Ice Hockey 2015 - 2016 Discussion Thread

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4 minutes ago, bestmen said:

2 it was my prediction but for Finland

 

looool I predicted +1 for Canada and they scored this stupid second goal at 59:59 in the very last second unbelievable !

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does we really need those speeches ? I assume we can not have a worlds in Russia without Putins monologue

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Canada wins !!! 

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1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Canada wins !!! 

 

Congrats ! your coach stuff had a great reading of Finlands play. very good and effective tactics. Bravo.

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Laine lands MVP

Teen star from Tampere tops the poll

Finland's Patrik Laine missed out on a gold medal against Canada but the 18-year-old finished the tournament with a host of individual accolades.

 

Patrik Laine’s debut World Championship was a storming success. The 18-year-old prospect from Tappara Tampere picked up a silver medal with team Finland and won the tournament MVP, as selected by the media covering the tournament.

 

Laine finished with 7+5=12 points from 10 games, sharing the lead in goalscoring with Sweden’s Gustav Nyquist. Among his key moments was a memorable assist on the winner against Russia in the semi-final as his team stunned the home crowd in Moscow.

 

Sunday's final produced another big personal achievement: Canadian captain Corey Perry's gold medal saw him join the prestigious Triple Gold Club of players who have won Olympic and World Championship gold as well as lifting the Stanley Cup.

 

Laine also won the directorate’s award for the best forward in the competition, alongside his team-mate Mikko Koskinen (best goalie) and Canada’s Michael Matheson (best defenceman). Koskinen was the backstop behind a solid Finnish rearguard that gave up just 10 goals in the entire tournament, while Matheson’s 2+4=6 points made him the second most productive blue-liner after Russia’s Anton Belov.

 

Those three also made the media’s all-star team. That line-up was rounded out by Russian D-man Nikita Zaitsev and forwards Mikael Granlund (Finland) and Vadim Shipachyov (Russia).

 

Shipachyov finished as the leading point-scorer of the competition, putting up 6+12=18 as part of a blistering line with Artemi Panarin and Yevgeni Dadonov. Between them, the Russian trio had 18 goals and 46 points to fill the top three spots in the scoring charts.

 

Individual Awards as selected by the Directorate:

 

Best Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
Best Defenceman: Michael Matheson
Best Forward: Patrik Laine

 

 

Most Valuable Player as selected by the media:

Patrick Laine

 

 

All-Star Team as selected by the media:
Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
Defencemen: Nikita Zaitsev, Michael Matheson
Forwards: Patrik Laine, Vadim Shipachyov, Mikael Granlund

 

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Russia - United States  7-2

HIGHLIGHTS

 

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Finland - Canada  0-2

HIGHLIGHTS

 

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Gold Medal Match Stats

 

FINLAND - CANADA  0-2

(0:1, 0:0, 0:1)

Goals: 12. McDavid (Duchene), 60. Duchene (Marchand)

 

Referee: Wehrli (SUI), Gofman (RUS) – Lazarev (RUS), McIntyre (USA)

Penalties: 3-4 all minor panalties for 2 min.

Power Play Goals and Shorthanded Goals: 0-0.

 

 

Line-ups:

 

FINLAND:

Koskinen – Jaakola, Hietanen, Pokka, Lindell, Kivistö, Ohtamaa – Granlund, M. Koivu, Komarov – J. Jokinen, A. Barkov, Laine – Aho, Koskiranta, Pyörälä – Rantanen, T. Sallinen, Pihlström – Lajunen, Pulkkinen.

 

CANADA:

Talbot – Ch. Tanev, Rielly, Ellis, Murray, Ceci, Matheson, Dumba – McDavid, Duchene, Marchand – Stone, Scheifele, O'Reilly – Perry, Brassard, Hall – Gallagher, Reinhart, Domi – Jenner

 

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I need a drink. Or two... 

 

 

Thank god we have Laine and Aho for future WC tournaments.

 

U18 gold, U20 gold and WC Silver is rather solid result in this hockey season though. We'll have our revenge.....