GDT: Group A - May 8 - Czech Republic vs Switzerland

[stv11]

2018 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 8
2:15 PM ET • 8:15 PM CET

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

Czech Republic
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
33 Pavel Francouz
39 David Rittich

Defensemen:
60 Michal Moravčík - 3 Radko Gudas
17 Filip Hronek - 8 Libor Šulák
47 Michal Jordán - 9 David Sklenička
61 Adam Polášek - 36 Jakub Krejčík

Forwards:
18 Dominik Kubalík - 14 Tomas Plekanec51 Roman Horák - 26 Michal Řepík
10 Roman Červenka - 12 Radek Faksa - 71 Tomas Hyka
23 Dmitrij Jaškin - 98 Martin Nečas - 11 Andrej Nestrašil
90 Robert Kousal - 51 Roman Horák - 72 Filip Chytil


Switzerland
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
63 Leonardo Genoni
20 Reto Berra

Defensemen:
16 Raphael Diaz - 41 Mirco Müller
65 Ramon Untersander - 34 Dean Kukan
38 Lukas Frick - 45 Michael Fora
76 Joël Genazzi

Forwards:
85 Sven Andrighetto - 71 Enzo Corvi - 22 Nino Niederreiter
15 Gregory Hofmann - 92 Gaëtan Haas - 14 Chris Baltisberger
82 Simon Moser - 83 Joël Vermin - 79 Damien Riat
60 Tristan Scherwey - 19 Reto Schäppi - 46 Noah Rod


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[Retroglyphs]

Ghetto is back, while Necas is still recovering from injury. This will be a very close & exciting match, and I believe in the end Czech Republic will win 3:1.
Btw. Chytil is playing with #72.

 

[mosare]

switzerland won 3 of the last 5 matches on the world championship. But this will be a tough one and probably a very close match.

 

[tade]

Games against Switzerland are the worst. Let's f***ing destroy them for once, and show which team is clearly better.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Tough mission, but doable. Go Switzerland!

 

[Mirinho]

4:2 for CZE (4th gol will be EN)
Necas will play, and during this match will be both Davids from Boston confirmed

 

[Retroglyphs]

Hronek being promoted to the 2nd defense unit, playing with Sulak. Good decision by Jandac!

 

[Retroglyphs]

Necas also back in the lineup, centering the 3rd line with Nestrasil & Jaskin.

 

[Slap]

4-3 Czech.

 

[swissexpert]

Switzerland for the win!
50:50 game, hope our defense can match their the physicality, will be a fight for sure!

 

[kudymen]

Just stay okay, Nečas.

 

[czechmate]

Alright boys, lets go! Hoping for a good game!

 

[jonas2244]

A PP-goal. Miracles can actually happen.

 

[Gereth]

God, Czechs are just serving it on a silver plate for Swiss so far. Stop taking stupid penalties and show some pulse.

 

[mosare]

Nino a stud!!

 

[SoundAndFury]

This announcer so good at pronouncing Czech surnames.. Plekanec has been playing in the NHL for 10+ years and he is still Plekanek to this guy.

 

[czechmate]

sleepy first period for the Czechs, way under their potential...

 

[mosare]

sleepy first period for the Czechs, way under their potential...

Or the swiss are better than you thought

 

[Swipes]

No. 60 Moravcik is really bad man. I can't get over the fact at how slow he was to react to the Swiss player hammering away at the puck until he scored. Moravcik looked like he was hesitating to make a decision.

 

[Wooren]

Did anyone tell the Czech team they are playing a game tonight? Non-existent effort.

 

[Czechboy]

Or the swiss are better than you thought

I think the Swiss are really good and this will be a very even match... I'm calling 2-1 in a shootout for Czechs. I think this is our most important game... a clean 3pt win would make the quarters much easier to reach. A loss would put us in some trouble.

 

[czechmate]

Or the swiss are better than you thought

no, everyone knows that they are a very unpredictable and good team, especially the Niederreiter - Corvi connection! first period was mostly boxplay/powerplay - less 5 on 5... We will see if the Czechs can live up to their potential in the 2nd and 3rd

 

[duga]

Hofmann was very active, much improved. Andrighetto's struggling though. Is it so hard to play beside Nino and Enzo?

 

[stv11]

Hofmann was very active, much improved. Andrighetto's struggling though. Is it so hard to play beside Nino and Enzo?

My thought exactly, but I don't think it's a matter of chemistry, Andrighetto is genuinely bad.

 

[swissexpert]

Ghetto is fine so far beside that blind pass in the last minute. He had what, 3-4 shifts at even strength?
Very strong first 15mins from the boys though, keep it going!