Kick it like Romy

Best pic from the tourney so far.

HF

Am I only posting Hockeyfaces? Probably. Jesse Jonesuu again and Switzerlands D-Tower Goran Bezina.

Injureye

New injury on the same eye for Jesse Joensuu.

WM 2012

Short-Time-Blogging for the WHC 2012 in Finland/Sweden. Let's start with a "Hockeyface" (Jesse Joensuu).

GOLDEN HOCKEY

The single greates hockey night god ever gave Finland.






http://www.iltasanomat.fi/mmkiekko/nurminen-kellahti---leijonia-nauratti/art-1288389558886.html

Mikael Granlund

Noch Fragen?

The most marvelous hockey player from the multiple greatest hockey team scored one of the legendariest hockey goals in one of the most heroic hockey moments god ever gave men.







On se sellainen häkki


NORTHERN HOCKEY IS BACK

Comeback

The single greates hockey blog covering the multiple greatest hockey team god ever gave men is back. Let's call it an intermezzo.

Granlund




Full FIN-LAT SO 02.05.2011


Full FIN-GER SO 06.05.2011


Full FIN-RUS SO 09.05.2011




FIN-RUS brawl with the chernobyl child going crazy.


Unicellar organism


They say that Artyukhin's Nr. 49 stands vor his IQ (rounded up).
Ovechkins Nr. 8 stands vor the titles he hasn't won.
and so on...


Noch Fragen?
NORTHERN HOCKEY FOR GOLD.

Sticks in the NHL

First Preview IIHF World Championship 2010

Playoffs in Switzerland, Playoff run in the NHL, but somehow, first preview for the IIHF WC in Germany.


Group A: Russia, Belarus, Slovakia, Kazakhstan

Group B: Canada, Switzerland, Latvia, Italy

Group C: Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway, France.

Group D: Finland, USA, Germany, Denmark.



Once again, probably no Switzerland-Finnland matchup. I'd really like to see that matchup in a official tournament. But as long as they never are in the same group (in qualification round, Group A meets D, and B meets C) and the Swiss never get to the semis, it won't happen.


A total of 56 games will be played between May 7 and May 23, 2010.

Hockeymonster Teemu Selänne, 600 Goals

Wisniewski Hit on Seabrook

unnice.


8 games susp



"I am truly sorry that my friend Brent Seabrook was hurt on the play," said Wisniewski in a statement. "I certainly wish him the best. I am, however, very disappointed in the length of the suspension. Eight games is incredibly hard to swallow, especially in comparison to other recent hits that have resulted in lesser punishment."

Nino Niederreiter Skill Comp Goal

nice

Short break from the break

Olympic aftermath with Selänne and Koivu.

Break

This Blog is taking a break.



stay frosty.

Ron Wilson quotes

What Ron Wilson said:

"Sometimes, the best team in the tournament doesn't win a gold medal"

"It's just a shame that both teams couldn't have received a gold medal today."

"Canada and the United States play the game like it should be -- not sitting back and playing on your heels and waiting for something bad to happen and counter-punching, but actually going on the attack. I know Mike (Babcock)'s teams play that way and I try to play that way, not very successfully right now with my team in Toronto."

That crack at the Maple Leafs, Wilson's current NHL home, drew ripples of laughter from the packed press conference. But, Wilson wasn't laughing.

"It's nothing to laugh at," he snapped. "I'm teaching them to play the right way; not the Slovakian, Czech or Russian way where you sit back and wait and wait and wait. We are on the attack."

"I'm teaching them to play the right way; not the Slovakian, Czech or Russian way where you sit back and wait and wait and wait. We are on the attack."

"This was a classic hockey game, just as our game was a week ago with the Canadians and to me it is exactly the way the game should be played. To me, the game was invented in Canada and I think we in the United States have morphed into the same style of play, and it is fun to play that way and I hope Mike agrees."

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=519340



Both teams should have received a gold medal? Yeah, no!
You lost Ron. And Canada had the best team. You only had the second best. Get on with it.

Sisu

just great.

Dropping dead in 12 minutes

Selänne: "When a game is over after 12 minutes, I don’t know what to say. I'm stunned. This has never happened in my career on the national level. I don’t know what happened. It's something you don't want to experience. I have no words. It's just unbelievable."

Kipper: "The first goal did surprise me. From that one on it was a tough day."

"Everybody gets knocked down, how quick are you going to get up? "


"it's not how you start, it's how you finish"

Selänne: "I hope we're smiling tomorrow. There's bronze on the line. It's all about bouncing back and trying to take what's left. A bronze medal from this kind of tournament is huge. We have to remind ourselves it's not over yet."


So once again, LET'S GET THE GODDAMN BRONZE!

USA - FIN, quotes

nhl.com: Does it bother you that when people think of Finnish hockey, they think defensive posture and goaltender?

Kurri (smiling) -- Do they? Yeah. It bothers me because we don't think that way, no. We don't teach this team to play that way. It's a big part of our game, for sure. We don't have as much talent as other countries have, We really need to be a good team, with good team chemistry and play as a team together. Plus the good goaltending, which we have for many, many years.

But we don't tell players not to attack. We tell them, 'Attack. Go for it. Have the puck. Keep the puck.' For example, you play against the Russians, who have so much skill. The best way to stop them is you have the puck. Don't let those guys have the puck.

It's confusing that people would think that way. We don't think of our hockey that way.

The Finns will play a passive 1-2-2 forecheck, hoping the lead forechecker can force the American defenders into turnovers. In the offensive zone, the Finns will cycle and try to punish the American defenders. They will also activate their defense more than most teams the Americans have faced in this tournament.

Both Kimmo Timonen, a member of the all-tournament team in Turin, and Joni Pitkanen are world-class offensive defensemen.

"They are really active in the zone from what we have seen," American defensemen Erik Johnson said. "Timonen likes to go back door, and Pitkanen he likes to get on the offense, too. That will be a little more of a challenge because we have only played Canada that really likes to involve their D."

Quotes on the Hagman goal against Czech

An International Ice Hockey Federation rule designed to protect players' heads cost the Czech Republic an Olympic quarterfinal game against Finland on Wednesday.

In fact, Kubina was cognizant that he was risking a penalty - and a two-man disadvantage - by playing sans helmet, although simply putting the helmet back on his head is also against the rules.

"It's a really stupid rule," Kubina said.

He wasn't alone.

"It was good for us that he lost his helmet, but it's a stupid rule," said Hagman, who scored the game-winner with less than seven minutes remaining. "I know they want to keep it safe. [But] you lose a helmet; you should let the guy play."

"We play in the NHL, so you don't remember [the IIHF rule] and the team is so focused and so into the game that it's almost impossible to remember that," said Finnish forward Teemu Selanne, who plays for the NHL's Anaheim Ducks. "On the safety issue, I think it's a good rule. Hockey-wise, it's a bad rule, especially in the NHL.

"That would be a target. Guys would do that on purpose. In front of the net, in those little battles there, you'd just knock the guy's helmet off," Selanne added. "It could be five-on-four, five-on-three, even five-on-two. So, I would stick with the NHL rule. That's a tough break for [Kubina], and for us NHL players, it's wrong that that happened."

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=51806.html#finns+knock+czechs+will+meet+u+s+semifinals

Yippe Ya Yeah!

YIPPIE!



AND YEAH!