World Junior Hockey Thread

[pinelakeperch]

What a rally! Sure got lucky with the score clock being situated where it was. A 6 on 3 would've all but guaranteed a tie game. An OT Canada win would've been even more exciting

While the amount of calls were heavily in Russia's favour in the first and early second, with the exception of the Hayton holding stick call (which Russia scored on), I thought they were all penalties. Maybe a little soft relative to NHL reffing, but they were infractions that will always be called in IIHF sanctioned games. Perhaps soft, but consistent.

[waldedw]

Originally Posted by 58thecat

At the end of the day the boys bring home gold....well done!

X2, at the end of the day all sporting events are subject to rules interpretations by officials, sometimes they work for you and sometimes against you, some are reviewable and some are not, them's the breaks.

Canada has the gold medal, end of story

[fishnguy]

It was a good game. I mean a really good game. Bothe teams deserved the win, IMO. The “soft” refereeing I would say went both ways, most of the penalties called against Canada were called against Russia later in the game, I mean almost identical stuff. I wouldn’t say it was tilted in any way. That delay of the game should have been called at the end IMO and I am quite amazed it wasn’t. 6 on 4 would almost certainly even the score would take the game to overtime. Who knows what would have happened then. Yet, if the Russians didn’t have a melt/panic in the last couple of minutes but would put good pressure, the result could have been the same. Regardless, a great game for the books. Congrats to both teams.

Now... here is how the real trolling is done:

CBC: TV mixup has Russian fans celebrating world junior gold despite losing to Canada

Some Russian hockey fans were celebrating victory despite losing at the world junior hockey championships because of a confusingly timed TV repeat.

Two state TV channels showed Russia-Canada finals at the same time on Sunday. One was live, and the other was from 2011.

While most fans, and Russia's players, commiserated after a 4-3 loss to Canada on Channel One, many Russians watched a nail-biting, nine-year-old 5-3 comeback win on rival broadcaster Match TV.

Some fans posted celebratory messages on social media, or complained media outlets were reporting the wrong score. It became hard to tell who was genuinely duped and who was in on the joke.

Soccer player Dmitry Tarasov wrote on Instagram: "Well done guys, congratulations on the win." After the post was widely mocked, Tarasov said it was meant as a joke after he forfeited in a board game he was playing with family.

Yana Tarasenko, a lifestyle blogger who is the wife of St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko, posted on Instagram that her husband had watched the 2011 game for 10 minutes in the belief it was live — at least "until he saw himself in the game."

Tarasenko was on the winning Russian team in 2011, but at the age of 28 he is now far too old for world juniors.

It wasn't immediately clear why Match TV decided to show the 2011 final at the same time as the live broadcast. It had shown live world juniors games earlier in the tournament, but the medal rounds were only on Channel One. Match TV didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

That one was a great game as well.