IIHF Ice hockey World Championships

[yobinad]

IIHF Championship
Belarus – France Handicap Belarus -2.5
Pick: 1 Unidade 1.92 @ Pinnacle
7 de Maio 23:00

[Tulenos]

Very nice reasoning, yobinad

[Burran]

Germany-1.5 1.95@Pinnacle
I really liked what i saw from Germany in the game against Slovakia. Good defending and goaltending plus a great powerplay. Ofc, Norway also impressed by getting a point from finland. However Germany is the stronger side if you look at the rosters. If they play like they did against Slovakia i expect them to win quite easily. The line started out at -2, but now it's -1.5 and at 1.95 i think it's definately worth a shot.



Sweden are really poor, but hopefully Doug Murray and Henrik Lundqvist will improve the squad and i think they will win tomorrow against Denmark. Notice that another game between two good temas (fin-slo) is looking to go over 5.5. 2-2 after the first. I think this is the way to go in the rest of the tournament!

[Burran]

Germany lost a 2-0 lead and lost 2-3. This result means that Norway is 2nd in this group and Slovakia will play best of 3 relegation matches against Slovenia. Huge surprise. Maybe Slovakia didn't look like one of the strongest teams but I definately expected them to go on to the next round and even the quarter finals.

[Tulenos]

Slovakia - what a shocker.

[trahators]

Slovakia play very bad this year but i am happy about this because team Latvia have better chances to fight for the medals. 90% that they will win Norway and Germany. i will put some money on that games and i recommended that for you

sorry for my bad english

[Tulenos]

They may well win one of these games, but talking about medals is a bit over the top

[Burran]

Sweden bounced back well and beat the danes 8-1. Solid performance. Canada-Norway 2-1. I watched the last half of the game and Canada seemed quite lame to me. Ofc Norwegian goalie Grotnes had a good day, but still, Canada is good enough to outscore Norway with more goals than one and the game winning goal came just 3 minutes from the end. Canada have to get a lot better to go deep in this tournament.

Small bets on the over in Switzerland-Czechs and Germany+3 against USA.

[Tulenos]

Huh, Russia two down in the first. Taken 3+ to be scored in the second - a smallish bet @ 2.30

[Burran]

It will be an interesting finish to group F tonight. The last quarterfinal spot is on stake and both Norway and Latvia have a chance of getting it. Norway will face off against USA, but I'm afraid, for the norwegians sake that how hard they will fight and how miraculous goalie Grotnes will play, they will still be on the losing end of that game. If this is the case, it opens up a great opportunity for the Latvians who later on will meet Germany, who have nothing to play for. My bet for tonight will be Latvia-0.5 2.18@Pinnacle. This is a huge price compared with the rest of the market. 1.91 is the second highest price i can find. This value of this bet depends somewhat of the result in the Norway-USA match, but I'm confident that the Americans will win and if this is the case, this bet is a great one, regardless of result. Germany started well in this tournament but the last 3 games has been a disaster with 3 losses and that's why they're still not in the race for the QFs. Latvia started slow but have two wins in their last three games against Slovenia and Norway and they only lost by one goal to the finns. They've been better and better and tonight I really expect them to win against an unmotivated German side.


Did anyone see the Finns 1-2 goal yesterday. A pure scandal is what it is....

Nice to see Sweden winning against the czechs (sorry tulenos) but i have a feeling that the czechs will be much stronger in a QF and right now it seems as Sweden will be their opponent once again.

Canada-Finland should be a good one. They both fight for top spot in their group and I'm sure both of them would be very satisfied with having to play Norway or Latvia in the QF instead of USA. I think I'll try the over in this one.

Russia will most surely beat Switzerland but no odds make me really interested in that one. Possible over again i guess.

Only pride at stake when Belarus and Denmark will play each other. Belarus is a better team but -2.5 isn't a very good line i think and after watching parts of Switzerlands hammering of Denmark (7-2) i'm not putting anymore money on them other.

GL everyone!

[chrisz]

Originally Posted by Burran

Did anyone see the Finns 1-2 goal yesterday. A pure scandal is what it is....

it really was yes.. unbelieveable .. also with video reivew

[Mazarin]

Wednesday 14 May 2008	Home	Tie	Away	BPP
Sweden v Czech Republic (18:00BST)	2.52	4.50	2.56	100.97 %	Details »
Hide « Sweden v Czech Republic
Canada v Norway (20:30BST)	1.04	34.00	70.00	100.52 %	Details »
Hide « Canada v Norway
Russia v Switzerland (23:15BST)	1.21	9.00	13.50	101.16 %	Details »
Hide « Russia v Switzerland
USA v Finland (23:15BST)	2.35	4.70	2.75	100.19 %	Details »

[Mazarin]

Time for the quarter finals! Here are some thoughts:

Sweden - Czech Republic
Lean: Sweden
Sweden have a better goalkeeper and may have the upper hand after beating the Czechs earlier in the tournament. Sweden have a pretty physical team and will try to out-muscle the Czechs, but they can't afford too many penalties. Sweden has some good young players that have improved their game as the tournament has progressed. They will put the Czechs under a lot of pressure early on.


Canada - Norway
Lean: Canada -4,5
Norway seem quite content with having reached the quarter final stages (as they should be - well done!). The big question is how much of an effort the Canadians will put up. It's possible that they'll just score three or four goals and then take it easy, saving their energy for the next round. On the other hand, they're the home team and may look to make a big impression on the crowd.

Russia - Switzerland
Lean: Over 5,5
The Swiss are an up-and-coming hockey nation but a Russian team with some of the greatest stars in the game should be too much for them. If the Russians have a bad day in the tournament, as they often do, it's more likely to come in the next round. The Swiss will put up a spirited, well-disciplined fight though, and scored three in their earlier meeting with the mighty Russians (3-5).

USA - Finland
Lean: USA
Look for the Americans to seek revenge for their last meeting, in which a refereeing mistake may have cost them victory (see above). Actually, I had expected more of this young and very talented Team USA, so I'm a bit hesitant to pull the trigger on this play. The Finns will always fight hard in the World Championships. Probably no play for me.

GL!

[Tulenos]

And the final is Canada v Russia (with Sweden v Finland a 3rd place match). Tempted to look into the overs in the Sweden game which is on tonight

[Tulenos]

Well, if anyone has missed it, Russia won the final with a pretty solid effort in the second half of the match - they got back from 2-4 to take the match into OT and scored in PP (after admittedly quite a controversial penatly to the Canadian team).