Yotes
Forum Admin 
Posts: 16,422
|
Post by Yotes on Apr 18, 2017 14:54:47 GMT
IIHF World Championships
Division 1 Group B
SSE Arena, Belfast23rd-29th April 2017 WebsiteFixturesSunday 23rdNetherlands 1:6 Japan (0:2, 1:2, 0:2. Mason; Sato, Takagi, Furuhashi, Obara (2) and Ueno. GS.) Croatia 2:4 Great Britain (0:1, 1:0, 1:3. Blagus and Brine; Dowd, Clarke, Mosey and Cowley. GS.) Estonia 0:3 Lithuania (0:1, 0:2, 0:0. Rulevicius, Bendzius and Cizas. GS.) Monday 24thJapan 4:2 Croatia (2:0, 1:0, 1:2. Koizumi, Sato, Tanaka and Hirana; Sertich (2). GS.) Lithuania 8:0 Netherlands (2:0, 4:0, 2:0. Cypas, Rulevicius, Cizas, Krakauskas, Rybakov, Pliskauskas, Bendzius and Gintautas. GS.) Great Britain 5:1 Estonia (2:0, 0:1, 3:0. Garside, D. Phillips, Stewart, Clarke and Mosey; Andrejev. GS.) Wednesday 26thJapan 6:2 Estonia (1:0, 3:1, 2:1. Obara (2), Minoshima, Nakajima, Ueno and Tanaka; Embrich and Vasjonkin. GS.) Netherlands 2:6 Croatia (0:4, 1:1, 1:1. van der Schuit (2); Jankovic, Rendulic (2), Milicic, Jarcov and Blagus. GS.) Great Britain 5:2 Lithuania (4:1, 0:0, 1:1. Shields, J. Phillips, Mosey, Farmer and O'Connor; Bosas and Cizas. GS.) Friday 28thLithuania 2:6 Japan (0:1, 2:2, 0:3. Krakauskas and Kaleinikovas; Furuhashi, Obara, Takagi (2), Nakayashiki and Tanaka. GS.) Croatia 3:4 Estonia (0:1, 3:2, 0:1. Blagus, Kanaet and Rendulic; Makrov (2), Rooba and Sibirtsev. GS.) Great Britain 14:0 Netherlands (3:0, 5:0, 6:0. Shields (3), J. Phillips, Duggan (2), Brooks (2), Peacock, Lachowicz, Stewart, Dowd (2) and Myers. GS.) Saturday 29thLithuania 3:1 Croatia (1:1, 1:0, 1:0. Perkovich, Protcenko and Cizas; Mikulic. GS.) Estonia 4:3 Netherlands (1:2, 1:1, 2:0. Rooba (3) and Petrov; van Nes, Melissant and Bruijsten. GS.) Japan 0:4 Great Britain (0:1, 0:3, 0:0. Dowd, Brooks and Myers (2). GS.) Table | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | +27 | 15 | | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 12 | Lithuania
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 9 | | Estonia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 6 | | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 3 | | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 38 | -32 | 0 |
Netherlands relegated to Division 2A.
|
|
|
|
Post by sevcik on Apr 18, 2017 16:26:49 GMT
Interesting to note this time around the coach of Croatia is Enio Sacilotto ex Bracknell bees coach in the ISL era- (1999-2004)
Looking forward to seeing the GB games. Though i think we will fail to win promotion again hope I'm wrong.....
|
|
|
|
Post by spik on Apr 18, 2017 22:10:18 GMT
Not impossible to move on up. Not loads of barriers in our way. Just got to play to our potential.
Win against Croatia will set us off well.
Japan might be a hurdle to watch.
|
|
|
|
Post by fishman on Apr 21, 2017 13:15:05 GMT
Andy Sertich is in the Croatia team and he did make the cut !!!!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by ashfieldpanther on Apr 22, 2017 8:29:51 GMT
Interesting to note this time around the coach of Croatia is Enio Sacilotto ex Bracknell bees coach in the ISL era- (1999-2004) Looking forward to seeing the GB games. Though i think we will fail to win promotion again hope I'm wrong..... always remember him for leading his Bracknell team through the YMCA dance during a lull in play in Nottingham once. |
|
wilx
Pat Casey
Posts: 349
|
Post by wilx on Apr 23, 2017 6:47:24 GMT
Any web-casts or commentary available?
|
|
|
|
Post by fishman on Apr 23, 2017 7:41:56 GMT
|
|
Pies
Forum Moderator 
Reluctant Chief of ITK
Posts: 4,879
|
Post by Pies on Apr 23, 2017 7:48:06 GMT
Any web-casts or commentary available? I believe it is on premier sports and if you buy the month online, you'll be able to watch all the games via there. Check www.premierplayer.tvIt is on a monthly subscription so remember to cancel after if you don't want it |
|
iginla
Chick Zamick
Posts: 13,440
|
Post by iginla on Apr 23, 2017 8:08:20 GMT
Any web-casts or commentary available? I believe it is on premier sports and if you buy the month online, you'll be able to watch all the games via there. Check www.premierplayer.tvIt is on a monthly subscription so remember to cancel after if you don't want it But if you do subscribe to Premier Sports for a month you get NHL play offs too which is far more interesting. Well worth subscribing for a month. |
|
|
|
Post by DonClaneone on Apr 23, 2017 8:48:03 GMT
Apart from Estonia and Japan, no including us because of the point I'm about to make.
All the rest of the teams have at least 1 player based in the UK, Croatia have Sertich and Brine, Lithuania have 2 players from Hull Pirates and Peterborough Phantoms respectively, Netherlands have Kevin Bruijsten from Dundee Stars who stood out for me last season.
I reckon we can win the group but will have to be at our very best to get promotion.
|
|
iginla
Chick Zamick
Posts: 13,440
|
Post by iginla on Apr 23, 2017 10:16:21 GMT
My guess is it will all go swimmingly and everyone will get over excited,until the last game.
And then we will bob it....as usual ! 😉
|
|
|
|
Post by fishman on Apr 23, 2017 11:41:53 GMT
This live link
no commentary
|
|
|
|
Post by fishman on Apr 23, 2017 11:44:31 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 23, 2017 15:06:19 GMT
It doesn't look a very big crowd.
|
|
|
|
Post by Bagheera on Apr 23, 2017 15:37:35 GMT
It doesn't look a very big crowd. No. Just got in and put it on and thought the same. Genuine question... Giants are well known at bridging boundaries and the usual religious/political differences put aside as all people come together. For those same reasons would GB be a harder one to sell? No idea just a thought. |
|
|
|
Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 23, 2017 16:09:30 GMT
It doesn't look a very big crowd. No. Just got in and put it on and thought the same. Genuine question... Giants are well known at bridging boundaries and the usual religious/political differences put aside as all people come together. For those same reasons would GB be a harder one to sell? No idea just a thought. I really have no idea (only got it on myself waiting for something else to start on Premier later). I really don't know how big the crowds are now when GB play over here. |
|
iginla
Chick Zamick
Posts: 13,440
|
Post by iginla on Apr 23, 2017 17:03:34 GMT
No. Just got in and put it on and thought the same. Genuine question... Giants are well known at bridging boundaries and the usual religious/political differences put aside as all people come together. For those same reasons would GB be a harder one to sell? No idea just a thought. I really have no idea (only got it on myself waiting for something else to start on Premier later). I really don't know how big the crowds are now when GB play over here. Shocking crowd,be lucky if there's 1500 there by the looks of it. Around 4000 in Nottingham and 2000 in Coventry for two friendly warm up games last week. I guess this is what a Belfast crowd looks like when they haven't bussed in 3000 screaming 10 year old kids ! 🙄 |
|
|
|
Post by Bagheera on Apr 23, 2017 17:59:16 GMT
I really have no idea (only got it on myself waiting for something else to start on Premier later). I really don't know how big the crowds are now when GB play over here. Shocking crowd,be lucky if there's 1500 there by the looks of it. Around 4000 in Nottingham and 2000 in Coventry for two friendly warm up games last week. I guess this is what a Belfast crowd looks like when they haven't bussed in 3000 screaming 10 year old kids ! 🙄 I think there is quite a bit to consider really. Yes it is a poor crowd but it is in Belfast. Nothing against Belfast, ultimately the bid for it. The reality is that most British hockey fans have just folked out a small fortune for play off weekends. To go to Belfast and spend probably more just a few weeks later is simply a no go for most. Clearly had it been somewhere where most fans could get home and back in a day such as Nottingham there would have been twice as many Im sure. Being in Belfast was always going to have a big impact. With games being all week maybe you will see more people(who can afford it) there next weekend at the buisiness end of the tournament. Had it been in Nottingham, Sheffield or Coventry for example I would almost certainly have made it to at least one game. |
|
iginla
Chick Zamick
Posts: 13,440
|
Post by iginla on Apr 23, 2017 18:27:30 GMT
Well exactly.
What on earth is it doing in Belfast,were they the only ones to bid ?
|
|
|
|
Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 23, 2017 18:34:03 GMT
I watched it up to the point where Andy Sertich was becoming the 'star' for the opposition and then the channel was changed straight away.
|
|
Pies
Forum Moderator
Reluctant Chief of ITK
Posts: 4,879
|
Post by Pies on Apr 23, 2017 19:06:57 GMT
Maybe with it being 3 games a day for a whole week, Nottingham was never a possibility. Unlike other arenas, there are other ice sports that require the main pad at times. I don't know really but clearly Belfast could afford to lose it
|
|
iginla
Chick Zamick
Posts: 13,440
|
Post by iginla on Apr 23, 2017 20:06:47 GMT
Maybe with it being 3 games a day for a whole week, Nottingham was never a possibility. Unlike other arenas, there are other ice sports that require the main pad at times. I don't know really but clearly Belfast could afford to lose it With the size of todays crowds in Belfast we could have had some of the games in the NIC second rink ! 😂 Lol |
|
|
|
Post by John Casey on Apr 23, 2017 22:23:21 GMT
Also this stage is the equivalent to the round where The Panthers played the Turkish and Spanish sides therefore not as a big draw, you could also have the fans thinking if I can't go to all the games then I'm not going to any of them (Sort of all or nothing)
I know that it's not possible but I have the feeling that it could have worked out if they split the hosting across the UK. I just don't think that you can have every round of games in the same city. (5 rounds is a bit much)
I doubt it would have done well in Nottingham.
|
|
iginla
Chick Zamick
Posts: 13,440
|
Post by iginla on Apr 23, 2017 23:22:15 GMT
I watched it up to the point where Andy Sertich was becoming the 'star' for the opposition and then the channel was changed straight away. I watched it up to the point where I wanted to shove that drum up whoever was banging it's backside.....So about the first five minutes ! |
|
Pies
Forum Moderator
Reluctant Chief of ITK
Posts: 4,879
|
Post by Pies on Apr 24, 2017 6:30:16 GMT
Maybe with it being 3 games a day for a whole week, Nottingham was never a possibility. Unlike other arenas, there are other ice sports that require the main pad at times. I don't know really but clearly Belfast could afford to lose it With the size of todays crowds in Belfast we could have had some of the games in the NIC second rink ! 😂 Lol Well yes that is true! I dread to think what the none GB crowds are like! |
|
