Euro Hockey Tour: EHT 2012-13 [CZE/FIN/RUS/SWE] • 1st Stage • Karjala Cup (Nov. 7-10)

[Eye of Ra]

Czech team?

 

[joe89]

PP1:
Backlund - Landeskog - Söderberg
Järnkrok - Kronwall

PP2:
Mårtensson - Hörnqvist - Thörnberg
Hedman - Fantenberg

 

[russianhockey]

Very nice roster's, hopefully the czech's team will also look so nice.
czech's squad should be released in the next hours or days on hokej.cz

 

[SurMartin]

Melker Karlsson was a surprise. Congrats to Lycksele, two players on the national team the last two years.

 

[BusQuets]

Sweden is going to have a hard time containing Russia and Finland with that defense.

 

[Juzmo]

Team Finland @ Karjala Tournament 2012

Roster at leijonat.fi

Goaltenders:

35 Pekka Rinne, Dynamo Minsk (BLR)
40 Tuukka Rask, HC Plzen (CZE)

Defencemen:

2 Teemu Laakso, Severstal Cherepovets (RUS)
3 Petteri Nummelin, HC Lugano (SUI)
4 Ossi Väänänen, Jokerit
22 Teemu Eronen, Jokerit
24 Mikko Kousa, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RUS)
38 Juuso Hietanen, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RUS)
46 Janne Jalasvaara, Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
49 Ilkka Heikkinen, HC Lugano (SUI)

Forwards:

9 Mikko Koivu, TPS
10 Niklas Hagman, Lokomotiv Jaroslavl (RUS)
12 Jori Lehterä, Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS)
18 Jesse Joensuu, Ässät
21 Jani Tuppurainen, Donbass Donetsk (UKR)
23 Sakari Salminen, KalPa
26 Jonas Enlund, Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS)
27 Petri Kontiola, Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS)
29 Teemu Laine, Dynamo Minsk (BLR)
37 Juha-Pekka Haataja, Kärpät
41 Antti Pihlström, Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RUS)
43 Teemu Ramstedt, Blues
81 Ilari Filppula, Jokerit

 

[JYP88*]

Where is Oskar Osala?

 

[Juzmo]

Where is Oskar Osala?

No idea. Sure, Pihlström is the faster one of the two, but Osala is better at everything else.

But other than that I like the squad.

 

[Gaps]

I like the team, although Osala should've been chosen and I wish V. Filppula and Korpikoski had been able to join the team. Those two would've formed a perfect 1st line with Koivu.

 

[mikjo344]

Landeskog - MÃ¥rtensson - Fasth
Backlund - Söderberg - Hörnqvist
Thörnberg - Järnkrok - Gynge
Hagelin - Lundqvist - Karlsson


Hedman - Kronwall
Fernholm - Fantenberg
Ahnelöv - Viklund

 

[russianhockey]

Kulikov get injured, Denisov will replace him.

 

[DrunkElkCZ]

Czech national team:

Goalies:
Ondřej Pavelec (Bílí Tygři Liberec)
Alexandr Salák (Färjestad)

Defenders:
Marek Židlický (Rytíři Kladno)
Ladislav Å míd (Bílí Tygři Liberec)
Petr Čáslava (Sevestral)
Jakub Nakládal (Spartak)
Filip Novák (Dynamo Moskva)
Jakub Kindl (ČSOB PojiÅ¡ťovna Pardubice)
Jakub Krejčík (Lev Praha)
Lukáš Galvas (Oceláři Třinec)

Forwards:
Tomáš Plekanec, Jiří Tlustý (Rytíři Kladno)
Martin Hanzal (MOUNTFIELD České Budějovice)
Petr Nedvěd (Bílí Tygři Liberec)
Martin Růžička (Oceláři Třinec)
Jiří Novotný (Lev Praha)
Zbyněk Irgl (Dynamo Minsk)
Michal Vondrka (Slovan Bratislava)
Jakub Petružálek (Chabarovsk)
Petr Koukal (Nižněkamsk)
Petr Hubáček (Jyväskylä)
Jan Kovář (Å koda Plzeň)
Jakub Svoboda (Kometa Brno)
Tomáš Hertl (Slavia Praha).

 

[russianhockey]

also a nice squad, will be a very interessting tournament...

 

[cska78]

Kulikov get injured, Denisov will replace him.

why not try a younger player instead? what's there to test with Denisov?

 

[russianhockey]

Mamashev would be a better choice

 

[cska78]

Mamashev would be a better choice

or Arzamstsev, Kiselevich, Marchenko, Zaitsev, Sergeev etc.

 

[master4071]

I thought that Hagman doesn't want to play NT this year...Korpikoski? V. Filppula? Nice to see Ramstedt and I. Filppula...5 offensive minded d-men?

 

[jonlin]

What is Väänänen doing there? I have never understund why he is in the National Team!? There is like 20 better defenders in Finland. I would have taken Karalahti or Söderholm.

 

[MMANumminen]

What is Väänänen doing there? I have never understund why he is in the National Team!? There is like 20 better defenders in Finland. I would have taken Karalahti or Söderholm.

Are you kidding me? Väänänen has been always solid and there's never enough size in Finland's D

 

[jonlin]

Are you kidding me? Väänänen has been always solid and there's never enough size in Finland's D

"Size is everything!" - Aki Berg

 

[FiLe]

There is like 20 better defenders in Finland.

This should be rich. Let's have a list, please.

 

[IceHockeyDude]

This should be rich. Let's have a list, please.

I would also like to see 20 better defensive-minded defence-men than Väänänen.

 

[Atas2000]

Mamashev would be a better choice

If you read Bill's interviews you will get his concept. It was a logical choice. And he's not doing it for the fans at this tournament. A pity though. I was looking forward to seeing Kulikov at EHT and in tomorrow's game for that matter.

 

[QnebO]

What is Väänänen doing there? I have never understund why he is in the National Team!? There is like 20 better defenders in Finland. I would have taken Karalahti or Söderholm.

What the ****? Can anything else be said. How can someone not understand Väänänen being in the team? I mean seriousely? If you say that from hietanen, ok, puistola, ok... You allmost can say that from any D-man but not Väänänen. Väänänen is a lock. The best Defensive Defenseman available basicly every time. Väänänen was key factor in Winning 2011 gold.. Väänänen - Järvinen was the best pairing in 2012.


I think im sensin ridiclouse sm-liiga fanboysm having something to do with this.. Personally, I think SM-Liiga is absolutely nothing, when it comes to national team. I dont give a **** what league or what team guys have played. Im KalPa fan but Im ok if theres whole JyP team on the ice, if its the best solution.

 

[Gaps]

What is Väänänen doing there? I have never understund why he is in the National Team!? There is like 20 better defenders in Finland. I would have taken Karalahti or Söderholm.

Are you joking? Karalahti is not that much better than Väänänen, and the guy's got issues with the coach, there's no way he'd even come if Jalonen asked. And Söderholm is old, slow and a lot less helpful than Väänänen. Who are the other 18 better defensive-minded dmen in Finland, in your opinion?