USA men's hockey team finishes preliminary round UNDEFEATED!
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How did the USA men's hockey team finish the preliminary round?
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Welcome into a live version of Judd's Hockey Show, a post-Olympic game, US 5, Germany 1. The pool play is done. It is, of course, Judd. It is Jesse Pierce, ordinarily joins us on Wednesdays, but always welcome because she brings a lot when it comes to the... the United States hockey program, including these glasses, which are absolutely fantastic. I expect that you're going to do the show with those on. Talk about rose-colored glasses and, of course, A.J. Fredrickson as well. And so the preliminary stuff is done now. The U.S. beat, what, Latvia in the first game, Denmark on Saturday, and then Germany today. The grouping works like this if you don't know and you're curious. So... On Tuesday, we're going to have four games.
What were the highlights from the USA vs. Germany game?
So four teams were seeded and get by through the first round. The first round will feature a game between Sweden and Latvia, the seven and ten seeds now. The winner of that game, because Sweden had a bad tournament, will play the U.S. then in the quarterfinal. So, Jesse, we'll start with you. What did you think about what you saw the past, well, especially two days, because we did a show on the Bardown Beauty's channel after the Lafayette game. But the past two days, Denmark and Germany, and how confident are you? Because you have been very on the fence, despite your glasses. How confident are you right now in the U.S. team as they try to get through to the very least, I think we expect, the gold medal game?
I mean, unfortunately for Minnesota Wild fans, but fortunately for U.S. fans, Philip Gustafson hasn't looked super great for Sweden. And I'm assuming naturally that Sweden's going to probably get past Latva in that the U.S. today against, let's start there first, most complete game I have seen them play yet in this tournament against Germany, who I think we were all in agreement with. was going to be their toughest competition in this group, and you thought they should cruise through their earlier two games, and they kind of fell behind.
What concerns exist for the USA team heading into the knockout stage?
They looked off a little bit. The scoring wasn't there until the third period when all of a sudden they were like, oh, yeah, we should do this and put this damn thing away. They let teams hang around, whereas I thought they were very much in control against Germany today. A ton of fun. I think a lot of that goes to Connor Hellebuck, too. Obviously, he is your guy. I don't think there's any question about that. Curious decision to go to Swayman yesterday. I still don't understand that, but I'm pretty sure that confidently put a nail in that coffin because I don't need to see him again during the Olympics at all. I really liked the U.S. game, so it gives me a little more confidence. I have been on the fence.
I've been very nervous. I've been very worried. mostly because I continue to watch Canada absolutely decimate their opponents and not even apologize for it, right?
How did individual players perform during the preliminary round?
Like, Macklin Celebrini even gets his penalty shot. Like, they're just having fun toying. Like, this seems just like a good old time out there for them. Like, that's all. Let's score 10 goals. I liked the U.S. 's game today. Tough draw, though, to have to either go against likely Sweden in that quarterfinals, who might be able to figure it out because they are one of the stronger teams, despite how they perform through the prelims.
Age, I got to think that we're going to see Jacob Markstrom, who played in the third pool play game. for sweden it feels to me like unfortunately and we'll see how things go when he returns to his full-time employer the wild feels to me like gus has lost the net volstead still not playing so i gotta think markstrom from the devils is going to be the goaltender assuming that they get by latvia which i think they probably will against the u.s in that quarterfinal game
Yeah, I'm not sure. What's the correct word here? Has he been usurped? Is that the correct usage of that? Or I just benched him like Swayman was after that mysterious, weird decision to start Jeremy Swayman.
What potential matchups await the USA team in the knockout stage?
I was waiting for today for them to put up nine or like win by nine because they needed a 10 goal lead, I guess, or victory in order to force a tiebreaker.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did the USA men's hockey team finish the preliminary round?
0:00–1:01
2
What were the highlights from the USA vs. Germany game?
1:01–2:12
3
What concerns exist for the USA team heading into the knockout stage?
2:12–2:55
4
How did individual players perform during the preliminary round?
2:55–3:58
5
What potential matchups await the USA team in the knockout stage?
3:58–5:59
6
How does the USA team compare to other teams in the tournament?
5:59–7:03
7
What strategies should the USA employ to succeed in the knockout rounds?
7:03–8:23
8
What are the implications of the players' performances on future games?
8:23–1:02:03
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