GDT: Group A • Dec. 29 • Latvia 1, Sweden 5

[Systemfel]

2013 IIHF U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | GROUP A
DECEMBER 29, 2012
7:00 AM ET • 13:00 CET • 18:00 YEKT



Sports Palace, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
(CAPACITY: 4,200)

Latvia
Official lineup.

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
21 Teodors Blugers	13 Edgars Kulda	28 Ņikita Jevpalovs
11 Roberts Lipbergs	12 Artūrs Kuzmenkovs (A)	17 Nikolajs Jeļisejevs
10 Rihards Bukarts	16 Kārlis Ozoliņš	23 Toms Andersons
15 Andris Siksnis	19 Artūrs Ševčenko	26 Edgars Kurmis
29 Lauris Rancevs	-	-

Left Defense	Right Defense
4 Edgars Siksna (C)	7 Pauls Zvirbulis
5 Rinalds Rosinskis	18 Krišs Lipsbergs (A)
8 Edmunds Augstkalns	2 Kristaps Nīmanis
14 Patriks Škuratovs	-

Starting Goalie	Backup Goalie
25 Ivars Punnenovs	1 Vadims Miščuks

Scratches	Reason
G 30 Elvis Merzļikins	Healthy

Sweden
Official lineup.

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
16 Filip Forsberg (C)	17 William Karlsson	27 Filip Sandberg
29 Emil Molin	19 Elias Lindholm	15 Sebastian Collberg
24 Rickard Rakell (A)	23 Victor Rask	13 Viktor Arvidsson
10 Alexander Wennberg	11 Jeremy Boyce (A)	26 Nick Sörensen
-	25 Jacob de la Rose	-

Left Defense	Right Defense
9 Mikael Wikstrand	7 Tom Nilsson
8 Linus Arnesson	4 Christian Djoos
14 Robert Hägg	6 Emil Djuse

Starting Goalie	Backup Goalie
30 Niklas Lundström	35 Oscar Dansk

Scratches	Reason
G 1 Joel Lassinantti	Healthy
D 5 Rasmus Bengtsson	Game-day decision

Officials

-	-
	Didier Massy
	Daniel Stricker
	François Dussureault
	Stanislav Raming

[Hurt]

How has Tom Nilsson been so far for Sweden?

[Swedelicious]

Originally Posted by Hurt

How has Tom Nilsson been so far for Sweden?

Defensively sound. Nilsson and Wikstrand are our two top defensemen so far in my opinion.

[Canada4Gold]

Must win game for Latvia, they'll come out fighting, despretely needing the win

Sweden 7-1

[Schneiderman]

Originally Posted by Canada4Gold

Must win game for Latvia, they'll come out fighting, despretely needing the win

Sweden 7-1

[Lonny Bohonos]

Are they showing this in HD or at least good quality online?

[x94Galchenyuk94x*]

Is Lundstrom the confirmed starter?

[BalticWarrior]

I feel this game will be depressing for Latvian fans

[landskronala]

Originally Posted by Helo

I feel this game will be depressing for Latvian fans

agreed. sweden will win with 10-0.

[joe89]

Originally Posted by x94Galchenyuk94x

Is Lundstrom the confirmed starter?

Yes, confirmed.

[Everlasting]

Sweden played like **** the last the game. Its time to pull up and kick some ass.

[fredligh]

Sweden having trouble scoring. 4-0.

[DrStrangelife]

Originally Posted by fredligh

Sweden having trouble scoring. 4-0.

Don't worry our defense, discipline and helplessness will help Sweden score... so..

Sweden 12-1 ... Really hope we get at least 1 or 2 goals, what concerns Sweden, I'd be surprised if they don't get more than 8 goals.

[Tomas W]

Well I expect a win, but not necessary a blowout. Latvia is probably not dreaming of winning this game and will play a stay at home game in 60 minutes.

[joe89]

Two new lines:
Sandberg-Karlsson-Forsberg
Rakell-Wennberg-Arvidsson

We'll see about the game. I expect a win but I never expect blowouts anymore. It depends on the start.

[Tomas W]

Originally Posted by joe89

Two new lines:
Sandberg-Karlsson-Forsberg
Rakell-Wennberg-Arvidsson

Good move to jugle the lines a bit.

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

These ****ing early starts are the deathhhhhhhhh of me! It's cause I stay up the whole night.

[Tomas W]

Originally Posted by ReginKarlssonLehner

These ****ing early starts are the deathhhhhhhhh of me! It's cause I stay up the whole night.

Go to bed early!

[Swedelicious]

Originally Posted by joe89

Two new lines:
Sandberg-Karlsson-Forsberg
Rakell-Wennberg-Arvidsson

Looks good. Sandberg is on a streak and hopefully he can kick start Karlsson with his energy. Hopefully Arvidsson will start producing too, he is one of our best goal scorers at this level.

[Dynamo81]

6-1 Sweden

Might give this one a miss.

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Originally Posted by Tomas W

Go to bed early!

That's a good idea, but I watch movies and play NHL13 all night long so screw it!

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

I'm glad they mixed up the lines, Sandberg should be able to create a spark on that top line and I have a feeling Rakell will be a stronger fit alongside Arvidsson. It seemed he couldn't find consistency with Forsberg forcing plays and not allowing Rakell to find room to dictate his own.

Although, did I miss something in the 3rd period last game? Where's Lindholm? I really hoped to see Lindholm and Rakell.

[ElRossoMatt]

Why isn't Girgensons in the lineup?

[fredligh]

Thank god they're switching the lines. First line haven't produced at all. Almost looked like they never played with each other before.

[BalticWarrior]

You know,maybe sweden will do us a favour this time,by destroying us so hard like 17-0 or something that LHF will have no other option than to fire Tamvijevs,oh god would that be great.