February 18th, 2010

Three games took place at GM Place, ahem I mean Canada Hockey Place. I did exactly what I said I was going to do, watch the game with half attention. Much like what I am doing right now with the US/Norway game. It's 3-1 for the States, I'm hoping to see the Norwegians pull 'er through. Oh yeah. Chris Drury is being a very "key" player (quoted from Sporstnet.) Just saying... haha.

Finland over Belarus 5-1
The score doesn't look all that bad, and I applaud Belarus for that. If you watched the game however, you would know that it wasn't all that even. Shots were 45-12. Though, Belarus played well considering they are missing their two top players. Teemu Selanne was firing a lot, and the Koivu brothers picked up some points. Ranger Olli Jokinen opened up scoring with assists going to the elders, Selanne and Koivu. Then Flame's Niklas Hagman scored, an assist going to the younger Koivu and Joni Pitakien. Belarus started the scoring in the 2nd with Sergei Kostitsyn potting one, but was followed up by another goal by Hagman late in the period. Another assist going to Mikko Koivu. In the final frame, Finland took it home, scoring two more goals. Valtteri Filppula and Jarkko Ruutu being the contributors. Mikko Koivu picked yet another goal on the Filppula goal.

Sweden over Germany 2-0
Holy bad officiating Batman!! I feel really bad for Germany, they deserved to win this game. If Hecht had been able to put that goal in on the 5 on 3 instead of the crossbar and then seconds later, Christian Erhoff ringing a slopshot of the post this game would have went differntly. Then Ohlund's goal should have never counted. Tomas Griess without a doubt was interferred with. Mattias Ohlund had a solid shot but also half the net open because Griess was knocked out of postition. Dissapointing all around I think. Loui Eriksson scored the later goal and Henrik Lundqvist picked up the shutout.

Czech Republic over Slovakia 3-1
Didn't see this game or even the highlights, so can't say much. Jaromir Jagr was able to put a puck in the net, in the 2nd period. The other goal scorers for the Czech was Patrik Elias and Canadien's Tomas Plekanec. Marian Gaborik was the lone scorer for Slovakia.

The Canadian women copntinue to own it up. Watched the game yesterday and the States are just coming up so I'll watch a bit of that. The men's US vs. Norway game just finished up. USA decided to show the team they are and dominated the 3rd after an even 2nd. Brian Rafalski picked up 2 goals. More on the game tommorow.

Four years to the day since Martin Gerber stunned Canada. People are saying paybeck, but this kind of creeps me out. Hoping for a win, this game I'm sure will be more entertaining than Wednesday's but we're all I'm sure looking forward to Sunday!

All my Best; Enjoy Life
Ryan Francis