Lausanne Youth Olympic Games 2020

[Kshahdoo]

January 9-22, it's going to be an interesting event. 6 top teams will participate at the main ice hockey tournament (according to this ranking), players of 2004 and 2005 are eligible. There will be 3 vs 3 games as well.

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[Wings4Life]

This event features players from the 2022 draft class (oldest eligible player being born on Jan 1, 2004).

Edited to clear up conflicting info taken from YOG official website.

 

[Kshahdoo]

This event features players from the 2020 draft class (oldest eligible player being born on Jan 1, 2002)

Will be a big challenge for Shane Wright to make the team, but hopefully he gets a prominent role for Team Canada after he plays two thirds of his first OHL season.

Are you sure about this? I mean, it is said here the tournament is going to be for 2004 and 2005 kids and girls.

 

[Wings4Life]

Are you sure about this? I mean, it is said here the tournament is going to be for 2004 and 2005 kids and girls.

Their website is pretty bad, but it seems like there will be 4 years thrown together (15-18 year olds). Their "factsheet" (hockey on p.5):

https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/YOG/Factsheet-The-YOG-Sports-Programme.pdf#_ga=2.195180773.899327611.1568320643-30298529.1568320643

And a general link from their website:

Olympic.org Registration

The young athletes must be 15, 16, 17 or 18 years old on 31 December in the year of the Games. The age groups for the events in which they compete are defined in collaboration with the International Sports Federations (IFs) concerned.
For the 2020 edition of the YOG, the following athletes are eligible to participate: athletes born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2005.

 

[NA Hockey]

Hockey will be 04's and 05's, other sports may have other ages.

This is from the YOG website.

The age groups depend on the sports and disciplines in which the athletes compete. The athletes must be 15, 16, 17 o r 18 years old on 31 December in the year of the Games (between 1 st of January 2000 and 31 st of December 2003 for Buenos Aires 2018) . These groups are defined in collaboration with the relevant IF responsible for the sport . For example, in Buenos Aires 2018 , the age group defined for Rugby Sevens is the athletes born between the 1 st January 2000 and the 31 st December 2001 (those who are 17 or 18 years old).

 

[tealhockey]

Hockey will be 04's and 05's, other sports may have other ages.

This is from the YOG website.

The age groups depend on the sports and disciplines in which the athletes compete. The athletes must be 15, 16, 17 o r 18 years old on 31 December in the year of the Games (between 1 st of January 2000 and 31 st of December 2003 for Buenos Aires 2018) . These groups are defined in collaboration with the relevant IF responsible for the sport . For example, in Buenos Aires 2018 , the age group defined for Rugby Sevens is the athletes born between the 1 st January 2000 and the 31 st December 2001 (those who are 17 or 18 years old).

That will be fun then. We have some really good 04s in the USA age group right now assuming they all play. Can't really speak to the other countries but obviously would assume Canada's Matt Savoie etc are in the mix

 

[cg98]

This event features players from the 2020 draft class (oldest eligible player being born on Jan 1, 2002)

Will be a big challenge for Shane Wright to make the team, but hopefully he gets a prominent role for Team Canada after he plays two thirds of his first OHL season.

Their website is pretty bad, but it seems like there will be 4 years thrown together (15-18 year olds). Their "factsheet" (hockey on p.5):

https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/YOG/Factsheet-The-YOG-Sports-Programme.pdf#_ga=2.195180773.899327611.1568320643-30298529.1568320643

And a general link from their website:

Olympic.org Registration

The girls competition is U18 I believe, while the boys tournament is U16, meaning players born in 2004-2005 are eligible to play. Also Shane Wright will probably stay up in the OHL due to his ES, but Savoie and Bedard playing together should be an absolute treat.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Teams can only enter either the boy's or girl's tournament; only the host Swiss get to enter both.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Oh, well, I hope, Russia will choose boys.

 

[Wings4Life]

The girls competition is U18 I believe, while the boys tournament is U16, meaning players born in 2004-2005 are eligible to play. Also Shane Wright will probably stay up in the OHL due to his ES, but Savoie and Bedard playing together should be an absolute treat.

Thank you for the correction. Like I mentioned above, the YOG website is quite poor and needs some cleaning up.

With 2004 being the cutoff, Savoie will be the oldest player eligible for this tournament, and should absolutely tear it up. Wright will be one of the oldest players there himself, and would be a strong bet for MVP, if he opts to go.

Meanwhile Brad Lambert will actually be too old to play in this tournament.

 

[cg98]

Thank you for the correction. Like I mentioned above, the YOG website is quite poor and needs some cleaning up.

With 2004 being the cutoff, Savoie will be the oldest player eligible for this tournament, and should absolutely tear it up. Wright will be one of the oldest players there himself, and would be a strong bet for MVP, if he opts to go.

Meanwhile Brad Lambert will actually be too old to play in this tournament.

Shane Wright will more than likely stay in the OHL. Same thing happened with Veleno as he was eligible to play for Canada at the 2016 tournament but the Seadogs kept him with the club. Wright could very well end up playing, but I highly doubt it.

 

[Wings4Life]

Shane Wright will more than likely stay in the OHL. Same thing happened with Veleno as he was eligible to play for Canada at the 2016 tournament but the Seadogs kept him with the club. Wright could very well end up playing, but I highly doubt it.

The Fronts will cater to whatever decision Shane and his family make. Either way, Wright will be playing good hockey and the fans will win.

If I were managing him, I'd keep him in the OHL as well, as the level of play is much higher there than in the YOG.

 

[Kshahdoo]

President Sportt Club Cup in Belarus. Russia U16 vs Latvia U17. Russia won 6-1, Michkov #19 with 3 primary assists, his linemate Vyacheslav Malov (#23) with 2+1. Miroshnichenko (#10) was 0+1.

Slovakia U16 vs Belarus U17 will start in 20 min, Juraj Slafkovsky will play for Slovaks (#20)

 

[Kshahdoo]

Well, 6-1 vs Latvia, 7-0 vs Slovakia and 6-0 vs Belarus, and all of those teams were older, than Team Russia. I guess, they will meet a much tougher competitions at the Olympics.

 

[NatusVincere]

Well, 6-1 vs Latvia, 7-0 vs Slovakia and 6-0 vs Belarus, and all of those teams were older, than Team Russia. I guess, they will meet a much tougher competitions at the Olympics.

Miroshnichenko with 3+2 and Michkov 1+4 in 3 Games. Gleb Trikozov (Aug 04) with 3+2, Ilya Kvochko (Feb 04) with 4+3 and Vyacheslav Malov (Jun 04) with 2+4.

 

[PepeBostones]

when will canada and us announce their roster for these games..should be quite interesting

 

[Kshahdoo]

when will canada and us announce their roster for these games..should be quite interesting

I think, it should happen somewhen in December, because the tournament will start in the middle of January.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Team USA

 

[canuck2010]

If I'm not mistaken Canada generally sends at least one player from all of the various hockey associations across the country. Not a bad way to go.

 

[Garyboy]

If I'm not mistaken Canada generally sends at least one player from all of the various hockey associations across the country. Not a bad way to go.

In ‘00 they sent a true national (best of the age group). The ‘96 choosing of a player from each organization didn’t go over well with many.

 

[Garyboy]

Team USA

I got a chance to see Nazar and Borgesi at the Silver Stick this past week. Nazar is dynamite. Terrific hockey IQ and a superb finisher. Pretty much every scoring chance he got he converted. Ended up leading the tourney in scoring. Borgesi is an undersisized D who is an elite skater.

 

[Kshahdoo]

A little bit offtopic

 

[NYIschremp44]

Has anyone seen if the roster has been released yet for Team Canada Youth Olympics?

 

[Alberta tough]

Has anyone seen if the roster has been released yet for Team Canada Youth Olympics?

Should be announced tomorrow or Monday. The players have already been contacted.

 

[Alberta tough]

Team Canada

Number	Player	Pos	Shoots	Height	Weight	DOB	Hometown	Current Team
10	Adam Fantilli	Forward	L	6'2	180	10-12-2004	Nobleton, Ont.	Kimball Union Academy (USHS)
11	Matthew Savoie	Forward	R	5'9	181	01-01-2004	St. Albert, Alta.	Rink Hockey Academy (CSSHL)	WPG '19 (1, 1)
12	Conor Geekie	Forward	L	6'3	173	05-05-2004	Strathclair, Man.	Yellowhead (MAAAU18HL)
15	Cédrick Guindon	Forward	L	5'9	152	04-21-2004	Rockland, Ont.	Rockland (HEOMAAA)
17	Pano Fimis	Forward	R	5'9	155	06-17-2004	Richmond Hill, Ont.	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
18	Paul Ludwinski	Forward	L	5'10	154	04-23-2004	Pickering, Ont.	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
19	Nate Danielson	Forward	R	6'0	165	09-27-2004	Red Deer, Alta.	Northern Alberta (CSSHL)
20	Antonin Verreault	Forward	L	5'6	147	07-28-2004	Saint-Jérôme, Que.	Saint-Eustache (LHMAAAQ)
21	Justin Côté	Forward	L	5'5	140	07-11-2004	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.	Châteauguay (LHMAAAQ)
3	Ty Nelson	Defence	R	5'7	174	03-30-2004	Toronto, Ont.	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
4	Denton Mateychuk	Defence	L	5'9	170	07-12-2004	Dominion City, Man.	Eastman (MAAAU18HL)
5	Noah Warren	Defence	R	6'4	200	07-15-2004	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.	Collège Charles-Lemoyne (LHMAAAQ)
7	Mats Lindgren	Defence	L	5'8	145	08-26-2004	North Vancouver, B.C.	Burnaby Winter Club (CSSHL)
8	Tristan Luneau	Defence	R	6'1	171	01-12-2004	Victoriaville, Que.	Trois-Rivières (LHMAAAQ)
9	Matthew Jovanovic	Defence	L	6'1	182	09-22-2004	Toronto, Ont.	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)

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