Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

BEL 2 - SWE 4
Shots: 60-12 SWE
PP: BEL - 1/3; SWE - 1/7

02:13 0-1 SWE Henrik Zetterberg [2] (Henrik Sedin, Nicklas Lidström)PP
04:17 1-1 BEL Sergei Kostitsyn [1] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Mikhail Grabovski)
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20:35 2-1 BEL Alexei Kalyuzhny [1] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Alexei Ugarov)PP
26:21 2-2 SWE Johan Franzén [1] (Alex Edler, Johnny Oduya)
28:41 2-3 SWE Patric Hörnqvist [1] (Nicklas Lidström, Mattias Öhlund)
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58:41 2-4 SWE Fredrik Modin [1] (Peter Forsberg, Nicklas Bäckström) EN
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Three Stars:
1st: Patric Hornqvist
2nd: Johan Franzen
3rd: Sergei Kostitsyn

CZE 4 - LAT 1
Shots: 53-6 CZE
PP: CZE - 2/13; LAT - 1/2

01:12 1-0 CZE Tomas Kaberle [1] (Marek Zidlicky, Milan Hejduk)PP
02:31 1-1 LAT Janis Sprukts [1] (Martins Karsums, Oskars Bartulis)PP
05:57 2-1 CZE Petr Sykora [1] (Radek Bonk, Milan Hejduk)
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30:28 3-1 CZE Petr Cajanek [1] (Tomas Fleischmann, Pavel Kubina)
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47:47 4-1 CZE Pavel Kubina [1] (Filip Kuba, Tomas Plekanec)PP
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Three Stars:
1st: Pavel Kubina
2nd: Tomas Kaberle
3rd: Petr Sykora

FIN 5 - GER 1
Shots: 48-14 FIN
PP: FIN - 1/9; GER - 1/4

00:17 1-0 FIN Kimmo Timonen [1] (Joni Pitkänen)
00:38 2-0 FIN Kimmo Timonen [2] (Joni Pitkänen, Olli Jokinen)
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22:07 2-1 GER Christoph Schubert [1] (Michael Bakos, Chris Schmidt)PP
25:56 3-1 FIN Jere Lehtinen [2] (Ville Peltonen, Niko Kapanen)
27:43 4-1 FIN Teemu Selänne [1] (Kimmo Timonen)
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58:32 5-1 FIN Antti Miettinen [1] (Niklas Hagman, Mikko Koivu)PP
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Three Stars:
1st: Kimmo Timonen
2nd: Antti Miettinen
3rd: Jere Lehtinen

Keep it up, Milan.

No surprises tonight (yet again) though Belarus does give Sweden a little bit of a scare early on. Timonen also opens the Finland-Germany game with 2 goals in the first 38 seconds of the game. Kudos, sir.

http://ehechockey.com/Olympics.zip to feed your addiction.

Where is everybody? Is there some GM's retreat in Cancun that I didn't know about or something?

haha somethin tells me i need to win against finland to get my bye to the next round..not exactly putting up eyepopping totals against weaker competition

A goal! An actual goal! On 1 for 6 shooting. Nice percentage. Now...if we can just get more shots.

A strong, yet unsurprising start for Finland. Good to see, good to see. The real Olympics are definitely providing a little more entertainment, love seeing the somewhat equal playing field. The scare Switzerland gave to Canada is awesome, in my opinion... I'm Canadian, want Canada to win and all, but I do love seeing the competition becoming more intense and equal.

CapsGM wrote:Where is everybody? Is there some GM's retreat in Cancun that I didn't know about or something?

Been wondering the same thing.

I missed the Cancun memo. It'd be better than doing the draft class.

CapsGM wrote:Where is everybody? Is there some GM's retreat in Cancun that I didn't know about or something?

I've been watching the real Olympics. Something's strangely compelling even about the repetitive sports like downhill & speed skating, even when it's virtually impossible to tell the difference between two runs besides that one was 2/10 of a second faster.

I expected a bit more from Germany here, but team checking line wingers pulls through.

CapsGM wrote:Where is everybody? Is there some GM's retreat in Cancun that I didn't know about or something?

Sorry guys, the Olympic break has coincided with a promotion at work. The new position carries a lot more responsibility and I just haven't had much energy after work lately. Once I get my feet under me here I'll be a lot more active again.

Pat, the prospect report should be on the way too. My apologies for taking so long.