U-18: Day 1

[Jason MacIsaac]

Phil Kessel has really impressed me so far. He has dominated the tourney at such a young age. I expect him to be the next Zach Parise type player in the USA ranks. He is still small right now and will have to overcome that.

 

[BobMckenzie]

Hey Bob, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Adam Berti who played for Oshawa Minor (and, of course, now the Generals) as I'm sure you would be quite familiar with him. Any input would be much appreciated.

I'm afraid I'm too close to Adam Berti to provide a truly objective viewpoint. I consider the Berti's great family friends. My son and Adam played lacrosse together from the time they were five years old and I coached Adam for years in lacrosse. As for hockey, Adam was always a rival and it always amazed me that good friends and teammates in lacrosse could want to kill each other in hockey but that is the nature of the Oshawa-Whitby rivalry.

Adam has everything it takes to be successful in hockey. He's a big, strong tough kid who has outstanding speed and skill and best of all, he's a great kid from a great family. I know he had some serious problems with his knees last year but it looks as though he's put that behind him. I was thrilled to see him get a chance to play on the U-18 team and I look forward to draft day. Hope he does well. This is going to be an interesting draft for me as many of the kids who will be taken I've been watching since they were just little guys.

 

[An Ape called Yoko]

Oscar Hedman in Sweden is leading the tournament in points for
defenseman. 2 goals 1 assist.

 

[Seachd]

Quarterfinals

Canada - 3

1) Kyle Chipchura (Evan McGrath, Ryan Garlock) PP
2) Kyle Chipchura (Jonathan Sigalet) PP
3) Evan McGrath (Dane Byers)

Slovakia -1

1) Roman Tomanek (Marek Zagrapan)

Shots:

CAN - 21
SVK - 34

Goalies:

CAN - Devan Dubnyk
SVK - Michal Valent
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Czech Republic - 5

1) Michal Birner (David Krejci)
2) Michal Birner (Zdenek Bahensky)
3) David Krejci (Ladislav Smid)
4) Michal Psurny
5) Michal Psurny (Roman Psurny, Jakub Sindel)

Sweden - 1

1) Nicklas Bergfors (Niklas Olausson)

Shots:

CZE - 36
SWE - 20

Goalies:

CZE - Marek Schwarz
SWE - Magnus Akerlund
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Relegation

Denmark - 7

1) Peter Regin (Morten Madsen) SH
2) Simon Lorentsen (Kasper Weis, Tobias Kisum)
3) Mads Kjems (Peter Regin)
4) Jannik Hansen (Frederik Hentze, Michael Eskesen)
5) Jannik Karvinen (Michael Eskesen, Peter Regin)
6) Morten Madsen (Jannik Hansen, Peter Regin) PP
7) Morten Madsen (Michael Eskesen)

Norway - 4

1) Fredrik Thinn (Mathis Olimb) PP
2) Mathias Trygg (Martin Roymark, Mathis Olimb)
3) Mathias Trygg (Mathis Olimb, Martin Roymark)
4) Ole Muhle (Mathias Trygg, Martin Roymark)

Shots:

DEN - 31
NOR - 32

Goalies:

DEN - Sebastian Dahm
NOR - Lars Haugen, Lars Paulgaard
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Finland - 5

1) Risto Korhonen (Teemu Laakso) PP
2) Lauri Korpikoski (Teemu Laakso, Petteri Nokelainen) PP
3) Petteri Nokelainen (Lauri Korpikoski, Lauri Tukonen)
4) Teemu Laakso (Lauri Korpikoski, Petteri Wirtanen)
5) Petteri Nokelainen (Teemu Laakso, Lauri Tukonen) PP

Belarus - 2

1) Siarhei Kolasau (Siarhei Kastsitsyn, Yauhen Zhylinski) PP
2) Yauhen Zhylinski (Siarhei Kastsitsyn) PP

Shots:

FIN - 33
BLR - 11

Goalies:

FIN - Tuukka Rask
BLR - Dzmitry Milchakou

 

[Mizral]

Well, at least Evan McGrath decided to show up in one tournament.

His OHL Playoffs are gonna have him slip to the bottom half of the draft, if he wasn't there before.

 

[jincargo]

Kyle Chipchura is picking it up a bit.

 

[Seachd]

Semifinals

USA - 3

1) Bryan Lerg (Nate Gerbe) PP
2) Tom Fritsche (Kevin Porter, Brandon Scero) PP
3) Phil Kessel (Jack Skille, Matt Auffrey)

Czech Republic - 2

1) Michal Gulasi (David Krejci)
2) Jan Danecek (Stanislav Balan) PP

Shots:

USA - 21
CZE - 36

Goalies:

USA - Cory Schneider
CZE - Marek Schwarz
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Relegation

Denmark - 1

1) Peter Regin (Mads Christensen, Morten Madsen)

Finland - 4

1) Lauri Tukonen (Lauri Korpikoski) PP
2) Janne Kolehmainen (Jussi Ruohola)
3) Petteri Nokelainen (Lauri Tukonen) PP
4) Lauri Korpikoski (Petteri Nokelainen, Lauri Tukonen)

Shots:

DEN - 13
FIN - 37

Goalies:

DEN - Simon Nielsen
FIN - Karri Ramo

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Sweet! U.S. to the gold medal game. Schneider's played exceptionally well (34 saves on 36 shots today) in this tournament. His stock for the NHL draft is no doubt going to rise.

 

[Funkymoses]

Good lord, it's going to be a war for Kessel's services. He shouldn't even be in this tournament and he's destroying it.

 

[Epsilon]

Kessel will probably be a top 3 selection in his draft year. He's eligible for the 2006 draft correct? That would put him right up there with Vasyunov, Belyakov, and a few others.

Tukonen looks to be improving his draft position every game he plays in this tournament.

 

[Doomsday Device]

Why isn't Vitaly Ainkeenko on the Russian team? Is his club team still alive in playoffs? It's strange that he would make the U18 team last year when he was two years too young for the tournament, and not play this year.

 

[Seachd]

Relegation

Russia - 5

1) Dmitri Shitikov (Evgeni Malkin) PP
2) Anton Belov (Adgur Dzhugelia, Roman Voloshenko) PP
3) Sergei Shirokov (Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Radulov)
4) Roman Voloshenko (Mikhail Yunkov, Alexander Radulov)
5) Evgeni Malkin (Alexander Radulov, Roman Voloshenko)

Canada - 2

1) John Lammers (Jonathan Sigalet) PP
2) Adam Berti (Ryan Garlock) PP

Shots:

RUS - 21
CAN - 29

Goalies:

RUS - Anton Khudobin
CAN - Devan Dubnyk
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Belarus - 4

1) Alexander Chtchourko (Andrei Prakopchyk, Siarhei Yanouski)
2) Siarhei Kastsitsyn (Dzmitry Pantsyrau, Yauhen Zhylinski)
3) Raman Blokh (Dzmitry Stselkin)
4) Raman Blokh (Dzmitry Stselkin)

Norway - 3

1) Fredrik Thinn (Kristian Forsberg)
2) Mathias Trygg (Jonas Nygard, Mathis Olimb)
3) Mats Aasen (Marius Dischler, Martin Hagen)

Shots:

BLR - 27
NOR - 33

Goalies:

BLR - Dzmitry Milchakou
NOR - Lars Paulgaard

 

[Seachd]

5th Place

Slovakia - 4

1) Marek Zagrapan (Lukas Handlovsky)
2) Roman Tomanek (Marek Zagrapan)
3) Andrej Sekera (Boris Valabik) PP
4) Lukas Handlovsky (Ladislav Scurko)

Sweden - 5

1) Sebastian Karlsson (Fred Wikner)
2) Tommy Enstrom (Nicklas Bergfors) PP
3) Oscar Hedman (Tommy Enstrom, Mattias Hellstrom) PP
4) Jesper Andersson (Fredrik Naslund)
5) Tommy Enstrom (Mattias Hellstrom, Richard Demen-Willaume)

Shots:

SVK - 30
SWE - 22

Goalies:

SVK - Michal Valent
SWE - Daniel Larsson

 

[Seachd]

Bronze Medal

Czech Republic - 3

1) Jakub Sindel (Ladislav Smid, Michal Birner) PP
2) Michal Birner (David Krejci) SH
3) Roman Psurny (Stanislav Balan)

Canada - 2

1) Ryan Garlock (Andy Rogers) PP
2) Liam Reddox (Frederik Cabana)

Shots:

CZE - 24
CAN - 29

Goalies:

CZE - Marek Schwarz
CAN - Devan Dubnyk
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Gold Medal

USA - 2

1) Nate Hagemo (Kevin Porter) PP
2) Phil Kessel (Nate Hagemo) PP

Russia - 3

1) Kirill Lyamin (Denis Parshin)
2) Roman Voloshenko (Mikhail Yunkov)
3) Dmitri Shitikov (Evgeni Malkin)

Shots:

USA - 25
RUS - 26

Goalies:

USA - Cory Schneider
RUS - Anton Khudobin

 

[kruezer]

Anyone got word on this Teemu Laakso guy?

Phil Kessel is just great.

 

[Chief]

What does one goal on 39 shots say for Schneider in the US nets? If anyone got to see or spoke with anyone at the game i'd love to know the quality of the shots and how schneider has looked so far and specifically in this game. His stock has got to be on the up just a little bit, especially if as everyone was saying this tournament can make or break a guys draft status.

Schenider is the real deal...haven't seen any of his latest performance yet but the stats only cement my opinion of the guy which is that he might just have the highest upside of any goalie in this draft...I write for a draft website which isn't up yet...we have Schneider ranked at #14 as of our April rankings...BTW we have Montoya rated #5 and Schwarz ranked #7.