GDT: Group B • May 1 • Canada 9, France 1

[Systemfel]

Preliminary Round • Group B

May 1, 2011 • 16:15 CET • 10:15 AM EDT

Steel Arena, Košice, Slovakia


Canada
Official lineup.

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

18 James Neal​

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92 Matt Duchene​

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61 Rick Nash (C)​

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9 Evander Kane​

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19 Jason Spezza (A)​

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14 Jordan Eberle​

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53 Jeff Skinner​

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20 John Tavares​

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25 Chris Stewart​

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16 Andrew Ladd​

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15 Travis Zajac (A)​

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22 Cal Clutterbuck​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

3 Dion Phaneuf​

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8 Brent Burns​

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-​

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17 Marc-André Gragnani​

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27 Alex Pietrangelo​

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33 Marc Methot​

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2 Luke Schenn​

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-​

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7 Marco Scalzo​

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-​

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-​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

34 James Reimer​

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40 Devan Dubnyk​

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-​

Scratched | Reason
G 45 Jonathan Bernier|

Healthy​

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C 50 Antoine Vermette|

Injury; not registered​

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France
Official lineup.

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

41 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare​

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10 Laurent Meunier (C)​

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77 Sacha Treille​

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21 Julien Desrosiers​

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14 Stéphane Da Costa​

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9 Damien Fleury​

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28 Laurent Gras​

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80 Teddy Da Costa​

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13 Luc Tardif​

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82 Damien Raux​

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22 Brian Henderson​

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17 Jérémie Romand​

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-​

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Extra Forward:​

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23 Nicolas Arrossamena​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

74 Nicolas Besch​

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18 Yohann Auvitu​

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3 Vincent Bachet (A)​

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84 Kévin Hecquefeuille (A)​

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-​

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38 Thomas Roussel​

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20 Maxime Moisand​

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-​

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21 Jonathan Janil​

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-​

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-​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

39 Cristobal Huet​

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41 Fabrice Lhenry​

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-​

Scratched | Reason
G 33 Ronan Quemener|

Healthy​

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OFFICIALS | -

Vyacheslav Bulanov|Referee

Eduard Odiņš|Referee

André Schrader|Linesman

Sergei Shelyanin|Linesman

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[Systemfel]

Live box score: http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/gameaction_2823.html

Streams: http://www.myp2pforum.eu/forums/29-NHL-Icehockey

Tournament stats: http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/statistics.html

 

[Other Little Mikey]

Switch Eberle and Stewart, that's how they were practicing today. http://twitter.com/#!/tsn_wally/status/64260033667534848

 

[Sensfanman]

These games are never too fun to watch...but France does have two NHLers this time. Maybe Huet will put on a show as we sometimes see. Regardless, I'll watch since most of the games are while I am at work so I'll take what I can get.

 

[Charlie Milles*]

Canada by a point spread of 14.

 

[mhiggins27]

As a Leafs fan, I was hoping Reimer would be allowed to carry the ball until he messed up. Oh well.

 

[Sacha Baron Corbin]

Kind of odd seeing Dubnyk starting over Bernier, maybe just the homer in me.

But man that Canada roster is stacked

 

[Jordan Eberle]

I thought he said Reimer was starting

tsn_wally Brent Wallace
Reimer will start game 2

via http://twitter.com/#!/tsn_wally

I wish Dubey got a start in.

 

[Cloned]

I thought he said Reimer was starting



via http://twitter.com/#!/tsn_wally

I wish Dubey got a start in.

You better score some goals today Ebs.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Switch Eberle and Stewart, that's how they were practicing today. http://twitter.com/#!/tsn_wally/status/64260033667534848

IMO


Nash - Spezza - Duchene
Skinner - Tavares - Eberle
Kane - Vermette - Ladd
Neal - Zajac - Stewart

 

[begbeee]

This will be really bad for France. Huet should stay on his head if they want to finish with acceptable loss.

 

[Davebo*]

As a Leafs fan, I was hoping Reimer would be allowed to carry the ball until he messed up. Oh well.

As a Team CANADA fan, I'm glad the coaching staff is doing the right thing and evaluating all our players before the next round.

My concern trumps yours

 

[Pajicz]

Never seen Canada really thrashing their opponent in World Championships... I've believed that this is about Canadian mentality and some sort of respect that they don't want to totally embarrass the other team. Is that nonsense? (WJC is totally different thing though).

My guess: Canada will win 6-1.

 

[SuperSaiyanBeastmode]

Gonna be a blowout, I can feel it. I think duchene, tavares, and skinner are all gonna have 2 goals. Love the big ice so all the skill guys can showcase their skills way easier than in the nhl. Go canada, and hopefully they don't get a boner over the leafs again.

 

[cenas*]

I give France one and half minutes.

 

[Moen is Gone]

I predict 4-1 Canada.

Allez les Bleus!

 

[JustinV]

reimer is indeed starting.. go canada go ;o

 

[Tom Brady]

Hahahhahahah

 

[Seachd]

That was a wicked shot by Gragnani.

 

[pepty]

Who is the TSN colour guy?

 

[SuperSaiyanBeastmode]

Who is the TSN colour guy?

Mike johnson, forget the other guys name though.

 

[JustinV]

Mike Johnson, former NHLer, is doing the colour. Dave Randorf with the PBP.

 

[pepty]

I recognized Dave Randorf's voice and the other people reporting, didn't recognize
Johnson though.

 

[SuperSaiyanBeastmode]

Spezza is having a sick game, don't brag too hard about it sens fans...haha

 

[Davebo*]

Well done Kane!