GDT: Group S • May 5 • Sweden 4, Czech Republic 1

[Systemfel]

2012 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | ROUND ROBIN GAME
MAY 5, 2012
2:15 PM ET • 20:15 CET • 21:15 EET

ERICSSON GLOBE, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
(CAPACITY: 13,850)

Sweden

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

93 Johan Franzén​

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40 Henrik Zetterberg (A)​

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21 Loui Eriksson​

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25 Viktor StÃ¥lberg​

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32 Marcus Krüger​

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11 Daniel Alfredsson (C)​

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92 Gabriel Landeskog (A)​

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16 Calle Järnkrok​

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33 Jakob Silfverberg​

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23 Niklas Persson​

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20 Joel Lundqvist​

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10 Johan Larsson​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

7 Niklas Kronwall​

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65 Erik Karlsson​

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44 Niklas Hjalmarsson​

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77 Victor Hedman​

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28 Jonas Brodin​

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4 Staffan Kronwall​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

30 Viktor Fasth​

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1 Jhonas Enroth​

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Scratches | Reason
D 52 Jonathan Ericsson|

Gluteal muscle issue​

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F 12 Fredrik Pettersson|

Wrist injury​

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Czech Republic

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

67 Michal Frolík​

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14 Tomáš Plekanec (C)​

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62 Petr Tenkrát​

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9 Milan Michálek​

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46 David Krejčí​

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73 Petr Průcha​

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83 Aleš Hemský​

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93 Petr Nedvěd (A)​

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82 Michal Vondrka​

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22 Lukáš Kašpar​

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12 Jiří Novotný (A)​

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88 Jakub PetružÃ¡lek​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

44 Miroslav BlaťÃ¡k​

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87 Jakub Nakládal​

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36 Petr Čáslava​

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23 Ondřej Němec​

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25 Lukáš Krajíček​

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6 Tomáš MojžÃ­š​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

33 Jakub Štěpánek​

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1 Jakub Kovář​

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Scratches | Reason
D 80 Zdeněk Kutlák|

Injury​

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Officials

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|Antti Boman

|Jari Levonen

|Roger Arm

|Ivan Dedioulia

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[Nordic*]

Two games in two nights, and the Swedes actually skated pretty hard last night.

On top of that we lost two players with injuries, one for the entire tournament. So we'll roll 11 forwards and five defencemen. Four since one of them is a forward anyway

 

[Oyabun]

It will be interesting to see how they respond to the first tough test (no disrespect to Norway). They've got 1 game in the bag so should be a bit more synced as well. Can't wait!

 

[Baba Booey]

Love Karlsson and Alfie but Go Czechs!

 

[Manny*]

Silfverberg goal assisted by Karlsson, again. It's gonna happen.

 

[kes81sel]

Since my roots are Swedish and Finn Im gonna go Sweden wins this 4-3

 

[leksig]

Think and hope for a good game!

 

[BalticWarrior]

Sweden has this 4:1

 

[fredligh]

Hope the Czechs doesnt play as ****ing boring as yesterday, who the hell plays the trap aganist Denmark. Predicting 2 or less goals.

 

[zorz]

Hope the Czechs doesnt play as ****ing boring as yesterday, who the hell plays the trap aganist Denmark. Predicting 2 or less goals.

We were just practising for tonight!

 

[LaGu]

Should be a great game. I haven't heard much talk about the Czechs prior to the tournament but they have a really impressive team.
Michálek - Krejčí - Hemský could be a game-breaking line.

 

[Erathian]

Should be a great game. I haven't heard much talk about the Czechs prior to the tournament but they have a really impressive team.
Michálek - Krejčí - Hemský could be a game-breaking line.

Hemský to Krejčí, Krejčí to Hemský, Hemský to Krejčí, Krejčí to Hemský, Hemský to Krejčí, Krejčí to Hemský...turnover.

 

[zorz]

Hemský to Krejčí, Krejčí to Hemský, Hemský to Krejčí, Krejčí to Hemský, Hemský to Krejčí, Krejčí to Hemský...turnover.

Still I hope that Alois won't start to mix up the lines too early. They played only 1 game tgether plus had only 1 practice all 3 together. There is a good chance they will get going as the tournament continues.

 

[Justinov]

We were just practising for tonight!

well it has worked so far,
but off course against Sweden comes the big test. But it often happens with Swedish national teams that they control the match but doesn't get a lot of goals. The czech have beating the swedes before with "trap hockey" (when you follow swedish television through the years they almost have a little czech complex - "can we win if we get behind?")
As i said before it's like Italy in soccer. Winning 1-0 over Brazil or winning 1-0 over Andorra is equally good (3 points).
Also NHL players are the world's best on a small rink. Now it's a big rink. Just because you are the best in the world in indoor football doesn't mean you are world best outdoors. Sweden NHL dream team lost to Belarus (they will only forget that, if they loose to Denmark with their current squad....then they have a new complex)

 

[sajmae]

Tomáš Mojžíš in for Zdeněk Kutlák.

Kutlak was injured against Denmark with possible concussion.

according to http://hokej.idnes.cz/mojzis-dopsan-na-soupisku-ceskeho-tymu-na-hokejovem-ms-pgu-/ms-hokej-2012.aspx?c=A120505_101218_ms-hokej-2012_bem

 

[Like Wall]

Sweden should do something about those tickets and empty seats. It takes away half of the excitement.

CZE - SWE ? No apparent favourite.

 

[LaGu]

well it has worked so far,
but off course against Sweden comes the big test. But it often happens with Swedish national teams that they control the match but doesn't get a lot of goals. The czech have beating the swedes before with "trap hockey" (when you follow swedish television through the years they almost have a little czech complex - "can we win if we get behind?")
As i said before it's like Italy in soccer. Winning 1-0 over Brazil or winning 1-0 over Andorra is equally good (3 points).
Also NHL players are the world's best on a small rink. Now it's a big rink. Just because you are the best in the world in indoor football doesn't mean you are world best outdoors. Sweden NHL dream team lost to Belarus (they will only forget that, if they loose to Denmark with their current squad....then they have a new complex)

Some yes, but most are just not quite used to it yet.

Zetterberg, Alfredsson, Silfverberg, Jarnkrok and (Backstrom when he arrives...) were/are all some of the best big-ice players in the world.

The players I'm not so sure about are L.Eriksson (although he's been doing just fine), Stalberg and Landeskog who were not really prominent when playing in SWE but rather developed in to the players they are on the small-ice rinks in NA.

 

[leksig]

Johan Larsson and Jonas Brodin in tonight! A 92 born player and a 93 born player. What a experience for these young players to play with star as Zetterberg, Karlsson, Alfredsson etc.

 

[Erathian]

Still I hope that Alois won't start to mix up the lines too early. They played only 1 game tgether plus had only 1 practice all 3 together. There is a good chance they will get going as the tournament continues.

Yeah, I hope so. They just need to shoot more. I guess it will be better against stronger opponents since we will not have much time and space for passing.

EDIT: Your worries came true - http://hokej.idnes.cz/cessti-hokeji...dium=feed&utm_campaign=sport&utm_content=main

 

[LaGu]

Sweden should do something about those tickets and empty seats. It takes away half of the excitement.

CZE - SWE ? No apparent favourite.

It's a disgrace. The comments by the PR manager said it all:

- It's always a shame when there are empty seats, but we need to keep the prices at their current level to break even.

Q: How do you figure that a family can afford going to one of these games?
- A 20.15 game is not a family event. But ok, maybe prices are too high.

- I thought there would be more people coming to SWE's games, now I don't know what to do. I thought the price level was good, but obviously we were wrong.

There are so many things wrong with those quotes that I don't even know where to start... Well, I guess I do know where to start: FIRE THIS IDIOT!!!!

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

around 7000 tickets sold for SWE-CZE

 

[leksig]

It's a disgrace. The comments by the PR manager said it all:


There are so many things wrong with those quotes that I don't even know where to start... Well, I guess I do know where to start: FIRE THIS IDIOT!!!!

It's a disgrace for sure, but this tournament and next years tournament is to finance Tre Kronor and the junior national teams for maybe another 10 years. That's one thing you have to bring a thought to, but those prices is a pure joke to the hockey fans! Feel so bad for the players that have to play hockey in an empty arena... Hope they do something about it now in this tournament but i doubt it, next year it will be fixed I hope.
That englund isn't the sharpest tool in the shed isn't something new but that Forsberg guy needs to be fired, did he really think the would sell out Globen with those prices?

This just hurts Tre Kronor reputation.

The media is going hard on the swedish hockey federation, the players have indirectly doubted what they have been doing, thats a good thing.

 

[BalticWarrior]

It's a disgrace. The comments by the PR manager said it all:


There are so many things wrong with those quotes that I don't even know where to start... Well, I guess I do know where to start: FIRE THIS IDIOT!!!!

It`s just awful,especially for Swedes who play in their own stadium with half empty seats

 

[gretskidoo]

around 7000 tickets sold for SWE-CZE

So maybe 4500-5000 at best.

 

[Rexor]

EDIT: Your worries came true - http://hokej.idnes.cz/cessti-hokeji...dium=feed&utm_campaign=sport&utm_content=main

Yeah, the expected Czech line-up is as follows:

Frolík - Plekanec - Tenkrát
Průcha - Krejčí - M. Michálek
Hemský - Nedvěd - Vondrka
PetružÃ¡lek - Novotný - Kašpar

Don't mind it to be honest, I prefer to see the talent more spread out.