GDT: 2015 World Junior Championship

[wej20]

2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
Preliminary Round
Group A

December 26
3:00 PM ET • 21:00 CET

Finland
Projected lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

28 Artturi Lehkonen

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21 Aleksi Mustonen​

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24 Kasperi Kapanen​

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10 Juuso Ikonen​

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22 Roope Hintz​

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16 Mikko Rantanen​

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26 Sebastian Aho​

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19 Antti Kalapudas​

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13 Jesse Puljujärvi​

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11 Hannes Björninen​

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29 Otto Rauhala​

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20 Niko Ojamäki​

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27 Julius Vähätalo​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

23 Alex Lintuniemi​

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9 Julius Honka​

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2 Sami Niku​

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7 Atte Mäkinen​

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5 Aleksi Mäkelä​

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6 Joonas Lyytinen​

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4 Mika Ilvonen​

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-​

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Starter​

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Backup​

31 Juuse Saros​

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30 Ville Husso​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 1 Kaapo Kähkönen​

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Healthy​

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USA
Last game's lineup (sort of).
To be updated.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

?​

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9 Jack Eichel

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17 Alex Tuch​

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13 Sonny Milano​

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34 Auston Matthews​

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8 Nick Schmaltz​

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14 Tyler Motte​

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21 Dylan Larkin​

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22 Hudson Fasching​

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11 Miles Wood​

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7 J.T. Compher​

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15 John Hayden

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10 Anthony Louis​

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18 Chase De Leo​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

4 Will Butcher

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26 Brandon Carlo​

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2 Noah Hanifin​

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3 Ian McCoshen​

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23 Zach Werenski​

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24 Anthony DeAngelo​

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-​

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6 Ryan Collins​

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Starter​

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Backup​

30 Thatcher Demko​

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29 Brandon Halverson​

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Scratched​

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Details​

G 31 Alexander Nedeljkovic​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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TBA | -

Referee​

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TBA | -

Linesman​

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TBA | -

Linesman​

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TBA | -

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[Jacob]

Any draft-elligibles I should keep an eye on besides the obvious (Eichel)? I'm out of the loop. Usually I just watch the kids wearing full cages but apparently a lot of drafted kids have to still wear the cage as well this year.

 

[Asuna]

Jesse Puljujärvi is a name to watch for, in the 2016 draft.

 

[ProgOg]

Auston Matthews, too. Looks to be #1 in 2016.

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Any draft-elligibles I should keep an eye on besides the obvious (Eichel)? I'm out of the loop. Usually I just watch the kids wearing full cages but apparently a lot of drafted kids have to still wear the cage as well this year.

Hanifin is ranked pretty high if I remember correctly.

 

[LionelHutz*]

Hanifin is ranked pretty high if I remember correctly.

Mikko Rantanen also.

 

[wej20]

Zach Werenski, 12 pts in 15 games for Michigan as a 17 year old. Brandon Carlo is a 6'5 RH defensive dman who plays for Tri City in the WHL who will likely be a late 1st/early 2nd in 2015. Werenski, Hanafin and of course Eichel will all be gone by the time the Pens pick. Pretty impressive for Eichel to be named Captain though he is a returning player.

Mikko Rantanen is the top 2015 eligible guy for the Finns, big playmaker who plays Centre or Wing, should be available around where the Pens pick. Roope Hintz is another to look out for, could leapfrog Rantanen with a standout tournament. Sebastian Aho is also 2015 eligibile, is a LWer. Sami Niku is eligible on the backend.

 

[LionelHutz*]

Sebastian Aho is another guy to keep an eye on.

 

[Shrimper]

Will definitely be looking at Kasperi Kapanen tonight.

 

[JWells16]

Can't wait for this... Pumped to see Kapanen and USA.

 

[Deutschland Dangler]

Who I'm going to keep an eye on is Roope Hintz. Not only does he have an awesome name, he's also a regular in the Liiga for Tampere as an 18 year old and right now has a respectable 11 points in 26 games. He's not too small, supposedly can play right wing too and has not cracked the top-30 prospect lists yet but rather ranks among the first among the "other notable prospects" after the top 30 . That possibly means he might still be there when we're on the board.


Disclaimer: I generally know next to nothing about these kinds, all I do is stat watch and read articles. So take it with a grain of salt, maybe everything I wrote is wrong.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Hoping for a big game from Kapanen.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Here's hoping Kapanen gets an Ovechtrick and the US still somehow wins.

 

[MrBurghundy]

Will this be streaming anywhere?

 

[LionelHutz*]

Here's hoping Kapanen gets an Ovechtrick and the US still somehow wins.

15-14 Kapanen with 10 goals 4 assists?

 

[Country Mac]

Gonna be watching Rantanen hardcore today. Him, Kappy, Puljujujujarvi, Eichel, and Hanifin.

 

[Farnham4top6]

Sebastian Aho is another guy to keep an eye on.

The swede or the fin?

 

[Burgs]

Looking forward to Draisaitl representing my..... oh wait.... Edmonton. Nevermind.

First game of the tournament, and possibly the first huge upset. Russia down 1-2 to Denmark after 40 mins. And they're lucky the score is this close. The Danes had shots go off the post and crossbars in the 2nd period. Russia scored in the final minute after being gifted a PP from a delay of game.

 

[wheelz87]

Love this time of the year!! Pumped, it seems the US has a really strong team this year, especially offensively. Can't wait to watch Eichel tear it up. Also really liked Fasching's game last year in the juniors, hoping for big things from him again.

 

[wej20]

Would greatly appreciate a good stream for the FIN-US game, can't believe the Russian are losing to the Danes!

 

[Wes C Addle]

DISCO?!?!?!?!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[LionelHutz*]

Bylsma the color analyst is worst then Byslma the coach holding press conferences.

 

[wej20]

Thankfully Disco isn't on the TSN stream.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I believe I have the Canadian feed. No Bylsma for me.

 

[Contender]

No Dan for me either.

Excited to watch Kapanen as I loved the hell out of him at training camp.