WC: Friendly games before WC

[Latgale_fan]

Latvia - Russia 1-2
Shots: 22-22

Latvia- Russia 1-0
Shots: 15:21

Two good games for us, at least defensively. Seems like we're on the right track.

[Latgale_fan]

Originally Posted by VikingNuck

If it makes you feel better

I guess people see things differently. Lat had ONE crossbar shot. And were not that dangerous other than that and the goals. NO Denmark did not do allot to score, it was a very young and new team. and not a good goalie, so dont get to high!

But, Denmark still had the puck most, more shots and many of them were in the slot.
Denmark just had worse gaoltending ..

Was the same for us, young guys and young team. And 2nd golie in the net for both games so I'm glad KHL Jučers ''one easy goal every game'' outplayed Elitserien's wondergoalie Andersen in the first game

Ok that's just joking. The championship will show what is what. At that time the roster for both teams wasn't even close to the real one...

[swisdan]

Sweden - Switzerland 2 - 5 (0-1 2-2 0-2)

Scoring: 7e Hollenstein 0-1, 21e Bang (à 4c5!) 1-1, 22e Niederreiter (Wick/à 5c4) 1-2, 24e Fernholm (Pettersson/à 5c4) 2-2, 28e Niederreiter (Sprunger, von Gunten) 2-3, 55e Du Bois (Bezina, Romy/à 5c3) 2-4, 60e Simon Moser (Trachsler/à 5c4/dans le but vide) 2-5.

Suède: Enroth; Brodin, Fernholm; Mattias Karlsson, Ahnelöv; Viklund, Frögren; Dahlbeck; Hjalmarsson, Lundqvist, Pettersson; Omark, Olausson, Harju; Jonas Andersson, Rosen, Danielsson; Zackrisson, Lundh, Bang; Jesper Fasth.

Suisse: Stephan; Du Bois, Bezina; Grossmann, von Gunten; Loeffel, Julien Vauclair; Chiesa, Kukan; Damien Brunner, Romy, Simon Moser; Niederreiter, Liniger, Wick; Sprunger, Bieber, Benjamin Plüss; Rubin, Trachsler, Hollenstein; Sciaroni.

Pénalités: 6 x 2' contre chaque équipe.

Nyköping: 2000 spectateurs

[harju]

Italy - Kazakhstan 5-2 (2-1, 2-0, 1-1)

02:15 1-0 David Bowman (Rob Sirianni, Vince Rocco) PPG
14:55 2-0 Andreas Lutz
16:56 2-1 Evgeni Bumagin (Fedor Polischuk) PPG
20:20 3-1 Luca Ansoldi (David Bowman, Marco Insam)
36:01 4-1 Federico Benetti (Andrea Ambrosi)
40:25 5-1 David Bowman (Luca Ansoldi, Giulio Scandella)
52:32 5-2 Dmitri Dudarev (Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev)

[harju]

Italy - Kazakhstan 1-2 (0-1, 1-1, 0-0)

01:49 0-1 Fedor Polischuk (Evgeni Bumagin)
22:07 0-2 Talgat Zhailauov
30:31 1-2 Derek Edwardson (Pat Iannone, Vince Rocco)

[Justinov]

This is my first post at Hf boards.

Denmark played Italy in Rødovre (suburb of Copenhagen). After very good first period performance from the danes it seemed they became lax and sloppy especially in the second period. It gave Italy the chance to work their way back into the match.

NB: I have only the assists for the danish players.

Denmark – Italy 4-2 (3-1,0-1,1-0)
1-0 Jesper Jensen (Frans Nielsen, Philip Larsen) PP
2-0 Mads Bødker (Nichlas Hardt, Frans Nielsen)
2-1 Giulio Scandella
3-1 Nichlas Hardt (Lars Eller, Frans Nielsen)
3-2 Robert Sirianni
4-2 Frans Nielsen (Nichlas Hardt, Lars Eller)
Shots on goal: 36-15

So 1G/3A/4P for Frans Nielsen of the New York Islanders who simply ruled the ice on the 1. line center position (with Hardt and Eller on the wings). So it seems we have at least one top-quality line.
Nichlas Hardt shows again that he is by far the best danish forward not playing in North America. This year he won the goldhelmet for Jokerit, SM liiga (most points in regular season) and the bronze medal in the playoffs. It's simply a mystery that this hardworking and very aggressive player is not playing in NHL. He has said in interviews that he lenjoys taking the battles with the defenders before the opposing teams goalie. So what's not to like? (maybe a future danish Holmström in the NHL?).

Here is a link to you tube where he tackles a norwegian defender - "Hardt".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfyf_tPWRoU

Eller seems misplaced on the wing as he has been with the Montreal Canadians. I would move Jannik Hansen up from the second to the first line and put Lars Eller on 2. line center. Maybe he can do a 4 goal magic again?
Jannik Hansen was not in gear this match, but just arriving from Vancouver after the playoff loss it's understandable he needs some time. Hope it all falls into place for the WC.

The Italians chance in the world championship seems to be lost of hard work, and an opposing team that underestimates them. Their goalkeeper - Daniel Belissimo - have had a very good year for Bofors in Allsvenskan and can he keep that form Italy has a chance in nervous tight games.