U18: Team Finland 2018 U18 WJC Roster Talk

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Because 2018 world juniors was 2nd straight fiasco for Finland
it's time to take a look upcoming U18 WJC's in Russia.

Finland has been 3 straight years in gold medal game in this tournament their record is 1 gold 2 silver.
Some days ago Finland won 5 nation tournament in Switzerland which gives good signal to upcmoing U18's.

Finland's 2000 born age group isn't so deep in skill and talent but there's some good prospects.
Yes i don't care on that how early it is for this discussion if you have some problems with this thread i don't give a f*** on that. U18 WJC roster thread is open LIKED OR NOT.

1st line Kakko Kotkaniemi Nordgren
Utunen Honka

Killinen Kupari Nevasaari
Rannisto Salmela.

3rd line Maccelli Nikkanen Aaltonen
Seppälä Kukkonen

4th line Salonen Tanus Ranta.
13th forward Konsta Hirvonen / Eetu Mäki / Jesse Moilanen / Mikko Petman / Ville Petman ( depending injuries)
7th defenceman Lassi Thomson / Ville Heinola / Juuso Ketola / Iivari Räsänen ( depending injuries)

Goalies
Annunen
Huhtamaa
Nurmi

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[ChicagoBullsFan]

Finland's roster U18, 5 nation tournament in USA is announced.
Who of these guys will make official U18 WJC team in April.

Maalivahdit:
30 Annunen Justus, Kärpät Oulu
31 Huhtamaa Jere, Blues Espoo
Puolustajat:
2 Salmela Santeri, KooKoo Kouvola
6 Thomson Lassi, Ilves Tampere
7 Ketola Juuso, Ässät Pori
9 Honka Anttoni, JYP Jyväskylä
20 Kokkonen Mikko, Jukurit Mikkeli
25 Seppälä Peetro, KooKoo Kouvola
37 Utunen Toni, Tappara Tampere
Hyökkääjät:
10 Kupari Rasmus, Kärpät Oulu
13 Hirvonen Konsta, HIFK Helsinki
15 Nordgren Niklas, HIFK Helsinki
21 Moilanen Jesse, Jokerit Helsinki
23 Petman Ville, Lukko Rauma
24 Kakko Kaapo, TPS Turku
27 Tanus Kristian, Tappara Tampere
28 Kotkaniemi Jesperi, Ässät Pori
32 Ranta Sampo, Sioux City, USHL
33 Siikanen Patrik, Blues Espoo
34 Nevasaari Arttu, Kärpät Oulu
35 Killinen Lenni, Blues Espoo
36 Petman Mikko, Lukko Rauma

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Annunen should be solid nr 1 goalie
Honka is our nr 1 star d-man
Kokkonen should be good d-man for u18 wjc
Salmela great support d-man for Honka
Kotkaniemi is our nr 1 star center
Kupari is our nr 2 star center
Kakko,Ranta,Tanus,Nordgren, our top 6 looks really good

We might not have super deep team this year (like above in the first post says)
but our top 6 and top 4 looks really good with solid goaltending,
i think we have a...well, at least some sort of chance to defend our gold. - successfully -

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Leijonat.fi - Alle 18-vuotiaiden MM-leiritys käyntiin kymmenen pelaajan ryhmällä

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Leijonat.fi - Pikkuleijonien MM-leiritys jatkuu maanantaina - MM-leiri II:n pelaajat nimetty

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Leijonat.fi - U18 Pikkuleijonat jatkaa MM-leiritystään Venäjällä - Tämä joukkue matkustaa Tsheljabinskiin

 

[JJTT]

That offense looks like huge questionmark after the first line without Maccelli and Kupari.

 

[TLP]

Ian Kupari going?

 

[TLP]

Sorry, is Kupari going?

 

[FinPanda]

That offense looks like huge questionmark after the first line without Maccelli and Kupari.

I thought that offense looks better than I expected. Hoping that our '01s will produce.

 

[Johno]

Sorry, is Kupari going?

unless an injury occurs, he will be joining the team after Kärpät finish their season. Aka when the finals get wrapped up

 

[Pardus]

Kupari will miss at least preliminary round games, most likely the whole tournament.

Kakko scored 1+1 against Switzerland in an exhibition game. Finland won 4-3.

 

[FinPanda]

3-2 loss against Canada after they were down 3-0 after 2nd period. They had a good chance to tie it after Canada took a penalty 1.5min left in the game, but Kotkaniemi took a slashing penalty 25 seconds before the end so..

Kotkaniemi 1+1, Kakko 0+1, Nordgren 1+0, Honka 0+1.

Otteluseuranta

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

First game in U18 WJC's is Thursday afternoon 13:30 ( Finland's time) vs Slovakia.
YLE TV2 shows Slovakia game live coverage.

 

[TLP]

Kotkaniemi had 1g
No assists.
Just for those keeping score.

 

[TLP]

Unless he added it on later.
Doesn’t show on Team Canada site

 

[FinPanda]

Unless he added it on later.
Doesn’t show on Team Canada site

Otteluseuranta

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Finland's preliminary round games.
To 19.04. 13:30 Slovakia – Suomi
Pe 20.04. 13:30 Ranska – Suomi
Su 22.04. 13:30 Suomi – Venäjä
Ti 24.04. 13:30 Suomi – Tshekki

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Pikkuleijonat tähtää neljännen kerran peräkkäin finaaliin - Kiekkoareena esittelee MM-kisaryhmän - Kiekkoareena

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Finland's U18 WJC roster is published.

Goalies
Huhtamaa Jere, Blues Juniors Espoo
Patrikainen Jasper, Pelicans Lahti
Annunen Justus, Kärpät Oulu

Defencemans
Salmela Santeri, KooKoo Kouvola
Thomson Lassi, Ilves Tampere
Kokkonen Mikko, Jukurit Mikkeli
Nousiainen, Kim KalPa Kuopio
Honka Anttoni, JYP Jyväskylä
Utunen Toni, Tappara Tampere

Forwards.
Kotkaniemi Jesperi, Ässät Pori
Aaltonen Leevi, KalPa Kuopio
Hirvonen Konsta, HIFK Helsinki
Nordgren Niklas, HIFK Helsinki
Killinen Lenni, Blues Juniors Espoo
Moilanen Jesse, Jokerit Helsinki
Lundell Anton, HIFK Helsinki
Petman Ville, Lukko Rauma
Ranta Sampo, Sioux City Musketeers
Tanus Kristian, Tappara Tampere
Kakko Kaapo, TPS Turku
Nevasaari Arttu, Kärpät Oulu

Finland's team is now composed with 21 players.
This means that Finland can still add 2 more players.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Kärppien junioritähti istuu kotona, vaikka hänet haluttaisiin pelaamaan MM-kisoja: "He saavat päättää, missä pelaaja pelaa"
Update for Rasmus Kupari's situation.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Leijonat.fi - Pikkuleijonat näillä kentällisillä MM-kisojen avausotteluun - Slovakia-Suomi TV2:ssa ja Areenassa kello 13:30
Finland's roster vs Slovakia.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Finland wins Slovakia 5-2.
OK game for 1st game of the tournament but too many idiotic penalties and sloppy puck handling with lots of turnovers. Annunen was very good in the net when it was needed yes he allowed 2 goals but they weren't easy or sloppy goals.

Idiotic penalties and turnovers away and more powerplay goals during the tournament and everything is OK.

 

[pckstpr31]

Finland wins Slovakia 5-2.
OK game for 1st game of the tournament but too many idiotic penalties and sloppy puck handling with lots of turnovers. Annunen was very good in the net when it was needed yes he allowed 2 goals but they weren't easy or sloppy goals.

Idiotic penalties and turnovers away and more powerplay goals during the tournament and everything is OK.

Where were you able to watch it/do you know if an archived game will be available anywhere?

 

[Finnished]

Where were you able to watch it/do you know if an archived game will be available anywhere?

It was on national tv here in Finland I think they only show it live though.