GK Yaroslav Askarov Ilya Gorbunov Vsevolod Skotnikov D Nikolai Burenov Roman Bychkov Semyon Chistyakov Alexander Kirpichnikov Shakir Mukhamadullin Ivan Rogov Nikita Sedov Dmitriy Tyuvilin Nikita Vashchenko Pavel Yelizarov | FW Rodion Amirov Yegor Bryzgalov Yegor Chinakhov Arseniy Gritsyuk Maxim Groshev Danil Gushchin Danila Khulapov Marat Khusnutdinov Yaroslav Likhachyov Takhir Mingachyov Ilya Nikolayev Vasiliy Podkolzin Dmitriy Sheshin Yegor Spiridonov Dmitriy Zaitsev |
No Artemi Knyazev(D), Oleg Zaitsev, Yegor afanasyev, Vasili Ponomaryov and Danill Gutik ??
Is Gutik injured, or do you think he was just passed over?
GK Yaroslav Askarov Ilya Gorbunov Vsevolod Skotnikov D Nikolai Burenov Semyon Chistyakov Alexander Kirpichnikov Ivan Rogov Nikita Sedov Nikita Vashchenko | FW Rodion Amirov Yegor Bryzgalov Yegor Chinakhov Arseniy Gritsyuk Maxim Groshev Danil Gushchin Marat Khusnutdinov Takhir Mingachyov Ilya Nikolayev Vasiliy Podkolzin Dmitriy Sheshin Yegor Spiridonov |
what's the ceiling for this roster? I completely lost track of junior hockey.
He is healthy, playing in the NMHL now.
Pretty sure thats the equivalent of Jr.A over here, why is he playing at such a level?
Because the Loko MHL team received reinforcements in Ivanov, Kayumov, Kovalenko and Denisenko.
Starting the U18 WJC with the following roster, 2 roster spots are still open.
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GK
Yaroslav Askarov
Ilya Gorbunov
Vsevolod Skotnikov
D
Nikolai Burenov
Semyon Chistyakov
Alexander Kirpichnikov
Ivan Rogov
Nikita Sedov
Nikita VashchenkoFW
Rodion Amirov
Yegor Bryzgalov
Yegor Chinakhov
Arseniy Gritsyuk
Maxim Groshev
Danil Gushchin
Marat Khusnutdinov
Takhir Mingachyov
Ilya Nikolayev
Vasiliy Podkolzin
Dmitriy Sheshin
Yegor Spiridonov
Thanks, Captain Obvious, for saying US is favourite to win the tournament. Your take on Canada though...An easy 6-3 win for the USA. Only great goaltending from Askarov stopped Russia from being blown off the ice. The USA's superior speed and conditioning had Russia gasping for breath, and they maintained full control of the puck in the Russian defensive zone from beginning to end. After another easy 6-1 win over Sweden and Finland's poor play, it looks like it will come down to the USA vs. Canada for the Gold medal. Russia has a chance at a Bronze medal, but they will have to play better at both ends of the ice to achieve that.
An easy 6-3 win for the USA. Only great goaltending from Askarov stopped Russia from being blown off the ice. The USA's superior speed and conditioning had Russia gasping for breath, and they maintained full control of the puck in the Russian defensive zone from beginning to end. After another easy 6-1 win over Sweden and Finland's poor play, it looks like it will come down to the USA vs. Canada for the Gold medal. Russia has a chance at a Bronze medal, but they will have to play better at both ends of the ice to achieve that.
The economical component? What would that be? The enivironment is defined by continuing incompetence of the ones in charge who can't start building a thought through developing structure.It was definitely not a pretty sight. Perhaps an irony of fate that the US team now plays something close to "Tarasov hockey" whereas the Russian team looks more like a "dump and chase" North American team from the 70s. Hopefully they'll be able to reverse this trend at some point. However, obviously the environment for young hockey players in the US is significantly better than in Russia, especially if one looks only at the economical component.
It was definitely not a pretty sight. Perhaps an irony of fate that the US team now plays something close to "Tarasov hockey" whereas the Russian team looks more like a "dump and chase" North American team from the 70s. Hopefully they'll be able to reverse this trend at some point. However, obviously the environment for young hockey players in the US is significantly better than in Russia, especially if one looks only at the economical component.