Go Team Canada!

[Ravirn]

BOOYA!

Looks like we're off to the right start in Junior hockey:

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/Jun.../12273656.html

Looks like Sweden is burning up the ice, too.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/Jun...273266-cp.html

Awesome!

[DGthe3]

I missed the 1st period and saw it was 5-0. I stuck around to see how wide a margin we would win by. Its impressive and sadening to see a game where you score more goals in the first 2 periods than the other team has shots durring the entire game. They need to change the tie-breaker rules to discourage running up the score like that. And its not just Canada, 10-1 Sweden vs Czeck Republic? Maybe use goals against as the #2 tie breaker and points spread as #3? As it is now, the differential is #2 and goals for is #3.

[SQUALO]

I don't care how lopsided the game was, as long as we got the

WIN!

[Merc]

Just win baby.

[DGthe3]

Don't get me wrong, I love seeing team Canada kick ass. Its that it seems wrong when the rules encourage blowouts like we saw yesterday.

[SQUALO]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

Don't get me wrong, I love seeing team Canada kick ass. Its that it seems wrong when the rules encourage blowouts like we saw yesterday.

Rules do not encourage blowouts . It's a shame that in a blowout, one team looks really bad, however, the winning team shows talent & chemistry.

Just to put things into perspective, I know very well, that our team could experience the same, if we meet a better team, at any time.

[Merc]

Originally Posted by SQUALO

Rules do not encourage blowouts . It's a shame that in a blowout, one team looks really bad, however, the winning team shows talent & chemistry.

Just to put things into perspective, I know very well, that our team could experience the same, if we meet a better team, at any time.

Correct! Total goals are tie breaking factor. No Mercy in this tourney.

Not much chance of that.

[DH]

Just received my white LT on the the 23rd of December. great Xmas present to myself. Had it out in snow and freezing rain and was better than my old 06 Charger. Ordered on October 23rd. Exactly 60 days,


What a car. Its my 4th.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by SQUALO

Rules do not encourage blowouts . It's a shame that in a blowout, one team looks really bad, however, the winning team shows talent & chemistry.

Just to put things into perspective, I know very well, that our team could experience the same, if we meet a better team, at any time.

Perhaps I misused 'blowout'. Running up the score is much more accurate for what I meant. Any way you wish to describe it, the tournament rules encourage it:

Originally Posted by IIHF

If two teams are tied on equality of points in the standings, the following tie breaking criteria applies:

1. Head-to-head (mutual) games between the teams concerned.
2. Overall goal differential.
3. Higher number of goals scored for.
4. Game Winning Shot competition between the teams concerned.

#2 and #3 encourage running up the score as much as possible for each round robin game. If Canada doesn't then the Russians will so if we are tied in points, we'd get shafted for being nice. Thats why I suggest using goals against then the differential. It reduces the incentive to run up the score.

Those kids played a great game. I'm sure it went a long way towards turning a collection of players into a unified team, which will be needed later in the tournament. I'm eager to see what they do against the Swiss tomorrow, though I'll be surprised if we win by less than 5.

[Ravirn]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

I'm eager to see what they do against the Swiss tomorrow, though I'll be surprised if we win by less than 5.

Agreed!

[SQUALO]

Originally Posted by DH

Just received my white LT on the the 23rd of December. great Xmas present to myself. Had it out in snow and freezing rain and was better than my old 06 Charger. Ordered on October 23rd. Exactly 60 days,


What a car. Its my 4th.

Congratulations, I think you put this in the wrong thread.

[Merc]

Originally Posted by SQUALO

Congratulations, I think you put this in the wrong thread.

I agee GO CANADA GO!

[djsnoflake]

It's not even fair......... I feel bad for these other teams

[Ravirn]

Taken from TSN.ca

SCORING SUMMARY
-------------------
December 26th, 2009

Canada 16, Latvia 0

First Period
1. Canada - Bourque (Ellis, Cormier), 0:36.
2. Canada - Kadri (Pietrangelo, Hall) PP, 4:22
3. Canada - Bourque (Schenn), PP, 6:39
4. Canada - Adam (Della Rovere), 11:43
5. Canada - Cormier (Hamonic, Bourque), 17:52
Second Period
6. Canada - Eberle (McMillan, Pietrangelo), 4:49
7. Canada - Hamonic (Pietrangelo), 9:28
8. Canada - Kadri (Hall), 10:26
9. Canada - Kozun (Bourque, Schenn) PP, 18:50
10. Canada - Eberle (Pietrangelo) PP, 19:40
11. Canada - Henrique (Bourque), 19:57
Third Period
12. Canada - Cormier (Kozun), 1:33.
13. Canada - McMillan (Kozun, Adam) PP, 4:35
14. Canada - Kozun (Cormier, Bourque), 9:19
15. Canada - Bourque (Kozun), 18:28
16. Canada - Adam (Caron, Della Rovere), 19:32
Goaltenders
Canada – Jake Allen.
Latvia – Raimonds Ermics (out at 9:09 of 1st), Janis Kalnins.


SCORING SUMMARY
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December 28th, 2009

Canada 6, Switzerland 0

First Period
1. Canada - McMillan (Eberle, Schenn), 0:23
2. Canada - Pietrangelo (Hall, Eberle) PP, 8:14
Second Period
3. Canada - Kadri (Ellis, Hamonic) PP, 1:06
4. Canada - Eberle (Ellis, Kadri) PP, 1:26
5. Canada - McMillan (Eberle, de Haan), 3:42
Third Period
6. Canada - McMillan (Cowen, Eberle) PP, 19:23
Goaltenders
Canada - Jake Allen
Switzerland - Benjamin Conz


SCORING SUMMARY
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December 29th, 2009

Canada -. Slovakia -

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