Ice Hockey 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[hckošice 15,824]

Just now, dcro said:

Time for the final third...

 

Quite nice attendance. what about the atmosphere ?

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, hckosice said:

 

Quite nice attendance. what about the atmosphere ?

 

It's decent. There are some "pro fans" with a drum who lead the cheering. Others join occasionally.

[dcro 10,210]

Linz wins 5:2, including one empty net goal... Well, at least there was a decent number of goals.

[hckošice 15,824]

Artur Kayumov from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl is banned for 13 matches after he completely lost his minds during the KHL game against Jokerit Helsinki two days ago. In the 48th minute firstly he almost killed the Jokerit defencer Jesper Jensen and then started to punch the referee

 

and it´s a supposed Chicago Blackhawks prospect ! Kayumov, the new Darwin award winner

 

[hckošice 15,824]

2nd International Break will start tomorrow, with the 2nd stage of the Euro Hockey Tour in Russia, the Lucerne Cup (former Arosa Challenge) in Switzerland and only 1 Challenger tournament this time, the traditional Meca Games in Norway.

 

December 2018 International Break

Thursday 13.12.2018 - SCHEDULE

 

EURO HOCKEY TOUR

(STAGE 2/4 - ONE CHANNEL CUP ) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament

Day 1

18:30  Finland - Czech Republic   (*Tampere, FIN)

18:45  Sweden - Russia

EURO HOCKEY TOUR 2018/19 Cumulative Standing after Games 3/12: 1. RUS 6, 2. FIN 6, 3. CZE 3, 4. SWE 3

 

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Lucerne Cup - 4 Nations, Knock-Out Tournament, Semifinals, winners will qualify for the Gold Medal Match, losers for the Bronze Medal Match

Semifinals

16:15  Russia "B" - Slovakia

20:15  Switzerland - Austria

 

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Lorenskog (Norway) Challenger (MECA Games) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament

Day 1

16:00  France - Hungary

20:00  Norway - Belarus

 

[phelps 8,403]

1 ora fa, hckosice ha scritto:

2nd International Break will start tomorrow, with the 2nd stage of the Euro Hockey Tour in Russia, the Lucerne Cup (former Arosa Challenge) in Switzerland and only 1 Challenger tournament this time, the traditional Meca Games in Norway.

 

December 2018 International Break

Thursday 12.12.2018 - SCHEDULE

 

EURO HOCKEY TOUR

(STAGE 2/4 - ONE CHANNEL CUP ) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament

Day 1

18:30  Finland - Czech Republic   (*Tampere, FIN)

18:45  Sweden - Russia

EURO HOCKEY TOUR 2018/19 Cumulative Standing after Games 3/12: 1. RUS 6, 2. FIN 6, 3. CZE 3, 4. SWE 3

 

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Lucerne Cup - 4 Nations, Knock-Out Tournament, Semifinals, winners will qualify for the Gold Medal Match, losers for the Bronze Medal Match

Semifinals

16:15  Russia "B" - Slovakia

20:15  Switzerland - Austria

 

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Lorenskog (Norway) Challenger (MECA Games) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament

Day 1

16:00  France - Hungary

20:00  Norway - Belarus

 

 

tomorrow it's Thursday, Dec. 13th

[hckošice 15,824]

Miserable shooting efficiency once again...This season it´s clearly our biggest issue. At least 3 clear goal chances missed, one to a half empty net from some 2 meters, but we still managed to shoot wide, then a Rssian attack a couple of seconds later ofc finished by their winning goal even in the last minute empty netter power play we threw away one huge chance...obviously this roster is far from the team that will play the WCh...but the lack of strikers we noticed in the Deutschland Cup team and in todays game is quite worrying for the future

[phelps 8,403]

2 ore fa, hckosice ha scritto:

Miserable shooting efficiency once again...This season it´s clearly our biggest issue. At least 3 clear goal chances missed, one to a half empty net from some 2 meters, but we still managed to shoot wide, then a Rssian attack a couple of seconds later ofc finished by their winning goal even in the last minute empty netter power play we threw away one huge chance...obviously this roster is far from the team that will play the WCh...but the lack of strikers we noticed in the Deutschland Cup team and in todays game is quite worrying for the future

 

to be honest, it was quite a boring match...

this Russia "2" is really a modest team, but SVK didn't do anything to put them under serious pressure, especially when the score was still tied...

by the way, I also noticed that SVK gave up too many stupid penalties...and this lack of discipline may hurt the team more than the poor shooting efficiency, as you just can't even try to build some chances if you spend most of the time killing pens...

 

meanwhile, the EHT match between FIN and CZE was quite entertaining, especially in the 3rd period, when CZE did comeback from a 0-3 hole to a 3-3 tie before the great Dominik Kubalik gave them the final victory at the shootouts (he first tied the lone Finnish score in the "regular" series of 5 GWS with the last shot and then won it with the 1st extra-GWS)...

as a fan of Ambrì Piotta, I couldn't be happier, right now...

 

unfortunately, i couldn't watch the other EHT game, where Russia won (3-2) also at the shootouts against Sweden in Moscow...

it should have been a good one, too...

Edited December 13, 2018 by phelps

[hckošice 15,824]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

to be honest, it was quite a boring match...

this Russia "2" is really a modest team, but SVK didn't do anything to put them under serious pressure, especially when the score was still tied...

by the way, I also noticed that SVK gave up too many stupid penalties...and this lack of discipline may hurt the team more than the poor shooting efficiency, as you just can't even try to build some chances if you spend most of the time killing pens... 

 

Sure, it´s not the strongest Russian squad ever, but I don´t think this team is so modest, almost the same roster won the Deutschland Cup last month, it´s still a team formed by young KHL players and potential Russian A team for next years.

 

But I do agree, that the match was quite boring, all our matches may looks like this now, this is the game play under Craig Ramsey. We focus more on the well organized defense, if you take a look on our matches since Ramsey became the coach, you´ll hardly find a game when our opponent scored against us more than 2-3 goals. also his biggest mark is our penalty killing. Last WCh for example SVK was the best team in PK stats, if I remember correctly we received only 1 goal during opponents power plays. the same in the Deutschland Cup, I was just amazed by our play during opponents PPs. Today (even if not in so impressive way I must admit) it was still again a 100% PK efficiency for us against Russia "B" even if they played, like you noticed, quite a lot of PPs.

looks any team we send to a international tournament, this is a thing they trains the most now,

 

The problem is really the offensive part. It´s very bad, we need a lot of chances to score a goal. We really need to finally find some real top scorers..this task will be the biggest challenge for Ramsey before the WCh.

[hckošice 15,824]

December 2018 International Break

Thursday 13.12.2018 - RESULTS

 

EURO HOCKEY TOUR

(STAGE 2/4 - ONE CHANNEL CUP ) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament

Day 1

18:30  Finland - Czech Republic   3-4 After Penalty Shoot-Out   (*Tampere, FIN)

18:45  Sweden - Russia   2-3 After Penalty Shoot-Out

Provisional Standing After Day 1: 1. CZE 2, 2. RUS 2, 3. FIN 1, 4. SWE 1

EURO HOCKEY TOUR 2018/19 Cumulative Standing after Games 4/12: 1. RUS 8, 2. FIN 7, 3. CZE 5, 4. SWE 4

 

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Lucerne Cup - 4 Nations, Knock-Out Tournament, Semifinals, winners will qualify for the Gold Medal Match, losers for the Bronze Medal Match

Semifinals

16:15  Russia "B" - Slovakia   2-1

20:15  Switzerland - Austria   3-1

 

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Lorenskog (Norway) Challenger (MECA Games) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament

Day 1

16:00  France - Hungary   3-0

20:00  Norway - Belarus   6-1

Provisional Standing After Day 1: 1. NOR 3, 2. FRA 3, 3. HUN 0, 4. BLR 0