WC: 2018 Division I, II, III

[ukyote]

We haven't actually done anything recently that would have had an effect on the senior team yet. Last year's dominance in D1B was the culmination of literally everyone being healthy and everyone actually turning up and playing their best hockey.

If you look at the team over the last decade it's mostly the same names every year. This year there are more new players than usual but most of them are the dual nationals. Erhardt and Hammond (plus Brooks who debuted last year) are all non-GB trained players who just play in the EIHL and have a British family background. Perlini and Whistle are the sons of former players who only played here while their Canadian dads were still playing. Kirk is the spare forward and Sullivan is the spare D so they're not going to have much of an impact. The only real legit debutantes are Ferrara and Betteridge.

If anything GB is going to go backwards again when the core of the current team is gone. The import quota has only gone up in the EIHL and while this may have been a benefit to the players who were already in the league, it's going to hinder new players coming in and this won't be helped by the collapse of the old 2nd tier the EPL, which has left a massive gap between the EIHL and the barely-semi-pro NIHL.

What are our odds of avoiding relegation in your opinion? From what I've seen it would be a very good achievement.

 

[ZT]

Ukraine - Croatia 2:4 (first win in history over Ukraine)
Italy - Kazakhstan 3:0 (after 2nd period)

In other news: Romania registered four new players today.

 

[Kiraly]

Surprising results today so far.

Who are the Romanian additions?

 

[swissexpert]

R Ferencz-Csibi, A. Vasile, R. Timaru (all u20 NT players) and CA Berdila.

Looking good against Estonia so far, still scoreless after 40' but Romanians were the more active team.

Edit: conceded the only goal a few seconds into the 60. minute, it can't get any worse. 0 points and relegation almost safe. This after being the better team today

 

[SoundAndFury]

Yeah, the Estonian goal was an absolute dagger. They still can win against Croatia, that's what they must have been aiming for before the tournament anyway so nothing is lost.

 

[swissexpert]

I wouldn't say nothing is lost.
Could all be lost before that game even begins, if Croatia wins a point against Estonia..

I like that Division so far, really entertaining games (even those with no goals ). Looking forward to the promotion battle tonight.

I'll probably watch Div 1A though, Hungarian atmosphere is amazing, hope they can beat the underwhelming Slovenes.

 

[ukyote]

Wow, GB just tied it up against Poland... 3-3 after 45.

 

[ukyote]

Wow 4-3 to us with nearly 2 mins left on another penalty...

 

[kaiser matias]

Wow 4-3 to us with nearly 2 mins left on another penalty...

Britain has really surprised this tournament so far, in a good way. And with the standings still so close, anything is possible for them.

Poland though, once again is finding a way to be their own worst enemies.

 

[ukyote]

5-3 empty netter! Get in!

 

[SoundAndFury]

Truly a day of surprises in 1A. Poland looked really good in the first 2 games. I don't remember relegation battle ever being so open there.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Lithuania all over Japan in the 1st. By far the best game this team has played so far.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Well that was easier than expected, 6-1. On to the next one. To be honest, after this win it looks like this championship is going to be smooth sailing.

 

[kaiser matias]

If Slovenia holds on over Hungary (currently 2-1 midway through the second), it will make anything possible in Division IA. Going to be a real fun last few games. Really liking the parity this year, even closer than previous years; its good that any team can defeat each other, is good for the sport.

 

[Incubajerks]

Surprised in a big way by Italy. Hope the L against Hungary will not hurt us at the end.

 

[Jumptheshark]

I have to admit I am hoping that the Team GB moves up to play with the big boys and play in the Canadian division next year--if they do get promoted I know a few guys that will make their plans for Slovakia as soon as they know where they are playing

 

[Jumptheshark]

At least looking at the Kasakstan team--it looks like most of the roster is actually from the country this time

 

[Namejs]

At least looking at the Kasakstan team--it looks like most of the roster is actually from the country this time

Only 11 players on their NT were born in Kazakhstan. They're still a club team, basically.

 

[SoundAndFury]

I hope GB stays in 1A purely because they are the only team we can at least somewhat hope to challenge at that level. Poland should have never lost to them but they did.

Poland vs. Hungary seems like the key game for relegation battle at the moment.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Only 11 players on their NT were born in Kazakhstan. They're still a club team, basically.

for the world championships and the olympics they had something like 4 to 6 guys from North America who were given a passport a year before the games--

Unless the roster posted here in the UK is wrong--it looks most are of Eastern European hertiage and I do not recognise any names

this is the list of players I am seeing

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No	Name	Shoots/Catches	Height,cm/ft in	Weight,kg/lbs	Date of Birth	Club
Goalkeepers
1	KARLSSON Henrik	L	199/6′6″	95/209	27 Nov 1983	Barys Astana
30	MALGIN Dmitri	L	185/6′1″	91/201	28 Jul 1987	Nomad Astana
Defenders
3	LAKIZA Artemi	L	178/5′10″	82/181	2 Jul 1987	Nomad Astana
4	DALLMAN Kevin	R	181/5′11″	89/196	26 Feb 1981	Barys Astana
5	METALNIKOV Leonid	L	183/6′0″	84/185	25 Apr 1990	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
6	POLOKHOV Kirill	L	191/6′3″	89/196	23 Mar 1998	Barys Astana
7	SEMYONOV Maxim	L	182/6′0″	81/179	9 Feb 1984	Barys Astana
24	IBRAIBEKOV Madiar	L	184/6′0″	88/194	4 Sep 1995	Nomad Astana
28	OREKHOV Valeri	L	185/6′1″	77/170	17 Jul 1999	Barys Astana
Forwards
8	SAGADEYEV Anton	L	180/5′11″	83/183	6 Sep 1993	Barys Astana
10	MIKHAILIS Nikita	R	173/5′8″	72/159	18 Jun 1995	Barys Astana
15	PETUKHOV Yegor	L	182/6′0″	95/209	28 Feb 1994	Nomad Astana
16	YEVDOKIMOV Yaroslav	L	185/6′1″	88/194	18 Sep 1993	Nomad Astana
17	GURKOV Dmitri	L	183/6′0″	73/161	3 Jun 1996	Nomad Astana
18	AKOLZIN Pavel	L	191/6′3″	86/190	25 Nov 1990	Arlan Kokshetau
21	MARKELOV Vladimir	L	175/5′9″	82/181	31 Aug 1987	Barys Astana
22	STARCHENKO Roman	L	178/5′10″	82/181	12 May 1986	Barys Astana
23	RYMAREV Yevgeni	L	175/5′9″	76/168	9 Sep 1988	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
25	VOLKOV Maxim	L	175/5′9″	73/161	16 Jan 1985	Kulager Petropavlovsk
26	ASETOV Alikhan	L	186/6′1″	96/212	26 Aug 1996	Nomad Astana
27	KUCHIN Ivan	L	186/6′1″	82/181	23 Aug 1988	Barys Astana
29	GRENTS Dmitri	R	185/6′1″	85/187	10 Jun 1996	Nomad Astana

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Is that the correct list or did they sneak guys like

Edit

I see what they have done they have just switched up the guys and it looks like the list on line and the list of players actually playing may not be the same

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[mrkolice]

1a is a pretty sick tourney, so many unexpected results. it's very nice to watch but pita to bet. the strangest thing: slovenia might still win it after 2 losses in first 2 rounds.

 

[1865]

If Slovenia holds on over Hungary (currently 2-1 midway through the second), it will make anything possible in Division IA. Going to be a real fun last few games. Really liking the parity this year, even closer than previous years; its good that any team can defeat each other, is good for the sport.

Hello from Budapest.

The best part is that nobody in the group has looked out of place. Italy beat Poland who beat Kazakhstan who beat Britain who beat Slovenia who beat Hungary who beat Italy! It’s about as balanced as you can get, even the 6-1 Kazakh-GB game wasn’t that wide a margin in balance of play.

The refereeing is a surprisingly poor standard, but the only thing between us playing Erik Karlsson or Connor McDavid is possibly one more win. Words I never thought I’d utter.

 

[1865]

Only 11 players on their NT were born in Kazakhstan. They're still a club team, basically.

Their goalie is a Swede who has played two games for the KHL’s Kazakh team. He’s basically a ringer.

 

[filip85]

I didn't see the game, but win over Ukraine is nice achivement for Croatia !

 

[SoundAndFury]

Unless the roster posted here in the UK is wrong--it looks most are of Eastern European hertiage and I do not recognise any names

Well that's the point, Kazakhstan isn't in Eastern Europe and their names sound Russian because a lot of them are Russian. You don't always have to naturalize a North American, Russia produces plenty of hockey players too bad to play for them as well.