GDT: Slovakia-Belarus, Noon Local Time

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The game is 7 p.m CET.

I'm sure Slovakia will win both of these games.

Slovakia-Belarus 4-1

7-2 Slovakia

Edit: I'm expecting Ruzicka to score 2-3 goals in this one, with Meszaros getting 1+2.

Kastsitsyn x2 for Belorus.

Slovakia

You have a motivated Belarus V a downcast Slovak team. I can see a 3-3 tie.

Sure they will have some confidence after beating the US, but still both teams are in the relegation round. I doubt either will feel all that great, with Slovakia feeling much, much worse.

Meszaros is OUT of the tourney BTW. He has a broken rib. I even made a thread about it but it had 0 replies. It somewhere.

Meszaros is OUT of the tourney BTW. He has a broken rib. I even made a thread about it but it had 0 replies. It somewhere.

Ouch. Well, I think Slovakia will handle this one even without him. If they have the spirit, of course.

5-2 Slovakia

The IIHF website has him in the lineup, I haven't noticed it being wrong yet. Mind you, I found your thread and the coach says he's gone, what more do you need?

EDIT: Now the game summary has him as recording one shot in the first period.

0-0 after the first period...

Go Belarus!!!

The IIHF website has him in the lineup, I haven't noticed it being wrong yet. Mind you, I found your thread and the coach says he's gone, what more do you need?
Hes not only supposedly in the lineup, he supposedly has a shot in the first.
On another note, I cant see him making the allstar team if he doesnt play in this round (or anyone else for that matter) .

1-0 Belarus, goal from Zakharov.

The Slovaks must really be down on themselves, or Belarus could be playing quite well. I didn't expect the score to be close, let alone have the Slovaks trailing by a goal.

Go Belarus!

Looks like my score prediction is going down the toilet. Shots are pretty even...maybe relegation games just don't interest the Slovaks enough.

We're into the third, still 1-0 Belarus. Wow.
A. Kostitsyn has 7 shots in two periods! Lascek has 5...

And Valabik will sit for 10 minutes, checking from behind.

Valabik seems to really enjoy sitting in the box today.

What a defensive game.Just one goal after two periods.WOW !

Go Belarus Go !!!!

Once again, this proves the IIHF system is crap. Next year, team Belarus will miss Kostitsyn, Zhakarov, Karaga, etc. and will probably suck as much the Germans did this year...

Whatever, Go Belarus!

crap 1-1

50.03 1 - 1 EQ Slovakia 3. SEKERA, Andrej
(26. OLVECKY, Peter)


10 minutes to play.

1-1

Damn you, Sekera!

Sekera!

The plot thickens...

Incidentally, how do relegation games work? There are four teams: Slovakia, Germany, Belarus, Switzerland... Is it just like a mini-tournament, with the two teams with the least points getting relegated?

and the Slovaks get a PP :shakehead

The plot thickens...

Incidentally, how do relegation games work? There are four teams: Slovakia, Germany, Belarus, Switzerland... Is it just like a mini-tournament, with the two teams with the least points getting relegated?

I think so. Points from round robin against other relegation teams will carry over.

2-1 Slo

56.35 2 - 1 EQ Slovakia 26. OLVECKY, Peter Game Winning Goal
(25. JENCIK, Richard)
(8. ZAGRAPAN, Marek)

Olvecky from Jencik and Zagrapan.

And another Slovak PP, this one should be over.

Rather surprising guys scoring the goals in this one.

And Belarus gets another penalty...

Uh-oh, Slovakia penalty with 1:01 remaining. Zagrapan for hooking, talk about a poor time for a penalty.

Uh-oh, Slovakia penalty with 1:01 remaining. Zagrapan for hooking, talk about a poor time for a penalty.

Looks like an interesting finish for the game, with Belarus pulling the goalie, of course.

2-1 Slovakia, final.

No points for Ruzicka though. :shakehead

Game Over

Congrats Slovaks

I thought about one thing before the game

If we would have lost, Belarus would have beaten Germany and we would have beaten Switzerland, there would be AGAIN 3 teams with 4 points and the tie-breaker would decide who stays in the A group and who falls.

With the SVK win, its decided that BLR and GER fall down, right?

I thought about one thing before the game

If we would have lost, Belarus would have beaten Germany and we would have beaten Switzerland, there would be AGAIN 3 teams with 4 points and the tie-breaker would decide who stays in the A group and who falls.

With the SVK win, its decided that BLR and GER fall down, right?
Yes, relegation is complete. Germany and Belarus will play for 9th, 10th.

And SWI will go for the 7/8th spots.

:banghead: Belarus LOST !!!

Slovakia scored two goalis in the third period.

Anyways , Halak got a win :).

Meszaros in fact did play.

I thought about one thing before the game

If we would have lost, Belarus would have beaten Germany and we would have beaten Switzerland, there would be AGAIN 3 teams with 4 points and the tie-breaker would decide who stays in the A group and who falls.

With the SVK win, its decided that BLR and GER fall down, right?

Correct - but the BLR-GER game tomorrow will determine which will finish 9th and 10th for the rankings - which itself is used to determine which group they will fall to next year. The 9th place team will relegate to Div I Group A, and the 10th place team to Div I Group B.

Relegation Round Standings
Rank Team GP W T L GF:GA GDF PTS
SUI 2 2 0 0 10:00 (+10) 4
SVK 2 2 0 0 07:01 (+06) 4
BLR 2 0 0 2 01:07 (-06) 0
GER 2 0 0 2 00:10 (-10) 0

Sun Dec 26th: Switzerland - Belarus 5-0
Wed Dec 29th: Slovakia - Germany 5-0
Sat Jan 1st: Switzerland - Germany 5-0
Sun Jan 2nd: Slovakia - Belarus 2-1
Mon Jan 3rd: Belarus vs Germany
Mon Jan 3rd: Switerland vs Slovakia