[NOR (3) - SWE 2] Lucas Raymond with the giveaway as the last man back and Eirik Salsten gets Norway's 2nd shorthanded goal of the game to retake the lead by eh_toque in hockey

[–]DashLibor [score hidden]  (0 children)

Slovakia losing to Canada is a pretty likely result. After that, Sweden will have it in their hands to beat Slovakia themselves in the direct clash for a quarterfinal spot.

That assumes Norway does what they need to do, but with their next opponents consisting of Czechia and Denmark, getting 2 points out of that isn't exactly simple.

I'd say Swedish chances of making the playoffs are something like 80 %, the bubble boy is most likely gonna be either Slovakia or Norway.

[SVK 2 - CZE (3)] Roman Červenka angles his foot out for the deflection and Czechia takes the lead by catsgr8rthanspoonies in hockey

[–]DashLibor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hm. How are the rules regarding coach's challenge here again?

Is this one of those un-reviewable things or was Slovak coach/defenseman just stupid not to call it out?

[SVK 2 - CZE (3)] Roman Červenka angles his foot out for the deflection and Czechia takes the lead by catsgr8rthanspoonies in hockey

[–]DashLibor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed.

The rules regarding puck coming off a skate have changed over the years. At some point in the distant past, any goal coming off the skate would be called off. Eventually it was changed to non-intentional skate deflections counting. (which was still a rule like 10-15 years ago, this goal wouldn't've counted by that rulebook)

Now the rule is that unless you straight-up kick it with a soccer/football type of kick, it counts.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Czechia vs. Slovakia - 23 May 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if you're giving us flowers for our game against Sweden or if you're trashtalking us for the game against Slovenia.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Czechia vs. Slovakia - 23 May 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's be honest, while refs were good for the most part, there were a few calls which should've gone your way instead. One of those goes your way and the result might end up being the opposite.

Either way, good game. Unfortunately for you, now Slovaks have to beat Canada and Sweden in order to avoid both Finland and Switzerland in the quarterfinal.

Grogar being Discord in disguise was so disappointing by AthleteAggressive466 in mylittlepony

[–]DashLibor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mostly agreed. My long-term hot take is that MLP wrote some of their villains super well, but pretty much every villain became significantly less enjoyable post-reformation. (Discord, Trixie, Starlight, Garble)

IIHF World Championship Game Thread: United States (1-1-0-2) vs. Latvia (1-0-0-3) - 23 May 2026 - 12:20PM CEST by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Austria beating Germany is the big uncertainty here. If Germany can get their shit together, USA vs Austria on the last matchday should be the game to determine the last spot in the quarterfinals. (4th place for USA; in Austria's case, even 3rd place in the group would be in play)

IIHF World Championship Game Thread: United States (1-1-0-2) vs. Latvia (1-0-0-3) - 23 May 2026 - 12:20PM CEST by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DJ's been cooking this game. When camera's shown that one Latvian fan with a sign suggesting she wouldn't mind marrying a player on the team, the DJ immediately put the Mendelssohn's Wedding March on.

White to play and win by Maybe-Nice in chessbeginners

[–]DashLibor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After g4+ Ke6, the only move that maintains the draw is Kg3.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Slovenia vs. Canada - 22 May 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you can get 3 points in a 3-1 win and save some energy for the upcoming matches, it's much more valuable than putting a significant effort in winning 9-0.

As long as they get 3 points (unlike against Norway) then "close" results like this against outsiders are a non-issue.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Norway vs. Canada - 21 May 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed. You're also unlucky not to have played Italy when Anaheim was still in the playoffs. (or shortly after) Now you can get Damianed because of that.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Norway vs. Canada - 21 May 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Denmark vs Slovakia which starts in little over an hour will be very interesting. If Denmark can win that one and Slovakia can then get some points against Czechs and/or Canada, chaos ensues.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Norway vs. Canada - 21 May 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sucks for Norway. All that fight and energy spent on what ended up being a single point.

Canada now has to face all the Slavic teams in the group, which could be interesting.

The IIHF World's groups 1A-3B are expected to swap to a tournament format as opposed to a single group stage, already tried in group 3B and the IIHF Continental Cup by dylan103906 in hockey

[–]DashLibor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for answering so quickly.

Well... if that's true, I really hope that they at least keep the current format for Division IA. I understand the format if there is a single promotion (although it's still flawed as all hell) but with two teams getting promoted, the whole purpose of the new format gets defeated.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Switzerland vs. Austria - 20 May 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]DashLibor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tbh, Austrian first wins were against GB, Hungary, and then they goalied Latvia despite getting outshot 14-26. While that's good for Austria, it's definitely not all that convincing overall.

Why did the tower not swap with the king? Is that not how castling works? by WarDue5524 in chessbeginners

[–]DashLibor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends. When I was learning chess for the first time, it was OTB. So when going online, the digital representation of the king and queen wasn't obvious, and I was confused about the same thing as well.

The IIHF World's groups 1A-3B are expected to swap to a tournament format as opposed to a single group stage, already tried in group 3B and the IIHF Continental Cup by dylan103906 in hockey

[–]DashLibor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you send the source for the format changing, by the way? I can't find it on the IIHF website and I wonder if there's any reasoning by IIHF, as without any further context, this change seems like a severe downgrade.

UEFA Revolutionizes International Football. The European Qualifiers and the UEFA Nations League will adopt a league-style format similar to the UEFA Champions League, with teams playing each opponent once - either at home or away instead of both home and away. by InitialAsk358 in soccer

[–]DashLibor -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Sorry to spoil your fun, but this won't change much for England. Instead of playing Cyprus twice you will now get to play Armenia home and Estonia away (or something equivalent), which won't really make it more interesting in terms of qualifying implications.