AZSIOUX Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Games start Dec 26th and end Jan 5th. Toronto and Montreal will host Team USA will play its preliminary-round games at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto against fellow Group A members Canada, Latvia, Russia, and Slovakia. Quarterfinals will be split between the Bell Centre in Montreal and Air Canada Centre. The semifinal and medal games will be played at the Bell Centre while relegation games will be played at Air Canada Centre. Potential UND players in tourney JOST - Canada TOMEK - Slovakia Boeser - USA (OUT WRIST SURGERY) due back in January for UND USA HOCKEY WJT Team Canada - TSN WJT Twitter follows (please add more if know of solid Twitter sources) CANADA markhmasters tsnbobmckenzie craigjbutton SLOVAKIA USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Canada is always considered the clear favorite every single year, so let them have that label if they want it. I think Team USA will benefit not having an entire nation follow their every move for two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Toronto is about a 5 hour drive from Union College and Montreal a 3 hr... just sayin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZSIOUX Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Jost on 4th line morning skate today. They scrimmage tonight vs Czech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 16 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said: Canada is always considered the clear favorite every single year, so let them have that label if they want it. I think Team USA will benefit not having an entire nation follow their every move for two weeks. I haven't see odds but are they the favorite this year? Team USA smoked them this summer and that was with Canada having Marner, Crouse, and Chychrun. USA will be smaller on D but they should be very skilled. Their forward group is deep. Pretty much 4 first lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 9 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: I haven't see odds but are they the favorite this year? Team USA smoked them this summer and that was with Canada having Marner, Crouse, and Chychrun. USA will be smaller on D but they should be very skilled. Their forward group is deep. Pretty much 4 first lines. Generally, they are considered the default favorite by a lot of people (not all of them Canadians either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 9 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said: Generally, they are considered the default favorite by a lot of people (not all of them Canadians either). Yeah I get that....I was wondering if there are real odds out there. This year should be a little different I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDhoops Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 i dont think we are going to medal but i will reserve comment until we see if USA hockey makes the same mistakes with their roster picks they have been making lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 To me, the performance of the elite teams: USA, Canada, Russia, Czech, Finland, Sweden is really all about coaching and goaltending. The difference in skill at this elite level at these elite programs is so marginal...even At the 4th line. i love this tourney. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 http://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/2886713-brock-boeser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 23 minutes ago, Fetch said: http://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/2886713-brock-boeser Anybody remember the final roster cut day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Brock having surgery, out for WJC. Dang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: Brock having surgery, out for WJC. Dang. The question now is, who will replace him? Another question is, will he miss the rest of the season with North Dakota? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Just now, fightingsioux4life said: The question now is, who will replace him? Another question is, will he miss the rest of the season with North Dakota? There is enough F's to still build an elite team....but he would have made a difference. Sounds like he'll be back in January. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 24 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: Brock having surgery, out for WJC. Dang. So................................................................he and the medical staff waited at a minimum of 3 weeks to decide if surgery was warranted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said: Another question is, will he miss the rest of the season with North Dakota? 1 hour ago, scpa0305 said: Sounds like he'll be back in January. So if he misses the WJC and is not back for UND in January there should be lots of questions asked............and answers given IMO. Also 8 conference games in January. Big difference in missing 2 of those vs. 6. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDHawks4life Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Sucks that besser is having surgery but his wrist shot has been lacking lately so it is good timing so he is back for the home stretch!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 7 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: So if he misses the WJC and is not back for UND in January there should be lots of questions asked............and answers given IMO. Probably not, Im guessing he had to make a tough decision today as the USA is finalizing rosters. He missed time thinking it would get better...and it obviously didn't. I'm guessing he saw a doctor a few weeks ago and he had two options...have surgery now or wait and see if it gets better (as is usually the case with these types of injuries). Why would he have ruled himself out of the WJC several weeks ago not knowing if he would get better or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 26 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: Probably not, Im guessing he had to make a tough decision today as the USA is finalizing rosters. He missed time thinking it would get better...and it obviously didn't. I'm guessing he saw a doctor a few weeks ago and he had two options...have surgery now or wait and see if it gets better (as is usually the case with these types of injuries). Why would he have ruled himself out of the WJC several weeks ago not knowing if he would get better or not? To your last question I guess it depends on where his emphasis and priorities were hockey wise this season when the injury occurred..........UND's remaining schedule or making the WJC roster. Tough to really say both with an injury like this. If the "fix" was/is surgery regardless of the time frame it was discussed that was his call.........unfortunately it didn't mend with time off. Statements have called it "minor" surgery.........it's never "minor" to the patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxstudent Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 2 hours ago, scpa0305 said: Yeah I get that....I was wondering if there are real odds out there. This year should be a little different I believe. Should be out a day or so before tourney starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Ranger Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 38 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: To your last question I guess it depends on where his emphasis and priorities were hockey wise this season when the injury occurred..........UND's remaining schedule or making the WJC roster. Tough to really say both with an injury like this. If the "fix" was/is surgery regardless of the time frame it was discussed that was his call.........unfortunately it didn't mend with time off. Statements have called it "minor" surgery.........it's never "minor" to the patient. I'm sure it was a difficult decision for him as obviously he had his heart set on playing in the WJC. But us as Sioux fans in hindsight wish he would have had the surgery three weeks ago and would be ready to go for the second half of the season. Let's hope he's a fast healer and is back sooner rather than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxTupa Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 57 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: So if he misses the WJC and is not back for UND in January there should be lots of questions asked............and answers given IMO. Also 8 conference games in January. Big difference in missing 2 of those vs. 6. This isn't the NHL...Boeser's a college student and it was his decision. He has much more info than we do, and did what he thought would be best. If time off helped, he could've been back before the break. I'm sure he's really disappointed in missing the WJC, but if he can be back to 100% for a stretch run that would be great. Many UND teams have learned how to win while some star players were injured. I'm hoping that'll be the case here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I wonder when the actual injury occurred. I remember Boeser going ballistic and getting a penalty earlier this year after he had been slashed. Wonder if it happened way back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 5 minutes ago, tnt said: I wonder when the actual injury occurred. I remember Boeser going ballistic and getting a penalty earlier this year after he had been slashed. Wonder if it happened way back then. Sounds like it was nagging from the get go- but if someone slashed my already hurt wrist,I might go bananas too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Ranger Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 25 minutes ago, yzerman19 said: Sounds like it was nagging from the get go- but if someone slashed my already hurt wrist,I might go bananas too Yes it happened quite a while ago. He was in for an MRI in October so he played through it for quite a while and it got more and more noticeable each week. I thought he really struggled with it in Duluth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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