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NBC · 02-27-2010, 07:22 AM

Not sure how anyone can say the Slovaks played a sound game. They played an eight minute game and were brutal for the first 52 minutes. Nine shots through 2+ periods and few decent chances and next to no offensive pressure. Outside of that end of the game fire drill where Team Canada were collectively crapping their knickers, I thought they were poor. Stacking 5 across the blueline for 50 minutes might be a somewhat effective way of keeping your opponents from getting their chances, but they created almost nothing in terms of offense for the vast majority of the game.

I think the biggest question is how did Team Canada fail (almost to a man) to deal with Slovakia at the end of the game. Might have been the worst 8 minutes of International hockey I have seen in many a year.

02-27-2010, 07:22 AM	#513
NBC Account closed at user's request. Join Date: Jul 2009 Exp:	Not sure how anyone can say the Slovaks played a sound game. They played an eight minute game and were brutal for the first 52 minutes. Nine shots through 2+ periods and few decent chances and next to no offensive pressure. Outside of that end of the game fire drill where Team Canada were collectively crapping their knickers, I thought they were poor. Stacking 5 across the blueline for 50 minutes might be a somewhat effective way of keeping your opponents from getting their chances, but they created almost nothing in terms of offense for the vast majority of the game. I think the biggest question is how did Team Canada fail (almost to a man) to deal with Slovakia at the end of the game. Might have been the worst 8 minutes of International hockey I have seen in many a year.