Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018

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19 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

naaaa...you should be a little bit more trustful to your youngsters...

just joking...but wow! that was quite a surprise by SVK...yesterday's win, I mean...

hopefully now they don't lose focus on their main goal and don't waste it all in the next 2 matches (especially the last one, probably the most important of all in any case, unless they can add another point in the standings aftr the game against the Finns)...

 

by the way, very nice match between Czech Republic and Sweden, with the Scandinavians being a lot stronger in the first period and the Czechs trying to comeback in the second...

in the third period the Czechs raised the pressure, but they couldn't close the gap, meanwhile the Swedes showed their killer instinct and took the 3 points in the standings...

 

p.s. I still remember the match between Italy and Sweden at the 1992 Worlds (in Prague and Bratislava)...we got one of the best results of our history (a 0-0 draw), but the shooting score was 89-1 for Sweden

so, I'm quite expert in this kind of "humiliating superiority", at least for what concerns the overall level of play...

 

p.p.s. guess who was elected as the "man of the match" in that game?

yes! you're right! It was our goalie...David Delfino on that given day, to be precise...

 

This was not a surprise, this was clearly a absolute and pure miracle Man, even in our betting companies there were odds around 36.5:1 for our win

 

but I must admit, I was extremely pleasantly surprised by the performance, a total opposite of the one day earlier game against Canada. I mean, the team spirit and the will was clearly visible, the guys just wanted to win this match, and the goal of Samuel Buček (Undrafted player !!!!) was something I´ll remember for quite a long while.

 

Here the jewel live in our TV

 

 

it was something around 4:15 AM here and  it was clearly to hear huge enjoying explosions throughout the building here. I remember a huge GOALLLLL comming from my upper neighbors

 

but yeah, to beat the reigning world champions on their soil and stop their epic winning streak is a moment of pride for our hockey and sport. now hopefully this will not be our only brilliant moment, we still have the match of our tournament to play against Denmark, only after that game we will know if this tournament is successful.

 

Haha I see, well Italy was always considered to have great goalies.

 

 

 

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Here the schedule of Day 4

 

 

2018 IIHF World Junior Championship
In Buffalo, , 26 December 2017 to 5 January 2018

 

Friday December 29th, 2017 -

Preliminary Round

Day 4 Schedule (GMT -5)

 

 

Group A

15:00  Canada vs United States    (Outdoor Open air match in Football stadium - in New Era Field)

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Rest Day: Denmark, Finland, Slovakia

 

Group B

12:00  Belarus vs Russia    (in Harborcenter)

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Rest Day: Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland

 

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2018 IIHF World Junior Championship
In Buffalo, , 26 December 2017 to 5 January 2018

 

Friday December 29th, 2017 -

Preliminary Round

Day 4 Results (GMT -5)

 

 

Group A

15:00  Canada  3 - 4GWS  United States    (Outdoor Open air match in Football stadium - in New Era Field)

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Rest Day: Denmark, Finland, Slovakia

 

 

Provisional Standing After Day 4:

1. Canada  7 pts, 2. USA  5 pts, 3. Finland  3 pts, 4. Slovakia  3 pts, 5. Denmark  0 pts.

 

 

Group B

12:00  Belarus  2 - 5  Russia    (in Harborcenter)

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Rest Day: Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland

 

 

Provisional Standing After Day 4:

1. Sweden  6 pts, 2. Russia  6 pts, 3. Czech Republic  3 pts, 4. Switzerland  3 pts, 5. Belarus  0 pts.

 

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MEN´S UNDER 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

 

 

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BELARUS - RUSSIA   2-5

Preliminary Round: Group B

 

Goals:

43. Deryabin 1:3, 51. Pishuk 2:5 - 11. Polodyan 0:1, 13. Rubtsov 0:2, 24. K. Kostin 0:3, 45. Kayumov 1:4, 49. K. Kostin 1:5
at Harborcenter December 29th, 2017. (12:00 h.)

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

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MEN´S UNDER 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

 

 

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CANADA - UNITED STATES   3-4 After GWS

Preliminary Round: Group A

 

Goals:

5. Makar 1:0, 16. Dubé 2:0, 38. R. Thomas 3:1 - 37. Bellows 2:1, 47. Perunovich 3:2, 47. B. Tkachuk 3:3, GWS: Bellows 3-4 After GWS
Outdoor Open Air match in Football Stadium at New Era Field, December 29th, 2017. (15:00 h.)

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

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Here the schedule of Day 5

 

 

2018 IIHF World Junior Championship
In Buffalo, , 26 December 2017 to 5 January 2018

 

Saturday December 30th, 2017 -

Preliminary Round

Day 5 Schedule (GMT -5)

 

 

Group A

16:00  Finland vs Slovakia    (in Key Bank Center)

20:00  Denmark vs Canada    (in Key Bank Center)

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Rest Day: United States

 

Group B

12:00  Czech Republic vs Belarus    (in Key Bank Center)

14:00  Sweden vs Switzerland    (in Harborcenter)

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Rest Day: Russia

 

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One more return to the incredible win against USA. That feeling when it´s your anthem which is played after a match against the reigning world champions on their soil

 

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Miracles do not happen every day Congrats Finland for the deserved win, but what weird and silly mistakes we did today is not normal, the 4th Finland´s goal ! I have no words, a "own goal" directly from winning face off, is something we really don´t see so often also the 5th goal was pretty embarassing...pity with some better luck a point from this match was not so impossible to earn, but you just can not succeed against such powerhouse as the Suomis are with producing so many idiotic faults..but well, once again, we are still speaking about 18-19 years kids

 

all in all, we are back to our original and only goal of this tournament, tomorrows must win game against Denmark.

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2018 IIHF World Junior Championship
In Buffalo, , 26 December 2017 to 5 January 2018

 

Saturday December 30th, 2017 -

Preliminary Round

Day 5 Results (GMT -5)

 

 

Group A

16:00  Finland  5 - 2  Slovakia    (in Key Bank Center)

20:00  Denmark  0 - 8  Canada    (in Key Bank Center)

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Rest Day: United States

 

 

Provisional Standing After Day 5:

1. Canada  10 pts, 2. Finland  6 pts, 3. USA  5 pts, 4. Slovakia  3 pts, 5. Denmark  0 pts.

*Canada won the Group.

 

 

 

Group B

12:00  Czech Republic  6 - 5  Belarus    (in Key Bank Center)

14:00  Sweden  7 - 2  Switzerland    (in Harborcenter)

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Rest Day: Russia

 

 

Provisional Standing After Day 5:

1. Sweden  9 pts, 2. Czech Republic  6 pts, 3. Russia  6 pts, 4. Switzerland  3 pts, 5. Belarus  0 pts.

*Belarus is assured to finish last in the Group and will play in the Relegation round.

 

 

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MEN´S UNDER 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

 

 

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CZECH REPUBLIC - BELARUS   6-5

Preliminary Round: Group B

 

Goals:

22. R. Pavlík 1:2, 22. Hájek 2:2, 26. F. Zadina 3:2, 33. Chytil 4:2, 36. R. Pavlík 5:2, 54. M. Zachar 6:4 - 9. Sharangovich 0:1, 21. Drozdov 0:2, 39. Sharangovich 5:3, 51. Martynov 5:4, 55. Gabrus 6:5  
at Key Bank Center, December 30th, 2017. (12:00 h.)

 

HIGHLIGHTS