U20: Junior Tournaments of the Mid-Majors (Ger,Den,Lat,Nor,Aut,Blr,Fra,Slo)

[Maverick41]

There is a U18 5 nation tournament going on Switzerland at the moment that has a pretty strong German team.
I am really looking forward to see these kids develop.

I also wonder how the rosters of the other teams (Switzerland, Finland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) are rated by their fans.

2018 U18 5-Nations Tournament

 

[kabidjan18]

Just noting, such a high proportion of RBHRC guys on the German team. Top group has Taro, Justin, and Wirt. Then there's Lobach and Eddie Schitz, and Mnich is a goalie. Taro is really good, the most underrated guy in the German U18 system by far.

Switzerland seems to be taking this whole short=skill thing seriously as well.

 

[kabidjan18]

Feb. 12-18 is the 4 nations U18 tournament. Will be a big deal. Denmark, Norway, Latvia, Austria. Lots of talent in the team last year, I expect the same this year.

 

[kabidjan18]

My projected rosters, but many of these are guesses so please feel free to correct me on Denmark, Norway, or Latvia.

Denmark: I guess they should technically be the favorite, but for a Denmark team this really don't look as good as normal.
Rasmus Simonsen - Phillip Schultz - Sebastian Sorensen
Frederik Kaels - Gustav Green - Victor Cubars
Mikkel Bertelsen - Oliver Kjaer - William Nistrup Madsen
Emil Bredvig - Kristian Berlin - Lukas Bach Nielsen

Lasse Holm Mortensen - Christoffer Fraenell
Oscar Schulze - Marco Petersen
Max Vilstrup - Jonas Brondberg
Gustav Dichow - Jonas Krogsgaard

Frederik Dichow
Christian Elmose
Frederik Sogaard

Norway: This team is probably the size of most U16 teams. They may stand a chance against us or Latvia but probably not Denmark at this size.
Calle Spaberg Olsen - Kenneth Pappalardo Gudbrandsen - Lars Christian Rodne
Pontus Finstad - Christopher Van Doorn - Douglas Byrkjeland
Shafaat Hashim - Oscar Matheson - Sander Hermanstad
Sander Froberg - Alexander Thomas - Erik Beier Jensen
Tym Lokkeberg

Kristoffer Thomasen - Markus Mikkelsen
Mads Christian Hanneborg - Sondre Bolling Vaaler
Emil Martinsen Lilleberg - Frederik Pedersen
Hans Jakob Eckhoff

Tobias Normann
Tobias Johansen Breivold
Henrik Fayen Vestavik

Latvia: They beat "us", but without most of our top juniors, some of our top U17s, and the ones who were there were coming off a long tournament trip. This was basically their lineup but with a few HK Riga additions.
Deniss Fjodorovs - Ricards Grinbergs - Gustavs Millers
Artjoms Koppass - Rudolfs Polcs - Maksims Semjonovs
Antons Trastasenkovs - Roberts Prizevoits - Ricards Fomins
Antons Sinegubovs - Rihards Ligis - Patriks Marcinkevics

Ernests Osenieks - Nikita Mateiko
Brants Harijs - Karlis Reinis Stolcs
Gustvas Bergs - Patriks Ozols
Rihards Kuzis - Danila Larionovs

Marks Dvorkins
Arturs Silovs

Austria: I think the best lineup possible
Benjmain Baumgartner - Marco Rossi - Benjamin Lanzinger
Paul Huber - Fabian Hochegger - Tim Harnisch
Senna Peeters - Adem Kandemir - Maximilian Rebernig
Felix Muller - Armin Preiser - Leon Kleiss

David Maier - Julian Payr
Kilian Zundel - Thimo Nickl
Jacob Pfeffer - Philipp Wimmer
Dominik Rauter - Martin Urbanek

Marvin Kortin
Alexander Schmidt

Austria: The lineup Brucker loves
Benjamin Baumgartner - Marco Rossi - Benjamin Lanzinger
Leon Kleiss - Fabian Hochegger - Tim Harnisch
Paul Huber - Adem Kandemir - Armin Preiser
Felix Muller - Valentin Ploner - Marcel Judth

David Maier - Kilian Zundel
Julian Payr - Peter Sivec
Thimo Nickl - Lukas Piff
Jacob Pfeffer - Dominik Rauter

Marvin Kortin
Alexander Schmidt

That said I think we're the best team in the tournament, though I think we'll find a way to finish second.. I'd love to hear a differing opinion though, because I'm not strong at all in my convictions.

 

[ozo]

Impossible to call these these tournaments really, and pretty pointless to put too much stock in these anyhow, but I have to pick Denmark, if I take my homer glasses off. Are there any notable NA players missing in this tournament? On a random note, I see player named Cubars on the wrong team

 

[kabidjan18]

Latvia might choose to have Artjoms Lapiks? Also I didn't include Viktors Jasunovs and Kristers Arnicans because they haven't been active within the program but I think you could make a strong case for both. Nils and Nauris Sejejs as well, obviously a more renowned program like Latvia might see shame in bringing kids from a U17 league but we have many times and it's usually worked out for the better.

For Denmark it's Oliver True and Mads Sogaard for sure. Norway...well the elephant in the room is Mathias Emilio Pettersson. He came last year, I don't see great reason for him not to come this year. However, he's a hard one to predict.

I think Denmark can beat us as well, maybe Latvia. Thing is, we're stuck in D1B, so for us this is the championship, which is why I'm writing about it so much. Our coaching staff loves players without hands or offensive instincts, so even though we're more talented than the opposition it's a steep upward climb. It's too easy to defend us. I think we win at least one for sure but it's hard to see us winning three.

 

[kabidjan18]

The Norwegian Roster is as follows:
Uttatte spillere

Målvakter (2)	Klubb
Tobias Johansen Breivold	Vålerenga
Tobias Normann	Färjestad (SWE)
Backer (7)
Casper Hallgren	Manglerud
Ole Julian Holm	Manglerud
Emil Lilleberg	Sparta Sarpsborg
Fredrik Pedersen	Lørenskog
Sverre Rønningen	Lillehammer
Kristoffer Thomassen	Frisk Asker
Sondre Bolling Vaaler	Vålerenga
Løpere (14)
Adrian Berget	Storhamar
Pontus Finstad	Manglerud
Sander Frøberg	Lørenskog
Philip Granath	Frisk Asker
Kenneth Pappalardo Gulbrandsen	Skellefteå (SWE)
Jonathan Hafsmoe	Storhamar
Mattias Brenne Halvorsen	Sparta Sarpsborg
Sander Hurrød	Frisk Asker
Erik Beier Jensen	Frisk Asker
Trym Løkkeberg	Stjernen Fredrikstad
Oscar Matheson	Leksand (SWE)
Calle Spaberg Olsen	Vålerenga
Lars Christian Rødne	Stavanger
Christopher van Doorn	Skellefteå (SWE)

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

4 forwards, 4 defensemen differed from the initial projection. Sander Hurrod and Jonathan Hamsfoe has come on, and Philip Granath is a bit of a young star.

Meanwhile, Latvia has an entire selection game, bringing in 38 skaters, to see who gets to go to the tournament in Liepaga.

 

[kabidjan18]

The Hungarian Roster for upcoming U18 tournaments
U18: Februári kerethirdetés

So, Hungary knows if they just put their best U18 roster into a good tournament they'd get killed so they always play smart and divide their roster into two so when they get killed they can say they didn't have all their guys. Anyways, they play two upcoming tournaments in Warsaw and Epinal. Here's the grand roster.

A keret

Név	Poszt	Egyesület	Szül. év
Gönczi Lajos	K	DHK	2000
Horváth Bendegúz	K	Zalai Titánok	2001
Horváth Dominik	K	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2001
Monostori Tamás	K	UTE	2002
Halász Béni	K	Linz (AUT)	2001
Fekete Bence	K	Vasas	2001
Balajthy Dániel	H	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2000
Dobmayer Dominik	H	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2002
Dóczi Zsombor	H	MAC	2001
Egyedi Zsolt	H	UTE	2000
Falus Ádám	H	Zürich Lions Novitz (SUI)	2001
Farkas Botond	H	Vasas	2001
Fekete Botond	H	UTE	2000
Gáspár Levente	H	UTE	2001
Horváth Milán	H	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2001
Jakabfy Csongor	H	Győri Nemak-Dana ETO HC	2000
Jakabfy Sámuel	H	Győri Nemak-Dana ETO HC	2002
Jarács Roland	H	MAC	2001
Mórocz Tibor	H	KMH	2001
Ortenszky Tamás	H	Biel-Bienne (SUI)	2002
Szabó Zsolt	H	UTE	2000
Szécsi Patrik	H	KMH	2000
Szécsi Roland	H	KMH	2000
Tornyai Mátyás	H	MAC	2002
Ambrus Gergő	Cs	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2001
Bogesic Vedran	Cs	MAC	2001
Farkas Márton	Cs	Tuto (FIN)	2000
Filep Zsombor	Cs	DHK	2001
Galántai Richárd	Cs	MAC	2000
Hegedüs Márk	Cs	UTE	2001
Horváth László	Cs	Győri Nemak-Dana ETO HC	2000
Horváth Pál	Cs	Győri Nemak-Dana ETO HC	2002
Kedves Tamás	Cs	MAC	2001
Kemény Patrik	Cs	Győri Nemak-Dana ETO HC	2000
Keresztes Levente	Cs	MAC	2002
Kónya Krisztián	Cs	Linz (AUT)	2001
Kovács Alex	Cs	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2000
Kovács Sebestyén	Cs	UTE	2000
Kozma Ferenc	Cs	DHK	2001
Lövei Dávid	Cs	DVTK	2001
Pataki Viktor	Cs	MAC	2001
Péter Donát	Cs	Augsburg (GER)	2000
Rétfalvi Kristóf	Cs	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2001
Révész Marcell	Cs	Zürich Lions (SUI)	2000
Roczanov Zsolt	Cs	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2001
Sándor-Székely Ottó	Cs	Győri Nemak-Dana ETO HC	2001
Schlekmann Márk	Cs	MAC	2002
Szalmás Bence	Cs	MAC	2002
Vértes Nátán	Cs	If. Ocskay Gábor JA	2000
Zsigmond Áron	Cs	UTE	2000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I'm never going to be unbiased about this of course, but perhaps some others may think there's some good talent in this roster.

 

[kabidjan18]

Denmark Roster for the upcoming Liepaja Tournament
U18-truppen udtaget til turnering i Letland

Målmænd:
Frederik Søgaard, Herning
Christian Elmose, Hvidovre
Backs:
Magnus Koch, Rødovre
Bertram Jelert, Rungsted
Jonas Brøndberg, Växjö
Lasse Mortensen, Rødovre
Christoffer Frænell, Rødovre
Max Vilstrup Olesen, Herlev
Oscar Schulze, Gentofte
Forwards:
Maksim Popovic, Herlev
Philip Schultz, Rødovre
William Nistrup, Rungsted
Rasmus Simonsen, Hvidovre
Sebastian Sørensen, Hvidovre
Jonas Gantzel Torbensen, Esbjerg
Mikkel Bertelsen, Leksand
Jonathan Brinkmann, Aalborg
Malte Bønløkke, Hvidovre
Lukas Bach Nielsen, Aalborg
Gustav Green, Rungsted
Frederik Kaels, Rødovre
Oliver Kjær, Esbjerg

Pretty good or complete roster.

Austria has not released our roster yet but we have been hit with a rash of rejections.

 

[Maverick41]

U18 tournament in Slovakia (15 Feb - 17 Feb) featuring the host team, Switzerland, Belarus and Germany.

Rosters:

Belarus U18

Germany U18

Slovakia U18

Switzerland U18

I don't know about the other teams, but there are several players to watch on the German roster. I particularly like Moritz Seider, Alexander Dersch, Yannik Valenti, Manuel Alberg and Tim Fleischer.

Justin Schütz, Taro Jentzsch and Nino Kinder might also be worth a look.

Another player who was not initally listed but was added to the roster and is Tim Stützle. He is a very intriguing prospect.

 

[Pan]

U18 tournament in Slovakia (15 Feb - 17 Feb) featuring the host team, Switzerland, Belarus and Germany.

Rosters:

Belarus U18 - n/a yet

Just as usually, Belarus roster is going to be announced right when they hit the ice ((c) ozo), but still some names got available.
F's
Masilevich, Pyshkaylo, Alistrov, Kazyanin, Protas, Oksentyuk, Krylovich, Ignatov, Sergiyenya, Stepanov, Nekrasov, Kotelovsky, Mezheynikov.
D's
Barkovsky, Kolyachonok, Solovyov, Kosinsky.

Kazyanin, Oksentyuk, Barkovsky, Kolyachonok are worth to mention.

 

[Pan]

By the way, is Hockey Slovakia going to stream Dzurilla Cup?

 

[kudla]

Slovakia U18:

F - Cajkovic (01), Okuliar, Kovacik, Nespala, Dzugan, Pauliny, Hryzak, Hvizdos, Sarvas, Sojka (01), Mrazik (01), Cederle
D - Bucko, Cesanek, Dlugos, Ilencik (01), Knazko (02), Martiska, Turan (01), Zekucia
G - Batory, Vyletelka, Hlavaj (01)

names to watch: Maxim Cajkovic, Oliver Okuliar, Kristian Kovacik, Samuel Knazko

 

[Maverick41]

German roster for the U16 tournament in Salzburg (AUT) (15 Feb - 17 Feb):

Pos	Name	Vorname	Geb.Dat.	cm	kg	L/R	Mannschaft
GK	Tiefensee	Arno	01.05.02	189	73	L	EC Bad Tölz
GK	Vogt	Jonas	01.07.02	183	78	L	Jungadler Mannheim
D	Korus	Leonard	16.02.02	186	81	L	KEC „Die Haie“
D	Pilu	Fabrizio	31.10.02	177	62	R	Jungadler Mannheim
D	Geibel	Korbinian	08.07.02	167	58	L	ESV Kaufbeuren
D	Schwaiger	Daniel	24.02.02	178	75	L	Red Bull Hockey Akademie
D	Szuber	Maksymilian	25.08.02	187	72	L	Red Bull Hockey Akademie
D	Dziambor	Arkadiusz	31.01.02	182	70	R	Jungadler Mannheim
D	Geuß	Joshua	22.07.02	174	61	L	KEC „Die Haie“
D	Miller	Maximilian	21.04.02	170	60	R	ESV Kaufbeuren
F	Elias	Florian	07.08.02	169	70	L	Jungadler Mannheim
F	Zbaranski	Dominik	10.05.02	171	60	L	Jungadler Mannheim
F	Danzer	Ludwig	25.02.02	177	68	L	Starbulls Rosenheim
F	Dubé	Samuel	30.05.02	170	62	L	Red Bull Hockey Akademie
F	Eham	Josef	29.07.02	178	67	L	EC Bad Tölz
F	Peterka	John	14.01.02	174	76	L	Red Bull Hockey Akademie
F	Bruch	Daniel	16.04.02	173	60	R	KEC „Die Haie“
F	Samanski	Joshua	22.03.02	177	60	L	Jungadler Mannheim
F	Borzecki	Jakub	17.01.02	188	85	R	KEC „Die Haie“
F	Herrmann	Fabian	12.02.02	174	68	L	EV Regensburg
F	Volek	Justin	08.02.02	175	64	L	ESV Kaufbeuren
F	Petersen	Jussi	03.07.02	165	50	R	KEC „Die Haie“

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

They will play France (15 Feb), Norway (16 Feb) and Austria (17 Feb).

 

[Maverick41]

German roster for the U17 tournament in Füssen (GER) (15 Feb - 17 Feb):

Nr.	Pos	Name	Vorname	Geb.Dat.	cm	kg	L/R	Mannschaft
1	GK	Gähr	Jonas	14.02.01	190	73	L	Jungadler Mannheim
31	GK	Kolarz	Christopher	13.04.01	183	70	L	Red Bull Hockey Akademie
2	D	Heyer	Niklas	29.05.01	177	70	L	KEC „Die Haie“
3	D	Ebi-Schmidt	Laurenz	27.03.01	184	80	L	Jungadler Mannheim
4	D	Zimmermann	Mario	26.04.01	172	62	L	Starbulls Rosenheim
6	D	Raab	Moritz	23.02.01	180	67	L	Jungadler Mannheim
7	D	Flade	Lucas	17.01.01	183	80	R	ESC Dresden
8	D	Länger	Niklas	29.05.01	184	74	L	Augsburger EV
9	D	Pasanen	Tommy	30.07.01	192	99	R	Red Bull Hockey Akademie
11	D	Gnyp	Simon	10.09.01	183	80	R	KEC „Die Haie“
14	F	Stanik	Sebastian	14.11.01	173	65	L	Starbulls Rosenheim
15	F	Lindner	Elias	06.04.01	185	80	L	EV Landshut
17	F	Schmidt	Christoph	24.07.01	178	74	L	Eisbären Juniors Berlin
18	F	Maul	Daniel	28.11.01	183	77	L	ERC Ingolstadt „Panther“
19	F	Chyzowski	Christopher	05.07.01	177	72	R	SC Riessersee
20	F	Reichel	Lukas	17.05.02	179	67	L	Starbulls Rosenheim
21	F	Henriquez-Morales	Enrico	15.07.01	174	78	L	Starbulls Rosenheim
22	F	Nix	Manuel	05.01.01	185	85	R	Eisbären Juniors Berlin
23	F	Nijenhuis	Jan	04.08.01	174	70	R	Jungadler Mannheim
25	F	Schumacher	Jan-Luca	30.08.01	178	70	L	Jungadler Mannheim
26	F	Kuqi	Fabjon	03.08.01	185	78	L	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
27	F	Reisnecker	Filip	12.12.01	185	77	L	EV Regensburg

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

They will play Switzerland (15 Feb), Slovakia (16 Feb) and Denmark (17 Feb).

U17 Nationalmannschaft | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund e.V.

 

[Pan]

Slovakia - Belarus 3:4


Germany - Switzerland 2:1

 

[Pan]

Belarus - Germany 0:3


Slovakia - Switzerland 2:4

 

[Pan]

Switzerland - Belarus 0:3


Slovakia - Germany 1:2 (so)