WJC: Team Finland 2023 U18 WJC Roster Talk.

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[ChicagoBullsFan]

Finland's roster Plymouth's U18 tournament.
Maalivahdit:
1 Vali Noa, TPS Turku
31 Vinni Emil, HIFK Helsinki

Puolustajat:
2 Junkkari Jimi, Pelicans Lahti
5 Kangas Kalle, Jokerit Helsinki
6 Kiukas Peetu, SaiPa Lappeenranta
7 Peltonen Janne, Kärpät Oulu
9 Pieniniemi Emil, Kärpät Oulu
10 Seppänen Niklas Kärpät Oulu
12 Talvikunnas Niklas, HPK Hämeenlinna

Hyökkääjät:
15 Alasiurua Arttu, Kärpät Oulu
16 Eliseev Maxim, Jokerit Helsinki
18 Hynninen Topias, Jukurit Mikkeli
19 Jansson Elias, Kärpät Oulu
20 Järventie Emil, Ilves Tampere
22 Kiiskinen Jesse, Pelicans Lahti
23 Kumpulainen Rasmus, Pelicans Lahti
24 Kuusla Emil, Jokerit Helsinki
25 Lind Onni, Jokerit Helsinki
26 Leppä Tom, Jokerit Helsinki
27 Nurmi Jesse, KooKoo Kouvola
28 Ruohomaa Onni, TPS Turku
29 Uronen Tuomas, HIFK Helsinki

 

[Erikfromfin]

Thought Id make early prediction

Emil Järventie - Rasmus Kumpulainen - Kasper Halttunen
Jesse Nurmi - Arttu Alasiurua - Jesse Kiiskinen
Emil Kuusla - Konsta Helenius - Tuomas Uronen
Topias Hynninen - Tom Leppä - Joona Saarelainen
Onni Ruohomaa
Maxim Eliseev

Aron Kiviharju - Niilopekka Muhonen
Emil Pieniniemi - Janne Peltonen
Veeti Väisänen - Niklas Talvikunnas
Peetu Kiukas - Kalle Kangas

Eemil Vinni
Noa Vali
Petteri Rimpinen

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Thought Id make early prediction

Emil Järventie - Rasmus Kumpulainen - Kasper Halttunen
Jesse Nurmi - Arttu Alasiurua - Jesse Kiiskinen
Emil Kuusla - Konsta Helenius - Tuomas Uronen
Topias Hynninen - Tom Leppä - Joona Saarelainen
Onni Ruohomaa
Maxim Eliseev

Aron Kiviharju - Niilopekka Muhonen
Emil Pieniniemi - Janne Peltonen
Veeti Väisänen - Niklas Talvikunnas
Peetu Kiukas - Kalle Kangas

Eemil Vinni
Noa Vali
Petteri Rimpinen

Not bad that team should be able for compete a medal.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Here's my first U18 WJC roster prediction.

Emil Järventie Rasmus Kumpulainen Kasper Halttunen
Arttu Alasiurua Tuomas Suoniemi Tuomas Uronen
Jesse Kiiskinen Konsta Helenius Emil Hemming
Emil Kuusla Tom Leppä Maxim Eliseev

Defence pairings
Aron Kiviharju Niilo-Pekka Muhonen
Emil Pieniniemi Janne Peltonen
Veeti Väisänen Jimi Junkkari

13th forward
Julius Miettinen / Onni Ruohomaa ( depending injuries etc )
7th dman Peetu Kiukas / Kalle Kangas ( depending injuries etc )

Goalies
Eemil Vinni
Petteri Rimpinen
Noa Vali

 

[SantosHalper]

Looks like a gold medal contender team, coaching staff seems a bit of a question mark. Merikivi is a young coach, not a bad thing but his success as a head coach is quite slim. But he was Niemälä's assistant coach in 2015-2018, so this Leijonapolku-project is familiar to him and they did win bronze at the Hlinka tournament.

I have much higher hopes for this team than the U20 team in the upcoming tournament.

 

[lanky]

Miko Matikka deserves a spot, doesn't he?

 

[CoSi]

Miko Matikka deserves a spot, doesn't he?

For the U20 team yes, but wrong thread.

 

[JabbaJabba]

Those roster predictions look strong. Hopefully everyone stays healthy.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Looks like a gold medal contender team, coaching staff seems a bit of a question mark. Merikivi is a young coach, not a bad thing but his success as a head coach is quite slim. But he was Niemälä's assistant coach in 2015-2018, so this Leijonapolku-project is familiar to him and they did win bronze at the Hlinka tournament.

I have much higher hopes for this team than the U20 team in the upcoming tournament.

As you perhaps saw my roster has 3 scoring oriented lines
and that 4th line is mostly defensive shutdown line and main PK unit
but even they are allowed to score if they have chances on it.

The idea was to bring in so much skill and talent as ever possible
to make sure that there truly is secondary scoring available
if 1st line is cold or gets shutted-down etc.

Maybe Jesse Nurmi should've been into roster but i truly couldn't find him a spot.
Of course we don't know how Merikivi sees the official U18 WJC roster
so even Nurmi can find himself U18 WJC's next april.

But if 2006 age group really is next golden generation for Finland since 99 age group
then better bring top 2006 born players to U18 WJC's now when they're underage
and let them get valuable tournament experience for 2024 U18 WJC's.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Leijonat - U18 Pikkuleijonat valmistautuu MM-kisoihin neljän maan turnauksessa Raumalla – Kokoonpano

Suomi isännöi alle 18-vuotiaiden poikien neljän maan turnausta Raumalla ja Eurajoella 10.–12.02.2023. Pikkuleijonien lisäksi turnaukseen osallistuvat Ruotsi, Tshekki ja USA. Turnauksen keskuspaikka on Rauma, mutta keskimmäisen pelipäivän (lauantai) ottelut pe...

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Maalivahdit:
1 Vinni Eemil, HIFK Helsinki
30 Vedenpää Visa, Kärpät Oulu
31 Vali Noa, TPS Turku

Puolustajat:
2 Junkkari Jimi, Pelicans Lahti
3 Väisänen Veeti, KooKoo Kouvola
4 Jokinen Mitja, TPS Turku
7 Pieniniemi Emil, Kärpät Oulu
8 Kiviharju Aron, TPS Turku
12 Kangas Kalle, Jokerit Helsinki
13 Muhonen Niilopekka, KalPa Kuopio

Hyökkääjät:
9 Elo Santeri, TPS Turku
10 Halttunen Kasper, HIFK Helsinki
15 Hynninen Topias, Jukurit Mikkeli
16 Helenius Konsta, Jukurit Mikkeli
17 Uronen Tuomas, HIFK Helsinki
18 Kumpulainen Rasmus, Pelicans Lahti
19 Leppä Tom, Jokerit Helsinki
22 Nurmi Jesse, KooKoo Kouvola
23 Kiiskinen Jesse, Pelicans Lahti
24 Miettinen Julius, HIFK Helsinki
25 Järventie Emil, SaiPa Lappeenranta
28 Alasiurua Arttu, Kärpät Oulu
29 Vesterinen Roope, HPK Hämeenlinna

 

[JJTT]

Any idea when they are announcing the team?

Games:

To 20.04.	21.00	Suomi	–	Sveitsi
Pe 21.04.	17.00	Suomi	–	Latvia
Su 23.04.	20.00	Suomi	–	USA
Ti 25.04.	21.00	Suomi	–	Norja

TV5 will show all the games as usual.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Any idea when they are announcing the team?

Games:

To 20.04.	21.00	Suomi	–	Sveitsi
Pe 21.04.	17.00	Suomi	–	Latvia
Su 23.04.	20.00	Suomi	–	USA
Ti 25.04.	21.00	Suomi	–	Norja

TV5 will show all the games as usual.

I would expect Lion Lounge on monday at the latest. They play Canada and Slovakia pretournament games on 16th and 17th so in kindoff rush.

 

[SantosHalper]

Leijonat - U18 Pikkuleijonat MM-kisoihin tällä joukkueella
Final team
Goalies:
1 Vinni Eemil, HIFK Helsinki
30 Vedenpää Visa, Kärpät Oulu
31 Vali Noa, TPS Turku

D-men:
2 Junkkari Jimi, Pelicans Lahti
3 Väisänen Veeti, KooKoo Kouvola
4 Jokinen Mitja, TPS Turku
7 Pieniniemi Emil, Kärpät Oulu
12 Kangas Kalle, Jokerit Helsinki
13 Muhonen Niilopekka, KalPa Kuopio
33 Kiviharju Aron, TPS Turku
36 Peltonen Janne, Kärpät Oulu

Forwards:
10 Halttunen Kasper, HIFK Helsinki
15 Hynninen Topias, Jukurit Mikkeli
18 Kumpulainen Rasmus, Pelicans Lahti
19 Leppä Tom, Jokerit Helsinki
20 Eliseev Maxim, Jokerit Helsinki
22 Nurmi Jesse, KooKoo Kouvola
23 Kiiskinen Jesse, Pelicans Lahti
24 Miettinen Julius, HIFK Helsinki
25 Järventie Emil, Ilves Tampere
27 Lind Onni, Jokerit Helsinki
28 Alasiurua Arttu, Kärpät Oulu
29 Uronen Tuomas, HIFK Helsinki
34 Helenius Konsta, Jukurit Mikkeli
35 Kuusla Emil, Jokerit Helsinki

Coaches and staff:
Peltola Pekka, team manager
Merikivi Lauri, head coach
Suokas Teemu, asst coach
Hytönen Juha-Pekka, asst coach
Savikko Olli, asst coach
Rissanen Jarkko, goalie coach
Oikarinen Kimmo, GM

 

[SantosHalper]

Järventie - Kumpulainen - Uronen
Alasiurua - Helenius - Halttunen
Nurmi - Hynninen - Kiiskinen
Miettinen - Leppä - Lind
Kuusla, Eliseev

Kiviharju - Junkkari
Pieniniemi - Muhonen
Kangas - Väisänen
Peltonen - Jokinen

Vinni
Vali
Vedenpää

Deep team with Liiga experience, gold medal game is possible.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Love all the underagers they’re bringing.

 

[JJTT]

Nice to see some size on the defense after couple of years of midgets.

 

[JabbaJabba]

Nice to see some size on the defense after couple of years of midgets.

Exactly what I was thinking. I hate it when there's like one or two guys who are closer to 190cm and others are barely 180cm.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

After U20 WJC disappointment i have big expectations for U18's.
Team itself looks good and chances for medal are good.

But i'm not sure is Finland gold medal favorite.
Canada can be dangerous especially if Bedard joins the forces.
USA is always medal candidate in these games and also Sweden shouldn't be count out.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finland lost 5-6 on overtime to Canada in pretourney match

event chart Leijonat Tulospalvelu

 

[ddlennon]

Noa vali gonna be the starter i guess

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finland wins 8-3 vs Slovakia in final pretourney match before tournament

Eliseev got match penalty I wonder if he gets suspension and how that affects lineups

Leijonat Tulospalvelu

 

[Jukurit]

13 goals in 2 games. Scoring shouldn't be a problem with this team?

 

[SantosHalper]

Järventie - Kumpulainen - Uronen
Alasiurua - Helenius - Halttunen
Nurmi - Hynninen - Kiiskinen
Miettinen - Leppä - Lind
Kuusla, Eliseev

Kiviharju - Junkkari
Pieniniemi - Muhonen
Kangas - Väisänen
Peltonen - Jokinen

Vinni
Vali
Vedenpää

Deep team with Liiga experience, gold medal game is possible.

Miettinen and Jokinen were the final cuts.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Peltonen, Miettinen and Kuusla not claimed according to this IIHF roster

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