2020 Edition - Dobber WJC Pool

[Axeman33]

My other Captain selection, Sandin, left todays game for xrays on his wrist/arm. It just gets better.

[northernnuck]

My other Captain selection, Sandin, left todays game for xrays on his wrist/arm. It just gets better.

The view is pretty good from down here! LOL

[hockeyrobot]

Pretty sure I need more Veleno.

[Nights]

Few big performances yesturday from Canada (Hayton and Veleno), but it's Kirill Marchenko's 5 pointer that helped the most. What was a close race yesturday is taking shape.

I performed the usual full scale double-check. I only had one correction - Nils Hoglander apparently had a 3-4 split and not a 4-3 one, so no actual change (just a tie-breaker consideration). The Germans are the unlucky ones this year having to play in the relegation round, so for the few of us (my included) who had profited from either Bokk (5p), Seider (4p) or Stutzle (3p), that their points in those games don't count.

Rank	Team	Points
1	watchingthegame	87
2	CrimsonYann	87
3	forsbergfan	84
4	markyj	83
5	Praba	82
6	Essej	82
7	mwatson - TTS	82
8	pmorrow	81
9	bubba55	81
10	dcamp12	81
11	newfcollins	80
12	VintageVibe	80
13	Nights	80
14	metaldude26	79
15	hockeyrobot	79
16	CaptainCally	78
17	horrorfan	78
18	SensArmy93	78
19	siddz90	77
20	Jussin88	77
21	als_revenge	77
22	jsau53	76
23	Jouko-Pouko	76
24	pharling	76
25	Driedger18	75
26	toddmackay	74
27	PenguinHunter	74
28	Eskimo Brother	74
29	DJ Rection	73
30	Rocky71	73
31	dodospice	72
32	InForaPenny	72
33	Magicstew	69
34	StuntMan12	69
35	Pit Bulls	69
36	Axeman33	69
37	nikitanikitin	68
38	Hawkdog	67
39	Bmctee	66
40	Gotenks	65
41	Northernnuck	64
42	Dennis	64
43	Hollywood	62

[audiopile]

my team is so bad it fell off the spreadsheet!

[pmorrow]

wow, didn't expect to jump that much. thank you Marchenko!

[VintageVibe]

Foote just got the Tom Wilson treatment. What a terrible call. Ejected for being too big and strong. I hope the IIHF wakes up... the reffing has been terribly inconsistent this tournament. Good to see Lafreniere buzzing around though. Looks back to 100%. That Cozens-Hayton-Lafreniere line just isn't fair.

[hockeyrobot]

Foote just got the Tom Wilson treatment. What a terrible call. Ejected for being too big and strong. I hope the IIHF wakes up... the reffing has been terribly inconsistent this tournament. Good to see Lafreniere buzzing around though. Looks back to 100%. That Cozens-Hayton-Lafreniere line just isn't fair.

Ya terrible terrible call. But pretty great way to start the game all things considering.

[Nights]

4 teams go off with a whimper as the 4 eliminated teams go off with 2 goals. Those who loaded up on USA leave empty handed.

Rank	Team	Points
1	watchingthegame	106
2	CrimsonYann	106
3	forsbergfan	102
4	markyj	99
5	Praba	99
6	mwatson - TTS	99
7	Essej	98
8	CaptainCally	97
9	bubba55	96
10	Nights	96
11	metaldude26	94
12	Jouko-Pouko	94
13	pmorrow	93
14	newfcollins	93
15	SensArmy93	93
16	dcamp12	93
17	VintageVibe	93
18	InForaPenny	92
19	horrorfan	92
20	jsau53	91
21	PenguinHunter	91
22	als_revenge	90
23	Jussin88	89
24	hockeyrobot	89
25	Eskimo Brother	89
26	pharling	89
27	dodospice	87
28	siddz90	87
29	toddmackay	86
30	nikitanikitin	85
31	DJ Rection	85
32	Driedger18	85
33	StuntMan12	84
34	Rocky71	82
35	Magicstew	81
36	Bmctee	81
37	Axeman33	81
38	Pit Bulls	79
39	Dennis	79
40	Northernnuck	76
41	Hawkdog	76
42	Gotenks	73
43	audiopile	73
44	Hollywood	69

[forsbergfan]

Third place all to myself yet first place seems so far away. Go swedes and hoglander!

[Nights]

Quick update now that everything is done (and thanks to no 3rd period scoring in the CAN-RUS game, I can use the summary that wasn't updated for the 3rd yet).

Looks like it's a 2 horse race with CrimsonYann and perennial contender watchingthegame. Looking at the comparator:

- Yann has the advantage with only 5 players (all USA) eliminated, whereas WTG had an extra spot for Moritz Seider on defence.
- Sandin's great performance won't change a thing for either of them, as he captains both squads on defence. At forward, with Hayton going down near the end of the game hurts Yann against Lafreniere.
- CrimsonYann is relying on the following : Hayton (inj?), Byfield (CAN); Zamula (RUS); Maccelli, Tanus (FIN); Soderstrom, Gustafsson (SWE)
- watchingthegame is looking for big games out of : Lafreniere, Cozens (CAN), Marchenko (RUS), Kupari (inj) (FIN); Hoglander, Raymond (SWE)

And from a personal standpoing, looks like my big bust picks were Byfield, Kupari (like the rest of us), and Saarsela. And only picking one Russian seems to be biting me in the ass.

Rank	Team	Points
1	CrimsonYann	124
2	watchingthegame	122
3	mwatson - TTS	113
4	forsbergfan	112
5	Praba	111
6	Jouko-Pouko	109
7	Nights	109
8	Essej	108
9	bubba55	108
10	markyj	106
11	CaptainCally	106
12	InForaPenny	106
13	pmorrow	105
14	metaldude26	104
15	horrorfan	104
16	PenguinHunter	103
17	SensArmy93	103
18	VintageVibe	103
19	jsau53	101
20	newfcollins	101
21	dodospice	100
22	als_revenge	100
23	dcamp12	100
24	siddz90	99
25	StuntMan12	99
26	Eskimo Brother	99
27	Jussin88	98
28	hockeyrobot	97
29	pharling	97
30	nikitanikitin	95
31	DJ Rection	95
32	Driedger18	95
33	Pit Bulls	93
34	Axeman33	93
35	Dennis	92
36	toddmackay	91
37	Bmctee	91
38	Magicstew	89
39	Rocky71	88
40	audiopile	86
41	Northernnuck	85
42	Hawkdog	83
43	Gotenks	82
44	Hollywood	78

[Bubba55]

Another close but no cigar Tournament for Bubba (:

Byfield, Kupari and Danila Galenyuk (God knows why I went there) were my downfall. Kupari, well, OK. I learned a lesson here with Byfield though, taking a 17 year old is usually not a good idea.

Thanks again to Nights for doing this. Swedes and Fins are currently playing a good game, and I'm Uber pumped for the Gold match!! Team Canada will get their revenge, you heard it here first (:

[watchingthegame]

I'm in rough shape... lost another point so far in this SWE-FIN game. Need a Raymond to Hoglander goal here to ice things for the Swedes (and pull me within striking distance).

[Nights]

Final verification (Alnefelt had a SO instead of an OTL logged for the loss to Russia, and Hayton and Sandin were off by a 1g/1a adjustment, but had the correct total points) and logging performed, so congrats to...

CrimsonYann!!


Thank you all for participating once again! Hope to see you all again next year for my annual trip onto these boards XD

Rank	Team	Points
1	CrimsonYann	136
2	watchingthegame	134
3	forsbergfan	126
4	Praba	123
5	mwatson - TTS	123
6	Jouko-Pouko	122
7	CaptainCally	120
8	Essej	120
9	markyj	119
10	InForaPenny	118
11	bubba55	118
12	metaldude26	117
13	Nights	117
14	PenguinHunter	114
15	horrorfan	114
16	pmorrow	113
17	dodospice	111
18	jsau53	110
19	SensArmy93	110
20	StuntMan12	109
21	VintageVibe	109
22	dcamp12	108
23	Jussin88	107
24	als_revenge	107
25	Eskimo Brother	107
26	pharling	107
27	newfcollins	106
28	nikitanikitin	105
29	siddz90	105
30	hockeyrobot	103
31	Driedger18	103
32	DJ Rection	102
33	Dennis	102
34	Pit Bulls	101
35	Axeman33	101
36	Bmctee	98
37	Magicstew	95
38	toddmackay	95
39	Rocky71	94
40	Hawkdog	92
41	Northernnuck	91
42	audiopile	91
43	Gotenks	87
44	Hollywood	84

[InForAPenny]

Congrats to CrimsonYann and thank you Nights for all the work you put into this pool every year.

Personally, this was my best result yet cracking the top 10.

Great World Juniors this year (in as much as my work schedule allowed me to watch it as well as the play)