cross Checking

13:42 - CAN: Jeff Carter (7) - 2:00 Hooking

17:26 - CAN: Nigel Dawes (27) - 2:00 Slashing

18:39 - CAN: Clarke MacArthur (17) - 2:00 Tripping

Second Period

3-CAN : Clarke MacArthur (3) 00:52

(Richards, Fraser)

4-CAN : Nigel Dawes (1) 03:39

(Syvret, Dixon)

5-CAN : Patrice Bergeron (3) 12:49

(Seabrook)

6-CAN : Sidney Crosby (PP) (3) 15:11

(Bergeron, Perry)

Penalties:

01:32 - SWE: Kalle Olsson (11) - 2:00 Interference

05:21 - CAN: Colin Fraser (11) - 2:00 High Sticking

05:44 - CAN: Jeff Carter (7) - 2:00 Slashing

06:42 - CAN: Shea Weber (6) - 2:00 Cross Checking

08:21 - SWE: Robert Nilsson (9) - 2:00 Unsportsmanlike

15:01 - SWE: Carl Soderberg (27) - 2:00 Holding

15:53 - CAN: Ryan Getzlaf (15) - 2:00 Cross Checking

19:41 - SWE: Nicklas Grossman (12) - 2:00 Tripping

Third Period

7-CAN : Sidney Crosby (PP) (4) 00:21

(Perry)

8-CAN : Andrew Ladd (1) 00:46

(Getzlaf)

9-CAN : Ryan Getzlaf (1) 12:32

(Carter, Seabrook)

Penalties:

06:34 - CAN: Jeff Carter (7) - 2:00 Slashing

09:31 - SWE: Elias Granat (4) - 2:00 Elbowing

18:12 - SWE: Kalle Olsson (11) - 2:00 Tripping

Shots on goal:

CAN: 16-13-17 (46)

SWE: 4-5-8 (17)

Power-play conversions

CAN: 2/9

SWE: 1/9

Goaltenders

SWE: David Raitio Berguv 14 SV, 19:39 min

SWE: Christopher Heino Lindberg 24 SV, 40:21 min (L)

CAN: Jeff Glass 16 SV, 60 min (W)

Officials

Milan Minar ®, Kevin Redding, Miroslav Valach,

Team record

CAN: 2-0-0-0

SWE: 1-1-0-0

Getzlaf- 3 pts (1-2-3)

2 pts each- Bergeron, Crosby, Carter, Perry

Glass, 1 GA, 16 saves

[Derek21]

Russia defeats Czech Republic 4-1:

12/27/2004

1st 2nd 3rd Total

CZE 0 1 0 1

RUS 2 1 1 4

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena - Thief River Falls

Surface: ICE

Attendance: 972

Game summary

First Period

1-RUS : Alexander Radoulov (PP) (1) 07:03

(Malkin, Shirokov)

2-RUS : Sergei Shirokov (PP) (2) 10:44

(Malkin)

Penalties:

05:08 - CZE: Lukas Bolf (10) - 2:00 Interference

09:39 - CZE: Lukas Kaspar (22) - 2:00 Slashing

11:02 - RUS: Alexei Emelin (20) - 2:00 Holding

16:10 - RUS: Alexander Radoulov (22) - 2:00 Tripping

17:54 - CZE: Roman Polak (6) - 2:00 Charging

Second Period

3-RUS : Evgeni Malkin (1) 01:14

4-CZE : Zbynek Hrdel (PP) (1) 09:36

(Bolf)

Penalties:

02:50 - RUS: Denis Parshin (27) - 2:00 Hooking

02:56 - CZE: Ladislav Smid (8) - 2:00 Tripping

06:31 - RUS: Anton Belov (3) - 2:00 Delay of Game

07:35 - RUS: Yakov Rylov (7) - 2:00 Checking from Behind

07:35 - RUS: Yakov Rylov (7) - 10:00 Misconduct

10:24 - RUS: Grigori Panin (5) - 2:00 Holding

12:13 - CZE: Lukas Bolf (10) - 2:00 Slashing

18:15 - RUS: Alexander Nikulin (21) - 2:00 Slashing

Third Period

5-RUS : Enver Lisin (1) 07:05

(Ovechkin)

Penalties:

04:31 - RUS: Georgi Misharin (15) - 2:00 Hooking

04:31 - CZE: Rostislav Olesz (25) - 2:00 Unsportsmanlike

10:37 - CZE: Michal Gulasi (21) - 2:00 Holding Stick

10:51 - CZE: Martin Tuma (7) - 2:00 High Sticking

13:02 - RUS: Dmitri Megalinski (14) - 2:00 Slashing

15:27 - RUS: Roman Voloshenko (25) - 2:00 High Sticking

19:59 - CZE: Rostislav Olesz (25) - 2:00 Slashing

19:59 - RUS: Denis Ezhov (24) - 2:00 Slashing

Shots on goal:

CZE: 6-10-10 (26)

RUS: 13-5-14 (32)

Power-play conversions

CZE: 1/9

RUS: 2/7

Goaltenders

RUS: Anton Khudobin 25 SV, 60 min (W)

CZE: Marek Schwarz 28 SV, 60 min (L)

Officials

Ulf Ronnmark ®, Tobias Wehrli, Joseph Ross,

Team record

CZE: 1-1-0-0

RUS: 1-1-0-0

Malkin- 3 pts (1-2-3)

Shirokov- goal, assist

Khudobin, 1 GA, 25 saves

[Derek21]

Slovakia shuts out Finland 2-0.

I'll try to find a boxscore for this. Since boxscores aren't up, here's a recap instead:

For Immediate Release

December 27, 2004

Finland shut down by Slovakia; lose 2-0 in Thief River Falls

Slovakia's Tomas Bulik stepped into the low slot, took a feed from linemate Stefan Ruzicka, and buried the puck between the legs of Finnish goaltender Tuukka Rask, putting Slovakia ahead for good in its World Junior Tournament game in the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, MN.

The goal turned out to be all the offense Slovakia would need, as they shut out Finland 2-0. Slovakian defenseman Andrej Petri Matikainen said, "Our offensive game was not good enough, our game was a bit nervous. It just didn't work out tonight."

Finnish goaltender Tuukka Rask had another excellent performance, stopping

25 shots and keeping Finland in the game. He earned player of the game honors for Finland.

Coach MatikaiMezaros added an empty-net goal in the final minute of the game to seal the win. He was named player of the game for Slovakia for his efforts at both ends of the rink.

Slovakia played a tight defensive game, using "maximum discipline, and following exactly the plan we want to play," according to coach Dusan Gregor. Slovakian goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped all 18 shots he faced, earning the shutout and the win. This was a big win for Slovakia, bouncing back from a loss against Canada on Saturday. Coach Gregor said, "For us it was a very big game."

After scoring 4 power play goals against Germany on Saturday, Finland was

0-5 with the man advantage against Slovakia, although they had a number of good chances to score. Finnish coachnen said, "He [Rask] has been really good for us."

By Jeff Swanson

Edited December 28, 2004 by Derek21

[Derek21]

United States defeats Switzerland 6-4:

No boxscore for this either. I'll try to find one. Ok... here it is:

12/27/2004

1st 2nd 3rd Total

USA 1 1 4 6

SUI 0 0 4 4

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena

Surface: ICE

Attendance: 8133

Game summary

First Period

1-USA : Ryan Callahan (1) 09:36

(Brown, Dowell)

Penalties:

11:47 - USA: Casey Borer (6) - 2:00 Hooking

16:51 - SUI: Philippe Furrer (7) - 2:00 Roughing

Second Period

2-USA : Kevin Porter (1) 08:18

(Kessel, Suter)

Penalties:

05:01 - USA: Adam Pineault (8) - 2:00 Hooking

05:01 - SUI: Clarence Kparghhai (23) - 2:00 Unsportsmanlike

11:16 - SUI: Team Penalty (0) - 2:00 Too many men

16:51 - USA: Nate Hagemo (18) - 2:00 Roughing

Third Period

3-SUI : Yvan Benoit (1) 00:45

(Kaser, Romy)

4-SUI : Victor Stancescu (PP) (2) 01:04

(Wick, Ehrensperger)

5-USA : Drew Stafford (PP) (2) 01:34

(Bourque, Fritsche)

6-USA : TJ Hensick (1) 02:25

7-USA : Robbie Schremp (2) 04:07

(Dowell)

8-SUI : Stefan Hurlimann (1) 04:44

9-SUI : Victor Stancescu (3) 05:20

10-USA : Patrick O'Sullivan (1) 07:06

(Callahan, Likens)

Penalties:

01:18 - SUI: Yvan Benoit (12) - 2:00 High Sticking

10:31 - USA: Brian Lee (2) - 2:00 Holding Stick

Shots on goal:

USA: 10-6-14 (30)

SUI: 11-10-14 (35)

Power-play conversions

USA: 1/3

SUI: 1/3

Goaltenders

SUI: Michael Tobler 24 SV, 60 min (L)

USA: Al Montoya 31 SV, 60 min (W)

Officials

Thomas Schurr ®, Juha Kautto, Ander Karlberg,

Team record

USA: 2-0-0-0

SUI: 1-1-0-0

USA:

Callahan- goal, assist

Dowell- 2 assists

Montoya, 4 GA, 31 saves

SUI:

Stancesu- 2 goals

Tobler, 6 GA, 24 saves

Edited December 28, 2004 by Derek21

[Derek21]

Tuesday's schedule:

Pool B: Russia (1-1-0) vs Belarus (0-2-0)- 7 PM

Pool A: Germany (0-2-0) vs Canada (2-0-0)- 7:08 PM

[Don]

If we are beating Sweden 8-1, the Germany game tonight should be scary.

Then again, at the World Juniors, Canada has this terrible history of playing down to the talent of the opposition. (ie being overconfident, not bringing their A game, playing sloppy, and giving the game away).

[bruins4777]

Honestly bruins, I think he gets too much heat. I didn't expect him to repeat last year's performance. It's just too much pressure. And it's not the same team on D. Technically, he's given up 3 bad goals out of the 8. But he's also made some timely stops when his team needed it.

I'm not ready to throw in the towel on him. I'd like to see some better two-way hockey. That would help a lot.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe, i just don't like him. Ever since he got drafted 6th overall over schwarz I've had a distaste for him. So i'm kinda biased...ok really biased I still think i have an argument though. Lets see how he does when the games really matter.

[Don]

24-4.

[MissionHockey]

Can I have a scouting report for Ryan Callahan? I believe he's Rangers property but I've heard barely anything about him.

[GA Devil]

What, no mention of that beautifullly athletic goal Crosby scored? What is this world coming to?

[Derek21]

Russia buries Belarus 7-2:

12/28/2004

1st 2nd 3rd Total

RUS 3 1 3 7

BLR 0 1 1 2

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena - Thief River Falls

Surface: ICE

Game summary

First Period

1-RUS : Sergei Shirokov (PP) (3) 01:38

(Misharin, Rylov)

2-RUS : Alexander Ovechkin (PP) (2) 10:12

(Malkin, Shirokov)

3-RUS : Roman Voloshenko (1) 13:01

(Parshin)

Penalties:

00:37 - BLR: Oleg Frolov (15) - 2:00 Holding

00:37 - BLR: Siarhei Kukushkin (26) - 2:00 Butt Ending

02:37 - BLR: Siarhei Kukushkin (26) - 2:00 Butt Ending

04:37 - BLR: Siarhei Kukushkin (26) - 10:00 Misconduct

06:05 - BLR: Alexei Savin (10) - 2:00 Tripping

10:51 - BLR: Alexei Savin (10) - 2:00 Slashing

17:13 - RUS: Dmitri Megalinski (14) - 2:00 Roughing

Second Period

4-BLR : Siarhei Kolasau (1) 09:05

(Karaha, Kastsitsyn)

5-RUS : Alexander Ovechkin (3) 13:54

Penalties:

01:50 - RUS: Grigori Shafigulin (19) - 2:00 Tripping

18:23 - BLR: Artsiom Volkau (28) - 2:00 Elbowing

Third Period

6-BLR : Viachislau Shypila (1) 00:43

(Giro)

7-RUS : Roman Voloshenko (2) 08:04

(Yunkov, Megalinski)

8-RUS : Alexander Radoulov (2) 09:29

(Malkin)

9-RUS : Alexander Nikulin (1) 09:50

(Shafigulin, Galimov)

Penalties:

03:15 - RUS: Alexander Ovechkin (8) - 2:00 High Sticking

04:00 - RUS: Georgi Misharin (15) - 2:00 Elbowing

04:29 - BLR: Vadzim Karaha (9) - 2:00 Interference

11:55 - RUS: Alexander Ovechkin (8) - 2:00 Tripping

19:00 - RUS: Denis Parshin (27) - 2:00 Holding

Shots on goal:

RUS: 9-17-11 (37)

BLR: 10-5-13 (28)

Power-play conversions

RUS: 2/7

BLR: 0/6

Goaltenders

RUS: Andrei Kuznetsov 26 SV, 60 min (W)

BLR: Dzmitry Milchakou 0 SV, 08:48 min

BLR: Stepan Goryachevskikh 30 SV, 51:12 min (L)

Officials

Chris Savage ®, Juha Kautto, Chris Dehaan,

Team record

RUS: 2-1-0-0

BLR: 0-3-0-0

Shirokov- goal (3), assist

Ovechkin and Voloshenko- 2 goals each

Malkin- 2 assists

Kuznetsov- 2 GA, 26 saves

[Derek21]

Canada destroys Germany 9-0. Ugh.

12/28/2004

1st 2nd 3rd Total

GER 0 0 0 0

CAN 4 2 3 9

Rink: Ralph Engelstad Arena

Surface: ICE

Game summary

First Period

1-CAN : Andrew Ladd (2) 10:05

(Stewart, Richards)

2-CAN : Clarke MacArthur (4) 10:51

(Phaneuf, Fraser)

3-CAN : Sidney Crosby (PP) (5) 17:46

(Bergeron, Phaneuf)

4-CAN : Cam Barker (PP) (1) 18:33

(Seabrook)

Penalties:

06:58 - GER: Robert Dietrich (22) - 2:00 Tripping

16:47 - GER: Marcus Kink (17) - 2:00 Tripping

17:02 - GER: Steffen Tolzer (13) - 2:00 High Sticking

20:00 - CAN: Shea Weber (6) - 2:00 Holding

Second Period

5-CAN : Ryan Getzlaf (2) 06:32

(Bergeron, Phaneuf)

6-CAN : Anthony Stewart (1) 12:46

(Dawes)

Penalties:

No penalties

Third Period

7-CAN : Anthony Stewart (2) 07:12

(Getzlaf)

8-CAN : Sidney Crosby (6) 14:34

(Dawes, Coburn)

9-CAN : Colin Fraser (1) 17:47

Penalties:

04:08 - GER: Jens Baxmann (29) - 2:00 Roughing

04:08 - CAN: Corey Perry (24) - 2:00 Slashing

05:05 - CAN: Cam Barker (25) - 2:00 Hooking

11:38 - CAN: Sidney Crosby (9) - 2:00 Charging

15:11 - CAN: Clarke MacArthur (17) - 2:00 Roughing

18:58 - CAN: Nigel Dawes (27) - 2:00 High Sticking

19:33 - CAN: Braydon Coburn (29) - 2:00 Boarding

19:33 - GER: Moritz Muller (12) - 2:00 Roughing

Shots on goal:

GER: 5-4-8 (17)

CAN: 24-17-11 (52)

Power-play conversions

GER: 0/5

CAN: 2/3

Goaltenders

CAN: Rejean Beauchemin 17 SV, 60 min (W)

GER: Thomas Greiss 16 SV, 30:08 min

GER: Youri Ziffzer 27 SV, 29:52 min (L)

Officials

David Hansen ®, Miroslav Valach, Anders Karlberg,

Team record

GER: 0-3-0-0

CAN: 3-0-0-0

Stewart- three points (2-1-3)

Bergeron, Dawes and Phaneuf- 2 assists each

Crosby- 2 goals

Fraser, Getzlaf- goal and assist apiece

Beauchemin, SHO, 17 saves

[Derek21]

Can I have a scouting report for Ryan Callahan? I believe he's Rangers property but I've heard barely anything about him.

He plays a smart all around game. Very gritty and has a deceptive slap shot that can create rebounds. He seems to be one of the better two-way players on Team USA. A high energy guy and a fixture on the PK. He has played very well in the first two games. Looks like a third line two-way forward.