Today's Schedule:
#8 Switzerland vs. #9 Belarus, noon, USA Network (winner to play #1 USA)
#6 Canada vs. #11 Germany, 4:30 pm, CNBC (winner to play #3 Russia)
#5 Czech Republic vs. #12 Latvia, 7 pm, CNBC (winner to play #4 Finland)
#7 Slovakia vs. #10 Norway, 9 pm, CNBC (winner to play #2 Sweden)
Enough with the round robin -- brackets have now been set and elimination rounds have finally arrived. Like Rudy, I do have to feel a bit for Canada -- with expectations through the roof for this team, their having to play an extra game is pretty huge. Sure, it's a game against winless Germany today, which is a blowout on paper, but with the pressure of an entire nation on their shoulders, there's no such thing as a "gimme game" for Team Canada any more.
Ah, elimination. I should note: This is a modified version of somebody else's cartoon.
Based on my listing of BoC players at the Olympics, I've summed up how each BoC team has done, scoring-wise, through the round robin. Current Sharks have combined for 13 points, current Ducks have combined for 9, and current Kings have combined for 5. Here's current-roster player stats:
| Sharks - Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SOG |
| Dany Heatley |
CAN |
F | 3 | 4 |
1 | 5 |
+1 | 2 |
13 |
| Patrick Marleau |
CAN | F | 3 | 1 |
2 | 3 |
e | 0 |
17 |
| Dan Boyle |
CAN | D |
3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 |
0 | 5 |
| Joe Pavelski |
USA |
F | 3 | 0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 | 4 |
4 |
| Joe Thornton |
CAN | F | 3 | 0 |
1 |
1 | -1 |
0 |
1 |
| Douglas Murray |
SWE | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | e | 0 | 1 |
| San Jose Total | 18 | 5 | 8 |
13 | +3 | 6 | 41 |
| Ducks - Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SOG |
| Bobby Ryan | USA | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 7 |
| Saku Koivu | FIN | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | e | 2 | 4 |
| Teemu Selanne | FIN | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 15 |
| Ryan Getzlaf | CAN | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10 |
| Corey Perry | CAN | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | e | 2 | 7 |
| Scott Niedermayer | CAN | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | e | 0 | 5 |
| Luca Sbisa | SWI | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ryan Whitney | USA | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anaheim Total | 24 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +3 | 6 | 52 |
| Kings- Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SOG |
| Michal Handzus |
SLO |
F | 3 | 1 |
2 | 3 |
+2 | 0 |
6 |
| Jack Johnson |
USA | D | 3 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
+2 | 2 |
2 |
| Drew Doughty |
CAN | D |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
0 | 2 |
| Dustin Brown |
USA |
F | 3 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 | 0 |
3 |
| Los Angeles Total | 12 | 1 | 4 |
5 | +2 | 2 | 13 |
Team Canada's problem, it seems? Joe Thornton and Ryan Getzlaf have combined for only two points in three games -- they in particular were supposed to be a two-headed monster for the Canadians. After the jump, the stats for former BoC players, and goaltenders, too.
If you combine former players with current players, then the Sharks have scored 21 points, the Kings have scored 17, and the Ducks have scored 15. This inclusion of former players may end up being the tighter race. Which BoC team -- current plus former players -- will have the most points by the end of the tournament?
| Former Sharks - Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SOG |
| Milan Michalek |
CZE |
F | 3 | 1 |
1 | 2 |
-1 | 0 |
6 |
| Marcel Goc |
GER | F | 3 | 1 |
1 | 2 |
-1 | 0 |
6 |
| Teemu Selanne |
FIN | F |
3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
0 | 15 |
| Viktor Kozlov |
RUS |
F | 3 | 1 |
0 |
1 |
+2 | 0 |
3 |
| Marco Sturm |
GER | F | 3 | 0 |
1 |
1 | -1 |
0 |
8 |
| Christian Ehrhoff |
GER | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 6 |
| Former Sharks Total | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 | 44 | ||
| SJS - Former + Current | 36 | 8 | 13 | 21 | e | 10 | 85 |
| Former Kings - Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SOG |
| Pavol Demitra | SLO | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 7 |
| Josef Stumpel | SLO | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | e | 0 | 7 |
| Olli Jokinen |
FIN | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | e | 0 | 5 |
| Lubomir Visnovksy |
SLO | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 6 |
| Jon Tripp | GER | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 9 |
| Martin Strbak |
SLO | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ziggy Palffy | SLO | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | e | 6 |
4 |
| Tim Gleason | USA | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 |
| Denis Grebeshkov | RUS | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | e | 2 | 2 |
| Former Kings Total | 27 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +7 | 14 | 42 | ||
| LAK - Former + Current | 39 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +9 | 16 | 55 |
| Former Ducks- Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SOG |
| Sergei Fedorov |
RUS |
F | 3 | 0 |
3 | 3 |
+2 | 6 |
3 |
| Ruslan Salei |
BEL | D | 3 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
+1 | 0 |
1 |
| Chris Pronger |
CAN | D |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
0 | 2 |
| Sammy Pahlsson |
SWE |
F | 2 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
e | 0 |
0 |
| Former Ducks Total | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| ANA - Former + Current | 35 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +7 | 12 | 58 |
I should note there's been a lot of hand-entry here, so let me know if there are any problems with any numbers (or if I've excluded any players).
Finally, here's BoC goaltending through the round-robin, just Sharks and Ducks this time, as Jonathan Quick hasn't played for Team USA.
| Sharks - Player | Country | GP | W | L | O | Mins | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% |
| Evgeny Nabokov | RUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 45 | 4 | 2.00 | .911 |
| Thomas Greiss | GER | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 42 | 7 | 3.53 | .833 |
| Current Sharks | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 239 | 87 | 11 | 2.76 | .874 | |
| Mikka Kiprusoff | FIN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 44 | 4 | 2.00 | .909 |
| Dmitri Patzold | GER | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 35 | 5 | 5.00 | .857 |
| Former Sharks | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 79 | 9 | 3.00 | .886 | |
| SJS - Former + Current | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 419 | 166 | 20 | 2.86 | .880 |
| Ducks - Player | Country | GP | W | L | O | Mins | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% |
| Jonas Hiller | SWI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 93 | 9 | 2.88 | .903 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | RUS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 32 | 1 | 0.92 | .969 |
| ANA - Former + Current | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 252 | 125 | 10 | 2.38 | .920 |
Prediction: It'll be a scary day -- single elimination always is. Top seeds all survive, but one of them requires a shootout to do so. I should be around for commenting for the early games, at least.
Golympics!
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