S63 WJC - Playoff Teaser

[Jubo 1,839]

The season 63 World Juniors got underway earlier this week. Each nation has played their eight matches resulting in playoff seeds set in stone.

With the round robin completed, let's take a look at how the nations fared;

 

 

Canada was unstoppable at home but was less than stellar on the road with losses to Asia and World. Europe sees themselves as the 2nd seed winning five matches.The surprising team of the tournament; Asia, finished as the 3rd seed and will look to earn their way into the gold medal game.

 

Playoffs

The first match of the playoff round will see Team USA face Team World. USA won both matches vs Team World during the round robin stage. The winner will be rewarded with a semi-final match-up against Team Canada.

 

The other semi-final will pit Team Europe against Team Asia. Team Europe trumped Asia in both of their matches during the round robin. From the start of the tournament the expectation was to see Canada and Europe face off for gold. However, with Canada uncharacteristically losing two matches in the round robin the picture has become unclear. Canada has seen excellent goal tending from both Weekes and Wahl; with Weekes producing stronger stats in a smaller sample size. It will be an interesting story line as to who starts in goal for the remainder of their gold medal defending run.

 

Tournament management @Banackock @McWolf @BladeMaiden have done an excellent job ensuring the tournament was run smoothly to this point. The playoffs should be no exception as the hype will continue to be built throughout the site and on the various discord channels.

[McWolf 3,115]

Just adding @Devise to the management team, he's the one running shit right now to be fair.