EHM The Blue Line

I'm happy to see Germany doing well, simply because of Uwe Krupp, who had had no success as their coach until now. No matter what happens tomorrow, Uwe Krupp's job as Germany's head coach is safe.

Okay, now Czech will win this championship and Sweden will win bronze, we will underestimate Germany as Russia did.

BTW, I was right about the meetings, it was just that it will Sweden-Germany in bronze game and Russia-Czech in the final, but I was almost right.

My opinions:

Czech - Russia 4-3
Sweden - Germany 3-1

5+20. I hate it, when referees give penalties on hits they didn't even see...

Tasku wrote:5+20. I hate it, when referees give penalties on hits they didn't even see...

You referring to the Emelin hit on Jagr, Tasku? I'm not sure, as I haven't seen any replays, but it looked clean to me, and I was really surprised by the clipping call. There was a situation just before that hit when Tereshchenko caught the head of Koukal; that was way more dangerous and deserved a penalty, but no call was made. I suppose the referees wanted to make up for that blunder, but they ended up with two mistakes instead of one.

Still, congratulations to the Czechs. I'm really happy they won. Goes to show there're still more teams there, and not only Canada and Russia.

Referees were ugly the whole tournament. But this time, I can't complain
That 5+20 was very stict. Maybe the referees wanted to call clipping
Russians couldn't score for the first 40 minutes and then they were under pressure in the final period. They should have scored sooner, not some 3 minutes before end. I don't think referees caused it all. They just missed their chances and czechs had some fortune, of course

Overall,

Well I guess they gave a 5+20 to Emelin because they didn't see a dirty hit by Tereschenko seconds before.

Nice job, Czech

MVP: Dennis Endras GER
Best forward: Pavel Datsyuk RUS
Best defenseman: Petteri Nummelin FIN
Best goalie: Dennis Endras GER

Allstar-team:
Datsyuk - Malkin - Pääjärvi-Svensson
Nummelin - Ehrhoff
Endras

Final standings

1 Czech Republic
2 Russia
3 Sweden
4 Germany
5 Switzerland
6 Finland
7 Canada
8 Denmark
9 Norway
10 Belarus
11 Latvia
12 Slovakia
13 United States
14 France
15 Italy
16 Kazakhstan

Bold teams are surprises

I didn't notice before that Switzerland was better than Finland and Canada.

Círyatan wrote:

Tasku wrote:5+20. I hate it, when referees give penalties on hits they didn't even see...

You referring to the Emelin hit on Jagr, Tasku? I'm not sure, as I haven't seen any replays, but it looked clean to me, and I was really surprised by the clipping call. There was a situation just before that hit when Tereshchenko caught the head of Koukal; that was way more dangerous and deserved a penalty, but no call was made. I suppose the referees wanted to make up for that blunder, but they ended up with two mistakes instead of one.

Yeah, I'm referring to Emelin's hit on Jagr. It was a clean hit. And not just clean, but a very good hit. I love good, clean hits that send the other player (Jagr in this case) flying accross the ice. Calling a 5+20 on hits like that kill the game, soon no one will dare to hit. Calling a good hit after you've missed a dirty hit is not the way to go either. Call what you see. If you don't see it, don't call it!

But, what is done, is done. Congrats to Czech Republic for the gold.