OT: 2014 World championship

[Super Cake]

Just thought it would be nice to have an own thread for the world championship

Tomorrow is an exhibition game between Canada and Switzerland.

I will hopefully be able to watch it via stream because i want to see how turris plays.

Sucks for methot that he can't play in it though.

Here is the roster for tomorrows game if anyone wants to know (taken from the main boards)

2014 World Championship Exhibition Game
Switzerland vs. Canada
May 6, 2014 • 20:10 CET • 2:10 PM ET

Switzerland
9 Thomas Rüfenacht
10 Andres Ambühl
11 Benjamin Plüss
12 Luca i
19 Reto Schäppi
20 Etienne Froidevaux
22 Victor Stancescu
23 Simon Bodenmann
24 Reto Suri
70 Denis Hollenstein
82 Simon Moser
88 Kevin Romy
96 Damien Brunner

6 Tim Raholmt
15 Jérémie Kamerzin
27 Dominik Schlumpf
31 Mathias Seger
34 Dean Kukan
58 Eric Blum
77 Yannick Weber
90 Roman Josi
91 Robin Grossmann

20 Reto Berra
63 Leonardo Genoni
66 Robert Mayer

Canada

7 Kyle Turris
10 Brayden Schenn
11 Jonathan Huberdeau
14 Alex Burrows
19 Cody Hodgson
20 Troy Brouwer
21 Matt Read
23 Sean Monahan
25 Jason Chimera
29 Nathan MacKinnon
42 Joel Ward
43 Nazem Kadri

Braydon Coburn
4 Ryan Ellis
5 Jason Garrison
6 Kevin Bieksa
24 Morgan Rielly
44 Erik Gudbranson
57 Tyler Myers

30 Ben Scrivens
34 James Reimer
35 Justin Peters

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[Larionov]

My inner 12 year old would point out that Switzerland #12 has an unfortunate name. .

I am also looking forward to the Worlds. I love the international game, and love seeing Canada compete. I am chapped at the Flyers, though, who denied Canada's request to have Claude Giroux. Snider is such a #%#%.

 

[Caeldan]

Wow. That's the best we could do for goalies this year?
Anyone know what line combinations are roughly looking like?

 

[Novak Djokovic]

Yikes, that roster looks pretty bad. No expectations for Team Canada, really.

Go Turris, and TC!

 

[starling]

Yikes, that roster looks pretty bad. No expectations for Team Canada, really.

Go Turris, and TC!

Have you seen team US? College kids mostly.

 

[Micklebot]

Yikes, that roster looks pretty bad. No expectations for Team Canada, really.

Go Turris, and TC!

Apparently Turris will be lining up beside MacKinnon

 

[NyQuil]

I'm kind of excited about this roster.

Young kids will have a lot to prove.

What's great about the WCs is you get to see some interesting combinations of talent.

 

[starling]

May 9, opening game of the tournament
France - Canada
Da Costa - Turris as respective top line centers

 

[Super Cake]

Lineup:

Brent Wallace ‏@tsn_wally 25m

Team Canada lines:
MacKinnon - Turris - Burrows
Hodgson - Kadri - Brouwer
Chimera - Scheifele - Ward
Huberdeau - Schenn - Reid
Monahan - Reinhart

 

[derriko]

Not only is Turris the first line center, he's also an assistant captain haha. And people thought he was going to be in the bottom six due to the Phoenix fiasco

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I like that they have Rielly and Ellis in a tournament like this. The forwards are a pretty solid group top to bottom. As always, goaltending will be Canada's big question mark. Methot was a big loss. Disappointed MacArthur isn't there. He and Turris could have gone HAM on this tournament.

 

[PatrickEaves]

Lineup:

Brent Wallace ‏@tsn_wally 25m

Team Canada lines:
MacKinnon - Turris - Burrows
Hodgson - Kadri - Brouwer
Chimera - Scheifele - Ward
Huberdeau - Schenn - Reid
Monahan - Reinhart

I think if it were up to me, I'd switch Hodgson and Kadri. Kadri's skillset seems to transfer over to the wing way better than Hodgson's skillset.

 

[Sensinitis]

Dat RW depth.

 

[Inf4mous0ne]

May 9, opening game of the tournament
France - Canada
Da Costa - Turris as respective top line centers

What time is the game?

 

[pepty]

I think if it were up to me, I'd switch Hodgson and Kadri. Kadri's skillset seems to transfer over to the wing way better than Hodgson's skillset.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Monahan in for Kadri before the tournament is over.

 

[pepty]

What time is the game?

It's on at 930 AM:

http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/feature/?id=11970

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

I'm just glad Turris is getting the opportunity to show his stuff and get some nice minutes over there. It'll do wonders for his confidence.

 

[Rand0m]

I must have missed it but did Spezza not get an invite or did he just decline?

 

[Caeldan]

I must have missed it but did Spezza not get an invite or did he just decline?

Believe he declined, didn't he just have a baby?

 

[Eye of Ra]

how brave..

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I used to really care about this tournament back in 2002-2003-2004

For some reason, no more

 

[Back in Black]

It's on at 930 AM:

http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/feature/?id=11970

I could be wrong, but I believe it's a 10:00 am start, with the 9:30 am pre-game show!

 

[Super Cake]

Lineup for tomorrows game according to the main boards:

Burrows-Turris-Mackinnon
Hodgson-Kadri-Brouwer
Chimera-Scheifele-Ward
Huberdeau-Schenn-Read
Monohan

Garrison-Bieska
Coburn-Myers
Rielly-Gudbranson
Ellis

Reimer
Scrivens

 

[StikTBo]

Da Costa 1 : Canada 0

 

[mianjo]

1-1 after 1 period

17:03 France Stephane Da Costa (Yohann Auvitu)

19:46 Canada Brayden Schenn (Cody Hodgson, Jason Garrison)