[Eurotwit]

Thanks,

How has the game been like?

Slovakia dangerous on the counter attack?

And, team USA, is the team starting to gel?

[Nexus6]

Good pace, both teams defintely playing defense-first. Not much going on in terms of breakaways and counter-attacks. USA edging out Slovakia statistically through the end of 2, and Slovakia goes up 2-1 as I type this.

[conservative in nyc]

2-1 Slovakia. Satan to Bondra for the goal.

The game has a fairly decent pace - not a ton of penalties called for once. Play has been fairly even, although the US has won more faceoffs.

Slovakia barely misconnected on a short-handed pass to give them a breakaway. They are definitely still dangerous on the counter attack. Team USA looks like they're playing better than they were earlier in the week.

USA power play now.

[Alberta's Child]

Team USA looks like the better team, but I really got the sense after the first period that they lost a golden opportunity to score a couple of goals. The Slovak goalie looked very unsteady in the first period, but has looked much better since then.

For the life of me, I can't understand why Chris Chelios is on this team. At the age of 44 he has a tough time playing on the larger international ice surface, and a few times this game he's even been physically pushed around by smaller Slovak players.