Lausanne Youth Olympic Games 2020

[Kshahdoo]

Gazizov PP 3-0

 

[Kshahdoo]

Why not? Provorov left at 14.

Michkov will play in the MHL next season, and he can play in a bantam league only in NA, what a point to swap the better league with inferior one?

 

[Kshahdoo]

3-0 after the 2nd, Russia looks way better, than Americans so far. Michkov didn't score 2 breakaways, but still 2+1.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Malov 4-0

 

[Kshahdoo]

4-0, Russia wins the Youth Olympics!

 

[Peter25]

Michkov will play in the MHL next season, and he can play in a bantam league only in NA, what a point to swap the better league with inferior one?

Well, Russians are swapping a better league (the KHL/VHL) for inferior one (the CHL) commonly.

 

[Startseva]

Yay. Thanks to this gold Russia on the 1st place by medals now.

Hope they will play like this on next levels too.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Overall, I didn't even think before the final game, Team Russia would be so much better, than Americans, but our kids were. The score could be much bigger, if not the American goalie, he was by far the best American on the ice.

 

[William H Bonney]

Russia definitely was the best team throughout the tournament and deserved gold. Results at the U16 level don't mean much but it was fun to be able to identify a lot of the next wave of talent from different countries. Even though plenty of the players we saw won't pan out, there looks to be some high-end talent headed to the U17 ranks next year.

 

[DatDude44]

Russia definitely was the best team throughout the tournament and deserved gold. Results at the U16 level don't mean much but it was fun to be able to identify a lot of the next wave of talent from different countries. Even though plenty of the players we saw won't pan out, there looks to be some high-end talent headed to the U17 ranks next year.

That was 15U man.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

USA can’t seem to win many big tournaments lately. USA Hockey needs to start achieving some better results.

 

[Kshahdoo]

That was 15U man.

U16, Savoie was already 16.

 

[DatDude44]

U16, Savoie was already 16.

It’s the ‘04 birth group....which is the 15U age group. Obviously u can turn 16 Mid season if your birth month is Jan-Apr. but it’s not known as 16U, it’s known as 15U.

 

[William H Bonney]

That was 15U man.

Better tell that to the IIHF as they don't agree with you.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Players from the previous tournament that went on to play* at the WJC (*2 of which are goalies who didn't play at all)
2012: Russia (5), Finland (4), USA (3), Canada (1)
2016: Russia (6), USA (4), Canada (4), Finland (2*) (*not including Jesperi Kotkaniemi)

 

[wishywashy19]

USA can’t seem to win many big tournaments lately. USA Hockey needs to start achieving some better results.

you guys came a long way fast.
You sound Canadian.

 

[wishywashy19]

Players from the previous tournament that went on to play* at the WJC (*2 of which are goalies who didn't play at all)
2012: Russia (5), Finland (4), USA (3), Canada (1)
2016: Russia (6), USA (4), Canada (4), Finland (2*) (*not including Jesperi Kotkaniemi)

I was just doing the math on the Canadian team but you are right.
Quite a few more B team players but it goes to show how things change thru development years

 

[Kshahdoo]

Players from the previous tournament that went on to play* at the WJC (*2 of which are goalies who didn't play at all)
2012: Russia (5), Finland (4), USA (3), Canada (1)
2016: Russia (6), USA (4), Canada (4), Finland (2*) (*not including Jesperi Kotkaniemi)

One of those Russian kids of 2016 team plays in the NHL, and plays well...

 

[Dominance]

Fun tournament to watch but trying to draw anything from it beyond names to keep an eye on is an exercise in futility.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Fun tournament to watch but trying to draw anything from it beyond names to keep an eye on is an exercise in futility.

To me all tournaments, but WHC/WCH/Olympics, are just nothing, but hockey expos to look at the hockey future. I didn't even watch the last WJC final, because I didn't think, that Russian team had players with bright future. It was a pretty average Team Russia, that tried to outgrind, not outplay, every opponent. I hate such kind of hockey. To me it's this U16 team, that plays hockey, I used to love since I watched my first hockey game almost 50 years ago, not that U20 team.

 

[Yakushev72]

Fun tournament to watch but trying to draw anything from it beyond names to keep an eye on is an exercise in futility.

That is comforting if you are from a country other than Russia, but Russians might see it differently. The tournaments in 2012 and 2016 were highly competitive, with Russia winning Silver in 2012 and Bronze in 2016. The 2020 tournament was anything but competitive! It was total domination by Russia - they just destroyed the next one up on the ice. I don't think I have ever seen an international tournament that was so one-sided - I can't think of one. Yes, it was U16, but given the now noticeable trend of Russia moving toward the top in every youth tournament (I may be biased, but it seemed to me that Russia was the best team at both the 2019 and 2020 WJC tournaments, and have no excuse for not winning Gold medals in both), it looks as though investment in youth hockey in Russia, even as paltry as it is compared to the USA or Canada, is really starting to pay off! We will continue to watch with interest.

 

[Sashulitshka]

Some observations, mainly about Michkov but also some other players at the Youth Olympics
The "Next Big Thing" in hockey

 

[Yakushev72]

Some observations, mainly about Michkov but also some other players at the Youth Olympics
The "Next Big Thing" in hockey

I totally agree with his reaction to Michkov: "he made by heart beat faster!" He is the most electrifying kid I have seen since Pavel Bure. I am really anxious to keep an eye on his development.