GDT: Germany vs Czechs QF at WC

[Old Man Jags]

How did Pasta or Krejci not score??

 

[Czechboy]

If Germans come back here... That grubauer save is the reason! Wow

 

[Czechboy]

Again... Wow!

 

[Swipes]

Krejci has to shoot there.

 

[Czechboy]

Germany dominating now... One cm and it's 3-2

 

[Czechboy]

Wonder if Seider sits again? I'm guessing he plays at least 2 and half of the last 3 minutes. Kid is a dream D

 

[RainyCityHockey]

The post seems to be the best friend of Vejmelka today.

Still you can't take those dumb penalties against this Czechia team with Pasta, Krejci etc....

 

[Old Man Jags]

Germany dominating now... One cm and it's 3-2

To be fair, they are playing 6 on 5 and the Czechs are defending a 2 goal lead… they should be dominating!!

4-1. Nice!!!

 

[maclean]

GGs

 

[Czechboy]

Happy for smejkal... He is such a hard working dude and I think could be a good NHL bottom 6er. Well deserved goal for him.

 

[jonas2244]

Wonder if Seider sits again? I'm guessing he plays at least 2 and half of the last 3 minutes. Kid is a dream D

Gawanke has even more icetime, was at 16 minutes after 2 periods.

 

[Czechboy]

To be fair, they are playing 6 on 5 and the Czechs are defending a 2 goal lead… they should be dominating!!

4-1. Nice!!!

True... But they were playing great. I could watch Seider all day... Trade him to my oilers or give him Czech citizenship.lol

 

[SwissFan12]

Nice one Czech, hope to see you in semi!

 

[maclean]

How are the matches decided for the semis?

 

[Czechboy]

Well, first goal was key and having a lead. Vejmelka and Krejci with outstanding games to my eye!

Score probably doesn't relfect how close this game was.

Jordan as player of the game?

PP was the difference, few posts.

I don't care who we play next.. just happy to be in the fight!

If we are serious about a medal.. 5 on 5 scoring needs to improve and need secondary scoring to step it up.

Off to Canada/Sweden - hoping Canada ties it up and they beat the hell out of each other since we play one of them soon.lol

 

[Old Man Jags]

By the way, I do think that the Germans tend to get over-estimated whenever they play against the Czechs. I always read in German language Internet posts and in the press how people are confident against the Czechs before the game, even though nominally the Czechs are favorites…. And then I look at the head-to-head statistics at World championships between the Czechs and the Germans, and it turns out the Czechs have 17 victories and the Germans have two…

 

[Czechboy]

How are the matches decided for the semis?

reseed!

we are 6th... swiss are 1st... that's all I remember.lol

 

[Swipes]

reseed!

we are 6th... swiss are 1st... that's all I remember.lol

Interesting system.

 

[BigBadBoar]

This was a thriller until the empty net goal. Germany was playing very good, they were dangerous all the time. It was definitely a closer game than the score 4-1 might suggest.

 

[Czechboy]

By the way, I do think that the Germans tend to get over-estimated whenever they play against the Czechs. I always read in German language Internet posts and in the press how people are confident against the Czechs before the game, even though nominally the Czechs are favorites…. And then I look at the head-to-head statistics at World championships between the Czechs and the Germans, and it turns out the Czechs have 17 victories and the Germans have two…

historically better for sure but more recently

they beat us 2 straight at the U20's
they got silver at 2018 Olympics and we finished 4th

I wouldn't trade our program for theirs but it's been close lately

Plus, you know, Drai and Seider... hopefully Jiricek gets himself into that conversation and Pasta remains elite.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Interesting system.

Isn't it the same in the NHL?

 

[Swipes]

Isn't it the same in the NHL?

Not sure but it wasn't always like that was it?

 

[Czechboy]

Nice hug from Finn coaches..

By my count

0 Slovak coaches
0 Czech coaches
1 female (awesome!)
3 Finns
2 Canadians (might be more but not sure how coaches the lower tier nations)

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Congrats Czechia. We chocked it up.

 

[Old Man Jags]

historically better for sure but more recently

they beat us 2 straight at the U20's
they got silver at 2018 Olympics and we finished 4th

I wouldn't trade our program for theirs but it's been close lately

Plus, you know, Drai and Seider... hopefully Jiricek gets himself into that conversation and Pasta remains elite.

Yes, true… but sticking to the world championships (where we have played them relatively often), their last victory was in 2007. Quite a gap still. It would be interesting to see a Nagano-style best-on-best game with both teams’ top NHL players participating.