World Juniors - Buffalo 2018

[PrezdeJohnson09]

Just a sloppy game.
- Was it me, or did several US players look like they had vaseline on their sticks? I swear Fox had a shift in the first period where the puck slid off his stick three times. Others had similar challenges.
- Sweden did a good job of limiting the US' ability to play their cycling game. I'm really not sure how they did it - they weren't overly physical. Just good positioning I guess.
- Can't blame Woll on those two shorties, or at least certainly not the second one. You can't shoot a puck further into the corner of the net than that.
- Related, who plays in net for the bronze? I of course would like to see Oettinger get the nod. But I'm guessing it will be Woll again.

Hope Oettinger gets it.

[joecct]

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Article in TO Star about the lack of fannies in the seats.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/opini...d-juniors.html

[chickod]

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Bellows and Mittelstadt certainly had talent...

Mittelstadt may have "talent" but he'd better learn to pass the puck before he gets to the NHL. All I heard all tournament was how "unselfish" he was. And all I saw was the puck continuously glued to his stick. When Eichel did that he made a play. Mittelstadt ended up going nowhere. What did it for me was the 3 on 0. You have two guys standing in front of the net waiting for tap ins. PASS THE PUCK!!! Geez...instead he skates in and tries to beat the goalie. The ONLY option the goalie has is to play the shooter. Unbelievable. It's one thing to control the puck and accomplish something, but quite different to just show off. I'm not impressed.

[Russell Jaslow]

Just a sloppy game.
- Was it me, or did several US players look like they had vaseline on their sticks? I swear Fox had a shift in the first period where the puck slid off his stick three times. Others had similar challenges.
- Sweden did a good job of limiting the US' ability to play their cycling game. I'm really not sure how they did it - they weren't overly physical. Just good positioning I guess.
- Can't blame Woll on those two shorties, or at least certainly not the second one. You can't shoot a puck further into the corner of the net than that.
- Related, who plays in net for the bronze? I of course would like to see Oettinger get the nod. But I'm guessing it will be Woll again.

Motzko said it will most likely be Oettinger.

[Russell Jaslow]

Mittelstadt may have "talent" but he'd better learn to pass the puck before he gets to the NHL. All I heard all tournament was how "unselfish" he was. And all I saw was the puck continuously glued to his stick. When Eichel did that he made a play. Mittelstadt ended up going nowhere. What did it for me was the 3 on 0. You have two guys standing in front of the net waiting for tap ins. PASS THE PUCK!!! Geez...instead he skates in and tries to beat the goalie. The ONLY option the goalie has is to play the shooter. Unbelievable. It's one thing to control the puck and accomplish something, but quite different to just show off. I'm not impressed.

Then you’re not going to like my feature I just wrote on him. :-)

[Split-N]

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Article in TO Star about the lack of fannies in the seats.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/opini...d-juniors.html

The article is a very compelling read but it's only tangentially about fannies in the seats. The real meat-on-the-bones is the part about the IIHF essentially whoring itself out to ensure the Czars of international athletic doping can play in the Olympic hockey tournament, despite IOC sanctions that essentially ban the Mother Country.

[joecct]

The article is a very compelling read but it's only tangentially about fannies in the seats. The real meat-on-the-bones is the part about the IIHF essentially whoring itself out to ensure the Czars of international athletic doping can play in the Olympic hockey tournament, despite IOC sanctions that essentially ban the Mother Country.

The Koreans were trying to get anyone good banned so they have a chance at a medal.

[chickod]

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Then you’re not going to like my feature I just wrote on him. :-)

Probably true...

[D2D]

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Mittelstadt may have "talent" but he'd better learn to pass the puck before he gets to the NHL. All I heard all tournament was how "unselfish" he was. And all I saw was the puck continuously glued to his stick. When Eichel did that he made a play. Mittelstadt ended up going nowhere. What did it for me was the 3 on 0. You have two guys standing in front of the net waiting for tap ins. PASS THE PUCK!!! Geez...instead he skates in and tries to beat the goalie. The ONLY option the goalie has is to play the shooter. Unbelievable. It's one thing to control the puck and accomplish something, but quite different to just show off. I'm not impressed.

I couldn't watch all the games but from what I saw there were MANY times when he set up his wings on point blank chances that were not converted. He should have at least double the number of assists that the official stats give him credit for. Not saying he's been perfect (nobody is!) but I do think you're being overly critical.

[joecct]

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Hardly anyone there for the 3rd place game.

[Russell Jaslow]

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Oettinger starting. Woll not dressed. Swayman is the backup.

Frederic with a steal at the blueline for a shorthanded breakaway goal with 3.4 seconds left in the first.

[Russell Jaslow]

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And nine seconds into the second, Poehling fires in a rebound from the slot.

[Russell Jaslow]

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Tkachuk attempts a centering pass, but the goalie winds up deflecting it into his own net. Funny thing is, Tkachuk should have shot it himself in the first place. Now they give the goal to Joey Anderson. I didn’t see him touch it, but I'm pretty far away. They were all congratulating Tkachuk.

The Czechs change their goaltender.

[Russell Jaslow]

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The new goalie didn’t make a difference. 4-0.

Hughes passed it from left to right down low to Frederic who one-timed it for his second of the night.

[Russell Jaslow]

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Penalty shot. Bellows. 5-0.

Bellows ties the American record for most goals in a single tournament at eight with Jeremy Roenick.