GDT: SF • Jan. 3 • Sweden 3, Russia 2 (SO)

[Systemfel]

2013 IIHF U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | SEMI-FINAL
JANUARY 3, 2013
8:00 AM ET • 14:00 CET • 19:00 YEKT



Ufa Arena, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
(CAPACITY: 8,250)

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
13 Viktor Arvidsson	10 Alexander Wennberg	24 Rickard Rakell (A)
23 Victor Rask	11 Jeremy Boyce (A)	25 Jacob de la Rose
-	-	26 Nick Sörensen

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

Starting Goalie	Backup Goalie
30 Niklas Lundström	1 Joel Lassinantti

Scratches	Reason
G 35 Oscar Dansk	Healthy

Russia
Official lineup.

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
26 Daniil Zharkov	19 Alexander Khokhlachyov	10 Nail Yakupov (C)
17 Anton Slepyshev	25 Mikhail Grigorenko	16 Nikita Kucherov
15 Valeriy Nichushkin	14 Vladimir Tkachyov	18 Yaroslav Kosov
12 Andrei Sigaryov	11 Yevgeniy Mozer	8 Maxim Shalunov
21 Kirill Kapustin	-	-

Left Defense	Right Defense
5 Albert Yarullin (A)	9 Nikita Nesterov (A)
28 Yaroslav Dyblenko	27 Kirill Dyakov
29 Pavel Koledov	22 Andrei Mironov
-	7 Artyom Sergeyev

Starting Goalie	Backup Goalie
20 Andrei Makarov	30 Andrei Vasilevskiy

Scratches	Reason
G 1 Igor Ustinskiy	Healthy

Officials

-	-
	Harry Dumas
	Steve Patafie
	François Dussureault
	Tommy George

[LiveeviL]

Lassinantti starts?

[bottomofthefoodchain]

Originally Posted by LiveeviL

Lassinantti starts?

Doubt it. Lundström have to start!

[Tomas W]

Before the tournament start Sweden could have been said to be able to play this game without pressure, but as it stands now Sweden should have at least just as good chance to win as Russia. Both teams will be dissapointed with a loss ( well "duh", but I hope you get my point).

[ozo]

4:2 win for spoiler

[Tomas W]

If we would compare Switzerland to Sweden, which team would fit the Russian the best? Sweden has better depth at forward and perhaps also better top end forwards than the Swiss, but the Swiss might just have a better teamplay/better suited for defensive play.

[Everlasting]

Sweden showed great promise against Finland with their offense but their deffense will still need a lot of improvement. If russia continues to play like they did today this should not be to much of a problem.

[mindfly]

Only negative thing about this swedish team is that their penalty kill is abysmal, the shots gets through from the point 9 times out of 10 etc. Goaltending is also a questionmark. Lassi is a dwarf, Lundström we just don't know where we have him. Vasilevsky is saftey personafide, so big, so athletic... great in shootouts as well.

[Systemfel]

Hoping for Lundström as well, but it seems doubtful to me.

[reaper]

Sweden is the favourite based on what I've seen so far which scares me. We are used to being the underdog

If Russia takes as many penalties as today Sweden will burn them in PP but Swedens BP is not great which will be tested against Russia as well. Sweden

I feel Swedem is a better team but Russia has some top end talent that this Swedish team is lacking.

4-2 to Sweden.

[Dolorous Edd]

I'm also hoping for Lundström...

[Gnawer]

What is it with this obsession of saying "Juniorkronorna" in Viasat? They even had it on the playoff-bracket: Canada-USA Juniorkronorna-Ryssland. Jidhe's the worst of them all.

You never see another country downgrade their team like that.

Say: Sverige for **** sake!
They carry our nation's flag for the moment.

So Russia. A do-over from last year. That's all.

And of course Lundström must start. Otherwise it's Luleå-Favoritism and just plain idiocy.

[LubluXokkei]

Both teams haven't impressed me, so the chances are 50x50

[Everlasting]

Originally Posted by Gnawer

What is it with this obsession of saying "Juniorkronorna" in Viasat? They even had it on the playoff-bracket: Canada-USA Juniorkronorna-Ryssland. Jidhe's the worst of them all.

You never see another country downgrade their team like that.

Say: Sverige for **** sake!
They carry our nation's flag for the moment.

So Russia. A do-over from last year. That's all.

And of course Lundström must start. Otherwise it's Luleå-Favoritism and just plain idiocy.

I dont know from where i know this but im pretty sure that Juniorkronorna is the offical name of the U20 national team.

[ViD]

Yakupov is roaring back in this one, two goals including a GWG

[cska78]

gonna be a fun game, Swedes got the speed, if they keep it more opent, than Canada and SUI we got a chance.

[YakuBOT]

Russia can win this. With their goaltending, anything is possible.

Also, **** Varnakov.

[cska78]

Originally Posted by ViD

Yakupov is roaring back in this one, two goals including a GWG

OGWG

[sabresfan129103]

If both top lines are going for Russia then I can see them winning. If the Yakupov lines decides to not show up again then the Russians are going to lose.

[Gnawer]

Originally Posted by Everlasting

I dont know from where i know this but im pretty sure that Juniorkronorna is the offical name of the U20 national team.

Really? OK. But it's still stupid, in my book.

[Lugaid]

This is the game we decide who our first goaltender is

I'm hoping Lundström starts, you can't argue with his edge in experience.

[vippe]

I think we have a good shot at winning this game, it will be tough though.. This win against Switzerland should get the russians amped, hopefully they are a bit exhausted.

Really stinks that I will miss the first half of the game, was hoping it was going to be played at 10 cet :<

[Systemfel]

Time for Karlsson to stop coasting if we're gonna win this one.

[kp61c]

easy win for swedes here 5 : 1

[masseman3]

Tricky to guess, however since I am not objective I'll guess Sweden 4-2 in regulation time. However I fear we will see better play from the russians - they certainly can and they should be properly motivated by now.