Islanders at the WJC: Day Four

New York Islander Fan Central | 12/29/2007 01:51:00 PM |











Slovakia lost 5-2 to the Czech Republic Saturday.
Thomas Marcinko missed a penalty shot, had two shots on goal and was a minus two.

Check back later for an update on Canada-Sweden & USA-Russia.

The team USA webcast link is available to listen to the game live.

Usahockey.com:Cameron Eickmeyer has an article on the chemistry the line of Kyle Okposo, Rhett Rakhshani and his Denver teammate Tyler Ruegsegger have shown going back to the summer at team USA's camp.

"If we stick to our systems and dictate play then that's when the offense comes," Okposo said.

"Even you don't see where they are, you know where they are," Rakhshani said.


Updated 4pm:
Kyle Okposo and Rhett Rakhshani each had an assist in the team USA 3-2 win over Russia.

Robin Figren had a first period pp assist for Sweden against Canada in a 4-3 win
where Sweden scored in the last seven seconds of regulation after Canada tied the game with four minutes left.

Stefan Ridderwall was the backup goaltender for this game.