Ice Hockey World Championship 2008

[seesul]

The 72nd championship will be held between May 2 and May 18, 2008 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Canada.
Which team´s gonna be the winner?

Canada
Finland
Russia
Sweden
United States
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Germany
Denmark
Belarus
Italy
Latvia
Norway
France
Slovenia

[seesul]

Though I´d like to see our (Czech) players with the gold medals on their necks personaly I think Russia has a very strong team this year.
Let´s see, we play with them on this Saturday 4th...

[Lucky13]

SWEDEN of course! But I don't think that we have that strong a team this year....maybe we'll end up third at the best...

[Lucky13]

Country
Gold Medals
Silver Medals
Bronze Medals
Total Medals
Participations

Canada
24
39.3% 11
18% 9
14.8% 44
72.1% 61

Soviet Union
22
64.7% 7
20.6% 5
14.7% 34
100% 34

Sweden
8
12.3% 18
27.7% 14
21.5% 40
61.5% 65

Czechoslovakia
6
11.5% 12
23.1% 16
30.8% 34
65.4% 52

Czech Republic
5
33.3% 1
6.6% 3
20% 9
60% 15

United States
2
3.1% 9
14.1% 5
7.8% 16
25% 64

Finland
1
1.8% 6
10.9% 2
3.6% 9
16.4% 55

Great Britain
1
2.2% 2
4.4% 2
4.4% 5
11.1% 45

Russia
1
6.2% 1
6.2% 2
12.5% 4
25% 16

Slovakia
1
8.3% 1
8.3% 1
8.3% 3
25% 12

Switzerland
0
1
1.5% 8
12.3% 9
13.8% 65
Germany
0
2
6.7% 2
6.7% 4
13.3% 30

Austria
0
0
2
3.1% 2
3.1% 64

[seesul]

Originally Posted by Lucky13

SWEDEN of course! But I don't think that we have that strong a team this year....maybe we'll end up third at the best...

Now I´m pretty confused mate! Are you from Scotland,Sweden or where from?

[Lucky13]

I'm a Swede my friend, but I do live in Scotland....

[seesul]

Originally Posted by Lucky13

I'm a Swede my friend, but I do live in Scotland....

OK. I thought you´re a Scot paid by Swedish crowns and so fan of Swedish team

[Lucky13]

Well, if you pay me good, I'll support your guys instead....

[seesul]

Originally Posted by Lucky13

SWEDEN of course! But I don't think that we have that strong a team this year....maybe we'll end up third at the best...

Btw, in March 2006, few days after Sweden won the gold medals in Olymic tournament in Turin, I was in Madison Square Garden and watched the game N.Y. Rangers-Toronto. N.Y. Rangers won I think 5:2. Lundqvist was nothing but concrete wall back then. Unfortunately not the same case today...they are loosing 0:3 with Pittsburgh...
Though it was my long-time dream to watch the NHL game on my own eyes, gotta tell you that the atmospere with almost 20.000 people there was a disillusion for me...the hall full of ''so called'' fans- white collars (clerks) chatting about the dollar course and economy, eating the chips and telling WOW when someone hit someone on the ice, oh my god...yep, and 1 beer for 5 dollars, they bastards... nothing to compare to the atmosphere perhabs here in Zlin with 7.000 people attending...

Anyway, who´s your goalie for this World Championship?

[seesul]

Originally Posted by Lucky13

Well, if you pay me good, I'll support your guys instead....

I pay by beer, do you go for it

[lesofprimus]

Maybe the reason why the game was so so Roman was the fact that u were sittin in the nose bleed section.....

My hope for the Worlds is that Team USA gets in the Medal Round.... Thats all I can expect...

[pbfoot]

I hope naturally Canada but the in all the worlds suck as most of the big names are still playing in the Stanley Cup . Jagr, Lundquist, Malkin,Hossa , Gonchar, Zetterburg etc . Nothing can match the Stanley Cup I'm sorry to say for the Hockey Purist. The best overall tournament IMHO with the exception of the Olympics is the under 21

[seesul]

Originally Posted by pbfoot

I hope naturally Canada but the in all the worlds suck as most of the big names are still playing in the Stanley Cup . Jagr, Lundquist, Malkin,Hossa , Gonchar, Zetterburg etc . Nothing can match the Stanley Cup I'm sorry to say for the Hockey Purist. The best overall tournament IMHO with the exception of the Olympics is the under 21

I know you´re right. This is what always ****s me. But what can we do, there are another good names in teams as Ovechkin, Elias etc...
Sorry to say PBfoot but I´d like to see also Hamrlik in our team this year. Our head coach is waiting for him. But I know what would it mean for your team...

And BTW Malkin refused to play for a Russian team this year...

[seesul]

Originally Posted by lesofprimus

Maybe the reason why the game was so so Roman was the fact that u were sittin in the nose bleed section.....

My hope for the Worlds is that Team USA gets in the Medal Round.... Thats all I can expect...

Maybe Dan, but I had no choice. A friend of mine bought tickets few days before the game for 50 dollars from some ****ing businessman though the price was 27 dollars...We left subway near to Madison Square Garden 5 minutes before the game and they offered the same tickets for 20 bucks...but who could know it...
When the game was over we wanted to join the Czech players but din´t know where there´s their favourite Czech pub. So we went into the nearest pub and had a nice evening and worse morning the other day

[Lucky13]

Originally Posted by seesul

I pay by beer, do you go for it

Wooohoooo....!!!! Czech Republic...!!!!!