[GDT] WJC Day 5: SUI vs RUS. KAZ vs SVK

[sureLoss]

Canada, Sweden, USA, Finland, Denmark, and the Czechs have no games today.





Group A: Switzerland vs Russia. 6pm MT. TSN 2.
Can the Swiss pull an upset and beat the Russians? If they can, there is a chance they can finish 2nd in group A.



Group B: Kazakhstan vs Slovakia. 8:30pm MT. TSN 2
This is the last round robin game for Slovakia. Slovakia MUST win this game to avoid playing in the relegation round.

#21 Adam Ruzicka
#25 Martin Pospisil
#26 Milos Roman

[sureLoss]

Swiss are up 2-0 on Russia 10 minutes into the first.

[puffnstuff]

Tied at 3 with 3 mins left in second.
Swiss just got two penalty shots on the same play, scored on neither.
The Russian dman tripped a swiss guy twice on the same breakaway.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Tied at 3 with 3 mins left in second.
Swiss just got two penalty shots on the same play, scored on neither.
The Russian dman tripped a swiss guy twice on the same breakaway.

I did not know that was possible.

Now the Russians take a 5 minute butt-ending major.

[Jiri Hrdina]

I've never heard of that before. Isn't a penalty shot awarded on the basis of taking away the break away opportunity. How could you award two PS's for one breakaway?
weird

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I've never heard of that before. Isn't a penalty shot awarded on the basis of taking away the break away opportunity. How could you award two PS's for one breakaway?
weird

Two trips on the same breakaway. I think that was the right call.

And man, TSN has no idea what the rules are. In the intermission they are talking about how this is the only way you could have two goals at one time on the scoreclock. That's not allowed. If the Swiss had scored on the first penalty shot, the second would have been reduced to a minor penalty.

[GirlySports]

International reffing actually makes more sense now. NHL reffing is manufactured.

[wwkayaker]

The penalty shots made sense given how the play developed. The butt end was pretty weak but still a major.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

The penalty shots made sense given how the play developed. The butt end was pretty weak but still a major.

The Swiss player sold it too, but that was clearly a butt end. Swiss player should have gotten a slashing minor though.

[GirlySports]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1079571384114786304

[browna]

Is that the ref flashing the international sign for penalty shot or is that the sign for two penalty shots? Either way I like it.

[Resolute 14]

That's the international sign for a penalty shot, yes.

[FlamesAddiction]

Has that ever happened in the NHL?

[looooob]

Well so much for that game- was a lot of fun

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Has that ever happened in the NHL?

Don't think so. According to Wikipedia, it has happened once in the ECHL though. In 2009. One for a player being hauled down on a breakaway, and the second after the net was deliberately dislodged inside the final two minutes of regulation. The goalie stopped both shots there too.

[Jiri Hrdina]

I’m utterly confused by tsn’s App
It says the score is 7-4 but lists six Swiss goals
Is it 7-4 or 7-6?

[Resolute 14]

7-4 final.

[Resolute 14]

And BTW, I'm so happy to see Hockey Canada finally doing it right by having a major host city and a minor host city. No more of this all games in Vancouver or Ottawa, or Calgary/Edmonton, Toronto/Montreal pairing ####. Let the smaller centres - like Victoria - enjoy the party too.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

7-4 final.

Thx
Looks like who is handling the app updates counted both penalty shots as goals

[sureLoss]

Ruzicka scored a goal!

Slovakia up 2-0 32 seconds into the game

Pospisil assisted on Ruzicka goal

Roman assisted on the other Slovak goal