GDT: Canada Vs USA pre tournament GDT 12noon ET

[Mathieukferland]

Number 7 Donovan on Canada sleep walking. Rousseau beat cleanly. yuke!

I’ll give him a pass, he’s probably been awake 30 hours straight

 

[jj cale]

Number 7 Donovan on Canada sleep walking. Rousseau beat cleanly. yuke!

Made a bad play trying to clear the zone too, rough spot to begin play today.

 

[Czechboy]

Hutson burns us, beauty pass.


He's not inspiring confidence.

It wasn't meant as a knock.. I just find NA based goalies tend to struggle early on when going to big ice. Even the ones that were born in Europe. It's usually a game or 2.

I was actually happy the Finn's put 4 up on Hrabal.lol Welcome to the big ice again.. not in the NCAA now.haha

 

[jj cale]

I actually think we are skating better with more conviction today so far though.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Celebrini ties it up on a net drive.

 

[heretik27]

Looks like he kicked it in lol

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The American goalie let a goal in! Start the goalie controversy or is that just us?

 

[josra33]

That would be called back in the real tournament.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Doesn’t matter right now, but that was definitely a kick.

 

[jj cale]

Maybe the coaches knew what they were doing putting celebrini with wood and yager

 

[Czechboy]

Pokloní se svět Američanům? V Göteborgu jsou hlavními adepty na zlato | Hokej.cz - web českého hokeje

Fun read from Czech source.. google translate works and it's understandable in English ... basically, the US are a nightrmare to deal with.lol

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Maybe the coaches knew what they were doing putting celebrini with wood and yager

and Cowan with Poitras and Savoie has looked like a good line too.

 

[Czechboy]

The American goalie let a goal in! Start the goalie controversy or is that just us?

ECHLer... send him home.

 

[Mooche]

Savoie and Poitras look like they are starting to really develop some early chemistry here. Good to see.

 

[2014nyr]

usa def looks like a team that can be pushed around in their end, but they're nasty in transition. seen 5 minutes of a pre tourny game and hutson already has half a damn highlight reel put together. usa really crisp puck movement until they get to the ozone. canada looks like a team that hasn't played much together, they're really good tho.

can't really take much away from a meaningless game, teams will settle in and look a lot different in 2 weeks. fun to see some big names out there playing regardless. biggest benefit of these 2 teams playing is it's a great level of competition for new players. it might mean nothing as far as the tournament but i imagine the rivalry alone with be enough to get the pace and intensity pretty ramped up, just can't do anything stupid.

 

[TheDoldrums]

The American goalie let a goal in! Start the goalie controversy or is that just us?

it wasn't even a legal goal and America has actually been rotating their goalies but sure be flippant

 

[jj cale]

I dont really care that the goal would have been called back in the tournament, what is important is the pressure we put on them to create it, that is what counts. We need to see we can skate and compete with them.

Don't wanna rag on him too much but Rousseau looks like tom thumb out there.

 

[jj cale]

Man Celebrini is a real good 2 way centre for 17 years old, i trust him implicitly already, our best forward.

Easy pick at 1 going away this year.

 

[josra33]

US has a deadly transition game.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Snuggerud had a nice takeaway there in the neutral zone and Gauthier rings the iron.

 

[Mooche]

Man Celebrini is a real good 2 way centre for 17 years old, i trust him implicintly already, our best forward.

Easy pick at 1 going away this year.

Was just going to say this.

He plays a mature game with a lot of snarl for his age. I am pretty damn impressed.

Thought he looked so dynamic and dangerous at the U18 but the way he has rounded out his game leaves me really excited for this tourney and beyond.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

it wasn't even a legal goal and America has actually been rotating their goalies but sure be flippant

Believe the goal counted.

 

[jj cale]

More heads up play by celebrini leading to a good chance fowler had to make a nice save on, so far we are playing allright.

 

[josra33]

it wasn't even a legal goal and America has actually been rotating their goalies but sure be flippant

Bro chill, it was clearly a joke. And outside of saying “I’m joking” I don’t know what else be could have done to make it clear.

 

[Monkey D Luffy]

This barn looks like it seats like 1,000 max, is this where the real tournament is being held?