2012 IIHF World Junior Championships

Anytime a stick comes near a Russian face it's like they scream out, hands come up to their face fully expecting blood to come gushing out...

This is getting embarrassing. Well, at least we are making the Americans feel better.

Visentin just made a sweet stop. Signs of life!

Me want Yakupov!

If this was the Sens, piece of cake. Third period comeback. But it's not the Sens.

Diddle Russia. Guy does a slide on the ice when they're up by 3? Crosscheck him across the face. Diddle you Kuznetsov.

Big Ev wrote:Diddle Russia. Guy does a slide on the ice when they're up by 3? Crosscheck him across the face. Diddle you Kuznetsov.

Yeah, that was unnecessary.

Riprock wrote:Me want Yakupov!

What about Kuznetsov? They both have 4 points on the night, but "Smith" has the hattrick.

P.S. "Smith" is how google translates "кузнец" (the root of Kuznetsov); in this context "smith" means "craftsman".

Ugh. Jenner with the spear and gets tossed...

shabbs wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Diddle Russia. Guy does a slide on the ice when they're up by 3? Crosscheck him across the face. Diddle you Kuznetsov.

Yeah, that was unnecessary.

You guys realize, of course, that these players are learning these moves from Canadians. Fleury did the slide on ice first, and Tiger Williams rode his stick just like the Swedish player just did in the shootout. Some of you (Evan, mostly) are not old enough to remember what the Russians were like before they came over to North America. They were accused of being joyless robots, who never showed any emotion. They would just skate back to the bench and *maybe* get a tap on the helmet from a team-mate.

That was dumb by Jenner. And people want to criticize the Russian for acting, well Jenner almost got up, looked at the ref, then he sold the injury. Then he got up and took that dumb misconduct.

wprager wrote:

Riprock wrote:Me want Yakupov!

What about Kuznetsov? They both have 4 points on the night, but "Smith" has the hattrick.

P.S. "Smith" is how google translates "кузнец" (the root of Kuznetsov); in this context "smith" means "craftsman".

Don't think the Caps are gonna give him up.

This is a damn shame so far.

Wow, the refs have taken over the game. The Russia/Czech Republic game was *soo* much better.

WTF? A 10min misconduct for Huberdeau for breaking his stick?

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Diddle Russia. Guy does a slide on the ice when they're up by 3? Crosscheck him across the face. Diddle you Kuznetsov.

Yeah, that was unnecessary.

You guys realize, of course, that these players are learning these moves from Canadians. Fleury did the slide on ice first, and Tiger Williams rode his stick just like the Swedish player just did in the shootout. Some of you (Evan, mostly) are not old enough to remember what the Russians were like before they came over to North America. They were accused of being joyless robots, who never showed any emotion. They would just skate back to the bench and *maybe* get a tap on the helmet from a team-mate.

Don't forget Connolly did the ice hockey version of a moonwalk on the Canadian goal. They were celebrating in front of their own net by the end of his celebration. Look at how they celebrated some goals in the preliminary rounds. Any of us could have played a regular shift for Canada in the first few games and they still would have won.

dennycrane wrote:

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Diddle Russia. Guy does a slide on the ice when they're up by 3? Crosscheck him across the face. Diddle you Kuznetsov.

Yeah, that was unnecessary.

You guys realize, of course, that these players are learning these moves from Canadians. Fleury did the slide on ice first, and Tiger Williams rode his stick just like the Swedish player just did in the shootout. Some of you (Evan, mostly) are not old enough to remember what the Russians were like before they came over to North America. They were accused of being joyless robots, who never showed any emotion. They would just skate back to the bench and *maybe* get a tap on the helmet from a team-mate.

Don't forget Connolly did the ice hockey version of a moonwalk on the Canadian goal. They were celebrating in front of their own net by the end of his celebration. Look at how they celebrated some goals in the preliminary rounds. Any of us could have played a regular shift for Canada in the first few games and they still would have won.

Ya, but it's only offensive when it's the other team.

Duthie just called the Russian players "assasins." I like that.