Kings goalie Jonathan Bernier has been selected to represent Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships, which start tomorrow in Slovakia. Bernier last played for Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championships, when he won a gold medal.
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Awwwwwwww Yeeaahhh!
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tornado12 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:39 am
@VanKingsFan, Van, where you been buddy? too bad your Candaian’s will lose to the USA! USA! USA! lol. seriously though, is he going to start for you guys?
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VanKingsFan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:01 am
@tornado12, Tornado!!
I have just been mad crazy busy at work these days, and I spend most of my time on this blog when I am bored during slow times at work.
I doubt that he will start, I think they will try out Reimer first since he was hot to end the year. I think Bernier is the best option though, obviously slightly biased due to me being such a fan.
Canada has SUCH a young team this year it is insane. Its pretty cool though to see a variety of different and talented young guys make the team, should be interesting to see how well they do. Check out the roster:
http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/75137/la_id/1/season_id/152954/profile_id/159013/team_id/82455/ss_id/139135/
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tornado12 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:12 am
@VanKingsFan, thats a pretty strong roster. lots of talent up front, dont know about the D though. Bernier is the best goalie on that list IMHO, but as mentioned below, because Reimer plays for the all sacred Maple Leafs, he probably gets the nod. Where is giordano? He should be playing for you guys. bowmeester?
VanKingsFan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:16 am
@tornado12,
I don’t know… they might have been asked and declined. Canada has such a giant pool of guys to pick from, it must be hard decisions on who to invite.
over on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, Ca A young man named Jimmy (Poorman) Trenton is popping open an expensive bottle of bubbly with that announcement on Jon Bernier !
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Dan H. Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:24 am
@puck73,
Yeah the only one that thought Quick was to blame…I’m not sure I want to view hockey through those goggles. lol
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:58 am
@puck73, LMAO Grats, Poorman! He probably won’t start there either, but hey… Grats anyway!
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Congrats Bernier!
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Props to Bernier. How about letting Jonathan Quick backstop the US? Then they can face each other and we can have 600 reply threads about why the Kings should go with one goalie over another!
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lafan13 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:22 am
@Barrie G,
oh my lord.
Prepare for heads to explode…
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:29 am
@Barrie G, That would be so cool!
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OttoKing Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:57 am
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Yes, I think this is the only way to resolve our crease situation. I second this motion.
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Dominick Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
@OttoKing, It might score even score us some goals on the power play.
Paul G Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
@Barrie G, Only good goalies who can handle pressure get called……cough not quick cough
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Blake Reply:
April 30th, 2011 at 12:05 am
@Paul G, ya dude since bernee is obviously far more proven then quick….
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Sweet! Experience on a big stage is always a plus!
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Good for him ….to bad the best he will do is 2nd place. GO USA!!
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VanKingsFan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:03 am
@Sebastian, Ha!
Our young guns are poised and mad hungry bitches (the female dog, don’t delete Rich
The oldest guy on team canada is Antoine Vermette, an ’82!!
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I’m still laughing about Terry Murry saying F-you.
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MrMister Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:01 am
@Howe 9, Still funny. Guess he had to let it out somewhere.
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 11:00 am
@Howe 9, I missed that… where did you see it?
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Dominick Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
@mcsorleyfan,
http://lakingsinsider.com/2011/04/28/murray-discusses-wayne-simmonds/#comments
first couple of sentences.
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Hopefully he plays
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:40 am
@Icecrown, +1
I think Reimer is the de facto #1 only cuz he plays in Toronto and the whole world knows who he is cuz the media makes sure everyone in the world knows every player on the leafs.
Rich, I suggest you promote Bernier as much toronto has promoted Reimer so that he can get a start. Thanks.
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puck73 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:44 am
@FKA PakiFro, Not a bad take. What some people dont realize here is the Leafs are to Canada what the Lakers are to basketball, what the Yankees are to baseball, and the Cowboys are to football…Bigger then life ! lol
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:54 am
@puck73, Oh i realize it. I’m just trying to get Rich to help the Kings reach that status as well
VanKingsFan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:04 am
@FKA PakiFro, To be fair, Reimer also played very well in the last month of the season for a very poor Leafs team. I would start Bernier too, but we are all biased
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Does anyone know if the world championships are televised at all? (besides TSN)
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tornado12 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:48 am
@zjames, someone said they were on VS. maybe WTFK knows for sure. or check out the VS website
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zjames Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:57 am
@tornado12, they are indeed on vs. thank u very much my friend!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:34 am
@tornado12, Not sure why I’m an expert
but the US/Austria game shows up on my Versus DirecTV schedule at 7am pacific time. A replay is scheduled tomorrow night at 10pm pacific.
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Sebastian Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:52 am
@zjames, looks like NHL network USA will have some games, dont know about versus
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zjames Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 9:58 am
@Sebastian, i found the games on vs. didnt see any on nhl network. i could hae just missed it though
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Sebastian Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:13 am
@zjames, you are right…looks like versus will broadcast all of team USA games, the semis and final. awesome!
http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_01_03&id=304030
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:47 am
@zjames, I couldn’t find any non-NHL games on NHL Network or USA Network either.
GO BERNIE!!!!!!!
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That’s great Bernier! Glad to hear it! Hopefully VS televises them for us!
On another note..Man, the Preds were getting worked last night. I think the Ducks would’ve matched up much better against them! Looking forward to the Wings and SJ! Don’t know who I’m rooting for there..I guess it is what it is..but I guess it would be great to see SJ win, and then go to the finals and Vancouver beat them! HA HA! (feel good moment!)
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zjames Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:01 am
@IwantTheCup, I would rather see detroit win, the ducks already beat the kings to the cup, i dont want SJ to beat us to the cup as well.
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IwantTheCup Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:19 am
@zjames, Trust me, neither do I! We have good friends that are SJ fans! I don’t either..ya, I guess, maybe I’ll take the Wings too..I just hate rooting for those bastards!
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Be funny if Quick makes the American team and they play each other. Winner gets the starting job out of camp.
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Sebastian Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:09 am
@Dominick, that would be awesome…but im sure quick will still get the starting job because he is a better more experienced goalie.
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puck73 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:19 am
@Sebastian, Good Morning, My name is Terry Murray and I approve this message.
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VanKingsFan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:21 am
@Dominick, USA already has 3 goalies picked, no Quick. Too bad, he would have been your only hope
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Dominick Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:30 am
@VanKingsFan, Bwahahahaha! your so goin down.
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OttoKing Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:59 am
@Dominick, Oh, I can’t wait for another round of (friendly) US-Can chirping… GO CANADA GO!!
Wow, just looked at Team USA roster for this tournament…. good luck! thats all im going to say … you will sure need it….
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tornado12 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:14 am
@VanKingsFan, where did you find it? link?
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KH Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:16 am
@tornado12, http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_01_03&ID=304032
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tornado12 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:42 am
@KH, Yikes, that looks terrible. Oh well, usually in these tournaments its really about who gels the fastest, not neccessarily who has the most talent and skill (hoping…duh)!
HockeyOnly Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
@KH, Looks like a mix of college, AHL and some NHL players so the GM’s can rag on them about how poorly they performed in the World”s. Who in the heck selected that team, only about 5 decent players.
KH Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:15 am
@VanKingsFan, The roster is horrible. JJ is most skilled offensively on the whole team haha
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Darrell Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:39 am
@KH, Maybe he can room with Fowler.
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 11:08 am
@Darrell, at least they’re both NHL! 3 of those guys are from the minors/college teams.
puck73 Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:46 am
@KH, Agreed. And probably the worst plus minus guy ! lol
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Yeah, sorry US fans that you seem to be a little down on the American roster. Here is ours:
http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/feature/?id=21234
Highlights include: Duchene, Eberle, Nash, Skinner, Spezza, Chris Stewart, and Tavares. And we will likely lose to the Slovaks or Russians or something. We never win this tournament.
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Dominick Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 11:29 am
@OttoKing,
Methot, and Scalzo? Guess DD needs a break. Glad Captain Canada will be taking some time off too. US roster will change in a week. That roster just means your full line up committed early.
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HockeyOnly Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
@Dominick, DD has gone back to D-1 Remedial training for young defensemen who read to many stories about how great they and then start believing it.
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HockeyOnly Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
@OttoKing, I hear that’s the team going into Winnipeg, holy crap you guys don’t want it to bad do you. Is Hall going to be able to play?? Thought he had a high ankle injury, not a fast healing injury.
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go Bernier be the best goalie
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GO Bernier ….GO Canada
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You know I was wondering if Team Canada would select DD after the Kimgs were eliminated. I am so glad we didn’t. DD needs to re evaluate his year and choose if he wants to be a superstar in this league. I love DD but he actually regressed this year because of all the great things that happened to him last year. I hope he gets a wake up call and comes to camp in shape and ready to lead
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Darrell Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
@Timbo from Canada, I blame Canada. He sure isn’t getting ideas inflating his head from tons of US coverage..
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Lol perhaps it’s the Cali lifestyle?
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