Olympics: 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification (Feb. 11-14)

[3 Minute Minor]

2016 Mens Olympic Qualification – Group G
February 11-14 – Cortina, Italy

Teams
Great Britain
Italy (Host)
Netherlands
Serbia

Schedule

Date | Game | CET | Score
Feb. 11 | GBR — NED | 17:30 |
Feb. 11 | ITA — SRB | 20:45 |
- | - | - | -
Feb. 13 | GBR — SRB | 17:30 |
Feb. 13 | NED — ITA | 20:45 |
- | - | - | -
Feb. 14 | SRB — NED | 17:30 |
Feb. 14 | ITA — GBR | 20:45 |

Tournament Website
http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/571/index.html

2016 Mens Olympic Qualification – Group H
February 11-14 – Budapest, Hungary

Teams
Estonia
Hungary (Host)
Lithuania
Poland

Schedule

Date | Game | CET | Score
Feb. 11 | POL — EST | 16:00 |
Feb. 11 | LTU — HUN | 19:30 |
- | - | - | -
Feb. 12 | POL — LTU | 16:00 |
Feb. 12 | HUN — EST | 19:30 |
- | - | - | -
Feb. 14 | EST — LTU | 14:30 |
Feb. 14 | HUN — POL | 18:00 |

Tournament Website
http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/572/index.html

2016 Mens Olympic Qualification – Group J
February 11-14 – Sapporo, Japan

Teams
Croatia
Japan (Host)
Romania
Ukraine

Schedule

Date | Game | CET | Score
Feb. 11 | UKR — ROU | 06:30 |
Feb. 11 | CRO — JPN | 10:00 |
- | - | - | -
Feb. 13 | UKR — CRO | 06:30 |
Feb. 13 | JPN — ROU | 10:00 |
- | - | - | -
Feb. 14 | ROU — CRO | 06:30 |
Feb. 14 | JPN — UKR | 10:00 |

Tournament Website
http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/573/index.html​

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[kulenova seka]

Croatian roster

Goalies :

Tomljenović Mate ((JHK GKS JASTRZEBIE)
Ružić Ivan (MedveÅ¡čak)
Filipec Tihomir (Zagreb)
Å timac - Rojtinić Ivan (Mladost)

Defence :

Ljubić Marko (Mladost)
Sertić Mario (MedveÅ¡čak)
Senzel Nikola (MedveÅ¡čak)
PleÅ¡ko Martin (MedveÅ¡čak)
Tadić Marko (MedveÅ¡čak)
Smolec Jan (Mladost)
Kegalj Bruno (Zagreb)
Puzić Ivan (HC Vitkovice)
Å ilović Borna (Slavija Ljubljana)

Forwards:

Mirić Tadija (Mladost)
Novak Mario (Mladost)
Mikulić Luka (MedveÅ¡čak)
Brenčun Ivan (MedveÅ¡čak)
Janković Ivan (MedveÅ¡čak)
Miličić Matija (MedveÅ¡čak)
Blagus Mislav (Zagreb)
Gjoni Fran (Zagreb)
Jarčov Luka (Zagreb)
Kaleb Ivo (Zagreb)
Å akić Marko (Slavija Ljubljana)
Kanaet Dominik (HC Detva)


Please, no double digit losses

 

[crobro]

Why no Jacmenjak?

 

[kulenova seka]

Why no Jacmenjak?

Because this tournament serves as test for younger players.

 

[Jastrzab]

Poland roster

Goalies:

Kamil Kosowski (GKS Tychy),
Przemysław Odrobny (Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz-Les Gets),
Rafał Radziszewski (Cracovia)

Defensemen:

Mateusz Bryk, Michał Kotlorz, Bartłomiej Pociecha (all GKS Tychy),
Paweł Dronia (Fischtown Pinguins Bremenhaven),
Maciej Kruczek, Mateusz Rompkowski, Patryk Wajda (all Cracovia)

Forwards:

Marcin Kolusz, Mikołaj Łopuski, Adam Bagiński, Mateusz Bepierszcz, Radosław Galant (all GKS Tychy),
Aron Chmielewski (Ocelari Trzyniec),
Krystian Dziubiński, Kacper Guzik, Grzegorz Pasiut, Maciej Urbanowicz (all Cracovia),
Tomasz Malasiński (Wildcats Swindon),
Patryk Wronka, Krzysztof Zapała (both Podhale Nowy Targ).

 

[Kiraly]

Goaltenders
Hetényi Zoltán, Fehérvár
Rajna Miklós, Fehérvár

Defensemen
Gőz Balázs, Miskolc
Kiss Dániel, UTE
Mestyán István, MAC
Pozsgai Tamás, MAC
Stipsicz Bence, MAC
Szirányi Bence, Fehérvár
Vas Márton, Fassa (ITA)

Forwards
Banham Frank, Fehérvár
Bartalis István, Fehérvár
Benk András, Fehérvár
Galló Vilmos, Linköping (SWE)
Hári János, Leksand (SWE)
Kovács Csaba, Fehérvár
Kóger Dániel, Fehérvár
Nagy Gergő, Fehérvár
Nagy Krisztián, MAC
Sarauer Andrew, Fehérvár
Sofron István, Klagenfurt (AUT)
Vas János, Slavia Praha (CZE)
Vincze Péter, Fehérvár

 

[S E P H]

Any streams going to be available for these games?

 

[andy500]

GB Roster

Netminders
Ben Bowns - Cardiff Devils
Stevie Lyle - Swindon Wildcats

Defencemen
Josh Batch - Cardiff Devils
Steve Lee - Nottingham Panthers
Sam Oakford - Nottingham Panthers
Ben O’Connor - Sheffield Steelers
David Phillips - Manchester Storm
Mark Richardson - Cardiff Devils
Paul Swindlehurst - Nottingham Panthers

Forwards
Jonathan Boxill - Belfast Giants
David Clarke - Nottingham Panthers
Russell Cowley - Coventry Blaze
Ben Davies - Braehead Clan
Matty Davies - Manchester Storm
Mark Garside - Belfast Giants
Robert Lachowicz - Nottingham Panthers
Matthew Myers - Nottingham Panthers
Craig Peacock - Belfast Giants
Jonathan Phillips - Sheffield Steelers
Colin Shields - Belfast Giants
Ashley Tait - Coventry Blaze
Ross Venus - Coventry Blaze

Missing a few key guys (Dowd, Farmer, Murphy) - none of the guys playing in North America (Prince, Stewart etc.)

Dowd especially is a massive loss - but still a possibility for GB. They'll be hoping to make it to Sunday with a chance to win a place in the next round - in a straight shootout with Italy.

We overperformed in the last set of Olympic Qualifiers - looking forward to the tournament this weekend.

 

[patnyrnyg]

can someone explain how this works? Do these teams have a tournament for one qualifier? One per pool? Or, is this a qualifier for another qualifier?

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Poland roster

Goalies:

Kamil Kosowski (GKS Tychy),
Przemysław Odrobny (Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz-Les Gets),
Rafał Radziszewski (Cracovia)

Defensemen:

Mateusz Bryk, Michał Kotlorz, Bartłomiej Pociecha (all GKS Tychy),
Paweł Dronia (Fischtown Pinguins Bremenhaven),
Maciej Kruczek, Mateusz Rompkowski, Patryk Wajda (all Cracovia)

Forwards:

Marcin Kolusz, Mikołaj Łopuski, Adam Bagiński, Mateusz Bepierszcz, Radosław Galant (all GKS Tychy),
Aron Chmielewski (Ocelari Trzyniec),
Krystian Dziubiński, Kacper Guzik, Grzegorz Pasiut, Maciej Urbanowicz (all Cracovia),
Tomasz Malasiński (Wildcats Swindon),
Patryk Wronka, Krzysztof Zapała (both Podhale Nowy Targ).

No Wojtek Wolski?

 

[S E P H]

No Wojtek Wolski?

He's Polish and was born in Poland, but has never actually played for Poland...ever.

I don't think he's eligible since I believe he moved to Canada at a young age. Still needs another two and half years to play in Poland's league, but he did admit he would like to play for them. IIHF have crazy strict rules on what applies as a player able to play for a country. While if FIFA, all you need is citizenship and choose who you want to play for.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

He's Polish and was born in Poland, but has never actually played for Poland...ever.

I don't think he's eligible since I believe he moved to Canada at a young age. Still needs another two and half years to play in Poland's league, but he did admit he would like to play for them. IIHF have crazy strict rules on what applies as a player able to play for a country. While if FIFA, all you need is citizenship and choose who you want to play for.

For some reason I thought he played once a while back after he was out of the NHL. Weird I can remember a picture of him in a Polish jersey.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

can someone explain how this works? Do these teams have a tournament for one qualifier? One per pool? Or, is this a qualifier for another qualifier?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_qualification

 

[Uncle Rotter]

For some reason I thought he played once a while back after he was out of the NHL. Weird I can remember a picture of him in a Polish jersey.

During the 2012 NHL lockout, he played for Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok in the PHL, the top-tier hockey league in Poland. While he holds dual citizenship, Wolski is a product of the Canadian training system and is currently ineligible to represent Poland internationally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_Wolski

 

[Jastrzab]

Any streams going to be available for these games?

Poland games will be available on TVP Sport and their website sport.tvp.pl

 

[kaiser matias]

can someone explain how this works? Do these teams have a tournament for one qualifier? One per pool? Or, is this a qualifier for another qualifier?

The three tournaments now will play round robin, with the winner of each group going onto the final group stage in September. Another tournament will be held then with three groups, and the winner of each of those will play in the 2018 Olympics.

 

[Kschey]

Poland games will be available on TVP Sport and their website sport.tvp.pl

Unfortunately their streams usually aren't available outside of Poland. As a Pole living in Germany, I noticed that several times.

But there's at least TV coverage which should result in streams popping up, and one could also maybe use a proxy, I guess.

Hope we can make it to the next round, will be tough to beat Hungary, though.

 

[jonas2244]

Wolski would have to play two full seasons for a polish team, then he'd be able to play for Poland.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

In Group G, Britain beat the Dutch 6-5 while Italy leads Serbia 4-0
In Group H, Poalnd beat Estonia 6-2, Hungary leads Lithuania 4-0
In Group J, Japan 3-0 over Croatia, Ukraine beat Romania 3-0

 

[Siamese Dream]

Really ugly win for Great Britain

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Japan outshot Croatia 43-8, but only led 1-0 going into the final 5 minutes

 

[Kschey]

Japan outshot Croatia 43-8, but only led 1-0 going into the final 5 minutes

You sure it wasn't the Avs in Team Croatia sweaters?

Poland beats Lithuania by a score of 9-1.
If Hungary beats Estonia tonight (which they will), everything will be set up for a final game between Hungary and Poland, deciding who goes on to the next round.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

You sure it wasn't the Avs in Team Croatia sweaters?

Poland beats Lithuania by a score of 9-1.
If Hungary beats Estonia tonight (which they will), everything will be set up for a final game between Hungary and Poland, deciding who goes on to the next round.

These final games never go well for the Poles I'm learning.

 

[Kschey]

These final games never go well for the Poles I'm learning.

Yeah, lost a close one against Hungary in the final game of last year's 1A WC. Would have been promoted if they had won it.

The result - Hungary won 2-1 on an ENG after Poland tied it with ~3 minutes to go - was closer than the actual play on the ice, though. Hungary outplayed us most of the game. Excited to see if we can match them better on Sunday!

 

[kaiser matias]

Yeah, lost a close one against Hungary in the final game of last year's 1A WC. Would have been promoted if they had won it.

The result - Hungary won 2-1 on an ENG after Poland tied it with ~3 minutes to go - was closer than the actual play on the ice, though. Hungary outplayed us most of the game. Excited to see if we can match them better on Sunday!

It was a close game in those final minutes though, real exciting finish. And as much as I'd like to see Poland advance on Sunday, I feel they won't be able to, especially with 7000 Hungarian fans supporting the home team. Would be real good for Polish hockey if they could though, and a nice bit of revenge for last year.