[Red John]

First time watching a non-Canada game in this tournament.

Goodness gracious is European hockey a sissy sport. There is literally zero body contact. The body check doesn't exist. Sure there's a pins to the boards on the cycle but defensemen never have to worry about getting hit by a forechecker.

D-men have to be very good at reading plays and keeping position and this Slovakia-Slovenia game is not river hockey - it's actually very defensive but my goodness it's a different game they play across the ocean.

It's no wonder Euro refs are so incompetent - they aren't used to hockey being a contact sport.