WingNutt 12 Report post Posted May 9, 2007 Team Russia Advances over the Czech Republic with a 4-0 win. Markov, Radulov, and Malkin with 2 goals. Team Sweden is set to play team Slovakia today. 12:15 pm eastern. and tommmorow team Canada will play team Switzerland along with team USA playing team Finland. all the winners will advance to the semi-final games to be played Saturday. I'll update more later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hak 21 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 (edited) just an update sweden > slovakia 7-4 great game! i have to say that i'm very impressed by sweden this year. on the paper they have the weakest team in many years. only ONE player from the NHL (alexander steen from maple leafs). they have alot of young (very promising) players from swedish elite league who make their worlds debut. i think some of them will be huge in the nhl in the future. especially Nicklas Bäckström © & Anton StrÃ¥lman (D) , 20 years old and just amazing players. I think russia will win this year tho (vs sweden in finals), they have a scary lineup!! (ovechkin, malkin, frolov, kovalchuck, markov, morozov....) edit: semifinals : sweden vs winner of canada/schweiz (should be canada if not an huge upset..) and russia vs winner of finland/usa (i would put my money on finland but this is a tough one, can go either way) Edited May 10, 2007 by hak Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinWing 26 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Yeah, Sweden are playing great as a team but their goaltending hasn't impressed. Their keeper has to step it up against Canada or they're done. Hoping for a good game tomorrow between Finland and USA! Go Finns! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hak 21 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 yeah.. backlund played a very bad game today. it confuses me because he played GREAT vs the fins a couple of days ago (shutout) im also hoping for a great game fin vs usa cheers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akustyk 84 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 i have to say that i'm very impressed by sweden this year. on the paper they have the weakest team in many years. only ONE player from the NHL (alexander steen from maple leafs). Kenny Jonnson(sp), their captain, is an ex NHL-er as far as I remember. so that would be 2 semifinals : sweden vs winner of canada/schweiz (should be canada if not an huge upset..) and russia vs winner of finland/usa (i would put my money on finland but this is a tough one, can go either way) that would be canada and finland in my book Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GodofHockeyStevieY19 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 I really wish Versus or someone would televise all these game. I mean I know the NHL playoffs are going on and all, but man I love international hockey so much. Not as much as the NHL playoffs of course, but it would be nice to watch it all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kp-Wings 3 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Kenny Jonnson(sp), their captain, is an ex NHL-er as far as I remember. so that would be 2 Yep, that's correct. 10 year NHL player with the Leafs and Islanders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hak 21 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Yep, that's correct. 10 year NHL player with the Leafs and Islanders. yeah well , i didnt count ex nhlers if we count ex nhlers , i think sweden has about hmm 5 of em in their troup. jonathan hedström, kenny jönsson, jörgen jönsson, hmm im sure there are some more.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akustyk 84 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 (edited) Kenny and Jörgen alone, nevermind their NHL stints, bring a lot of international ice experience to the team. and frankly, I like it when Swedes go with team guys rather than looking for big names. they have proven international ice performers in Jönssons (I'd love to see Sundin there, though) and a couple of good youth (like Warg who, if I'm not mistaken isn't with Team Sweden for the first time). Czechs used this kind of mixture for some years and by that time they were plowing one gold medal after another in international tournaments. Team Sweden seems to be going in this direction, too, and I believe they're not shorter on talent than Czechs were. Go Sweden! sorry for english here, but I've no idea how'd it be in swedish. had once a chance to start Swedish language lessons, but the teacher was supposedly more homo than hetero. I skipped it Edited May 10, 2007 by akustyk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Systemfel 33 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Go Sweden! sorry for english here, but I've no idea how'd it be in swedish. had once a chance to start Swedish language lessons, but the teacher was supposedly more homo than hetero. I skipped it It's "Kom igen, Sverige!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 GO CANADA , I hope Rollie starts tommorow. Swieterland shouldnt be a huge challenge if we get a good team effort Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SweWings 45 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Yep, that's correct. 10 year NHL player with the Leafs and Islanders. Yeah...He was also won Best Defenceman during the Olympics...Ahead of, among others, Lidström... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinWing 26 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 (edited) yeah.. backlund played a very bad game today. it confuses me because he played GREAT vs the fins a couple of days ago (shutout) im also hoping for a great game fin vs usa cheers! Well, it's not the first time that a no-name Swedish goalie plays out of his mind against Finland and falls flat on his face the next game, damnit... FIN-USA should be a great game, hopefully our boys will crash the net some more and find their scoring, it has proven difficult so far. GO CANADA , I hope Rollie starts tommorow. Swieterland shouldnt be a huge challenge if we get a good team effort The Swiss are not to be taken lightly and their goalie is pretty good, but if Canada has the proper attitude and hustle they should have no problems beating them. We'll see in about an hour! Edited May 10, 2007 by FinWing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Canada beat Switzerland 5-1 and will play Sweden in the semi's. Am annoyed that I can't see any of these games, not even allowed to watch the highlights from the TSN website Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpfalcon09 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 USA/Finland are tied 4-4 right now in OT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RusDRW 155 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Meanwhile, Morozov is about to be signed by DRW. Something around 3M. Sources: Yzerman saying that they are in negotiations for a while, and Morozov saying "let's wait and we'll see". You know what it usually means. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeeSpot82 10 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 I'd love to see Morozov back in North America, especially in Red & White; but I just read that he signed a 3-year contract with his club and he seems pretty content on that side of the pond. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpfalcon09 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 Finland wins in a shootout, 1-0. Jere Lehtonen scored in the 5th round, the Fins win the game 5-4 overall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RusDRW 155 Report post Posted May 10, 2007 'd love to see Morozov back in North America, especially in Red & White; but I just read that he signed a 3-year contract with his club and he seems pretty content on that side of the pond. All of this stuff was personal communications between some russian DRW fans and Yzerman (GM of team Canada) and Morozov before, during, after games. Not so creditable cources but I believe better than Eklund. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted May 11, 2007 Finland wins in a shootout, 1-0. Jere Lehtonen scored in the 5th round, the Fins win the game 5-4 overall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stactum 4 Report post Posted May 11, 2007 So let it be... Sweden - Canada Russia - Finland Go Russia Go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
omnipotent_hudler 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2007 Hoping for a Canada vs. Russia final! OR Finland vs. Sweden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2007 I'm cheering for ABC - anyone but Canada Share this post Link to post Share on other sites