U20: Finland vs Czech doubleheader 23-24 july

[Erikfromfin]

2 practice matches played on monday and tuesday Finland U20 vs Czech U20 thats prelude to Summer Showcase
matches start 18.30 gmt+3

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Invited finns roster Leijonat.fi - U20 Nuoret Leijonat leireilee heinäkuussa Vierumäellä - Tässä leirille kutsuttujen pelaajien lista!

will post final lineups when released

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[JJTT]

Leijonat.fi - Nuorten Leijonien leiri käynnistyi - Tässä joukkueen kokoonpano - Tshekki-ottelut maanantaina ja tiistaina

Here is the updated roster, some big names missing in Heponiemi, Kupari, Jokiharju, Virtanen and Nordgren

 

[JJTT]

Looks pretty bad if the big names miss the Showcase tounament too, we barely have 2 good lines with really big questionmarks at center.

Vesalainen-Kotkaniemi-Kakko
Talvitie-Tanus-Ylönen
Nyman-Koskenkorva-Pajuniemi
Moilanen-Petman-Ranta
Engberg

Defense doesn't look much better

Vaakanainen-Honka
Utunen-Räsänen
Salmela-Laaksonen
Riekkinen-Iziguzo

Luukkonen, Lehtinen and Annunen are all good goalies so at least that department is solid.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Leijonat.fi - Nuorten Leijonien leiri käynnistyi - Tässä joukkueen kokoonpano - Tshekki-ottelut maanantaina ja tiistaina

Here is the updated roster, some big names missing in Heponiemi, Kupari, Jokiharju, Virtanen and Nordgren

Nordgren is injured ( lower body injury) once again.
He got hurt in Blackhawks development camp earlier this week.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

CZE roster?

 

[Rexor]

Goalies:
Jiří Patera (Cedar Rapids, USHL), Jakub Škarek (Lahti, Finsko).

Defencemen:
Libor Zábranský (Kelowna, WHL), Ondřej Buchtela (Litoměřice), Jan Bednář(Liberec), Matyáš Zelingr (Kladno), Radim Šalda (Hradec Králové), Dalimil Mikyska (Kometa Brno), Daniel Bukač (Brandon, WHL).

Forwards:
Martin Nečas, Karel Plášek (both Kometa Brno), Matěj Blümel (Waterloo, USHL), Ostap Safin (Saint John, QMJHL), Kryštof Hrabík, Jan Jeník (both Liberec), Jakub Navrátil (Přerov), Jan Hladonik, Michal Kvasnica (both Třinec), Jan Kern (Dubuque, USHL), Marek Škvrně (Kelowna, WHL), Martin Kaut (Pardubice), Jaroslav Dvořák (Hradec Králové).

 

[Wooren]

Goalies:
Jiří Patera (Cedar Rapids, USHL), Jakub Škarek (Lahti, Finsko).

Defencemen:
Libor Zábranský (Kelowna, WHL), Ondřej Buchtela (Litoměřice), Jan Bednář(Liberec), Matyáš Zelingr (Kladno), Radim Šalda (Hradec Králové), Dalimil Mikyska (Kometa Brno), Daniel Bukač (Brandon, WHL).

Forwards:
Martin Nečas, Karel Plášek (both Kometa Brno), Matěj Blümel (Waterloo, USHL), Ostap Safin (Saint John, QMJHL), Kryštof Hrabík, Jan Jeník (both Liberec), Jakub Navrátil (Přerov), Jan Hladonik, Michal Kvasnica (both Třinec), Jan Kern (Dubuque, USHL), Marek Škvrně (Kelowna, WHL), Martin Kaut (Pardubice), Jaroslav Dvořák (Hradec Králové).

Martin Kaut won't be there, at least according to this interview: Kaut letí do Colorada. Mluvil o pláči hasičů, Sakicovi a operovaném srdci - iSport.cz

 

[tigervixxxen]

Martin Kaut won't be there, at least according to this interview: Kaut letí do Colorada. Mluvil o pláči hasičů, Sakicovi a operovaném srdci - iSport.cz

Seems he's in Finland per his Instagram but who knows. Anyone have access to the second half of that interview?

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finlands lineup tonight

Goalie:
30 Lassi Lehtinen
Backup:
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1:
20 Linus Nyman - 9 Jesperi Kotkaniemi - 33 Kaapo Kakko
4 Aleksi Anttalainen - 23 Oskari Laaksonen
2:
25 Aarne Talvitie - 12 Erkka Seppälä - 15 Aleksi Klemetti
28 Joona Riekkinen - 36 Anttoni Honka
3:
24 Sampo Ranta - 22 Jesse Koskenkorva - 10 Lauri Pajuniemi
7 Urho Vaakanainen - 27 Eemeli Räsänen
4:
37 Janne Jokinen - 35 Olli Maansaari - 18 Teemu Engberg
2 Toni Utunen - 21 Otto Latvala

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Good stream

 

[Erikfromfin]

Talvitie with good 1st period. battled hard and good job on pk.

 

[FinPanda]

Finns did a great job if their goal is to win this game on PK.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Talvitie continues good play in 2nd with 2 goals and solid plays all round, clear man of the match for me. great choice to wear A

 

[Wooren]

Turned it off after the 2nd period. An absolute no-show by the Czech team. Necas was head and shoulders above everyone else (among Czechs at least, can't say I paid much attention to the Finnish team), but judging by his body language I don't think he even wants to be there, not like he can learn anything from U20 hockey anyway. Skarek picked up right where he left off with his international play. It's so odd though, he has been a swiss-cheese on the international scene for more than a year now, yet he continues to dominate in the Czech 2nd league and did relatively well in Extraliga. No idea what to expect from him in Liiga.
Expecting a Czech win tommorrow, or at least a much closer result.

 

[GettingYourMoms]

Well, czech ice hockey is f***ed. Its hard to compete with top countries without producing any (GOOD)defenseman. At least we produce decent centers now with Chytil and Nečas, but we dont need forwards we have net full of pucks because out defense suck a d**ck. Czech Ice hockey Association says that czech hockey is on rise but all i see is that our 16,17,18,19,20 teams losing everytime they play with top teams like wtf, what are they smoking there, fu*cking liars i am so mad.

 

[JJTT]

Goals as gifs here: Steve Kournianos (@TheDraftAnalyst) | Twitter

 

[Wooren]

Well, czech ice hockey is ****ed. Its hard to compete with top countries without producing any (GOOD)defenseman. At least we produce decent centers now with Chytil and Nečas, but we dont need forwards we have net full of pucks because out defense suck a d**ck. Czech Ice hockey Association says that czech hockey is on rise but all i see is that our 16,17,18,19,20 teams losing everytime they play with top teams like wtf, what are they smoking there, fu*cking liars i am so mad.

This post is gold lol. I generally agree though. I think the upswing in quality is apparent when you compare the results and quality of top prospects with those from 10 years ago, but it's not nearly as good as the association makes it to be. Regarding the defensemen, they are bad in every age group and it's not going to change anytime soon.

 

[ijuka]

First period Finland really farmed those penalties and allowed Czechs to score a couple of goals, but after that it was completely onesided. Was expecting a victory but wasn't expecting a spanking like that.

For Finland one player I was impressed by is Lauri Pajuniemi. Never really watched him but he was constantly doing good things and he has quite the shot.

 

[GettingYourMoms]

And one more thing Škarek is cuck, he and our defense. First czech cheese with holes in it. x)

 

[Henkka]

Well, czech ice hockey is ****ed. Its hard to compete with top countries without producing any (GOOD)defenseman. At least we produce decent centers now with Chytil and Nečas, but we dont need forwards we have net full of pucks because out defense suck a d**ck. Czech Ice hockey Association says that czech hockey is on rise but all i see is that our 16,17,18,19,20 teams losing everytime they play with top teams like wtf, what are they smoking there, fu*cking liars i am so mad.

Is Filip Hronek your most promising young D?

And why isn't Zadina playing in these games? Maybe tomorrow?

 

[GettingYourMoms]

Zadina dont give a shit about juniors anymore and yes Hronek is promising, but we need at least 10 simmilar players like Hronek to be on top. Our best defenseman now are Radko Gudas, Jan Rutta, Michal Kempný and.... and who the fck is next, maybe Libor Šulák??

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

WHen is the game today?

 

[Hokinaittii]

WHen is the game today?

Same time as yesterday. Game starts in 3 hours 50 minutes.

Finland's lineup today:

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

20 Linus Nyman - 9 Jesperi Kotkaniemi - 33 Kaapo Kakko
4 Aleksi Anttalainen - 23 Oskari Laaksonen

25 Aarne Talvitie - 32 Kristian Tanus - 15 Aleksi Klemetti
2 Toni Utunen - 36 Anttoni Honka

34 Ville Petman - 22 Jesse Koskenkorva - 13 Eetu Päkkilä
5 Eero Teräväinen - 6 Bernard Isiguzo

37 Janne Jokinen - 35 Olli Maansaari - 18 Teemu Engberg
3 Santeri Salmela - Saku Vesterinen

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Anyone have boxscores for the first game? There’s one on flashscore but don’t know how accurate that one is.

 

[ijuka]

Why did they drop #10 even though he was excellent? Why is #4 still on the first pairing? No idea what they're doing.