Date tipped: 2/5/2005
Date of event: 3/5/2005
Sport: General
Event: IIHF 2005 Ice Hockey Match 1st To Score Double
Selection: Canada & Czech Republic
Odds: 1.375
Stake: 300
Advice:As 1/100 (1.01) shots for the match outright, Canada represent pretty decent value at 1.10 to slot home the first goal in tomorrow's preliminary round match against Slovenia, who were thumped 7-0 by the Americans in Austria last night.
Slovenia showed how fragile their defence really is now upped to the big stage by conceeding 3 goals in the first third against the Yanks. Now facing the might of the World Champions Canada they have no chance whatsoever of scoring first sector in this one.
Matching Canada up with another selection, due to the restrictive prices, is relatively easy. The Czech Republic again represent excellent value at 1.25 (Interwetten) to slot in the opener in their match tomorrow against Germany who were also beaten yesterday, tragically for them their loss came at the hands of newly promoted Kazakhstan, they too conceeded in the opening section but restricted their losses to only two. More of the same looks inevitable.
Now facing the strength of the Czech's, Germany will once again look to defend for all their worth. but their task looks beyond them. Their pre-tournament warm-up defeat of Belarus reads better than actually is. The Belarusian are on a string of defeats and were beaten 5-4 by the Latvians only eight weeks previous themselves.
Hit the "Tight Wads" at Interwetten on the first goal scorer double to medium/high stakes. Looks a mere formality.
Stake : $300 To Win $112 (Excluding Stake)
Confidence Category : A