Last chance for glory.
Saturday semi-final games.
Locally showing on CSN (CA).
Sunday’s schedule:
Today, it’s win or go home. The four QF winners will face off in semifinals on Saturday to determine who’ll be playing for gold or bronze on Sunday.
Next up: Saturday semi-final games.
Last day of round robin play. Top 4 teams in each group advance to quarterfinals (starting Thursday).
CAN (Burns/McLellan) vs AUT; CAN 10-1 ; Burns 2 assists
LAT (Jevpalovs) vs FRA; FRA 3-2 ; Jevpalovs did not play
USA (Smith) vs SVK: USA 5-4 OT ; Smith goal (opened scoring)
CZE (Hertl) vs SUI; CZE 2-1 ; Hertl even
USA and Canada win their respective groups.
Day off on Wednesday.
Quarter Finals schedule for Thursday:
(Plus there’s a 2 hour recap game at 8:30pm PT on NBCSN?)
Three games of interest today.
GER vs CZE (Hertl); CZE 4-2 ; Hertl even, 2 SOG
SLO vs USA (Smith); USA 3-1 ; Smith did not play (replaced by Wild’s Coyle, a former Shark prospect)
SUI vs Canada (Burns/McLellan) ; Canada 7-2 ; Burns 2 assists, +1
USA and CZE are qualified for the quarter finals, and Canada who is unbeaten in tourney. QFs start Thursday.
No games of interest on Monday. Tuesday’s games of interest: CAN (Burns/McLellan) vs AUT; LAT (Jevpalovs) vs FRA; USA (Smith) vs SVK; CZE (Hertl) vs SUI.
Two games of interest today
FRA – CAN (Burns/McLellan); Canada 4-3 ; Burns assist
AUT-LAT (Jevpalovs); Latvia 2-1 OT ; Jevpalovs did not play
Sunday games of interest: GER vs CZE (Hertl), SLO vs USA (Smith), SUI vs Canada (Burns/McLellan)
(Traveling, catching up)
SUI vs LAT (Jevpalovs); Lativa 2-1; Jevpalovs did not play
SWE – Canada (Burns/McLellan); Canada 6-4; Burns with assist
CZE (Hertl) vs France; CZE 5-1 ; Hertl with assist
USA (Smith) vs BLR; USA 2-5 ; Smith 4 SOG
CZE (Hertl) vs AUT; CZE 4-0 ; Hertl with assist
GER vs Latvia (Jevpalovs); LAT 1-2 ; Jevpalovs did not play
USA (Smith) vs DEN; USA 1-0 ; Smith 3 SOG
Games of interest on Saturday: FRA – CAN (Burns/McLellan); AUT-LAT (Jevpalovs).
Three games of interest today.
LAT (Jevpalovs) – SWE. Sweden wins 8-1. Jevpalovs did not play.
Russia – USA (Smith). USA wins 4-2.
Sportsnet recap of first two games
YT Hockey USA postgame comments
Canada (Burns/McLellan) – CZE (Hertl). Canada wins 6-3.
NHL recap of Canada-Czech game
No games of interest on Tuesday.
Upcoming games:
On Wednesday: SUI vs LAT (Jevpalovs), SWE – Canada (Burns/McLellan).
On Thursday: CZE (Hertl) vs France, USA (Smith) vs BLR.
On Friday CZE (Hertl) vs AUT, GER vs Latvia (Jevpalovs), USA (Smith) vs DEN
One game of interest.
Canada (Burns/McLellan) vs Germany. Canada dominated 10-0. Burns had one SOG, +1
Monday’s games include LAT (Jevpalovs) – SWE, Russia – USA (Smith), Canada (Burns/McLellan) – CZE (Hertl).
Two games of interest to Sharks fans today.
USA (Smith) – Norway: USA wins 2-1.
CZE (Hertl) – Latvia (Jevpalovs). Neither Sharks-centric player was in the line up. CZE won 4-2.
On May 3, one game of interest: Canada (Burns/McLellan) vs Germany.