World Juniors -- Anybody? Bueller?

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: World Juniors -- Anybody? Bueller?

Question though - does the 10min 4x4 then shootout also apply to the gold medal game? That would be insanely stupid.

If they are playing by the same international rules as the Olympics do, the gold medal game would have a 20-minute OT before a shootout.

[Shirtless Guy]

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I believe you are correct.

And from what I heard, it came down to Pittsburgh and Buffalo, and the one thing that tipped the scale was when Buffalo offered up the Bills stadium for the USA-Canada game. It's helpful when the same guy owns the Sabres and Bills who also helped with the bidding process...

How is this going to work? USA & Canada aren't scheduled to play each other next year because they both made the gold medal game?

[Shirtless Guy]

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Good read on the state of the WJC: http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/ar...est-for-hockey

[FlagDUDE08]

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How is this going to work? USA & Canada aren't scheduled to play each other next year because they both made the gold medal game?

They'll probably put Sweden and Russia together...

[MaizeRage]

Re: World Juniors -- Anybody? Bueller?

How is this going to work? USA & Canada aren't scheduled to play each other next year because they both made the gold medal game?

The hosts can petition the IIHF to change the groups around, and it is almost always granted. It definitely will in this case with the huge financial incentive. So they'll probably swap either Russia or Sweden out of the US group and put Canada in.

[icehawk]

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Sweden dominated the Russians the first period outshooting them 15-3 but no score. Of course Russia comes out and scores in the first 16 seconds of the 2nd and lead 1-0.

[icehawk]

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Swedes tie it at 1. Russians go on the power play

[icehawk]

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Russia takes bronze in overtime.

[FlagDUDE08]

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WJC GAME RESET

Time: 0:00

Score:
T USA:
T CAN:

Power Plays:
USA:
CAN:

[icehawk]

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Both teams with great chances right off the bat

[FlagDUDE08]

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[icehawk]

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1-0 Canada

[FlagDUDE08]

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Guess they're not calling anything... of course we're in Montréal, so it's whatever the crowd wants.

[FlagDUDE08]

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WJC GAME RESET

Time: 6:56

Score:
T USA:
T CAN:

Power Plays:
USA:
CAN:

[chickod]

Guess they're not calling anything... of course we're in Montréal, so it's whatever the crowd wants.

Yup. Looks like a complete free for all. If that continues I don't see much chance for US.