WJC: Finland vs USA U18 WJC Game Thread.

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Leijonat - Pikkuleijonat näillä kentällisillä MM-kisojen USA-otteluun – Lähetys TV5 ja discovery+ tiistaina kello 18:00

Suomi kohtaa alle 18-vuotiaiden poikien MM-kisojen neljännessä ottelussaan USA:n. Ottelusta on lähetys TV5-kanavalla ja discovery+-palvelussa tiistaina alkaen kello 18:00. Ottelu pelataan Espoossa. Suomen maalilla pelaa Petteri Rimpinen. USA-ottelu on Rimpisen kolmas MM-startti, h&aum...

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Maalilla:
1 Petteri Rimpinen

Varalla:
30 Kim Saarinen

1:
24 Joona Saarelainen – 19 Konsta Helenius – 32 Emil Hemming
12 Aron Kiviharju – 10 Veeti Väisänen

2:
28 Lauri Sinivuori – 36 Heikki Ruohonen – 29 Kasper Pikkarainen
15 Niklas Nykyri – 4 Mitja Jokinen

3:
33 Tuomas Suoniemi – 27 Aatos Koivu – 34 Roope Vesterinen
2 Onni Amhamdi – 3 Daniel Nieminen

4:
23 Ville Väärälä – 22 Anton Kettunen – 21 Natan Teshome
7 Veikka Mononen

13. hyökkääjä:
37 Markus Loponen

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[SanDogBrewin]

 

[Jussi]

PP for Finland.

 

[Jussi]

Oh that's a softie...

 

[jj cale]

Terrible goal.

 

[jj cale]

Pretty soft defense from Finland in their own zone, losing the races to the puck and just letting guys go to the net, they need to dig in down there.

 

[Jukurit]

USA so much faster and better than Finland. Lucky it's only 1-0.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Pretty soft defense from Finland in their own zone, losing the races to the puck and just letting guys go to the net, they need to dig in down there.

Thats not any surpirse for me and other Finns in here.
We have knew all the time we don't win USA if the game goes skating contest etc.

This is the consequnce of that we have played last 3 games against weaker teams
which aren't any-kind measuring sticks for our team and players.

IIHF should change tournament system exactly the same what it is womens worlds
there A group is stronger and B group weaker but does IIHF have any interest to do that.

USA so much faster and better than Finland. Lucky it's only 1-0.

Did you expect Finland's win?
I wouldn't be surprised at all if / when Rimpinen will have 40+ / 50+ saves after this game.
Damn we suck.

PP for Finland.

What joke that powerplay was 0 shots and 0 scoring chances.
USA has done their home works.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Stiga goal with Hagens getting his 8th assist.

 

[Juxtaposer]

James Hagens is really, really good.

 

[Svedu]

Wow, Finland is complete sh*t. When the first formation lets that easy 0-3 goal then it's GG's. Thin roster and without our best players being better than theirs, and in fact weak and worse? Then Finland is without chance.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Bednark right back on the PP.

 

[Svedu]

Wow, Finland not even close. I bet the Czechs and Sweden are a lot better than us too after witnessing this.
My predictions before the tournament seem to be pretty correct so far. Sad enough.

I haven't had the time to follow the whole game but Kiviharju seems pretty trash in this game? With awful highlights in his own zone.

Helenius class.

 

[Svedu]

Finnish D's split vision with the puck in their own zone is god awful. Like so bad it's not even funny. They just dump- or rather pass it to the opponent. How can they be so bad?

 

[SanDogBrewin]

US with some really lazy passes.

 

[cheechoo]

The pace of this game!!!

So fun

 

[cheechoo]

Hagens. Take a bow.

 

[Svedu]

Hagens. Best player in this tournament. A tier above Helenius, McKenna, Benak and others so far.

Rimpinens positioning and lateral agility is questionable.

 

[Jussi]

Terrible defensemen we have.

Paska vappu.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Hagens is enfuego!

 

[Svedu]

Only decent players today: Saarelainen, Mitja Jokinen and perhaps Helenius.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Terrible defensemen we have.

Paska vappu.

Everytime Amhamdi on ice its catastrophe.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Everytime Amhamdi on ice its catastrophe.

Interesting to try to put this on one guy when everyone's playing like ass

 

[WarriorofTime]

James Hagens is ridiculous.

 

[Svedu]

Everytime Amhamdi on ice its catastrophe.

Well, let's say he hasn't been onni so far...