2015 World Junior Championships

[alslammerz]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

Demand competent officiating. And not suck on the power play.

It gets tough to complain about the officiating when final PP count was only 8-6 Russia, 5 in a row aside.

[Dirty]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

It gets tough to complain about the officiating when final PP count was only 8-6 Russia, 5 in a row aside.

Well it can be competent all around so they don't have to screw a team to end the game since they screwed the other team to start the game. But having a powerplay that isn't terrible would be a real answer since you can't actually expect international officiating to ever be competent.

[J.D.]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

Youth and an over-rated offense were the demise of this team.

ya, definitely too many non factors up front. are there forwards that were left off the team who people think could have made a difference?

[vizoroo]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

just never saw the offensive punch i was expecting

Congratulations to my favorite Will Butcher, Larkin, and Fasching . (Although wolverines, gophers and norovirus are pretty much equal--JMO.)
I know Eichel was the heralded star, media favorite, etc., but along with the power play a disappointing WJC.
And to this point, Connor MacDavid hasn't been much better for Canada.

Would love it if the Cinderella Danes could take out Canada.

And now back to cawlidge hockey.

[JF_Gophers]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

USA is constantly overrated by US fans in international tournaments. We are the 5th best team most of the time and it ends up showing.

[The Zlax45]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

Demand competent officiating. And not suck on the power play.

I didn't think the refs made bad calls at all...Kinda of tough to give the refs heck when the USA players are high sticking players in the face and tripping guys in the middle of the ice.

[Parker Ranger]

USA is constantly overrated by US fans in international tournaments. We are the 5th best team most of the time and it ends up showing.

CAN, SWE, RUS, ... , USA? Who was the fourth best team coming in? This is a hugely disappointing result.

[UML Puck Hawk]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

Finland probably

[Bonin21]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

I'd love to see someone that said we were the fifth best team coming in.

[Slap Shot]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

Revisiting the Canadian team, I feel like they've played with a bigger edge and nastier ever since the game in Grand Forks several years back. They were chirping and using their sticks even before the first puck drop and I've noticed that edge every tournament since. US plays like the Wild - soft.

[mnstate0fhockey]

USA is constantly overrated by US fans in international tournaments. We are the 5th best team most of the time and it ends up showing.

Ridiculous

[Twister]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

I saw all of Team USA's games, along with many of the other games, and this result is a major disappointment. This team was good enough to contend for a medal and certainly good enough to beat Russia.

Eichel tried too much to be a one-man show--it didn't work. He needed to be a better teammate and use the guys around him. I put that on Osiecki and the coaches.

Watching the PP was an exercise in frustration. Too much standing around and not enough urgency to get to the net and bang in a tough one.

This is always a great event to watch if for no other reason than I get to sit and watch kids from all over the NCAA get together and put on the USA jersey.

[Sisyphus]

Re: 2015 World Junior Championships

The USA needs more kids from Minnesota and Boston. Problem solved.

[Bomber]

The USA needs more kids from Minnesota and Boston. Problem solved.

And Herb Brooks.

[Greyeagle]

And Herb Brooks.

My son just said they should give Torts a shot. For the entertainment value alone it might be worth it.