GDT: Group H • May 5 • Switzerland 5, Kazakhstan 1

[saintflannel]

Stupid penalty, Savchenko.

 

[Finnpin]

beauty

 

[jonas2244]

Don't like Brunner in the last games. Everything seems predictible. Wick looks better i think.

Wick looks excellent.

Nice goal, great vision by Hollenstein.

 

[Moen is Gone]

Streit doing it all for Switzerland. What a pass!

Hop Suisse

 

[saintflannel]

Beauty goal. What a pass. Streit is looking amazing.

 

[Justinov]

4-1 "Das ist Teamwork". Well it was a really nice play, but how can that happen when the kazaks should be in tight when one man down?

 

[His Beardliness*]

This commentator sounds like Bryzgalov. Awesome.

 

[Belenos]

Wow didn't think it was so close.

PS: Nice move by Du Bois!

 

[jonas2244]

Du Bois, 5-1.

 

[saintflannel]

Du Bois looked so casual going to the net.

 

[Zorkan]

Brunner is bit overrated due to his stats in the regular season, but I still hope that he will explode for us. I think he is trying too hard at the moment and is not quite as much of a team player as would be needed for his block to be successful.

I would like to see Niederreiter in an offensive block, I like how he's playing so far, even though he's not flashy.

 

[jonas2244]

I don't think that Brunner is overrated but as you said, he probably tries to hard currently.

Nino has over 14 minutes of icetime, second most after Streit. Looks very solid.

 

[Finnpin]

One finnish song from the game you could hear and see the swiss fans moving to

 

[FinnswissX]

Swiss play well but Kazachstan makes it easy for them.

I think Belorussia will be a much stronger opponent for the Swiss, I wonder how they will against them.

 

[Belenos]

Did Berra had to tape his stick? Normally it's written "Christian" on it, now there's a black bar.

 

[saintflannel]

Monster hit.

 

[Systemfel]

Game over, Switzerland wins 5-1.

http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/272/gameaction_3368.html

 

[FinnswissX]

Well done Switzerland

The expected win though it was an easy opponent to play against.

 

[jonas2244]

Even with half power in the last period Swi outshoots Kaz with 14-6. Total shots 48-20. Says everything.

 

[Finnpin]

pics

http://www.jatkoaika.com/maajoukkue.php?sivu=kolumnit&id=14142

 

[torero]

Even with half power in the last period Swi outshoots Kaz with 14-6. Total shots 48-20. Says everything.

I am definitely eager to see the next games, and to understand how we compare to the other teams.

well tomorrow ... the big test : our dear Bielorussian friends.

and some answers to my questions :

how do we compare to others ?
and
are we efficient enough in transforming real opportunities into goals ?
(in today's game, in light of the REAL scoring opportunities, 5 goals does not qualify us as amazingly efficient !!!)

 

[FinnswissX]

I am definitely eager to see the next games, and to understand how we compare to the other teams.

well tomorrow ... the big test : our dear Bielorussian friends.

and some answers to my questions :

how do we compare to others ?
and
are we efficient enough in transforming real opportunities into goals ?
(in today's game, in light of the REAL scoring opportunities, 5 goals does not qualify us as amazingly efficient !!!)

We don't have to forget that Kazachstan was a very weak opponent.
Also the goalie allowed 1 or 2 easy goals. I'm quite sure Belorussia won't make it so easy for our team, they won't give the Swiss so many time and space to play.

Kazachstan also lost 6-3 against France. This shows how weak the team is.

I think Belorussia will be a much stronger opponent and a real test how good Switzerland really is. But I'm optimistic that they also win against them, Switzerland is much more solid than in the past.

 

[torero]

We don't have to forget that Kazachstan was a very weak opponent.
Also the goalie allowed 1 or 2 easy goals. I'm quite sure Belorussia won't make it so easy for our team, they won't give the Swiss so many time and space to play.

Kazachstan also lost 6-3 against France. This shows how weak the team is.

I think Belorussia will be a much stronger opponent and a real test how good Switzerland really is. But I'm optimistic that they also win against them, Switzerland is much more solid than in the past.

This is why i question our efficiency in front of the net. We really had some good opportunities that were not used !!

Today will be our real test.