flyercanuck Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Well, at least ONE team decided to show up for the bronze...congrats US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJgoal Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The US Olympic team could take a few pointers from their Junior team when it comes to the bronze medal game, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 What a great gold medal game so far...3-3 going into OT, Russia ties it with 6.9 seconds left. Provorov with 2 primary assists including the tying goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 And Kapanen with the OT winner! Awesome game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJgoal Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: And Kapanen with the OT winner! Awesome game! I know Marner had a poor tournament, but between him, Nylander, and Kapanen, with Babcock to get the kid's head on straight, and 3 first round picks over the next two years, future has to look pretty good for Tronno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 56 minutes ago, AJgoal said: I know Marner had a poor tournament, but between him, Nylander, and Kapanen, with Babcock to get the kid's head on straight, and 3 first round picks over the next two years, future has to look pretty good for Tronno. Marner has awesome talent...but right now he's like a 15 year old in his physical development. I laughed when he won a shaver for player of the game...he won't need it for years. Once he matures that way though he should be a heck of a player. Kapanen scored the big goal but really wasn't much of a factor most of the tournament....though he was more visible today even without the goal. Nylander clearly has blue chip talent. It's one of the reasons I want Philly to pick high again and hopefully get another 1st. By the time it's our turn to be good, we'll be battling teams like the Sabres/Leafs/Oilers who are loaded with great young players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Just got done watching. Was actually moved to tears with the raw emotion in that arena when they started the Finnish National anthem.. What a great thing for our sport, to have the much deserving Fins win Gold on home ice. How very odd....and how cyclical....the last time the Fins won Gold was for the very first international game in this arena, back when Joki Jokkinen was a top 3 pick....ALSO...the last time the Fins and Russia have met,....and also the last time Canada was knocked out in the Quarters. A very memoralbe tourny, despite Canada falling so short. Our great game is in great hands with this wicked wave of talent coming forward. Just seeing Laine is ranked 3rd in a lot of mocks....with good reason. This kid picked the puck out of mid air, knocked it down flat, flying at full speed and sends a rocket towards the net all in a half a second....tremendous eye hand coordination. Did not know Aho was a Canes pick, one to watch. Very sneaky little guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 14 hours ago, flyercanuck said: Provorov with 2 primary assists including the tying goal. From what I have read....sounds like he had an awesome tournament. I really cannot wait to see him in O&B and watching this kid grow into a Bona-fide star. He is gonna be fun to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 10 hours ago, jammer2 said: Just got done watching. Was actually moved to tears with the raw emotion in that arena when they started the Finnish National anthem.. What a great thing for our sport, to have the much deserving Fins win Gold on home ice. How very odd....and how cyclical....the last time the Fins won Gold was for the very first international game in this arena, back when Joki Jokkinen was a top 3 pick....ALSO...the last time the Fins and Russia have met,....and also the last time Canada was knocked out in the Quarters. A very memoralbe tourny, despite Canada falling so short. Our great game is in great hands with this wicked wave of talent coming forward. Just seeing Laine is ranked 3rd in a lot of mocks....with good reason. This kid picked the puck out of mid air, knocked it down flat, flying at full speed and sends a rocket towards the net all in a half a second....tremendous eye hand coordination. Did not know Aho was a Canes pick, one to watch. Very sneaky little guy. The first time the Fins won was in that rink. They won 2 years ago. This was their 4th, giving them the 3rd most of any country. Not bad for 5 million people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 5 minutes ago, pilldoc said: From what I have read....sounds like he had an awesome tournament. I really cannot wait to see him in O&B and watching this kid grow into a Bona-fide star. He is gonna be fun to watch! I think he was the best defenceman in the tournament. Of course I'm including defence as part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Defencemen scoring leaders...these stats do not include yesterday game. So that would give Provorov 1 G, 10 A for 11 pts. Me likey! R IocNumber Name Team GP G A PTS PIM +/- 1 IHUSA11907199701 WERENSKI Zach USA 7 2 7 9 4 10 2 IHFIN10505199801 JUOLEVI Olli FIN 7 0 9 9 4 6 3 IHRUS11301199701 PROVOROV Ivan RUS 7 0 8 8 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 That is what is wrong with my damn Flyers..............they are Finnless!!!! Need to fix that is this upcoming draft!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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