Great Britain: U20 WJC (D1B) discussion

[3 Minute Minor]

Duggan & Antonov had their ice time cut down a ton but glad to see Betteridge seems to have moved into the lineup now. He played the last few shifts with Duggan/Antonov which is a line I'd rather see.

I'd love to see them go:
Venus-Stewart-Mackie
Chamberalin-Cownie-Hook
Antonov-Duggan-Betteridge
they don't use the 4th line anyway

Either move Selby to defense or leave him on the 4th line. He brings nothing to the table as a forward.

 

[UKwild]

a nice angry blog post about it

http://onepuckshort.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/ihuk-miss-point-by-charging-for-gb-u20-games/

Good blog, they really could have used this to try and get more fans into Ice hockey, lets face it, at the winter olympics, most people just tune into the hockey.

Could've been a cracking time to get more people interested. Would have like terrestrial tv taking a crack at it for the tournament.

 

[Shrimper]

Next game tomorrow. Against France.

 

[Siamese Dream]

Ukraine beat Japan, so it looks like Japan is the game we are going to have to win to avoid relgation. Ukraine should be a winnable game though.

 

[3 Minute Minor]

Ukraine beat Japan, so it looks like Japan is the game we are going to have to win to avoid relgation. Ukraine should be a winnable game though.

Italy been Kazakhstan?

Damn I actually love this new IIHF set up with 1A/1B, 2A/2B.

 

[3 Minute Minor]

Duggan & Antonov had their ice time cut down a ton but glad to see Betteridge seems to have moved into the lineup now. He played the last few shifts with Duggan/Antonov which is a line I'd rather see.

I'd love to see them go:
Venus-Stewart-Mackie
Chamberalin-Cownie-Hook
Antonov-Duggan-Betteridge
they don't use the 4th line anyway

Either move Selby to defense or leave him on the 4th line. He brings nothing to the table as a forward.

Looks like those lines will happen with Selby injured.

This is why I don't understand why they take 8 D & 12 F rather than 7/13. Now they're down a forward with 1 injury

 

[Siamese Dream]

Betteridge should have been on that line the whole time

what a great goal

 

[3 Minute Minor]

Duggan with his first point

betteridge on that line is a big plus, he battles more than Selby did

 

[3 Minute Minor]

I've yelled at my TV a couple times when Hook & his line dump it in and go in on a forecheck when they really should be changing. It's a long change in the 2nd period, you can't piss away changes.

Probably the best GB U20 performance I've watched through 2 periods so far and it's only 2-2. France is good and they're not only keeping up with them but controlling the puck well. They're getting the pucks deep and battling in the corners which is what they have to do, they can't out dangle France lol I still get scared at the defense quite a bit, they stand there watching France and they seem to like going for hits at the blue line. It's worked so far but 1 missed hit and France can bury no problem.

Stewart is separating himself from the rest tonight. His end to end skate finally showed off his skating is better than the rest, he seems to have figured out when he can & can't be physical with international refs, and he keeps showing his defensive smarts which he's always done.

Saw a lot of Taylor/Morris that period and a lot less of Duggan which surprised me.

 

[Shrimper]

OT Again.

 

[3 Minute Minor]

If someone told me GB would get to OT in games against Italy & France I woulda taken it lol

 

[3 Minute Minor]

Well friggin done

 

[Siamese Dream]

What a game

Love all the UK hockey fans who say lower standard = lower excitement when debating import limits

That game was more exciting than every Rangers NHL game I have watched this year combined

On that note, when is the NHL going to switch to Olympic ice

 

[3 Minute Minor]

What a game

Love all the UK hockey fans who say lower standard = lower excitement when debating import limits

That game was more exciting than every Rangers NHL game I have watched this year combined

On that note, when is the NHL going to switch to Olympic ice

That's what I meant to ask! Is Dumfries using Olympic ice? That doesn't look very big?

 

[Siamese Dream]

That's what I meant to ask! Is Dumfries using Olympic ice? That doesn't look very big?

The rink website says it's 56x29m

 

[robbza]

Does GB actually have the youngest team at the tournament, it seems we have some of the younger players there with a 16 year old and a 15 year old, then some of the younger 17 year olds.

 

[ChaiTiefling]

http://www.eliteprospects.com/league_home.php?leagueid=536&sort=age

Yup, by a healthy margin.

 

[robbza]

Well that is promising then, especially with them playing well.

 

[3 Minute Minor]

A Kazakh win followed by GB beating Ukraine would mean GB can't possibly get relegated.

If GB wins against Ukraine & Japan and France loses tomorrow to Kazakhstan, GB will earn bronze

 

[robbza]

A Kazakh win followed by GB beating Ukraine would mean GB can't possibly get relegated.

If GB wins against Ukraine & Japan and France loses tomorrow to Kazakhstan, GB will earn bronze

End of 2nd Kazakhstan trailing to winless Japan...

 

[3 Minute Minor]

2nd period scoring was 5-3 lmao sounds like a goalie dual!!!

Hopefully the Kazakh side wakes up for the 3rd

 

[3 Minute Minor]

End of 2nd Kazakhstan trailing to winless Japan...

You just gotta believe

8-7 Kazakhstan in a defensive showdown

 

[Siamese Dream]

Kazakhstan won 8-7

wow

 

[robbza]

This world juniors has had a tonne of twists and turns :p

 

[Siamese Dream]

Why is our powerplay always so terrible compared to every team we play