Felix Schutz scored 21 seconds into overtime to give Germany a 2-1 victory over the United States in the first game of the IIHF World Championships before a crowd of 77,000-plus in Germany. Schutz played for Portland of the AHL this season, the team Manchester eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Michael Wolf gave Germany a 1-0 lead in the second period before Ryan Carter tied it for Team USA 8:28 into the third period. German goalie Dennis Endras made 31 saves while USA’s Scott Clemmensen made 18 saves. The United States next plays on Monday, against Denmark.
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Seventy-seven thousand plus??!!!
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Lv is the way Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
@Lars H, i think they played outdoors.. or on a soccer field..? That would have to be the answer.
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wavesinair Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
It was at Veltins Arena which has a retractable roof (it was closed).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veltins-Arena
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Germany?? Ouch!
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HA!
Ironic the Monarchs helped you guys lose…
Clemmensen… seriously… the best the entire USA can offer at the moment is Scott “suitcase” Clemmensen
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Steve McQueen Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
@VanKingsFan, no kidding on the goalie(s) This is not a tourney to expect much from Team USA. If Russia doesn’t win,the entire team will be shipped to Siberia.
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VanKingsFan Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
@Steve McQueen,
Ever had the drink the Ovechkin??
Its a White Russian, with no ice and no cup!!!!
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hell, i’m not sure I’d WANT to win in front of 77,000+ angry germans at an outdoor game…at least indoors you got a chance to hide.
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wavesinair Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Actually, it was indoors.
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Well, there’s an attendance record that will stand for some time, wow! I hope JJ had some good wurst at least.
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You know nobody takes this competition seriously. I think only person that is probably all geeked up about it is Jack Johnson.
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VanKingsFan Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
@Alen,
And the entire nation of Canada, and clearly at least 77,000 Germans take it pretty serious. I would say the same for all of the major hockey players in Europe too.
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Mike L Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@VanKingsFan,
Im pretty sure even in Canada the World Championships are 3rd to the Memorial Cup and The Playoffs.
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VanKingsFan Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
@Mike L,
No arguments with you on that one… but The worlds are still ahead of NBA playoffs, MLB, Soccer, Lax playoffs, our jobs, yadda yadda yadda…
slovenian fan Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
@Alen,
guys like Oveckin, Semin, Varlamov, Kovaylcuk etc for Russia
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here are some photos from the game:
http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/pictures/page/0.html
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VanKingsFan Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
@slovenian fan,
I have a german intern in my office who has been there…. WOW.. impressive…
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
@slovenian fan,
Thanks for the pics!
To quote Darth Vader:
“Impressive. Most impressive!”
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Dominick Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
That’s too funny.LMAO
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Captain Jack Johnson has a nice ring to it!
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Unfortunately Capt. Jack had a couple of bonehead passes on the PP in the 3rd period. Only saw the 3rd period and the US goal was a fluke off a skate. JJ did not look sharp or impressive.
Greene had a little trouble with the bigger ice surface as you could imagine.
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Turns out Canada and USA won’t play each other until the Quarter Finals
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Kings project Constantin Braun assisted on the game-winner.
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The US losing to Germany is as stupid as me having to watch the east coast Philly/Boston OT game while the Van/Chicago game is under way and I’m missing it? Why the eff do I, in the western market, want to watch the crap from the east? Please somebody Please fix this stupid VS TV contract CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you
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gr81scores Reply:
May 7th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
@Tired Of It, DITTO!!!!!
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simonsez Reply:
May 8th, 2010 at 4:16 am
@Tired Of It,
I think they’re doing fine given that they don’t have a 2nd channel for overlapping games. They can’t just cut away from OT when they’ve just shown the first 3 periods.
And as for East vs West, I’ll take Pittsburgh v Montreal over Detroit v San Jose any day.
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Tired Of It Reply:
May 8th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
@simonsez, Agree they can’t cut away but add some alternate channels…this is the playoffs!!!!! Pay per view with your cable or sat provider or somethin’….This Is Hockey!!!!
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Thanks for sharing the pics
I think it would be awesome to watching a game in a stadium like that. KINGS of course.
Also have to say all players in this tournament will be taking seriously as they are representing their countries. Pride us a BIG
motivator.
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