GDT: Group H • May 6 • Switzerland 3, Belarus 2

[kunabai]

Little bit = two goals ? What can I say, you sure are lenient.

i am


graborenko cleaning up his own mistake looked good, koval definitely wanted to put the third right there
it was good second period, now it's time to make things happen
waiting for grabovski finally contribute with a against-bruins-esque play

 

[ozo]

Of course both games goes into intermission at the same time time. Hoped to catch a glimpse of Belarus, by the looks of it, you guys finally have put it together and are a potential QF team once again.

 

[zorz]

btw. I have a ton of respect for Grabovski that he comes to play for Belarus every year despite of a slim chance to win a medal. This is how all players would be in my perfect world.

 

[JERMIC]

Swiss-esque PP from Belarus !

 

[jonas2244]

Nino is having a great game, huge on PK, many puck-wins, creates so much room for his teammates.

And Romy with a great goal.

 

[chokei]

btw. I have a ton of respect for Grabovski that he comes to play for Belarus every year despite of a slim chance to win a medal. This is how all players would be in my perfect world.

There are at least 17 other players on that team, Grabovski playing in the NHL shouldn't mean anything. I hate it when players do that. If those players made the playoffs in the NHL, they would be playing anyway. Unless you're hurt and you're a useful addition to your countrys team, you should play IMO.

After 2 years absence, Streit is playing again for Switzerland. Sbisa has a good mentality and tries to come everytime he's not hurt, Hiller declined because he's tired after a monster season (which I understand, he really played a lot), and Josi is still in action with Nashville, Diaz and Weber are both hurt.

And there is the goal for Switzerland. 3-2 now, this Brunner-Romy-Moser line is looking awesome this game!

 

[jonas2244]

That doesn't look good for Moser.

 

[The Noot]

Oh please... not Moser

 

[JERMIC]

The spinorama one ?

 

[JERMIC]

http://youtu.be/ZYfZXU2NTiY

He should have try this one !

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

El Nino misses on a empty net. Man i feel for him, the guy has zero confidence after playing in NY.

 

[kunabai]

tough loss, we almost can say goodbye to the quarter-finals
i am really sad now, we played not bad game, i thought that we would look weaker, but it turned out into a good battle

congrats to swiss, though
good luck in next games

 

[chokei]

not much interest in this game it seems...

Switzerland wins 3-2. Domination in the first period, after that it was more even, but over the whole game the win is totally deserved. In 8 duels on the WC level, Switzerland has now 7 wins against Belorussia. But still, those games are always hard fought.

 

[MBTendy]

Very entertaining game, really glad Tobi had a solid game! Has been one of my favorite goalies since he got drafted by the Stars. Made a huge stop on the penalty shot to secure the victory.

 

[Belenos]

Important victory, didn't look good for Moser... :-(

After all i think Switzerland deserves the win.

 

[kunabai]

not much interest in this game it seems...

Switzerland wins 3-2. Domination in the first period, after that it was more even, but over the whole game the win is totally deserved. In 8 duels on the WC level, Switzerland has now 7 wins against Belorussia. But still, those games are always hard fought.

man, don't lie please

we had 4-4 record against switzerland before this game at the wc
with belarus' wins in 1996(4-2), 1997 (6-5), 2000 (5-3, came back from 0-3 deficit), 2006 (2-1)
with losses at 2001, 2005, 2008, 2011

so there are last 3 games you've won

 

[swisdan]

Well deserved for Switzerland. Stephan made 2 huge again Grabovski late in the game. And what a pass from Brunner for the beautiful goal from Romy.
Lokk very bad for Moser.

 

[zorz]

tough loss, we almost can say goodbye to the quarter-finals
i am really sad now, we played not bad game, i thought that we would look weaker, but it turned out into a good battle

congrats to swiss, though
good luck in next games

I'm sad too for this result. I usually have Belarus as the second country I root for. It's based on my childhood when I was watching them playing at WC and loved their names, especially I remember Skabelka from that time I also really enjoed 2002 Olympics, you know which game.

 

[kunabai]

I'm sad too for this result. I usually have Belarus as the second country I root for. It's based on my childhood when I was watching them playing at WC and loved their names, especially I remember Skabelka from that time I also really enjoed 2002 Olympics, you know which game.

lol, yeah

skabelka was good player with nice playmaking ability, one of the top all-time scorers
btw, he is one of the assistants if i'm not mistaken

 

[chrigu6]

Nino is having a great game, huge on PK, many puck-wins, creates so much room for his teammates.

And Romy with a great goal.

I especially like his positioning in front of the net. Although he hasn't scored yet, he is standing close to the goaltender all the time. Switzerland was missing such a player in the past.

 

[JVR]

What happened to Moser?

 

[The Noot]

What happened to Moser?

Injured himself while skating. Most likely a torn ligament.

 

[CREW99AW]

jonas2244, posted that Nino had a great game,played huge on the PK, with many puck-wins, created so much room for his teammates.

Artorein posted he played with zero confidence, after playing in NY.

Amazing how they can watch the same game,the same player and have completely different views.

 

[The Noot]

jonas2244, posted that Nino had a great game,played huge on the PK, with many puck-wins, created so much room for his teammates.

Artorein posted he played with zero confidence, after playing in NY.

Amazing how they can watch the same game,the same player and have completely different views.

In my words

Defensive output: great
Offensive output: Barely inexistent

 

[ElTailR]

jonas2244, posted that Nino had a great game,played huge on the PK, with many puck-wins, created so much room for his teammates.

Artorein posted he played with zero confidence, after playing in NY.

Amazing how they can watch the same game,the same player and have completely different views.

And i think both of them are right. Nino made good forechecking the entire game and was present phisically but you can't miss that empty net... A guy with confidence should have scored this one

I hope Moser is not out for the whole tournament but i think it was serious