GDT: Pre-Competition • Dec. 21 • Slovakia vs. Finland • 0-3 final

[Marre]

I really hope you're not referring to the "incident". I must say that Ullberg would be about twelve different kinds of idiot to pull that stunt again, especially while representing the national team in a major tournament. That would be a career-ending move.

Not only that, but also that could be a problem. Not because he would do that again (no one could be that stupid) but how much there may be resentment left from it. Those things are always not so easily forgiven, forgotten and moved on at.

I reckon they picked Ullberg because he's actually been quite impressive recently. There's no rule that says your reserve has to be inferior to the playing tandem. Add those aspects to the fact that he's eligible next year like you mentioned as well, and I figure quite a few people would have popped a question or two if they'd picked someone else. I certainly would have.

I do agree. His rebound control and playing with the stick could use some more improvement but he has really played surprisingly well lately, which is of course very nice and I really hope he continues to do well and get better. He is a talented lad.

Oh, and Tuohimaa is -91 born. Not eligible.

Yes, of course. I don't know why I remembered him to be -92

 

[Mara]

Is there ANY coverage on this game ANYWHERE?

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

The reason they let Ullberg play as well is that Sami Aittokallio is the clear number one goalie. Gibson and Ullberg battle for the backup spot.

So simple.

They way Gibson played that Canada game, i'd say Gibson is the clear n. 1 right now.

 

[DrPabloRamirez]

Finland - Slovakia 2:0 after 2nd
Aaltonen 1:0
Markus Granlund 2:0 PP

 

[SoupyFIN]

Finland - Slovakia 2:0 after 2nd
Aaltonen 1:0
Markus Granlund 2:0 PP

Where the hell did you find this?

 

[Kamzik]

Joel Armia makes it Finland 3 Slovakia 0 in the third period.

 

[Kamzik]

Final Score: Finland 3 Slovakia 0. Dolnik moves one game closer to his amazing breakout game.

 

[courneya87]

What were the final shots on goal ?

 

[SoupyFIN]

What were the final shots on goal ?

More importantly, who the bloody hell was in goal for Finland?

 

[MMANumminen]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/Finns+slick+Slovakia/5895769/story.html

 

[SoupyFIN]

Richard Ullberg, meanwhile, was quite lonely for much of the game at the Finland end, facing just 12 shots in the first two periods.

 

[Zamuz]

17:25 FIN 15 Miro Aaltonen (16 Aleksander Barkov, 5 Rasmus Ristolainen)
25:10 FIN 11 Markus Granlund (5 Rasmus Ristolainen, 20 Mikael Granlund)
42:22 FIN 10 Joel Armia (22 Miikka Salomäki)

 

[Latex*]

Ristolainen lighting it up on the scoresheet

 

[Muuri]

Nice to see 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines all scoring.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Sucks we didn´t at least score one, but the overall result doesn´t look that bad...

 

[FiLe]

Going by the numbers, not exactly the blowout win people expected, but it's hard to say how the game looked overall without seeing it. Judging by the report available though, it sounded pretty one-sided so maybe, just maybe it should have been more?

Oh well. The result is what matters. Especially MAG and Armia finding the net is good news. The report also gave Barkov a special nod, lovin' that.


Happy to hear that Ullberg got a piece of action as well, despite the fact that this gives us all another four days worth' of bickering and wild mass guessing of the final goalie roles.

 

[YARR123]

The report sounds pretty good, seems like Finland held the reins the entire match. I'm not sure why some poeple were expecting a huge blowout, Slovakia have a pretty solid D this year.

 

[alko]

OK, they loose. But Bokros said, they doesnt want to show all their trupmh-cards.

 

[Krotak]

OK, they loose. But Bokros said, they doesnt want to show all their trupmh-cards.

Yeah, that sounds funny. Who the hell is that trump-card ? Toman??

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Yeah, that sounds funny. Who the hell is that trump-card ? Toman??

Yeah, but I found this part about Latvia even funnier:
"NavyÅ¡e sa zdalo, že náš prvý súper na svetovom Å¡ampionáte od Baltiku po tom, čo zaregistroval naÅ¡u prítomnosť, neodkryl vÅ¡etky svoje tromfy,"

Slovak coach after watching CZE-LAT game: "Additionally it seems that our first opponent didn´t show all of its triumphs after they realized we were there."

 

[FinHockey]

17:25 FIN 15 Miro Aaltonen (16 Aleksander Barkov, 5 Rasmus Ristolainen)
25:10 FIN 11 Markus Granlund (5 Rasmus Ristolainen, 20 Mikael Granlund)
42:22 FIN 10 Joel Armia (22 Miikka Salomäki)

Looks like the big names came through.

 

[fr9dd9]

Penalties

anyone who knows about how many penalties each teams had?

 

[Latgale_fan]

Yeah, but I found this part about Latvia even funnier:
"Navyše sa zdalo, že náš prvý súper na svetovom šampionáte od Baltiku po tom, čo zaregistroval našu prítomnosť, neodkryl všetky svoje tromfy,"

Slovak coach after watching CZE-LAT game: "Additionally it seems that our first opponent didn´t show all of its triumphs after they realized we were there."

Well, judging by the radio broadcast our North Americans were not noticeable at all so who knows... maybe that's how we could explain that loss that we are hiding some God knows what trumps... I certainly hope so

 

[Bookman]

Rasmus Ristolainen is a cool name - not draft eligible until 2013, already over 6 feet tall and playing with the grown ups?

Is he considered an elite prospect down the road?

 

[Jack DiBiase]

I hear Ullberg stole the game.

Rasmus Ristolainen is a cool name - not draft eligible until 2013, already over 6 feet tall and playing with the grown ups?

Is he considered an elite prospect down the road?

He is most definitely considered an elite prospect. There's a topic for him in the prospects section for more information.