GDT: ROC vs Sweden

[Jussi]

Sweden leads 1-0.

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[PTmbp13]

13-5 shots but 0-1 goals

 

[Phil McKraken]

The last couple of minutes looked awful, just lining up and waiting for Russia to make plays and hoping for Reideborn to bail them out. That kind of stuff won't work for another two periods.

No hopes our clown coach has any plan whatsoever to fix that however.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Finally someone had the energy to create a goddamn thread for this game. THANK YOU! I've been a rascal lately and been quite uncivilized with another poster, soo, I cannot post new threads. It only took 20 minutes.

Sweden holds the lead, but this is such a difficult game to win. Sweden has always had trouble with Russian hockey. Rock-paper-scissors. Add to that this Swedish team is so... either they play great or they implode like a balloon.

It's a very interesting game. The Russian team has the pressure and that's not a situation a Swedish team wants to be in. This can go any way.

 

[Mestaruus]

I'm glad to see this effort level by RUS. The result from this game is meaningless for RUS if they beat BLR tomorrow for 3 points, which I think they will do and then RUS wins the group. So RUS can lose this game if they want to.

I don't want to see SWE get off the hook easy here.

 

[VictorLustig]

Don't see us winning this unless we score >2 goals. Hope I'm wrong but I think they will totally collapse in the 2nd/3rd.

 

[Husqvarna]

Somehow I wanna you to meet a real combatants like the Finland boys ... maybe baby babies later on.

 

[tobu]

 

[Gobben]

Isn't this game meaningless if Czechia wins in ot tomorrow? Well, at least for Sweden's chances.

 

[AB13]

Isn't this game meaningless if Czechia wins in ot tomorrow? Well, at least for Sweden's chances.

No, Sweden finishes above Slovakia in that case. Only a Czech ot win knocks us out if we win in regulation.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Sweden is getting sooo crushed. They're just holding on. Holy crap. We're looking like Finland here. Organized hedgehog, only worse.

 

[tobu]

What a shift with an underwhelming shot.

 

[weklof]

Isn't this game meaningless if Czechia wins in ot tomorrow? Well, at least for Sweden's chances.

If Czech Republic wins in regulation, we still go through on head-to-head with Slovakia. The only result tomorrow that will knock us out if we win tomorrow is Czech Republic beating Slovakia in OT or SO.

 

[Phil McKraken]

Isn't this game meaningless if Czechia wins in ot tomorrow? Well, at least for Sweden's chances.

Yeah, but that's just one out of four possible outcomes in that game. If we win this in regulation we'll probably make the QF.

The game is looking like one long Russian power play though...

 

[tobu]

No, Sweden finishes above Slovakia in that case.

Wrong, if Sovakia takes a point from the game, they end with 13 points, Sweden with 12.

 

[Czechboy]

No, Sweden finishes above Slovakia in that case. Only a Czech ot win knocks us out if we win in regulation.

I've been cracking the joke that we'll go to OT and then the Slovaks will pull their goalie and let us score.haha

 

[AB13]

I've been cracking the joke that we'll go to OT and then the Slovaks will pull their goalie and let us score.haha

Definately see a Germany - Austria World Cup 1982 coming if Sweden win today.

 

[AB13]

That should be a 5 minute penalty on Slepyshev

 

[OskarOskarius]

That should be a 5 minute penalty on Slepyshev

It’s the idiot Wingerli tackling him into our goalie.

 

[Czechboy]

Do the Swedes not like their goalie? They almost killed him there..

 

[Kshahdoo]

That should be a 5 minute penalty on Slepyshev

Lol, for pushing him right into goalie?

 

[weklof]

Definately see a Germany - Austria World Cup 1982 coming if Sweden win today.

Or a Denmark - Sweden due-due.

The good thing is that Czech Republic has to win, so I think they will start in attack mode. That is assuming win this of course, the Russians are looking very hot at the moment.

 

[Czechboy]

Friberg with such bad luck.. he played it perfect twice! And still no goal.

 

[Czechboy]

Oh yeah I never made an official predcitions.. I think Sweden wins. They need this a lot more than Russia.

 

[Roasted Nuts]

When I first saw the title, I was thinking Republic of China (Taiwan) for ROC. How is a tropical island nation suddenly playing against heavyweight Sweden in the highly contested tourney?