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

[Strange Brew]

If you were still able to get a breakaway after the first trip, shouldn’t that first call have been a penalty vs. a penalty shot? The first infraction did not result in the loss of a clear scoring chance.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

If you were still able to get a breakaway after the first trip, shouldn’t that first call have been a penalty vs. a penalty shot? The first infraction did not result in the loss of a clear scoring chance.

I think it did, personally. You can't punish the Swiss player for not giving up and creating a second clear scoring chance after the fact.

i.e.: I'm pretty sure that if you get hauled down on a breakaway, but recover the puck and your team still gets a good shot on the delayed penalty, it is still a penalty shot because your hard work after the infraction doesn't negate the fact that a clear scoring chance was initially taken away.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Roman has scored the 8th Slovak goal to put them up 8-0.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Now 9-1, still in the 2nd.

Ruzicka - 2g, 1a
Roman - 1g, 1a
Pospisil - 1a

[getbak]

Originally Posted by 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.

Yeah, it works well. 2 years from now, it's Edmonton and Red Deer.

Once the new arena gets built, they could do a Calgary-Lethbridge or Calgary-Medicine Hat tournament.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

11-2 final, Ruzicka is named player of the game.

[Samonadreau]

Its pretty clear there is a steep drop off after the 'Top 8' right now in Junior Hockey.

[Resolute 14]

Not even a top 8.

There's the top six, then Switzerland and Slovakia, then a giant cliff that everyone else sits at the bottom of.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Not even a top 8.

There's the top six, then Switzerland and Slovakia, then a giant cliff that everyone else sits at the bottom of.

Ya, but at least Slovaks and Swiss (and Czechs) make games interesting. USA only beat Slovakia 2-1 and Canada only beat Switzerland 3-2. There are ledges from 1 through 8 but there is a cliff after that to the point the games aren't even entertaining.