U17: 5-Nations Tournament in Piešt'any (CZE, GER, SUI, SVK, USA) - 15-19 Aug

[Maverick41]

This tournament starts tomorrow.
Rosters, schedule, stats and boxscores can be found here.

Wednesday, 15. August 2018

Slovakia U17	VS	Germany U17	5 - 7
United States America U17	VS	Czech Republic U17	2 - 3

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Thursday, 16. August 2018

Switzerland U17	VS	Germany U17	1 - 3
Slovakia U17	VS	Czech Republic U17	4 -3 OT

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Friday, 17. August 2018

United States America U17	VS	Switzerland U17	6 - 2
Czech Republic U17	VS	Germany U17	1 - 0

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Saturday, 18. August 2018

Slovakia U17	VS	Switzerland U17	3 - 4 OT
Germany U17	VS	United States America U17	7 - 6 OT

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Sunday, 19. August 2018

Czech Republic U17	VS	Switzerland U17	11:00 ZŠ Piešťany - Easton Aréna
Slovakia U17	VS	United States America U17	14:30 ZŠ Piešťany - Easton Aréna

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[Wooren]

Seems like all the games should be streamed here: Hockey Slovakia

 

[Maverick41]

Thanks for the link to the stream @Wooren.

I only watched the last 13 minutes of the first period but I liked what I saw, especially from the 1st line of Elias-Stützle-Reichel. Since I don't know how good or bad this particular Slovakian team is, I won't get too excited yet, but so far this is fun for me to watch.

EDIT: Now the stream has stopped working for me. But it looks like Slovakia has finally shown up with 2 quick power play goals to start the 2nd period.

 

[SaiCzech]

Czech republic beat USA 3:2

 

[Outofbodyinhungary]

Embarrassing performance from slovaks

 

[StevenEllisNHL]

Who are the guys to watch on Czech Republic and Slovakia?

 

[Wooren]

I have to say I was impressed by the German 1st line. Lots of skill.

In the other game Jan Bednar was the standout. Especially in the 1st period he made some incredible saves. Jan Mysak was also very good. Blaha, Naar, Konecny and Malat were some others I thought did well.

Who are the guys to watch on Czech Republic and Slovakia?

Jan Mysak, Michal Gut, Tomas Chlubna and Jan Bednar from the Czech team.

 

[SaiCzech]

Who are the guys to watch on Czech Republic and Slovakia?

Definetely Myšak. And Bednar. He impressed me today.

 

[kudla]

Alright Reichel looks to be a player

 

[Goodman68]

Mysak is another Nečas.

 

[Wooren]

Mysak is another Nečas.

They do play a bit similiar. Although Mysak seems less skilled with more of a power forward game.
Anyway, tragic perfomace by the Czech team against Slovakia. Just very bad.

 

[salamandra]

Thanks for the link to the stream @Wooren.

I only watched the last 13 minutes of the first period but I liked what I saw, especially from the 1st line of Elias-Stützle-Reichel. Since I don't know how good or bad this particular Slovakian team is, I won't get too excited yet, but so far this is fun for me to watch.

EDIT: Now the stream has stopped working for me. But it looks like Slovakia has finally shown up with 2 quick power play goals to start the 2nd period.

The best players absent like Chromiak, Knazko, Mykluhka, Lasak jr and next good players Smidzar, Faith. Slovaks played very bad. Terrible perfofmance. Today they were much better like yesterday.

The first germans line was excelent. Especially Stutze and Reichel. Two top german prospects.

 

[Wooren]

The best players absent like Chromiak, Knazko, Mykluhka, Lasak jr and next good players Smidzar, Faith. Slovaks played very bad. Terrible perfofmance. Today they were much better like yesterday.

The first germans line was excelent. Especially Stutze and Reichel. Two top german prospects.

Regarding Myklukha and Lasak, has it actually been confirmed the Ukraine wants to play for Slovakia? I expected him to appear in some Slovak nomination by now. As for Lasak, has anyone actually seen him play?

 

[Babula]

As for Lasak, has anyone actually seen him play?

Dvořák or Vokoun probably...

 

[salamandra]

Regarding Myklukha and Lasak, has it actually been confirmed the Ukraine wants to play for Slovakia? I expected him to appear in some Slovak nomination by now. As for Lasak, has anyone actually seen him play?

He will has slovak citizenship in the near future. Lasak jr is slovak player with slovak nationality. He is regularly slovak player. He was few times invited in camps (SVK U17 and SVK U18).

 

[Outofbodyinhungary]

Excellent start to the tournament by Kaslik. 5 points in 2 games including the hat trick today against the Czechs.

 

[kudla]

Regarding Myklukha and Lasak, has it actually been confirmed the Ukraine wants to play for Slovakia? I expected him to appear in some Slovak nomination by now. As for Lasak, has anyone actually seen him play?

Its not clear whether he will play for Slovakia or not, there have been some doubts lately but lets see.

 

[Outofbodyinhungary]

He will has slovak citizenship in the near future. Lasak jr is slovak player with slovak nationality. He is regularly slovak player. He was few times invited in camps (SVK U17 and SVK U18).

I view it as very unlikely him to play for Slovak national team even with Slovak citizenship, though it would help with his exposure to scouts. I’m guessing he plays with Ukraine in lower div

 

[alko]

He will has slovak citizenship in the near future. Lasak jr is slovak player with slovak nationality. He is regularly slovak player. He was few times invited in camps (SVK U17 and SVK U18).

How many times was he invited ? 3 or 4 times? And every-time he was cutoff. There is something strange.

He is a some sort of Columbo's wife. Everybody knows, she (he) exists, but nobody saw her (him).

 

[klozge]

Alright Reichel looks to be a player

Yeah, I'm really impressed. Good tournament so far.

 

[Speyer]

Switzerland is missing their 3 best players but the federation should be concerned with how the Germans have been gaining ground on them in the last couple of years. I am wondering how Germany hasn't been able to reach the WJC or U18 top division yet with a solid junior programm like that.

 

[Wooren]

Czechs barely beat Germany 1:0 and they praise their game, especially defensively.
Not a mention Germany outshot them 16:21 or that they couldn't reach 20 SOG for the second game in row. They even admitted they wanted to play defensive style the whole game... when do you want to showcase your offensive skills if not against a team like Germany?
This might be the worst perfomace by a Czech team at "B" tier tournament I can recall, they got more or less outplayed in every game so far. Funnily enough it might still be just enough for the 1st place.

 

[kudla]

hahahhah some American fans might wanna visit this thread for a while

 

[Outofbodyinhungary]

Slovaks lose again, but Kaslik scores and now has 5 goals in 3 games. He probably should’ve played at ivan hlinka instead of some of the grinders that Slovak hockey coaches love

 

[cagney]

hahahhah some American fans might wanna visit this thread for a while

The US team was awful defensively against the Germans but it is what it is. NTDP players mostly don’t participate in this tournament so it’s a B team, like at the Hlinka tournament. Most years the Czechs are their top competition but it’s not unheard of for them to lose to other teams here.