GDT: 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship/Buffalo, NY/Gold-Canada/Silver-Sweden/Bronze-United States

[Chainshot]

Not looking good now.

 

[stokes84]

Wow. Implosion.

 

[Slangston]

Yeah, now it's definitely over.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

USA totally lost focus and concentration...

 

[Kyndig]

Looks like Sweden beats the Sabres. Never seen a team choke so hard.

 

[stokes84]

Sucks. USA has carried the play, but Sweden has finished.

 

[Chainshot]

Woll getting beat bar-down, but he needed to make one of those stops.

And just as soon as my son's love of the game was rekindled, this.

 

[LaxSabre]

Mike Morreale‏ @mikemorrealeNHL -
Oskar Steen (BOS) makes it 3-0 at 7:47 on a SH goal.

Brayton J. Wilson‏ @BJWilsonWGR -
3-0 Sweden. Oskar Steen shorthanded. #WJC18

Mike Morreale‏ @mikemorrealeNHL
Woll is chased in favor of Oettinger at 8:25 after Axel Jonsson Fjallby (WSH) rips a shot while using Perunovich as a screen. SWE 4-0.

Brayton J. Wilson @BJWilsonWGR
4-0 Sweden. Axel Jonsson Fjallby is having himself a tournament. #ALLCAPS

 

[Moskau]

This game is reminiscent of Team USA in 2014. Entire team trying to make sure all of their plays go through Mittelstadt just like everyone looked to pass everything to Eichel in 2014.

 

[Jame]

Sweden played like a team that was coached and disciplined to win this game... USA played like a team of individuals who thought they should win this game

 

[stokes84]

Sweden played like a team that was coached and disciplined to win this game... USA played like a team of individuals who thought they should win this game

This is such nonsense. It's a one game elimination situation. One team finished their chances, the other team didn't. It's hockey.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Well, look at it this way...... 85% of the country doesn't even know this event is going on. And as a result nobody except us warriors even cares.

But if Sweden ever tries to invade us, we'll kick their asses.........

 

[Slangston]

The US has relied way too heavily on that top line all tournament long. Poehling, Norris, Frederic, etc have provided nothing offensively. There isn't a lot of threatening players outside of Mittlestadt and Tkachuk. You had to know they were going to get burned eventually.

 

[old kummelweck]

It was 0-0 when I went out to snow blow at the end of the 1st. Please tell me Nylander has 4 points.

 

[Kyndig]

Sweden played like a team that was coached and disciplined to win this game... USA played like a team of individuals who thought they should win this game

Must not be watching a different hockey game. USA controlled the play with the cycle for most of the 1st and 2nd period. One team just choked away all their chances, never seen so many fanned/flubbed shots.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Sweden played like a team that was coached and disciplined to win this game... USA played like a team of individuals who thought they should win this game

They’ve looked like that most of the tournament. Just happened that bellows, Fox, and Middlestadt were actually good enough to pull it off. Got out tendered tonight.

 

[LaxSabre]

Brayton J. Wilson‏ @BJWilsonWGR -
#Sabres prospect Marcus Davidsson picks up the lone assist on Jonsson Fjallby’s shorthanded goal.


Brayton J. Wilson‏ @BJWilsonWGR -
Kieffer Bellows gets #TeamUSA on the board. Mittelstadt fed him from behind the net.
7th goal for Bellows, 11th point for Mittelstadt. #Sabres #Isles #WJC18

Brayton J. Wilson‏ @BJWilsonWGR -
Scratch that. Bellows from Yamamoto. Thought I saw 11, not 17. #WJC18

 

[Moskau]

USA's bottom 3 lines essentially did nothing all tournament outside of 1 period.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Sucks. USA has carried the play, but Sweden has finished.

Why can’t the best prospect in the world score? He is, after all, the best prospect in the world.

 

[joshjull]

Team USA's defense has been meh most of the tournament

 

[Chainshot]

This game is reminiscent of Team USA in 2014. Entire team trying to make sure all of their plays go through Mittelstadt just like everyone looked to pass everything to Eichel in 2014.

The US has relied way too heavily on that top line all tournament long. Poehling, Norris, Frederic, etc have provided nothing offensively. There isn't a lot of threatening players outside of Mittlestadt and Tkachuk. You had to know they were going to get burned eventually.

I agree. Too many of these guys have created nothing. Not surprising, probably the best play Yamamoto has set up in the tournament winds up as a goal.

 

[Chainshot]

I used to like Norris.

 

[Moskau]

Sweden's speed on their bottom lines is something else.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Well it’s still interesting. A little desperation hand a couple good rebounds.

 

[SabresFan26]

Team USA's defense has been meh most of the tournament

goaltending too. Mittelstadt should have a goal and a few assists at this point as well.