The Sicatoka

Someone tell Starman it’s the UND rule, not the BU rule, regarding offsides and change of possession.

Geez, Hughes held from center in. Why not a penalty shot.

USA looks to have relaxed a touch. Predicting next goal will be GER.

No goal. Offsides. GER gets goal wiped out and effectively a free TO. 3-0

GER challenging the fourth goal. I’d have rather them take the TO than risk the PP if the challenge fails.

Snuggy fans on a beautiful pass from Blake on the power play then gets lucky on a GER kick in own goal. Then Savage has time to eat a sandwich before scoring. And another. USA 4-0 GER

USA 1-0 GER

At least they got that right.

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With CZE up 9-1 and putting holes in the Swiss let's look at seeding criteria for the semis: Based on that, if CZE wins (up big) they'll be the "best-ranked" whether or not USA wins (both won groups, but CZE has 10 points to USA 9). If CZE, USA, and CAN all win, and with SWE upsetting FIN, we could have a USA-CAN semi.

CZE 7-1 SUI after two

PPG CZE 6-1 SUI

CZE 5-1 SUI The SUI seem to be melting and their timing is off.

Anita Pointer died at age 74 on New Year's Eve. In memoriam, everyone "Jump" and do the "Neutron Dance".

CZE 3-1 SUI CZE has a 4x4, a SHG, and a 5x5. After scoring 22 seconds in the SUI have disappeared.

Barely 3 minutes in and ... CZE 1-1 SUI At least this is on NHLN.

CZE-SUI up next

SWE advances to semi 3-2 over FIN Opponent TBD (they are re-seeding after quarters).

SWE SHG SWE 3-2 FIN with one minute to go FIN pulls goalie with one minute left (and still on PP) SOG 35-20 FIN

FIN 2-2 SWE late third Now SWE takes a page from UND's book: score, take a penalty minute later. < facepalm >

FIN 2-1 SWE mid third FIN takes a page from UND's book: score for lead, take a penalty minutes later. < facepalm > Shots: 26-14 FIN

If Bubs is dealing with a family issue that comes first. Always. Give him time and space. (Part of me wonders if this, whatever it is, has been going on longer than we know, and we shouldn't know, and if it's been weighting on Bubs. Never forget: a team feels what the coach feels even if the team doesn't know what the coach knows.) Part of Bub's job is mentoring successors. He seems to be doing well there based on what we see from Dane and Karl so far. Bubs, he'll be back when it's time to be back.

Third underway, still 1-1 SWE-FIN. Shots are 20-11 FIN through two.

Pretty sure The Ocho comes with WatchESPN.com (free) with ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN News. At least The Ocho shows the entirety of an event. I missed none of the scheduled Corgi races that I stayed up to watch.

SWE 1-1 FIN after two. Probably the best period of the tournament so far coming up ... but not visible in the US unless you bow to the god ESPN+. And yeah, I am that bitter*. *I already pay for ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN News. That's enough.