U18: WJC - D1A - Minsk, Belarus (Apr. 9-15)

[airbus1094]

Austria goes down after a 5-2 loss to Kaz. Belarus and Germany tied at 3 after 2 periods.

 

[KlichkoBro*]

Fantastic game. Just a real final. Belarus started the 3rd like they would die to win this one and took a 4:3 lead... So many scoring chances...
These kids run me crazy though. Amount of the wasted chances is unreal. Got 5 min PP in the 2nd, took 3 minor penalties in a row and gave away the PP goal to Germans.

 

[KlichkoBro*]

Maxim Sushkoooo. What a kid is growing. He took the game in his hands and never let it go. Sushko to Martynov and 5:3 with 1.5 minutes to play. Martynov with 2 goals, both of them eligible to play next year too.

 

[KlichkoBro*]

Next year Belarus gonna need another goalie and looks like they've got one playing in Switzerland. Mikita Talapila.
4 guys are playing for the SKA St.Petersburg 1999 team who didn't give up their Belarus citizenship... yet...
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=382707
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=339988
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=339987
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=383086
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=339996

Looks like Grabovski doing his thing here, all of them attending his summer training camps in Belarus. Add Sushko, Martynov with another underagers and this team can make some damage next year.

 

[malkinfan]

Cool, any more info on his training camps?

 

[KlichkoBro*]

Cool, any more info on his training camps?

Here's the story in Russian with some pictures:
http://sport.tut.by/news/hockey/453481.html

Grabo opened his hockey school for kids "MIG84" and brought Canadian coaches Todd Woodcroft and Todd Norman (in 2014), Craig Woodcroft (in 2015). He runs the summer camp for 5 years now, this whole U-18 team went through the camps:

Grabo sent them personal video greeting right after the win. These U-18 kids are like his pupils.