hckošice 13,263 Posted January 8, 2020 Author #91 Share Posted January 8, 2020 This one is for you @heywoodu like you predicted another step closer to Beijing ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 2nd QUALIFYING ROUND Group L --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dutch win through in Barcelona The Netherlands proved too strong for Spain in Wednesday’s rearranged Olympic Qualification Group L game in Barcelona. A 5-3 victory took the Dutch past the host nation and into February’s next round of qualification. The Netherlands will compete in Group H in Kazakhstan, where Poland and Ukraine make up the quartet. But it took a pair of goals in the third-period to separate the teams in a hard-fought clash in the Catalan capital. Spain matched its higher-ranked opponent for much of the game but could not recover when Raymond van der Schuit got a breakaway goal early in the third to make it 4-3. To make it more painful for the Spanish, the play began after the Dutch iced the puck then won the face-off in their own end. The host battled hard in search a way back into the game once again, but home hopes were killed off late on when Danny Stempher slotted home an empty-net goal. That took the Tilburg forward to 1+2 for the game and a tournament leading 12 (8+4) overall. “The travel was an issue, we took a while to get things going but at a certain point, we just had that bit more skill and speed,” said Netherlands head coach Bo Subr. “I thought we always looked a bit better in 5-on-5 but we got into penalty trouble and allowed them to score two power play goals. After that we stepped it up another notch and took over the game to pull away in the third. Maybe we didn’t score as many as we should, but a win’s a win.” The travel woes were due to the problems with the ice that prevented these teams from completing this Olympic qualification group as scheduled in December. The decisive match-up on 15 December had to be abandoned after a goalless first period due to problems with the ice. Today, three weeks later, the Dutch and the Spanish tried again in Barcelona, playing a one-off game to determine the winner of Group L. The hastily rearranged game posed logistical headaches for the both sides. The Dutch flew in for the early game in Barcelona and will return today, and the roster had five changes enforced by work, study or injury. Mark Hoekstra, Stijn Knoop, Alexei Loginov, Jordy van Oorschot and Jasper Nordemann all missed the new date. The host had eight changes from its original roster, with Oriol Boronat, captain in December, among the more prominent absentees. “We were missing a couple of guys who were here last time, but I think it was the same for both teams,” added Subr. “If you look at it overall, maybe defensively we were a bit better last time, we lost a couple of strong defencemen for this game, but we got one of our best forwards back so it kind of evened out.” One of the new faces on the Dutch roster was instrumental in the first goal of the day. Giovanni Vogelaar, a defenceman from Tilburg Trappers, fired in a point shot that Ander Alcaine could only pad on to the stick of Bartek Bison for a fourth-minute opener. However, Spain replied with a goal on its first power play of the game and it was a play involving two members of the Barcelona team. Adrian Ubieto’s pass from the point picked out Oriol Rubio at the back door and he made no mistake. The Netherlands had more of the game in the opening session, but Spain had a great chance to get in front when Ander Arraras stole the puck from Ninho Hessels and bore down on the net. He was unable to get a shot away but did draw a penalty late in the first period. Home hopes were lifted early in the second session when Angel Fernandez-Pola gave Spain the lead with a slick finish from close range. However, it took a matter of seconds for the Dutch to tie the game once again when Reno de Hondt got free to wrap up a passing move involving Bison and Danny Stempher. De Hondt was a late call-up for this game, his line-mates had been prolific scorers last month. Midway through the action, Jonne de Bonth put the Dutch back in front when he was given too much time and space to get between the hashmarks and lift a backhand shot past Alcaine. However, Spain was not done, and the home power play continued to stretch the Dutch. Rubio stuffed home his second from close range to tie the game going into the second intermission. However, Rubio’s effort was not enough to halt the Dutch advance. Those third-period goals secured the win – and booked a challenging trip to Nur-Sultan in the next round. “Kazakhstan is going to be interesting,” added Subr. “I know that Tilburg, where I coach, has two games scheduled for that weekend. We had 10 players from Tilburg on our line-up today so we will have to see what we can do about that. I’m pretty sure there’s an agreement to move one of those games. “We need to get a roster together quickly and let the players know – a lot of our players have jobs or study commitments and will have to take time off. But it’s a good opportunity. We don’t usually play opponents from that level so hopefully we can put a good team together and have a good outing in Kazakhstan.” The Dutch victory also has implications for Croatia, which will now progress to Slovenia for the next qualification phase in early February. IIHF.COM heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,263 Posted January 24, 2020 Author #92 Share Posted January 24, 2020 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND Round-RobinFebruary 6th - February 9th, 202012 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Final Qualifying Round Group G Central European Time (GMT +1) Japan 9 - 0 CroatiaPeriod-by-Period: 4-0, 2-0, 3-0 February 6th 2020, h. 15:30, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Lithuania 2 - 12 SloveniaPeriod-by-Period: 0-4, 1-3, 1-5 February 6th 2020, h. 19:00, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Japan 4 - 0 LithuaniaPeriod-by-Period: 4-0, 0-0, 0-0 February 7th 2020, h. 15:30, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Slovenia 7 - 0 CroatiaPeriod-by-Period: 1-0, 4-0, 2-0 February 7th 2020, h. 19:00, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Croatia 1 - 3 Lithuania Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-0, 1-1 February 9th 2020, h. 15:30, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Slovenia 6 - 2 JapanPeriod-by-Period: 0-1, 1-0, 5-1 February 9th 2020, h. 19:00, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Group G Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTW) GF GA +/- PTS Slovenia 3 3(0) 0(0) 25 4 +21 9 Japan 3 2(0) 1(0) 15 6 +9 6 Lithuania 3 1(0) 2(0) 5 17 -12 3 Croatia 3 0(0) 3(0) 1 19 -18 0 Group H Alma-Ata Time (GMT +6) Poland 8 - 0 NetherlandsPeriod-by-Period: 3-0, 4-0, 1-0 February 6th 2020, h. 15:00, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Ukraine 1 - 8 KazakhstanPeriod-by-Period: 1-5, 0-2, 0-1 February 6th 2020, h. 19:30, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Poland 6 - 1 UkrainePeriod-by-Period: 1-1, 2-0, 3-0 February 7th 2020, h. 15:00, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan 7 - 1 NetherlandsPeriod-by-Period: 3-0, 1-1, 3-0 February 7th 2020, h. 19:30, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Netherlands 0 - 3 Ukraine Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-2, 0-0 February 9th 2020, h. 13:00, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan 2 - 3 PolandPeriod-by-Period: 0-1, 2-1, 0-1 February 9th 2020, h. 17:00, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Group H Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTW) GF GA +/- PTS Poland 3 3(0) 0(0) 17 3 +14 9 Kazakhstan 3 2(0) 1(0) 17 5 +12 6 Ukraine 3 1(0) 2(0) 5 14 -9 3 Netherlands 3 0(0) 3(0) 1 18 -17 0 Group J Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Hungary 4 - 1 EstoniaPeriod-by-Period: 1-0, 2-1, 1-0 February 6th 2020, h. 15:30, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Great Britain 4 - 3 RomaniaPeriod-by-Period: 2-1, 2-1, 0-1 February 6th 2020, h. 19:30, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Hungary (OT)3 - 2 RomaniaPeriod-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 1-1, Overtime: 1-0 February 8th 2020, h. 14:00, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Estonia 1 - 7 Great BritainPeriod-by-Period: 0-0, 1-4, 0-3 February 8th 2020, h. 18:00, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Romania 7 - 3 Estonia Period-by-Period: 2-2, 2-0, 3-1 February 9th 2020, h. 14:00, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Great Britain 1 - 4 HungaryPeriod-by-Period: 0-0, 0-2, 1-2 February 9th 2020, h. 18:00, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Group J Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTW) GF GA +/- PTS Hungary 3 3(1) 0(0) 11 4 +7 8 Great Britain 3 2(0) 1(0) 12 8 +4 6 Romania 3 1(0) 2(1) 12 10 +2 4 Estonia 3 0(0) 3(0) 5 18 -13 0 The following Nations have qualified for the Final Qualifying Round Hungary Poland Slovenia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,263 Posted February 5, 2020 Author #93 Share Posted February 5, 2020 ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND DAY 1 SCHEDULE Round-Robin February 6th - February 9th, 202012 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Final Qualifying Round Group G Central European Time (GMT +1) LIVESTREAM Japan vs CroatiaPeriod-by-Period: February 6th 2020, h. 15:30, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Lithuania vs SloveniaPeriod-by-Period: February 6th 2020, h. 19:00, Arena Podmezakla, Jesenice Group H Alma-Ata Time (GMT +6) Poland vs NetherlandsPeriod-by-Period: February 6th 2020, h. 15:00, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan LIVESTREAM Ukraine vs KazakhstanPeriod-by-Period: February 6th 2020, h. 19:30, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan LIVESTREAM Group J Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) LIVESTREAM Hungary vs EstoniaPeriod-by-Period: February 6th 2020, h. 15:30, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Great Britain vs RomaniaPeriod-by-Period: February 6th 2020, h. 19:30, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolleyRuller96 264 Posted February 6, 2020 #94 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Wait, we play the Olympic qualification We are probably one of the weakest teams in Europe, what are we even doing here My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,595 Posted February 6, 2020 #95 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Netherlands is even weaker, Poland leads 7-0 after two periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted February 6, 2020 #96 Share Posted February 6, 2020 @heywoodu What you get for bullying Mexico Olympian1010 and heywoodu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,757 Posted February 6, 2020 #97 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Monzanator said: Netherlands is even weaker, Poland leads 7-0 after two periods. One of sport’s great mysteries is why the world’s skating & field hockey super-power is so verschrikelijk when the two are combined. The only thing they are worse at is penalty shootouts. Edited February 6, 2020 by Grassmarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,263 Posted February 6, 2020 Author #98 Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: One of sport’s great mysteries is why the world’s skating & field hockey super-power is so verschrikelijk when the two are combined. The only thing they are worse at is penalty shootouts. The only and main problem of team is that all their good level players are constantly placed in one team Tilburg Trappers, the team playing in the German Oberliga, and when the club decide to not let them playing for the NT, it obviously become a serious handicap for team NL. With them their strength is much much bigger and is worth of even a Division I A standard, without them they are two or three level weaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,263 Posted February 6, 2020 Author #99 Share Posted February 6, 2020 So the Penultimate round started today, defeated 8-0 in the Group H opener Two matches ongoing right now - Group G - Group H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,263 Posted February 6, 2020 Author #100 Share Posted February 6, 2020 ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND DAY 1 RESULTS #1 Round-Robin February 6th - February 9th, 202012 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Final Qualifying Round Group H Alma-Ata Time (GMT +6) Poland 8 - 0 NetherlandsPeriod-by-Period: 3-0, 4-0, 1-0 February 6th 2020, h. 15:00, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Ukraine 1 - 8 KazakhstanPeriod-by-Period: 1-5, 0-2, 0-1 February 6th 2020, h. 19:30, Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Group H Provisional Standing After Day 1 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTW) GF GA +/- PTS Poland 1 1(0) 0(0) 8 0 +8 3 Kazakhstan 1 1(0) 0(0) 8 1 +7 3 Ukraine 1 0(0) 1(0) 1 8 -7 0 Netherlands 1 0(0) 1(0) 0 8 -8 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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