[GDT] Finland vs. Canada, Mens Hockey at 10 AM Mountain

[CaptainYooh]

Not a single official web-site showing a clear live qualification schedule matrix. Very surprising and disappointing. Bush league...

[PeteLFan]

CP31 rides this tournament to the end.

[Drake]

I think it goes something like these. Sweden plays the winner of the Slovenia/Austria game. Finland plays the winner of the Russia/Norway game. Sweden/Russia is likely the Semi on this side of the bracket.

USA plays the winner of the Czech Republic/Slovakia game. Canada plays the winner of the Switzerland/Latvia game. USA/Canada likely the other Semi side on this side of the bracket.

[Azure]

Carter had a good game as well.

Lots of useless forwards tonight. Sharp, Kunitz, Crosby for starters. Unreal how Crosby can't get going.

[Stay Golden]

Expect the same kind of game against the Swiss. Canada needs to score 2 in the first to force the Swiss to change their defensive shell gameplan.
Start carving to the net and force hooking calls to get on the PP.

[GirlySports]

I was originally right. It is a bracket

IIHF

http://sochi2014.iihf.com/men/information/

After the Preliminary Round, 1D, 2D, 3D and 4D will receive a bye into the Quarter-Finals and will be named as the Home Team for their Quarter-Final pairing. The teams ranked 5-12 will play in the Qualification Playoff games called Group E with the following match-ups:

• 5D – 12D (Winner will become E1)
• 6D – 11D (Winner will become E2)
• 7D – 10D (Winner will become E3)
• 8D – 9D (Winner will become E4)

The four winning teams of the Qualification Playoff games will advance to the Quarter Final Round. The four losing teams of the Qualification Playoff games will be ranked 9 through 12 according to their ranking after the Preliminary Round.
The Quarter-Final Games will be played with the following match-ups (Group F ):

• 1D – E4 (Winner will become F1)
• 2D – E3 (Winner will become F2)
• 3D – E2 (Winner will become F3)
• 4D – E1 (Winner will become F4)

The four winning teams of the Quarter-Final games will advance to the Semi-Finals. The four losing teams of the Quarter Finals will be ranked 5 through 8 according to their ranking after the Preliminary Round.
The Semi-Final games will be played with the following match-ups. The home team will be the higher ranked team as determined at the completion of the Preliminary Round (Group D):

• F1 – F4
• F2 – F3

The two winning teams of the Semi-Finals will play for the Gold Medal while the two losing teams of the Semi-Finals will play for the Bronze Medal. The team with the higher Preliminary Round ranking will be the home team in each medal game.

Canada is 3D

[getbak]

Every game the Swiss have played so far has been a 1-0 final.

[flamesfan6]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hoc...#Quarterfinals

yes, they are reseeded after quarter final games, not the qualification round

[Itse]

Oh well.

Easy to be proud of the team after a game like this. Could't quite pull off the upset, but Canada really had to work for this one.

Team looks to be in pretty good spirits, obviously playing without pressure. Selänne says he's loving the big minutes.

Russia is no better than Canada, and they have huge pressures on them. We've got every chance of dropping them.

[GoFlamesGo1989]

That means no Canada vs USA in the final

[getbak]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hoc...#Quarterfinals

Quarters
1st vs E4
2nd vs E3
3rd vs E2
4th vs E1

I'd go with what the IIHF site says over Wikipedia, and it says there's no re-ranking.

Canada's next game is the winner of Switzerland/Latvia
If they win, it's the winner of USA/Czech/Slovakia
If they win, it's for gold against whoever is left

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by GoFlamesGo1989

That means no Canada vs USA in the final

If Canada does get to the gold medal game, I'd rather it be against Russia. Far more epic considering the setting. But I'm not liking having to play the Swiss, they always seem to know how to shut Canada down. And with the US playing strong and standing in the way there's a good chance Canada doesn't even end up in the final game if they continue to have so many passengers on this team

[Red John]

Originally Posted by getbak

Every game the Swiss have played so far has been a 1-0 final.

Yep, have won a lot of money betting the under in their games so far.

Watch them beat Latvia 1-0 as well on Tuesday. It was good for Canada to get the experience playing a frustrating game today, they'll have another one in the quarters.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

yes, they are reseeded after quarter final games, not the qualification round

Even then, it's not really reseeding after the QF since the rankings are only based on the winners of the various matchups which is still a bracket format. In 2010 with the same format #6 ranked Canada played #7 ranked Slovakia while #1 ranked USA played #4 ranked Finland in the SF.

[flamesfan6]

Originally Posted by getbak

I'd go with what the IIHF site says over Wikipedia, and it says there's no re-ranking.

Canada's next game is the winner of Switzerland/Latvia
If they win, it's the winner of USA/Czech/Slovakia
If they win, it's for gold against whoever is left

wikipedia article is right, girlysports just confused which round it was talking about

[flamesfan6]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Even then, it's not really reseeding after the QF since the rankings are only based on the winners of the various matchups which is still a bracket format. In 2010 with the same format #6 ranked Canada played #7 ranked Slovakia while #1 ranked USA played #4 ranked Finland in the SF.

The winners of the quarters get new ranks, so in the semis it becomes 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3

either way end of story is we play the winner of switzerland/latvia, then if we win we play the winner of US/(czech/slovakia)

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

yes, they are reseeded after quarter final games, not the qualification round

I don't think they will re-seed after the quarters either from reading the IIHF one.

forget the reseeding thing, I'm just dumb.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

wikipedia article is right, girlysports just confused which round it was talking about

No, there's no re-ranking after the quarterfinals either. There is no way Canada and the USA will meet in the gold medal game. There is no way Canada will play either Sweden or Russia except for a medal.

[_Q_]

If there's any team that can pull off an upset, it's Switzerland. I seriously hope Latvia can find a way to win their game.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

I think the diagram is correct, I don't believe there is any reseeding after qualification, think it's a straight up bracket.

http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/c...mpics-men.html





edit - we'll play latvia or switzerland

thats from 2010 though isn't it?