Update on Panthers in 2011 Worlds

by Alexander Calloway on May 15, 2011 2:22 PM EDT

The Florida Panthers have three players in the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Jack Skille and Clay Wilson with the Americans, and Dmitry Kulikov with Team Russia. The United States went 2-1-0 in the preliminary round, losing only to Sweden, with the kids from Moscow going 2-1-0 as well, losing 2-0 to Germany. Both teams advanced to the playoff round, with the Americans getting shutout in the quarterfinals to the Czech Republic 4-0. The Russians were shutout by Finland, 3-0 in the semifinals, but still advanced to the bronze medal game, where they lost 7-4 to the Czech Republic. At least the Russians eliminated the Canadians in the quarterfinals, 2-1.

2011 IIHF World Championship
Player	Nat	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%	TM	M/G	TSh	AT/S
Dmitry Kulikov	RUS	9	2	1	3	4	-3	0	0	0	8	.25%	116:39	12:57	180	0:38
Jack Skille	USA	7	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0	16	.06%	73:08	10:26	92	0:47
Clay Wilson	USA	7	0	2	2	0	+1	0	0	0	8	0%	68:24	9:46	78	0:52

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Glad Kuli had some luck after earning the coaches ire early in the touney

The unaimed arrow never misses
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by Chris S Roberts on May 15, 2011 3:38 PM EDT reply actions

Clay Wilson +1 !

by trapazoid on May 16, 2011 11:54 AM EDT reply actions

You’ve got to be encouraged to see Wilson continue to perform when given opportunities. I’m very interested to see how he does in camp.

by badger737 on May 16, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Does anyone think Skille’s performance hurt his stock? I don’t know if it was because it was an international game or what, but I just wasn’t drinking the kool-aid and while I understand there were some holdouts, I can’t help but wonder how they would have faired with less e and more skill. Which is the same question I have with the Cats.

All in all I think it was a tournament to forget for our reps—they got some international experience which is wonderful, and Kulikov showed he could battle a bit through internal adversity, but really it wasn’t a lot to write home about especially when you consider the holdouts.

by Craig Fischer on May 16, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions