GDT: WHC - Austria vs Finland

[FinPanda]

Finland today:

45 Jussi Olkinuora (35 Frans Tuohimaa)

1_

64 Mikael Granlund (A) – 65 Sakari Manninen – 70 Teemu Hartikainen

4 Mikko Lehtonen – 38 Juuso Hietanen

2:

25 Toni Rajala – 51 Valtteri Filppula (C) – 76 Jere Sallinen

41 Miro Heiskanen – 50 Mikael Seppälä

3:

82 Harri Pesonen – 91 Juho Lammikko – 10 Joel Armia

3 Niklas Friman – 42 Sami Vatanen

4:

80 Saku Mäenalanen – 24 Hannes Björninen – 12 Marko Anttila (A)

23 Esa Lindell – 55 Atte Ohtamaa

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[BigBadBoar]

Austria line-up

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Filppula with a goal less than two minutes played!

 

[SoundAndFury]

I assume kabidjan is somewhere delighted Heinrich is not in the lineup

 

[FinPanda]

Austrians can actually handle the puck, it really makes this an actual hockey game. Not sure what the game against GB was.

 

[karhukissa]

Austria looks decent, not like "they have no business to play in this WC". They have also studied well how Finland plays, good job for hanging in there.

 

[karhukissa]

Canadians have really done their homework, watched this game on TSN and they said about Anttila "His nickname comes from Tove Jansson book where Mörkö is a ground freezing monster"

 

[SoundAndFury]

Austria looks decent, not like "they have no business to play in this WC". They have also studied well how Finland plays, good job for hanging in there.

Looking at the shot counter, this must be their worst game of the tournament. Considering they took both USA and Czechs to OT praise for "hanging in there" seems kinda weird.

 

[FinPanda]

Looking at the shot counter, this must be their worst game of the tournament. Considering they took both USA and Czechs to OT praise for "hanging in there" seems kinda weird.

Austria has had literally no proper shots so far. Total domination from the Finns. Shame we can't score from our chances.

 

[SoundAndFury]

I guess after yesterday's game against Latvia and before what's really the most important game of the tournament against GB, this is as close to the schedule loss as you are going to get for Austria.

 

[FinPanda]

I guess after yesterday's game against Latvia and before what's really the most important game of the tournament against GB, this is as close to the schedule loss as you are going to get for Austria.

Job well done when thinking about how the schedule was made for the Finns..

 

[Puck Dogg]

Austria hasn't many shots on goal, very one-sided game so far.

 

[karhukissa]

Looking at the shot counter, this must be their worst game of the tournament. Considering they took both USA and Czechs to OT praise for "hanging in there" seems kinda weird.

At the time i wrote that game was 1-0, it could've been 3 or 4-0 so they are hanging in there.

Now obviously it's been all Finland.

 

[Fatass]

I think this game would be more exciting if played on smaller (NA) ice.

 

[SoundAndFury]

I think this game would be more exciting if played on smaller (NA) ice.

Yeah those 2 meters would make a hell of a difference.

 

[Fatass]

Yeah those 2 meters would make a hell of a difference.

Game happens faster. Better separates the top players from the average guys.

 

[FinPanda]

Austria seems super tired

 

[SoundAndFury]

Game happens faster. Better separates the top players from the average guys.

Rink size has nothing to do with it. Anyone who has watched the Olympics this year or has followed the KHL knows this. Not to mention difference between Finnish ice and NHL is marginal to begin with.

 

[FinPanda]

Olkinuora has been great.. letting two 2on1's is not good

 

[karhukissa]

Olli "Piällikko" Jokinen is a good analyst, he has that coach point of view and not only players view which is usually not good enough. That's why guys like Selänne and Timonen shouldn't be in studios when analyzing game.

 

[kabidjan18]

Olkinuora has been great.. letting two 2on1's is not good

The one before the end of the period was so close.

I mean. There's a really simple reason why we're doing worse in this game than in previous games. Yes, I think part of it is that after an upset, teams treat you a bit differently. Part of it is that teams at the start of the tournament have less chemistry and are waiting for more players.

I think, pretty obviously, Finland is just the best team we've played. And if you look at the standings, they tell the same story. If we can take 2-0 to the house against Finland, that's as fantastic a result as you can hope for.

 

[karhukissa]

Not sure if people still remember but Rajala was, together with Granlund and Pulkkinen, the most hyped prospect of his era. He went under the radar for a long time but nice to see that he's good European level and very useful player for the national team.

 

[kabidjan18]

Oof, Brunner got beat. But great pass by Lindell.

 

[QnebO]

Heiskanen has coasted first two games at 50% effort. I hope he can turn Jets on

 

[Erikfromfin]

Not sure if people still remember but Rajala was, together with Granlund and Pulkkinen, the most hyped prospect of his era. He went under the radar for a long time but nice to see that he's good European level and very useful player for the national team.

Jep the first original bust of next generation