USA/Canada World Jr. Game

[luapsided]

This in an echoey room

[dagies]

I love Canada's PK. They rarely give the puck carrier time and space, and sometimes they find a way to collapse 2 guys on the puck carrier and get away with it.

[USA]

Huge mistake by EJ....he is having a horrible game....the guy forgot to skate.

[southpaw]

so just put the puck between your skates and run the goalie?

[sprig]

Huge mistake by EJ....he is having a horrible game....the guy forgot to skate.

That was JJ, I believe.

[redwing77]

Canada scores.

Helm scores and hits the goaltender.

EJ gets burned this time.

Looks like it would have been a penalty shot anyways.

[luapsided]

Bring chorney home now..usa's done

[USA]

That was JJ, I believe.

Nope, that was EJ

Canada with an open netter makes it 6-3.

[redwing77]

Helm ices the cake.

USA goes 0-2.

Now questions are:

1. Who is the player of the game?

2. Will USA win a game?

3. Can USA recover?

[sprig]

Nope, that was EJ

Canada with an open netter makes it 6-3.

Number 6, it was, not sure which Johnson that is.

[USA]

Canada is not more skilled than the US, but they play with more heart

[farce poobah]

Hey at least USA broke Canada's shutout streak, which was at 3.5 games before today.

[redwing77]

Number 6, it was, not sure which Johnson that is.

JJ is #3

EJ is #6

[USA]

Toews and Skille get player of the game

[redwing77]

Toews get player of the game.

[sappysieve]

Big win for Canada. I hope Johnny T can play like that when he comes back here.

[redwing77]

Big win for Canada. I hope Johnny T can play like that when he comes back here.

Though Toews hasn't scored at the clip he did last year thus far for the Sioux, he's not exactly playing poorly for the Sioux.

That being said, he's really doing well for Team Canada. Two games, two player of the game honors (one official, the other attributed by a third party, IIRC).

[sprig]

Germany over Slovakia 4-2

[Diggler]

What an absolute joke. What the hell is wrong with the USA? It's happened three straight years now and they've gotten worse each year. Next year they'll probably be relegated, that is if it doesn't happen this year.

They have the talent but never seem to use it. Yuck.

[redwing77]

What an absolute joke. What the hell is wrong with the USA? It's happened three straight years now and they've gotten worse each year. Next year they'll probably be relegated, that is if it doesn't happen this year.

They have the talent but never seem to use it. Yuck.

I didn't say anything about that because I don't know how the relegation system works, but if so, that's a truly sad situation to be in.

Maybe it's time to scrap the current practices entirely and start over.

Is there anything that can be done with the amount of time the team has to play/practice together to make it larger? Or are there certain regulations that they must follow?

[PCM]

What an absolute joke. What the hell is wrong with the USA? It's happened three straight years now and they've gotten worse each year. Next year they'll probably be relegated, that is if it doesn't happen this year.

They have the talent but never seem to use it. Yuck.

I think you need to question the system USA Hockey uses for selecting, coaching and training these teams. It seems to be very hit and miss -- mostly miss.

[Diggler]

I think the USA should consider the Canadian system of having a try-out camps.

The bottom two teams from Pool A play the bottom two teams from Pool B for relegation, I believe. That'll be the USA/Slovakia in one pool and Switzerland/Belarus, two teams the US can't beat, in the other pool.

[Goon]

Number 6, it was, not sure which Johnson that is.

Jack Johnson is 3 and EJ is 6.

[Goon]

I think you need to question the system USA Hockey uses for selecting, coaching and training these teams. It seems to be very hit and miss -- mostly miss.

I appears to be more of a beauty contest. I question too why Ryan wasn't on the team. The only thing I can think of is he was part of the problem from last season they were talking about. Apparently some of the players didn't get a long too well.

[sprig]

Jack Johnson is 3 and EJ is 6.

Guess it was EJ, then, that got picked and beat by Toews, forcing the stick throwing and penalty shot, then by Helm, who outskated him to the puck. Maybe too much ice time or too long a shift. Doesn't make a big difference, the US team is just not as all around good defensively and in goal as the Canadian team is.