U18: WJC GDT Day 6

[Star Ocean]

Told you @Jussi

 

[Artorius Horus T]

12-zip.

 

[Star Ocean]

12-zip.

Crazy

 

[king89]

Crazy

Biggest win so far in the tournament.

 

[ijuka]

Well, at least Finland won't get relegated.

Kind of annoyed that Finland will face USA of all teams, though. If they'd played like this vs Czechia or Belarus, Finland could even battle for gold. Now it'll be very difficult.

Then again, if Finland beats USA I guess it'll be smooth sailing to a gold medal.

 

[Star Ocean]

Well, at least Finland won't get relegated.

Kind of annoyed that Finland will face USA of all teams, though. If they'd played like this vs Czechia or Belarus, Finland could even battle for gold. Now it'll be very difficult.

Then again, if Finland beats USA I guess it'll be smooth sailing to a gold medal.

You are annoyed? You should be happy being in quarters after winning one game.

 

[Svedu]

Puistola is a first rounder in my opinion. If Leevi Aaltonen goes later than the second round it´s all because of his lack of size. Underrated for sure. A future top 9 winger without doubt.
If Finland can play a strong, tight game on the defensive end, this quarter could become really entertaining.
Everything can happen in hockey but the winner of this quarter should and could win the whole tournament.

 

[FinPanda]

12-0 is the highest score Finland has ever beat anyone in the U18's. Before this it was 11-1 win against Belarus in 2000.

 

[BlitzSnipe]

You are annoyed? You should be happy being in quarters after winning one game.

Finland seems to the team that manages to win against North American teams the most at this level. The US vs. Finland game is bound to be interesting.

 

[Finnswiss]

What was the matter with the Swiss? Ok, I know that Finland is on the junior level better than Switzerland but I didn't expect that they win with such a high score. I mean the Swiss aren't so bad too.

 

[ijuka]

You are annoyed? You should be happy being in quarters after winning one game.

Why? That was likely going to be the requirement, it's not as if it's a surprise that a team would be in quarter finals after winning one game.

I'm annoyed because if this team played at even half the level they played at today in any other game, they could have faced a far easier opponent next round.

Puistola is a first rounder in my opinion. If Leevi Aaltonen goes later than the second round it´s all because of his lack of size. Underrated for sure. A future top 9 winger without doubt.

Puistola is a bit... He has plenty of potential but he seriously needs to stop his dangling attempts, even if they work sometimes I doubt it'll translate, they're not that good. Could be a first rounder but I'm sort of feeling the early 2nd, instead.

Aaltonen, well. I think he's a complementary player. Not a line driver, from what I've seen. He has a lack of size for sure, but he seems to be putting the most effort out there on a consistent basis and to me looks like captain material. Skating's the strongest asset for sure, but he doesn't have stone hands, the shot is OK and he seems to have good vision. I've thought that Aaltonen's game would translate well to NHL due to his explosive skating and high effort.

 

[Kshahdoo]

I doubt, Czech will beat Canada, so it looks like Sweden - Russia will be a game for 3rd place. I mean, despite what Belarus has achieved so far at the tournament, it still is a preferable opponent, than Czech in the playoffs.

 

[AmericanDream]

way to save some goals for Thursday Finland!!! lol...honestly, hate to see this matchup this early on, but let us see what this US team is made of and how deep/talented they truly are.

 

[bsu]

Is there anywhere to watch replays of the games? I missed the ones today.

 

[Dominance]

Gotta love “penalty for hitting”

 

[theslatcher]

So... Why's Nybeck on the third line?

 

[Babula]

PP for CZE

 

[llwyd]

way to save some goals for Thursday Finland!!! lol...honestly, hate to see this matchup this early on, but let us see what this US team is made of and how deep/talented they truly are.

Yeah, too bad to have this gem so early - and rather a meagre award for the USA for having been supreme in their group... But our team clearly is vulnerable and Kakko won't be helicoptered in, so I would think the US are clear favourites. At least we got this match-up also in this tournament.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Gotta love “penalty for hitting”

Should just remove hitting from international hockey if that garbage is a penalty

 

[Pandaman11]

0-12 LMAO

(I am Swiss)

 

[Dominance]

0-12 LMAO

(I am Swiss)

That was my reaction when I woke up and saw the score.

“Lol, Finland had enough.”

 

[Babula]

wow barinka 2-0 for czechs

 

[HaveKnifeWillButcher]

Barinka's father was drafted in 2003? So his father is 34 years old?

 

[Dominance]

Love Newhook’s willingness to take wristshots that are open for him on the PP.

 

[darknife2311]

His grand father is the coach of czech team...