Olympics: GDT Battle for Bronze SWE-SVK

[Mestaruus]

Go cry some more. Theese are always funny takes after a loss! I thought Swedish and Russian media said Finland had an easy way to finals with Slovakia?

Finland-Slovakia might have been a harder game than ROC-SWE. Many people kept underestimating Slovakia till the very end.

 

[flemo]

Rybar. Swedes did not score on him 5 periods.

 

[Jussi]

Scouts don't care about that. If he shines in division 1A, that will raise his stocks. If he lead Slovakia back to highest division, then that's a great merit.

I think he might opt to play at the men's Worlds and TPS, if their games are still going during the division 1A tournament.

 

[member 305909]

I usually think these bronze medal-games are a waste of time but this was nice to watch.

Usually the team which is hungrier and less disappointed about not being in the final goes on to win the 3rd place-game.

 

[Mestaruus]

I think he might ops to play at the men's Worlds and TPS, if their games are still going during the division 1A tournament.

That's a good point. His rest of the season might be tightly packed in the amount of games.

 

[Urbanskog]

Unfortunately, Slovakia is playing in division 1a this year at the u18s.

More importantly, he's going to be 18 by the time the tournament starts, rendering him ineligible. Would have been amusing to see him in the Division 1A of U18 after such a great Olympic tournament though.

 

[QnebO]

Watching the replay currently. How the hell did Swedish player not get a 5+20 for hit in the head against Slovakia, But markus Granlund got 5+20 against Sweden for an accident. Its just absolutely horrible reffing as always

 

[jonlin]

Watching the replay currently. How the hell did Swedish player not get a 5+20 for hit in the head against Slovakia, But markus Granlund got 5+20 against Sweden for an accident. Its just absolutely horrible reffing as always

This. And Swedish media cried like hell after the "Granlund-incident". Even though the Swede actually lowered his head just before impact. Swedes are funny ppl. They will cry again, just like they did after the losses against Finland&Russia. Referees are always against them...

 

[vlady]

More importantly, he's going to be 18 by the time the tournament starts, rendering him ineligible. Would have been amusing to see him in the Division 1A of U18 after such a great Olympic tournament though.

everyone born 2004 or later is eligible. It doesn't matter when your birthday is. So he can play, but I doubt he will. We will still win that tournament easily even without him or Nemec.

 

[Elias40]

Excellent performance of Slovakia, helped by a happy first goal and then a mistake from a player from whom I would not expect a mistake. Sweden did not lose the match just because of less time to rest, it would be disrespectful to Slovakia's performance. The Swedes simply didn't have the quality today, and in combination with less time to rest, it was only about the Slovaks adding a third goal and winning a medal for themselves. Although it would be a bad quality Swedish team, the coach is responsible for the selection. He could have chosen better, so I wouldn't go into that and deal with this tournament very much.

Congratulations once again to Slovakia, today Sweden is clearly defeated and they could only think of the bronze medal for a few minutes.

 

[Macbanan]

Go cry some more. Theese are always funny takes after a loss! I thought Swedish and Russian media said Finland had an easy way to finals with Slovakia?

Ok sure, Sweden doesn't have any depth. That's a reasonable conclusion after his tournament.

 

[tuniak]

That feeling, after all those years, almost forgot it... I'm soo happy, congrats to all the players. MAGIC BEANS!!

 

[Caz]

Congrats SVK. Impressive.

 

[FiLe]

I wonder how much this helps our ranking.

By my calculations, GER, CZE and SUI fall behind, while SWE stays ahead. So go up from 9 -> 6. Of course, there will double points awarded in olympic years with the WHC also affecting the ranking, so need to do well there as well or the climb will be very temporary.

 

[Urbanskog]

everyone born 2004 or later is eligible. It doesn't matter when your birthday is. So he can play, but I doubt he will. We will still win that tournament easily even without him or Nemec.

Interesting that they have different rules for U18 and U20. But I do hope he shows up there then, not that Slovakia wouldn't already be the favorite but more to see how absolutely dominant he would be against that level of competition.

 

[HamburgerSK]

More importantly, he's going to be 18 by the time the tournament starts, rendering him ineligible. Would have been amusing to see him in the Division 1A of U18 after such a great Olympic tournament though.

Eligible to play in U18 championship are players born in year 2014. Slafkovský and also Nemec stated several times that they want to participate.

 

[vlady]

Interesting that they have different rules for U18 and U20. But I do hope he shows up there then, not that Slovakia wouldn't already be the favorite but more to see how absolutely dominant he would be against that level of competition.

hate to correct you again, but the same rules apply for the U20 tournament. This year all players born 2002 or later can play at WJC.

 

[tobu]

Eligible to play in U18 championship are players born in year 2014. Slafkovský and also Nemec stated several times that they want to participate.

Blow outs every game I suppose.

 

[Imppair]

I am so happy for SVK. It was so touching to watch players celebrating. Congrats SVK

 

[Urbanskog]

delete

 

[Mestaruus]

Central Europe should set up their own EHT tournament & EHT season. That would do good for the sport in that are of Europe. The way FIN, CZE, RUS, SWE does it. 4 mini tournaments a year, 3 games in each of those = 12 games total.

The teams should be:
SVK, GER, SUI and maybe Austria or Latvia? Actually don't know about the 4th one, but there needs to be 4.

 

[Hasa92]

Congratz Slovakia what a great improvement after the first few games.

With this kind of play even gold wouldn't have been impossible.

 

[Raimo Sillanpää]

Watching the Slovaks celebrate it’s so clear they are the deserved winners. For them this is history, always meaningful.

 

[tobu]

Central Europe should set up their own EHT tournament & EHT season. That would do good for the sport in that are of Europe. The way FIN, CZE, RUS, SWE does it. 4 mini tournaments a year, 3 games in each of those = 12 games total.

The teams should be:
SVK, GER, SUI and maybe Austria or Latvia? Actually don't know about the 4th one, but there needs to be 4.

There is a German cup and Swiss cup played every year. It's usually Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and Russia's European B team.

 

[DueDiligence]

And swedes crying on the bench. Olympics is the hockey.

I understand the players' reaction but 8 year olds cry when they lose a tournament as well. Hockey in these Olympics was like drinking non alcoholic beer. A poor version of the real thing.