U16: 4-Nations Tournament in Almetyevsk, Russia April 12-14 2019

[JimboA]

Czech
Sweden
Russia
Finland

Schedule: U16 or 4 Nations Tournament April 12-14 2019
Games can be seen here: Russia Hockey

Sweden’s roster:
http://www.swehockey.se/globalasset...nt-april-11-14-2019/roster_swe_april_2019.pdf

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[theslatcher]

Really liked what I saw from Mensik, Lysell, & Dower Nilsson in the Czech-Sweden game. Sweden's goalie, Mustafic, did not have a good game at all.

 

[Wooren]

Decent 55 minutes of play by the Czech team only to be followed by a massive meltdown and losing a pretty much won game. Don't really understand how is that even possible, especially when a similiar chokejob happened at the previous tournament (also against Sweden, although in that one Czechs eventually won in OT.) Feels like Mensik and Svozil combine for +50% of this year's Czech U16 team scoring. Great prospects, but you would like to see more depth scoring. And unlike in the past years, not really sold on the goaltender position. Filip Malac is missing due to U17 duties, but not sure how good he really is.

Svozil was in my opinon by far the best Czech player, he just keeps making the right plays whenever on ice. Ludwig Persson on the Swedish squad caught my eye, excellent set of hands. As mentioned in the post above, Mensik, Lysell, and Dower Nilsson were the other standouts.
Speaking of Mensik, have to post this great goal:

 

[theslatcher]

Lundberg started putting Persson with Dower Nilsson, & Lysell sometime into the game. Finland really had no answer to that line.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Swedish U16 looks promising

 

[theslatcher]

Swedish U16 looks promising

No regulation losses in the last 2 tournaments, had an OT loss last tournament against the Czechs. The 2002, & 2003 classes looks to make up for the weak 2001 class.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Russia vs Sweden for tournament victory:

 

[theslatcher]

Hope Russia's #23 is ok.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Hope Russia's #23 is ok.

What happened?

Edit: Late hit by the swede

 

[theslatcher]

What happened?

Stjernborg checked him into the boards head-first, left on a stretcher.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

ah, game over. Lost momentum after the long PK.

Spending too much time in the box