2013 World Championships

[Deebo]

I know the leafs are in the playoffs this year so there will be even less attention paid to this tournament this time around.

13 players have committed for Canada including a strong group of 10 forwards.

Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers
Jordan Eberle, Edmonton Oilers
Claude Giroux,  Philadelphia Flyers
Matt Read,  Philadelphia Flyers
Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia Flyers
Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Jordan Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Ryan O'Reilly, Colorado Avalanche
Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche

Luke Schenn, Philadelphia Flyers
Brian Campbell, Florida Panthers

Devan Dubnyk, Edmonton Oilers

 

[Peter D.]

That's an impressive collection of forwards.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

wait? what? the Flyers didn't make the playoffs?!!

 

[Corn Flake]

Aaaah the World Championships aka: the Oilers playoff run.

 

[Deebo]

wait? what? the Flyers didn't make the playoffs?!!

They sit 11th in the east.

 

[Peter D.]

Aaaah the World Championships aka: the Oilers playoff run.

The first person I tried looking for on the list was Captain Canada.  I did not see him there.

 

[Zee]

Schenn!

 

[OldTimeHockey]

That's a pretty solid group of forwards.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Plenty of forwards, but will we be equally strong on the defence & goaltending?  Hope those won't our 'weak' spots.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Lines at their first practice:

Ladd-Giroux-Stamkos
Read-EStaal-Simmonds
Hall-Duchene-Eberle
O'Reilly-JStaal-Skinner

I guess they wanted some more grit in the top-6, but I'd put the Carolina trio together and have the Philly wingers flank O'Reilly on the 4th line.

 

[armche123]

The Schedule: http://www.iihf.com/competition/352/schedule.html

Canada will be playing at either 10am or 2pm Eastern time.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

That's a pretty good roster Canada has this year.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Schedule

Saturday, May 4th

16:15 S Stockholm  Canada  vs.  Denmark (10:15am Eastern time)

Sunday, May 5th

16:15 S Stockholm  Switzerland  vs.  Canada(10:15am Eastern time)

Tuesday, May 7th

20:15 S Stockholm  Canada  vs.  Norway (2:15pm Eastern time)

Thursday, May 9th

20:15 S Stockholm  Sweden  vs.  Canada (2:15pm Eastern time)

Friday, May 10th

20:15 S Stockholm  Belarus  vs.  Canada (2:15pm Eastern Time)

Sunday, May 12th

16:15 S Stockholm  Canada  vs.  Czech Republic (10:15am Eastern Time)

Monday, May 13th

20:15 S Stockholm  Canada  vs.  Slovenia (2:15pm Eastern Time)

 

[Stebro]

Sweden lost to Switzerland LOL, I'm glad I was busy in another arena at the time ;D

 

[princedpw]

Lines at their first practice:

Ladd-Giroux-Stamkos
Read-EStaal-Simmonds
Hall-Duchene-Eberle
O'Reilly-JStaal-Skinner

I guess they wanted some more grit in the top-6, but I'd put the Carolina trio together and have the Philly wingers flank O'Reilly on the 4th line.

That is pretty much an allstar team.  Those forwards could easily win a medal at the Olympics.

 

[drummond]

Denmark leading 1-0 after the first. Canada better start scoring some goals.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Denmark leading 1-0 after the first. Canada better start scoring some goals.

Agreed, it's definitely better to score.

 

[drummond]

Denmark leading 1-0 after the first. Canada better start scoring some goals.

Agreed, it's definitely better to score.

2-1 Canada after 2 periods. Goals by Duchene and Stamkos (PP). Canada slowly starts dominating the game, but the Danes play quite well.
Btw. US defeated Austria 5-3 after trailing 0-2, I guess it takes some time to get going.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Denmark leading 1-0 after the first. Canada better start scoring some goals.

Agreed, it's definitely better to score.

2-1 Canada after 2 periods. Goals by Duchene and Stamkos (PP). Canada slowly starts dominating the game, but the Danes play quite well.
Btw. US defeated Austria 5-3 after trailing 0-2, I guess it takes some time to get going.

Just turned it on because of your post!

 

[Bonsixx]

Pretty sick move by Duchene on the third goal.