Meanwhile, not only did Switzerland end up with Silver, but Roman Josi won MVP and Best Defenseman.
Tom
And Julien Vauclair also made the team of the tournament .
I was gutted we missed the semi-final and final, French TV didn't bother to broadcast it, but I did log in for updates every now and again.
Incredible tournament by the Swiss, let's hope for a replay at the olympics.
My only question for Sean Simpson; why play Gerber in goal? From the games I saw, Berra was having the better championship and got the shut-out in the semi against the USA. Maybe it was pre-arranged to alternate them?
Goalies are normally alternated because, unlike the other players, they normally play the entire match, and are thus too wrecked to play in two consecutive matches.
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And Julien Vauclair also made the team of the tournament .
I was gutted we missed the semi-final and final, French TV didn't bother to broadcast it, but I did log in for updates every now and again.
Incredible tournament by the Swiss, let's hope for a replay at the olympics.
My only question for Sean Simpson; why play Gerber in goal? From the games I saw, Berra was having the better championship and got the shut-out in the semi against the USA. Maybe it was pre-arranged to alternate them?
I questioned a couple of his decisions. All round he couched a great team and a great tournament. A big congrats to the Swiss for Silver (I'm just recovering now :P).
I would say it was a close game, but the Sedins finally started to play well with the team, and Sweden is a strong team--they made sure to capitalize on any small mistake the Swiss made.
Personally I would not have pulled the goalie when he did. The Swiss were well behind on faceoffs, and already had a man advantage. I would have waited for after the faceoff until they had control to bring on the 2 man advantage. There would still have been 3 mins to try and tie it up and win in overtime. (Cue Boston knocking out Toronto ).
Of course hindsight is 20:20 for us arm-chair coaches. Game was fun to watch, although some Swiss fans at the pubs, border hooligan attitudes which is a big awkward. Time to hit the golf courses till training camp!
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With the Stanley Cup finals starting tomorrow, I have a question for the NHL afficionados amongst us; how do they determine home-ice advantage? Is it based purely on the respective teams' results over the regular season? Wouldn't that be a little unfair if one division was consistently stronger than the other?
I've never been a huge follower of the NHL, but have followed more closely this year, mainly because of the growing Swiss contingent in the NHL plus a few familiar names from the lock-out.
First overall in each conference keeps home advantage as far as they play - first overall I'm NHL retaining home advantage if both reach final for example
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I think Chicago will win, but if Tuukka Rask from Boston plays as well as he did against Pittsburgh, then Chicago might be in trouble. I'm going with Chicago in 6 games. Glad to see some people talking about hockey!
I think Chicago will win, but if Tuukka Rask from Boston plays as well as he did against Pittsburgh, then Chicago might be in trouble. I'm going with Chicago in 6 games. Glad to see some people talking about hockey!
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