NHL - Season 2005/2006

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Op vrijdag 8 april 2005 21:37 schreef DiegoArmandoMaradona het volgende:
Ja daar krijg je een harde van? (van de spelsters niet hoop ik voor je) Niveau bierteam 5.

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Diego die het kan weten want die heeft tegen en met verschillende spelers van het Nederlandse dames team gespeeld.

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VS heeft haar selectie bekend gemaakt en het lijkt me dat zij 0% kans hebben op een medaille al speelden op een stuk of 5 spelers na alle spelers wel prodffesioneel ijshockey dit seizoen.

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Op maandag 11 april 2005 22:52 schreef DiegoArmandoMaradona het volgende:

Smaken verschillen gelukkig dan

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Tuurlijk niet maar zij waren toevallig het eerste land dat hun selectie bekend gemaakt heeft en het is gewoon een matige selectie waarmee ze geen schijn van kans op een medaille meehebben.

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DSF?

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Heb je de boxscoores?

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P.S. Nederlands eredivisie ijshockey is gewoon leuk. Toen een paar jaar geleden Den Bosch in de eredivisie speelde en een jaar later in de eerste divisie ging ik zeker een keer of 6 kijken, zeker omdat ik veel spelers kende of mee gespeeld heb.

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Dutch treat for Lithuania

Lithuania seemed destined to conquer the Dutch. Three goals in the second period gave them an advantage as they went into the final period, but Mark Bultje scored the equalizer that set up an exciting tie.


Dainius Zubrus starred on behalf of the Lithuanians. The NHL-forward was a constant danger for the Dutch defense. He found his match in Dutch goaltender Phil Groeneveld. The Dutch-Canadian made some incredible saves in the match, to help his team secure a point. He got a lot of help from his defenders, with Leo van den Thillart having an especially great night.

Team Lithuania proved more than a match for the Dutch. Their slick skating, good puckhandling and well executed counter-attacks caused a lot of panicky situations in front of the Dutch net. At the other end the Dutch forwards worked hard and created several chances too. One of these was converted by Lamonte Polet, who took advantage of a rebound to put the Dutch ahead after just ten minutes.

Another rebound pulled Lithuania back into the game with the second period only just begun. A blast from the blue-line provided Rolandas Aliukonis with a rebound for his first goal of the tournament. A wonderful goal by Darius Lelenas handed Lithuania the initiative. Het sent the defense packing with a great move, faked the netminder out of position and scored while falling down.

The lead was wiped out by Doug Stienstra. Yet again being at the right spot for a rebound was the key. Leo van den Thillart fired the shot and Stienstra was ready to pounce. The opposition struck a killer blow just before the end of the second period. With the Dutch on the powerplay, Darius Pliskauskas made a great move from his own end and finished in style.

Nerijus Dauksevicius had a great night in net for Lithuania, but five minutes after the second intermission a clever shot by Mark Bultje bounced into the net to put the teams level again. Even though Lithuania got some chances in the final minutes to grab the points, they failed to capitalize. Phil Groeneveld again made some vital stops and Dainius Zubrus saw his shot hit the post.

The tie means the first point for Lithuania in the tournament, while the Dutch go to four points. The tournament continues on Thursday with three more matches.

After the game both coaches were happy with the result. The Lithuanian head coach Dmitrij Medevedev knew it was going to be a tough match: ‘We knew the quality of the Dutch team, this is the third time we meet on a World Championship. Also we lost to them in Poland last autumn. So we can be happy with the point.’

Dutch coach Doug Mason was a proud coach: ‘Of course I am happy, Lithuania impressed me in the match against France. We played very energetic and very hard today. There were a lot of one on one duels which took a lot of energy. I also want to make a special remark about Leo van den Thillart. He did a great job against Dainius Zubrus. Zubrus is a class player so we decided to put two men on him during the whole match. Of course this caused some disorganization but we had to respect the quality of Zubrus.’

Medvedev agrees with his colleague: ‘Zubrus is very important for this team. Not only his technical qualities but he also can help improve all other players. We hope that we also will see his scoring abilities this tournament.’
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