Prospect Info: Hawks @ World Juniors

[piteus]

LOL. I used to hang out with a lot of Finns in NYC. Good people ... but they not like the Swedes.

 

[Rick C137]

 

[KWP]

Besides his sweet backhander score, only other Evan Barrett I caught was, him crashing into the Finn goalie. Not saying it was dirty but didn't like it either. I've read the young man skates it right to the edge that way. Any other opinions welcome as mine based on just a replay of it.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Happy for Joker to get a taste of winning.
Hopefully he can help the Hawks get back to that soon.

 

[Lepardi]

Ruutu*

My phone corrected it to Ruttu for some reason.

Craig Button's mind twisted Jokiharju's name to quite an interesting version: Harkijuuhuu.

 

[Rick C137]

Nice little excerpt from Bowman regarding Jokiharju at the WJC:

Really happy for Henri (Jokiharju). We sent him down. He was excited and disappointed at the same time because he wanted to be with the Blackhawks. This is his team. But then once he realized, he started to get excited like, “I could win a gold medal.” And you never know, it’s junior hockey and one player can’t change a team’s fortunes. But I actually talked to (Finland coach) Jussi (Ahokas) and he said, “There’s no way we win without Henri.” He’s like, “Thank god you guys sent him back.”

 

[Kevin Musto]

Nice little excerpt from Bowman regarding Jokiharju at the WJC:

Joki and UPL were the backbone of the team