Kings winger Ryan Smyth has been named captain of Team Canada for the IIHF World Championships, which are being played in Germany. Canada’s first game is tomorrow against Italy. Smyth has been Canada’s Captain at the World Championships six times now, and did it every year from 2001-05. The United States, with Kings defenseman Jack Johnson as captain, will open the tournament against Germany at about 11:15 a.m. Los Angeles time today. The game is being played in a large outdoor stadium and is expected to draw a crowd of more than 70,000. The game is scheduled to be broadcast on Universal Sports, for those who get that network (it’s not on DirectTV). I’ll have updates on that later…
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This is no surprise and very deserved as well. You know whats interesting as well? Ryan Smyth, Jarret Stoll, and Matt Greene all played on the 06 team in edmonton that went 7 games in the finals vs Carolina…Ya think Edmonton misses the character that these guys brought to their organization?
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Rich –
are any of these games on TV?
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Harry Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
@kozak, Timewarner is showing the game now.
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They start TODAY??
Anybody know where the US game can be seen on TV?
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Mike L Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 10:22 am
@Kevin Y, jack johnsons facebook page or so i believe said Universal Sports. donno what that is…lol
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fuzzerson Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 10:44 am
@Mike L,
Universal Sports
Los Angeles
Charter 305
Cox 805
Time Warner 226
Verizon FIOS 464
NBC over-the-air 4.4
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gr81scores Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
@fuzzerson, Thanks! So what’s DirecTV’s excuse this time?
Outdoors, 70,000… holy Shnikies…
I would kill for the chance to see Canada vs. Germany in that kind of atmosphere.
I cant wait for Canada vs USA (lite) 2010!!!
p.s. Its Lite because it isn’t quite the Olympics….still should be a great game (even though we all know who is going to win, any body want to dispute me after Sid’s Golden Goal
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Cynic Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 10:30 am
@VanKingsFan,
Drew Doughty’s not playing. USA wins. Sid is nothing without Drew.
If Juraj Mikus was playing, I’d say Slovakia wins.
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Gary Livingston Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 10:44 am
@Cynic,
Sid is getting ready for Game 5 in the states. So…
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This makes me wonder if Smytty’s ‘No Pop if we lose’ rule applies to more than just Drew Doughty. What if it also applies to Jack Johnson? USA v Canada could be called ‘Soda Wars’. The winner would be ‘King of Pop’. LOL – OK, that was ‘Bad’.
Maybe Matt Greene could steal Smytty’s shoes before the game being the ‘Smooth Criminal’ he is and cut them with a hacksaw, throwing off his game. Why am I referencing Michael Jackson so much?
I went a long way for that one….
Canada v USA should be a great game.
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variable Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 10:41 am
@Cynic,
well… have one on the house…!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylncpJy5Rc&feature=related
official theme song of the tourney…:)
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Cynic Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
@variable,
LOL! Haven’t seen that in forever! Love the old school cable channel clicker board! He almost looks like Smytty in spandex.Nice!
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Dominick Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
@variable,
You suck dude! I heard that song during my lunch break,and went back to work.Song was stuck in my head forever.lol
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It is on Universal Sports.
Los Angeles
Charter 305
Cox 805
Time Warner 226
Verizon FIOS 464
NBC over-the-air 4.4
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Universal Sports
Los Angeles
Charter 305
Cox 805
Time Warner 226
Verizon FIOS 464
NBC over-the-air 4.4
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jammer06 Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
@fuzzerson,
No dish providers carry it?
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Congrats Smytty!!!
So proud of that guy. Well deserved.
Probably the last time he’ll get to represent Canada since the Kings will be going deeper into the playoffs from now on
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Its on now on 464 Fios, and I hear two familiar voices, Ahlers and Foxy.
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what channel is it on for at&t uverse????
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Mike L Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
@brandyn,
I have Uverse and im not sure if they even carry that channel. Im not home so i’m not sure right now.
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USA Lineup and JMFJ pregame interview…
http://deepinsidethekings.com/2010/05/07/team-usa-lineup/
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wavesinair Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
The Ducks’ Ryan Carter scored the tying goal in the 3rd. USA 1 – Germany 1 half way through the period…
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wavesinair Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Germany wins it 2-1. I thought there was still 4 mins left in the game when they scored, but it must have been overtime or something. Confused.
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Germany 1 USA 0
Wolf 25 min.
at the moment
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usa : ger = 1 : 2 in overtime
77183 spectators
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Wow. Both the captains of Canada and USA both from the Kings. Interesting.
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At first I was against the Kings players going to the Worlds, especially the older players. The young guys might gain experience, but it makes sense now when Luc brings the New Years Day outdoor game to LA the players will have experience playing for crowds of 70,000+.
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It used to be the channel after Versus.When Directv removed Versus, Universal was also removed. However, when Versus came back, Universal didn’t.
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