#U20 Ice Hockey Championship

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IIHF World Junior Championship 2023 Complete WJHC game schedule

The 2023 World Juniors Ice Hockey Championships is scheduled for a 10-team tournament is confirmed to begin on Boxing day December 26, 2022, and end with a Gold Medal Game on Thursday, January 5, 2023. This is the 47th edition of the Junior Ice Hockey tournament takes place in two different locations at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Avenir Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Who plays in the 2023 Gold Medal game?

Two semifinal winners from Group A or Group B, or both from one group will play in the 2023 Gold Medal game at Scotiabank Centre or Avenir Centre, in Canada.

When is World Juniors 2023?

The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship live stream is scheduled from Monday, December 26, 2022, through Thursday, January 5, 2023, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Here’s the World Junior Championship Game Schedule 2023 including, start time, date, TV channel, location, results and more.GameDateTime (ET)TVVenueFinland vs SwitzerlandMon, Dec 26, 202212:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonSweden vs AustriaMon, Dec 26, 20222:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxLatvia vs United StatesMon, Dec 26, 20225:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonCzechia vs CanadaDecember 26, 20227:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxFinland vs SlovakiaDecember 27, 202212:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonGermany vs SwedenDecember 27, 20222:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxSwitzerland vs LatviaDecember 27, 20225:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonAustria vs CzechiaDecember 27, 20227:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxSlovakia vs United StatesDecember 28, 20225:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonCanada vs GermanyDecember 28, 20227:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxLatvia vs FinlandDecember 29, 202212:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonSweden vs CzechiaDecember 29, 20222:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxUnited States vs SwitzerlandDecember 29, 20225:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonAustria vs CanadaDecember 29, 20227:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxSlovakia vs LatviaDecember 30, 20225:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonGermany vs AustriaDecember 30, 20227:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxSwitzerland vs SlovakiaDecember 31, 202212:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonCzechia vs GermanyDecember 31, 20222:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, HalifaxUnited States vs FinlandDecember 31, 20225:00 PMNHL Network, TSNAvenir Centre, MonctonCanada vs SwedenDecember 31, 20227:30 PMNHL Network, TSNScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Quarterfinals scheduleGamesDateTime (ET)TVVenueTBA vs TBAMon, Jan. 2, 202312:00 PMTSN, NHL NetworkAvenir Centre, MonctonTBA vs TBAMon, Jan. 2, 20232:30 PMTSN, NHL NetworkScotiabank Centre, HalifaxTBA vs TBAMon, Jan. 2, 20235:00 PMTSN, NHL NetworkAvenir Centre, MonctonTBA vs TBAMon, Jan. 2, 20237:30 PMTSN, NHL NetworkScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Semifinals ScheduleGamesDateTime (ET)TVVenueTBA vs TBAWed, Jan 4, 20233:30 PMTSN, NHL NetworkScotiabank Centre, HalifaxTBA vs TBAWed, Jan 4, 20237:30 PMTSN, NHL NetworkScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Bronze Medal GameGamesDateTime (ET)TVVenueTBA vs TBAThu, Jan 5, 20233:30 PMTSN, NHL NetworkScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Gold Medal GameGamesDateTime (ET)TVLocationTBA vs TBAThu, Jan 5, 20237:30 PMTSN, NHL NetworkScotiabank Centre, Halifax

When is the 2023 World Juniors gold medal game?

The World Juniors championship game is the gold medal game that takes place on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 7:30 pm ET at Scotiabank Centre, Halifax.

How many matches are in the 2023 world juniors?

There are 31 matches is scheduled to be played in the 2023 world juniors tournament from December 26, 2022, to January 5, 2023, in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

What TV channel hosts the 2023 World Juniors in the US?

The NHL Network has extensive broadcasting rights to the 2023 World Juniors championships in the United States. However, it may start early with the exhibition games but are yet to announce and team USA’s games are available on NHL Network.

How to watch from Canada?

You can watch the 2023 World U20 Ice Hockey Championship in Canada you need to visit TSN.ca or download the TSN App and follow the instructions and enjoy.

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How does world juniors work and where would one watch?

This is my first season watching the nhl and I’m from nz so I suspect we wont be represented lol but I’m keen to learn more and watch some! Any recommendations on what ones to watch?

omg anon WELCOME and also ... a brief WORLD JUNIORS PRIMER for you all...

Puppy Bowl!

If you're from NZ I'm not sure you know about the Puppy Bowl -- a show run concurrent to the Super Bowl, but all the participants are puppies? It means absolutely nothing but it is adorable. The World Juniors are basically that, but also it is exactly as important as the Olympics what are you talking about. Their official name is the "IIHF U-20 World Championship," which is a pretty self-explanatory name -- it's a tournament for players 20 and under (I believe they have to be at least sixteen, but because young athletes mature physically a LOT in those four years, the vast majority are eighteen-nineteen-twenty). Tradition dictates it starts on Boxing Day, and it runs for about three weeks -- it starts with a round-robin, followed by a single-elimination tournament, a bronze-medal match, and a relegation match.

Players are selected by their national hockey administration -- for Canada, it's Hockey Canada, but all countries within the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) have their own. The intricacies of ~Sports Bureaucracy~ are really long and only a LITTLE relevant, but every country ices the best roster they can, which means players are often "loaned" from CHL teams, NCAA universities, European league teams, or, occasionally, the NHL. (Note: You can usually tell how good a World Junior team is by how many players have been drafted/signed by NHL teams: the Canadians, Swedes, and Americans are almost always entirely draftees or under-18s, while the other teams in the upper division might only have a handful, or even only one, drafted player.)(Second note: The quality of a team has less correlation than you might think to them winning a single-elimination tournament.)

Like I said earlier, it starts with a round-robin: there are ten teams in the main WJ (we'll get to this in a second), divided into two groups of five, who each play each other once. The worst-performing team of each group is sent to the relegation match post-tournament, and the eight other teams do a single-elimination match until one team wins gold.

Teams and Divisions

This year, the top ten teams are: Canada, the US, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Norway, Czechia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Latvia. Because of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is banned from participating in IIHF tournaments, but when it's not it's always in the top ten (likely instead of Norway, Switzerland, or Latvia.) UNLIKE the NHL, the IIHF has multiple "divisions" of teams, and at the end of the tournament the bottom two teams play a match to avoid relegation from the official ~IIHF World U20 Championship~ to Division I, which is right under it. There is also a Division II and a Division III -- and after some sleuthing, there IS a New Zealand team in Div III!!!!!

Canada and Broadcasting

Unfortunately, the WJC is basically only popular in Canada -- essentially a Boxing Day tradition to watch the babies play and cheer for our teams' prospects, or, usually, just Team Canada. In fact, Hockey Canada has bid to host it basically every other year until 2030. Because of this (or maybe a bit of a chicken-egg situation), the WJC is... kind of hard to find online if you're outside of Canada? I know for a fact it's broadcast on TSN (one of our sports networks) without any regional blackouts, but I don't think there's anything available in NZ that will be streaming it, especially because it's not one of the IIHF top ten countries. If you're not already doing so, you'll probably have to sail the high seas for your fix. (If you don't know where to do this, you can slide into my DMs and I can send you a link!)

Who to watch?

There's basically two routes for this: one, pick the team you think is going to win, or two, go look up what prospects your NHL team has that are playing at the WJC and watch them (Note: neither the Avs nor the Oilers have any WJC prospects this year!) The IIHF website has the game schedule listed, including time-zone adjusted start times -- they're all staggered, so if you have a lot of free time you might be able to watch more than one!

Personally, as both a Canadian and a Leafs fan -- both WJC-chosen Leafs prospects are Team Canada players, including their captain Fraser Minten -- I would recommend Team Canada (unashamed homer bias here.) They're usually one of the favourites to win, and they're almost entirely either drafted or not yet eligible, so you can see either your prospects or you can look at Celebrini and hope (if your team is bad) that he's coming to you one day. The Americans are generally considered Thee tournament favourites, if you prefer your teams highly touted.

To me, the WJC has twofold appeal: one, junior hockey is, for lack of a better term, messier than high-level hockey? Pucks are more likely to bounce in silly ways, rushes can get crazy, and you can get both a super high amount of shots and a super high amount of goals. Hormonal teenagers playing super high-stakes hockey for the first times in their lives and they can get really, really into it! The passion a kid has scoring a medal-winning goal in front of a sold-out crowd is absolutely unrivalled by all but the Cup Finals. (OMGGGGG THIS IS YOUR FIRST HOCKEY SEASON TOO... ok don't let me start talking about nhl playoffs because THIS is the puppy bowl that is the super bowl. but worse! i mean better but it's worse (for your cardiovascular health.))

Two, that these guys are still so young, and that at least a few of them have long, illustrious, potentially-Hall-of-Fame NHL careers ahead of them. For a lot of young stars, the World Juniors is an important part of their Lore. Watching someone become something as an adult after you've seen him as a junior is... magical? World Junior hockey is diamond-in-the-rough hockey. There's no polish, but it's the rawness of the million-dollar stone that sells it.

[badhockeymom]

if you have any more fun tidbits of info to translate from the teuvo/kime interview please do! i always enjoy hearing my favorite players talk about fun stuff rather than hockey all of the time, i just of course, don’t understand finnish 😂

Hi anon! This has been sitting in my inbox but now I got the time to translate a little more.

Teuvo has been twice on the U20 Junior Team Finland. Teuvo admits that his team didn't play too well in the U20 Junior World Championships in Russia in 2013, despite having players like Sasha Barkov, Olli Määttä and Artturi Lehkonen on the team.

Antti: Next year, you had the most points on Jnior Team Finland, scoring 15 goals in 7 games - no, points, not 15 goals.

Teuvo: (chuckling) 15 goals?

(Kimmo laughs in the background)

Antti: No, 15 goals in 7 games, for you - dream on. But in 7 games, 2 + 13, you were the most effective player on the team. The colossus from Turku, now Philly D-man Ristolainen, scored 3 goals in those games, the last against Sweden on OT, and you could say, so we won the World Championship.

Teuvo: Yes, I have great memories from that. The previous year, our roster looked great on paper, but the games didn't go our way, but the year we won, we didn't have as big names but we played together really well an got to surprised Sweden on their home ice, it was an amazing experience.

Other tidbits:

Teuvo says he's always been proud to represent Finland, but he's only been on the team for one men's worlds bc his teams have made the NHL playoffs so often. Says that Olympics would be a huge dream but isn't sure if he makes the team.

He was happy to be drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks (18th). "I had looked up to Patrick Kane, and it was great to get to see him up close."

Kimmo: Had you heard any rumours that you might be picked by some other team?

Teuvo: Not really, I had been told that I'd get picked top 10, but I doubted that, and I was right.

Antti: Did you dominate the interviews?

Teuvo: That may be the reason I dropped to 16th.

(Kimmo and Antti go through the names of the top picks of Teuvo's draft year: Nail Yakupov, Alex Galchenyuk, Tom Wilson, Tomas Hertl…)

Antti: After Teukka, because Chicago didn't need a goaltender, they let an interesting name slip by: Andrei Vasilevsky went to Tampa at #19. That's one good boy.

Kimmo: You can see there how hard it is for the teams to make the right choice, even when we speak about first round picks that are top tier talent. The teams don't always hit the mark.

Teuvo: I guess Chicago missed the mark too, when they sold me right away.

Teuvo was back and forth between the NHL and AHL in the season 2014/15, and hated staying in Rockford, calling his agent and begging to be sent anywhere else, like back home.

"Then someone was injured, and I got called up, they recovered and I went down for a week again. Then Kane was injured and I got up for the rest of the season. He came back in the playoffs, and Kime came into the team."

Antti: How did you two first meet on the Blackhawks?

Kimmo: I can tell because I don't think Teukka remembers. I was traded there, and you came to pick me up from my hotel and gave me a lift to my first practice. Do you remember?

Teuvo: Now that you say it, yes, I remember some.

Kimmo: There the young man drove in his car, and I got in next to the driver. We took off towards the practice rink. I tried to ask Teuvo all kinds of questions, but got short and quiet answers. Otherwise Teuvo was a confident young man, but the way he talked was all… "well, let's talk more some other time."

Teuvo: Maybe so.

Kimmo: But I remember that I was nervous going to that rink, even though I was 40 years old and had played a few games, I was nervous. There were great players, Stanley Cup winners in that locker room. The stairs - the entrance from the garage to the locker room was through a staircase - and the first picture that I saw on the wall when I opened the door to the stairs, was a wall high photo of Patrick Kane scoring the winning goal in 2010, and my back right there, my jersey with TIMONEN across my back, watching the puck go five-hole.

Teuvo: The reverse psychology worked, you got the cup.

[valpixempire]

damian clara, who last week became the first italian born-and-raised player to be drafted into the nhl.

in 2023, he played for italy in the world ice hockey championships at all 3 age groups (senior, u20, u18). at the third-tier u20 and u18 tournaments, he was named the best goalkeeper in the tournament; at senior level, playing in the second-tier, he won both his starts (vs south korea and lithuania).

[thenhlteaissuperhot]

you seem to be quite knowledgable about the czech ice hockey scene (probably cause you are czech yourself), therefore i wanted to ask you about that once cute czech goalie who was in the net during the u20 championship this year - he was so fucking cute, is he drafted and single?

You are most likely talking about Tomas Suchanek:

He is a 03' liner, playing in the WHL for the Tri-City Americans for what's going to be his third season in a row.

So far he is undrafted (much to the shock of everyone considering his recent performances), however, he might be signed by Buffalo cause it's going to be his second time coming to their rookie camp this summer.

Judging by his Instagram, he is probably single (or not public with his relationship), but just like most guys, he is following a ridiculous number of girls.

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IIHF World Junior Championship 2022 Schedule Announced

Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have released the schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, which is set to take place Dec. 26, 2022-Jan. 5, 2023 in Moncton and Halifax.

Last month, it was announced that Scotiabank Centre in Halifax will host Group A, featuring Canada, Sweden, Czechia, Germany and Austria. Avenir Centre in Moncton will see the United States, Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Latvia compete in Group B.

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How to watch 2022 World Juniors on TV, live-stream

​TV channel (Canada): TSN

Live stream : TSN.ca, TSN app

TV channel: NHL Network

Live stream: https://u20icehockeylive.com/

The 2023 World Juniors will be an unforgettable celebration of hockey across the Maritimes, and we cannot wait to drop the puck on Boxing Day,” said Dean McIntosh, vice-president of events and properties with Hockey Canada. “From the opening-day matchups to the rivalry games on New Year’s Eve, this year’s schedule is extremely competitive and will showcase the best under-20 hockey players in the world in a return to the tournament’s traditional holiday format.

After winning a silver medal at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship, Finland will open the 2023 event against Switzerland in Moncton at 11 a.m. ET/12 p.m. AT on Dec. 26, the first of 20 preliminary-round games split between the two host cities.

2023 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Dec. 26

Finland vs. Switzerland, Avenir Centre, 11 a.m. ET

Sweden vs. Austria, Scotiabank Centre, 1:30 p.m. ET

Latvia vs. United States, Avenir Centre, 4 p.m. ET

Czechia vs. Canada, Scotiabank Centre, 6:30 p.m. ET

Dec. 27

Finland vs. Slovakia, Avenir Centre, 11 a.m. ET

Germany vs. Sweden, Scotiabank Centre, 1:30 p.m. ET

Switzerland vs. Latvia, Avenir Centre, 4 p.m. ET

Austria vs. Czechia, Scotiabank Centre, 6:30 p.m. ET

Dec. 28

Slovakia vs. United States, Avenir Centre, 4 p.m. ET

Canada vs. Germany, Scotiabank Centre, 6:30 p.m. ET

Dec. 29

Latvia vs. Finland, Avenir Centre, 11 a.m. ET

Sweden vs. Czechia, Scotiabank Centre, 1:30 p.m. ET

United States vs. Switzerland, Avenir Centre, 4 p.m. ET

Austria vs. Canada, Scotiabank Centre, 6:30 p.m. ET

Dec. 30

Slovakia vs. Latvia, Avenir Centre, 1:30 p.m. ET

Germany vs. Austria, Scotiabank Centre, 4 p.m. ET

Dec. 31

Switzerland vs. Slovakia, Avenir Centre, 11 a.m. ET

Czechia vs. Germany, Scotiabank Centre, 1:30 p.m. ET

United States vs. Finland, Avenir Centre, 4 p.m. ET

Canada vs. Sweden, Scotiabank Centre, 6:30 p.m. ET

Jan. 2

Relegation Round (Game 1), Scotiabank Centre, 9:30 a.m. ET

Quarterfinal 1, Avenir Centre, 11 a.m. ET

Quarterfinal 2, Scotiabank Centre, 1:30 p.m. ET

Quarterfinal 3, Avenir Centre, 4 p.m. ET

Quarterfinal 4, Scotiabank Centre, 6:30 p.m. ET

Jan. 4 (Scotiabank Centre)

Relegation Round (Game 2), 11 a.m. ET

Semifinal 1, 2:30 p.m. ET

Semifinal 2, 6:30 p.m. ET

Jan. 5 (Scotiabank Centre)

Relegation Round (Game 3, if necessary), 11 a.m. ET

Third-place game, 2:30 p.m. ET

Championship game, 6:30 p.m. ET

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World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Live Stream Online

Welcome to my yearly expectations and projections for the World Juniors Live.

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The 2023 tournament is now close to the corner. Atlantic Canada is prepared to have. The bustling timetable of U20 camps, shows, and tournament s played by every one of the partaking European nations are as of now in progress. Hockey Canada and USA Hockey are planning for their December choice camps in Moncton, N.B., and Plymouth, Mich., separately.

Here are my program picks (counting lines, pairings, goalie progressive systems, additional items and finished products) for the four superpowers of Canada, Team USA, Sweden, and Finland, as well as my full expectations for the gathering stage and the award round. Russia stays restricted from IIHF rivalry.

Team Canada

My Canadian program here accepts that three NHL players — Bricklayer McTavish, Dylan Guenther, and Wyatt Johnston — won’t be made accessible. It does, nonetheless, incorporate Shane Wright and Brandt Clarke, both of whom have attempted to get into their particular NHL setups on a night-to-night premise (in some measure more than the three that I’ve discarded here have). I believe there’s a sensible opportunity both Wright and Clarke spend the full season in the NHL and are as yet loaned to Canada to assume driving parts (with Wright as a leader for the ‘C’ with this age bunch one final time subsequent to having recently worn it at both U18s and U17s).

On the off chance that Wright is accessible for Canada, I truly like him between his old Wear Plants Flyers colleague Brennan Othmann (a returnee who is a lock for a main nine remaining wing job) and Connor Bedard. I have Bedard at traditional rather than his regular community position basically in light of the fact that they will need every last bit of him Wright, and Logan Stankoven in the main six, Wright has never played the wing, and Stankoven was a beast for them down the center in the mid year tournament (where he drove in faceoff rate).

Flanking the dedicated Stankoven, I genuinely wanted to stack the Team’s purported second line with players who can coordinate his hard working attitude and play with the sort of nagging style that functions admirably around him. The speed rounds of Fantilli and Savoie would positively possess all the necessary qualities. Fantilli is an uncommon lock as a draft qualified and keeping in mind that Savoie’s great yet not extraordinary beginning to the season in Winnipeg will mean he must procure some work in their determination camp, I like his chances of working his direction onto that Team (particularly on the grounds that this Team Canada is more slender at traditional than left wing and he can easily assist on draws when required in addition to play in both unique Teams).

The third line I’ve assembled just to go along with Habs fans. I believe there’s an opportunity Riley Kidney, even as a returnee, is all the more a fourth-line/additional person once more, and I believe there’s an equivalent opportunity that returnee Joshua Roy gets a new line of work on one or the other wing inside the main six some place, yet I’d likewise simply very much want to see this triplet together and that would be a genuine rush for every one of them I’m certain. Beck isn’t a lock to make Team Canada as a 18-year-old yet he ought to be a leader after his play in Montreal and Mississauga to begin this season. He’s the very sort of up-beat, diligent, two-way focus that Team Canada normally desires in its base sixes at this occasion.

The fourth line has two natural countenances, with returnees Nathan Gaucher and Zack Ostapchuk probably made tentative arranges for there by Hockey Canada as of now. Gaucher’s solid in the faceoff circle and they’re both a great deal to deal with along the cycle and on the forecheck. I have Gaucher’s Quebec Remparts colleague Zachary Bolduc with them to balance that gathering (however he and Gaucher play on various lines with the Remparts). I believe Bolduc’s more probable a center six person given his ability level however, and I’d most likely trade him with Kidney in the event that I weren’t taking special care of the Habs swarm here. Bolduc-Beck-Roy could be an amazing third line.

My two additional items front and center are Halifax Mooseheads hotshot Jordan Dumais, who is on one of the greatest warmers in the QMJHL in an age and could play all over the setup as an expertise fellow or a diligent determined worker (he’d likewise assist with their conservative profundity if a player like Savoie doesn’t make it), and the physical, harsh scoring round of Reid Schaefer. Schaefer is the ideal fourth-line winger for a meet up tournament like the World Juniors and it’s not hard to envision him joining Gaucher and Ostapchuk to frame a phenomenal really taking a look at line.

Getting to those 14 advances required a few troublesome cuts. Eminently missing from this program are Zach Senior member (another player who they’ll unequivocally consider for a last six job), Beck’s Mississauga colleague Luca Del Bel Belluz, and Savoie’s Winnipeg partner Conor Geekie. I figure wingers Zachary L'Heureux and Ryan Winterton would be in the blend as base six up-and-comers had they not missed such a lot of opportunity to begin this year. L'Heureux, specifically, has performed very well at Team Canada’s under-20 camps over the most recent few years.

The choices on guard were somewhat more simple for me. I think returnees Ethan Del Mastro and Olen Zellweger check out as Canada’s most memorable matching, with the steadying, actual presence of Del Mastro permitting Zellweger to play his splendid, meandering style (however Zellweger’s a lefty, he played on the right side for Canada in the late spring and ought to play there once more). Clarke, assuming he’s made accessible, ought to be the No. 2 person on the right side behind Zellweger in the main four and I like Carson Lambos, the Team’s just other returnee on guard, to balance that gathering.

The third matching could go a couple ways, however I expect it will be comprised of College of Wisconsin righty Corson Ceulemans close by one of the lefties Kevin Korchinski, Nolan Allan and Denton Mateychuk. Assuming they believe that that matching should be more protective leaning, the 19-year-old Allan will have the advantage for the left side there. I’d favor Kevin Korchinski, however, and his amazing beginning in Seattle would surrender him the leg for me. Mateychuk’s down seems OK as an additional person this year who assumes a greater part in the 2024 Team in Gothenburg (however he might get a greater amount of an open door in the event that Clarke isn’t made accessible).

The goaltending position, as has frequently been the case universally across levels for Canada, will be the Team’s greatest question mark. I think Fiends goalie prospect Tyler Brennan is the number one for the 1A work, with undrafted Seattle Thunderbirds goalie Thomas Milic (who has been quite recently Acceptable for them following a magnificent season a year prior) as a reasonable 1B or No. 3 person for them. Sharks prospect Benjamin Gaudreau, regardless of unfortunate numbers to begin the year in Sarnia, will likely be in the blend given his history with Hockey Canada (he backstopped Canada to gold and was named the top goaltender at the 2021 U18 universes in Texas).

I do ponder, however, whether either of 19-year-old undrafted Q champions William Blackburn and William Rousseau could get a determination camp welcome. Team Canada has jumped at the chance to name their goalies from the get-go lately, but since none of the laid out names have snatched it right off the bat this season, the exhibitions of Rousseau in Quebec and Blackburn in Val-d'Or might warrant thought.

Team USA

This American Team will appear to be a great deal unique than the one that overwhelmed bunch play however was disturbed in the quarters this late spring in the wake of maturing out the vast majority of its center (Thomas Bordeleau, Carter Mazur, Matthew Knies, Matt Coronato, Brock Faber and co. are currently excessively old).

The greater part of the returnees they in all actuality do have returning assumed restricted parts in the mid year. Sean Behrens and Jack Peart traded all through the arrangement for one another on safeguard, and every one of Charlie Stramel, Red Savage, and Sasha Pastujov were utilized for the most part as profundity advances.

That will leave a ton on the shoulders of three vital returning players at three unique positions: first-line focus Logan Cooley, No. 1 defenseman Luke Hughes, and beginning goaltender Kaidan Mbereko.

I have Cooley rejoining with Jimmy Snuggerud and Shaper Gauthier, who played together as the primary line at the U.S. NTDP. There’s no sense playing with that science.

Savage and Stramel will both be back, with the previous likely wearing a letter the last option still probably making the Team a second time in spite of a sluggish beginning in a terrible Badgers Team. I considered opening them as the third and fourth-line focuses (in a specific order) however I like the possibility of them playing together on a hard-and-weighty fourth line that has two faceoff choices, with actual Congresspersons first-rounder Tyler Boucher as a characteristic fit on a line that is styled that way.

The center six is less unsurprising. I anticipate that Chaz Lucius should be loaned by the Manitoba Moosa/Winnipeg Planes to play as one of the two habitats there. I anticipate Pastujov and another Planes first-rounder, Rutger McGroarty (the skipper at the U.S. NTDP last year), to be two of the wingers in the center six, as well. That left two additional positions on the wing and one more community task to consider. I chose McGroarty’s Michigan colleague Dylan Duke and his around-the-net game, Sharks second-rounder Cameron Lund as a popular person and can play all over the setup at numerous positions, and U.S. NTDP star Will Smith.

Smith will be a fascinating one however this Team USA won’t have a lot of playmakers and I believe they will require somewhat more offense (folks like Gauthier, Lucius, Duke, McGroarty and Boucher will all complete plays, yet they truly have no puck-predominant advances past Cooley).

I have OHL driving scorer and Maple Leafs prospect Ty Voit as an additional here for that equivalent explanation: He can play with the puck on his stick and infuse some offense (however their profundity at left wing in the program I’ve drawn up here might neutralize him).

However USA Hockey doesn’t make a propensity for bringing three draft eligibles to this tournament , Ryan Leonard seems OK as an extra. He’s the sort of flash fitting you need accessible to embed into the setup on the off chance that the folks play a terrible game or somebody’s failing to meet expectations, in addition to he can play every one of the three forward positions when there’s no other option.

However, the strength of this Team USA ought to be on the blue line. I’m not persuaded Quinnipiac lead trainer Rand Pecknold, who will man the seat for the Americans, will play Path Hutson and Hughes, the two most capable players that anyone could hope to find to him, on a similar matching (they’re bound to be isolated). Yet, Hutson ought to be a lock to make the Team right now and I’d very much want to see those two gloss over of each other insofar as the advances realize that they need to swing and support them when they’re out there.

The cosmetics of the other four positions on protection will intrigue. Behrens and Peart ought to be back as returnees, and that will give their main six, four portable and exciting puck movers. Thus, I picked Behrens’ Denver partner Shai Buium and USA Hockey most loved Ryan Chelsley to balance them (as a righty, Chesley has handedness on his side).

That would leave Seamus Casey, who has been gigantic as a green bean at Michigan, and Ryan Ufko, a 19-year-old star sophomore at UMass on the outs. Assuming that is their eight, I anticipate that each of the eight should get looks. I will not be shocked if Ufko, another righty, is a major piece of the main six by the same token. So don’t add something extra to those pairings and additional items to an extreme. However, that is an incredible gathering.

As I suggested, the net will probably have a place with Mbereko. He was an unexpected treat for them this late spring and has played well to begin his green bean season at Colorado School. They will require him, as well, since Jaguars prospect Tyler Muszelik (who I have likely as the No. 2 on account of position over my No. 3) has battled at the College of New Hampshire.

My No. 3, the 17-year-old draft-qualified Three pointer Augustine, is opened there essentially on the grounds that he’s the most youthful of the bundle (however he might be the most capable goaltender of the pack, as well). He’s amazing and could shock as an underager to challenge for begins. USA Hockey has never appeared to be especially partial to Everett Silvertips goaltender Braden Holt, and undrafted goaltender Andrew Oke has never really acquired one of the positions with his play to begin the year in Saginaw, so they’re left on the outs here.

[hibernating-heart]

Teräväinen has played a tournament that can only be described as a perfect one; world championship gold as a captain of his team and most points in the tournament with 2+12.

“I think i did okay. The team helped me a lot. It was a first time as a captain for me; maybe I should do it more,” Teräväinen commented with a laugh.

Part 1/2 in retro 2086 series

[formeniel]

For fuck's sake these referees are so bad

[nei-ning]

Earlier this morning /night (between 3am-6am) came Finland - USA U20 WC ice hockey tournament. Gold match. 2 first rounds were kind of boring but third one was amazing and exciting! I have to say Finland has been playing not so well in this tournament but the fact they won gold was super happy surprise!

I thank USA for being such challenging opponent! <3 Congratulations to all young players (gold, silver and bronze)! You played amazingly! :)

[juhollamago]

can u explain whats iihf n how it works?

Oh geez big questions! 😂😂😂

So, it is International Ice Hockey Federation and they are based in Switzerland and are represented by this doofus and known Russia lover named Rene Fasel who should have retired last year but didn’t because of covid cancelling last year’s men’s tournament. They are basically like the governing body of all the hockey associations worldwide (81 countries in total such as Finland, Canada, India and Australia) and offer some assistance in developing hockey. 

But sort of the IIHF’s main purpose is to organize the world hockey tournaments, like Olympics, men’s, U20′s, women’s, etc. Mostly people know about the “A-level” ones (or more accurately called the world championship tournaments) because they have teams like Canada, Finland, USA, Russia in them every year, but IIHF also organizes all the Division 1-3 tournaments because there is a promotion/relegation system in place.

Like for example, Great Britain made it to the championship tournament through promotion from Division 1 for 2019, and they also get to play this year because surprisingly France relegated into Division 1 by being last in the 2019 championship tournament. I think they didn’t organize any of the Division tournaments for this year because it requires lot of international travel so there might be a chance GB also plays 2022 because of there being no teams to replace them from Division 1.

If this answer made shit sense, then I’ll direct you to the wikipedia page for more proper description and more information on the Division system. 😂

[thenhlteaissuperhot]

I have just come across a Reddit post about the Czechs winning Karjala Cup (I hope I didn't butcher that name) and absolutely dominating there, even when faced playing against the Swedes and Finns. No offense, but haven't you been like really bad in the this year's Worlds? What the hell happened there?

No offense taken, we genuinely sucked at the last World Championship, it was literally agonizing to watch, especially when considering that a year before we won the bronze.

We have kicked out the entire coaching staff with Kari Jalonen at the head of it over the summer break because, for one, the federation wanted a Czech coach for the home tournament next year (one of the rare instances where the Czech patriotism popped up), and for second, Jalonen played extremely unattractive ice hockey, which wasn't really about scoring but so-called playing smart and safe, and a ton of people, not just fans and experts but also players didn't really like that so we basically took the entire coaching team from the U20 team, which was extremely successful at the Juniors (winning the silver medal), and threw them in there.

They have also taken in the turtleneck legend Tomas Plekanec as an Assistant right after he ended his player career like two or three weeks ago, and Ondrej Pavelec is coaching the goalies so they actually have a pretty solid amount of recent player experience within the coaching staff right now.

[wjcicehockey]

2023 IIHF World Junior Championship begins Dec. 26 in Moncton, Halifax

The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship is scheduled to begin Dec. 26 with four games split between Moncton, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The tournament will run until Jan. 5, 2023.

The United States begins play against Latvia on Dec. 26, while Canada, which won the 2022 WJC, will face Czechia. Canada defeated Finland 3-2 in overtime in the championship game at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Aug. 20. No team has won consecutive tournaments since Canada won five straight from 2005-09.

Read More >> U20 Ice Hockey live

Ten teams will play in the WJC. The U.S. will be in Group B for the preliminary round at Avenir Centre in Moncton, along with Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Latvia. Group A consists of Canada, Sweden, Czechia, Germany and Austria at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Russia remains banned from international play because of its invasion of Ukraine.

The top four teams in each group advance to the quarterfinals, which will be held Jan. 2. The semifinals are Jan. 4 in Halifax, and the championship and third-place games will be Jan. 5 in Halifax. A best-of-3 relegation round will also be held during the WJC playoff rounds.

IIHF 2023 STREAMING CHANNELS

In 2020, the IIHF Ice Hockey Championship was supposed to be hosted from 8 to 24 May 2020 by Switzerland, but the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last year, a lot of fans around the world were excited to see the return of the historic championship. The tournament is quite popular and has reached a global state ever since its inception in 1930 as an individual championship.

In fact, the 2019 tournament that was hosted in Slovakia reached a cumulative audience of over 1.6 billion, which shows how big the championship is across the globe.

This popularity is all thanks to the dozens of official broadcasters the sport has. However, each and every single channel is restricted to its own region.

Streaming services/websites apply geo-blocking to protect their content. That’s mainly for copyright reasons.

When the U.S. National Junior Team’s preliminary roster was announced, 10 of the 32 players selected are defenseman, while four were goaltenders. USA Hockey’s decision makers will have to cut one goaltender and three defensemen from their invite list to get down to the numbers required for the tournament. The expectation is USA will have 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goaltenders on its roster.

The decisions for the U.S. will be challenging as there are a lot of similarities among the group. Only three of the 10 defensemen right shots and three that are 6-feet or taller. This might be the smallest defense corps the U.S. has brought to a World Junior Championship. Size certainly isn’t everything, but it is a notable factor in this team’s roster construction and could come into play against bigger teams like Canada in the latter stages of the tournament.

Beyond the size, however, a lot of these defensemen play very similarly. This is a very skilled, puck-moving group with a lot of guys that want to have the puck a lot. There might be a few redundancies on the roster, but this is the group that the player pool dictated. There aren’t a lot of strong arguments you can make for anyone else beyond that they might be bigger. The U.S. didn’t leave skill on the table here, which is a good thing.

The goaltending position is one that might have kept the decisionmakers up at night. They have guys that can do the job, but it’s not going to be considered a team strength. Kaidan Mbereko looks poised to be the starter again, while Trey Augustine looks like a good bet to get some games and be the No. 2. After that, Tyler Muszelik and Andrew Oke will have to battle it out for the No. 3 spot.

Read More >> 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship – Team USA World Juniors Live

[pianonoita]

Who the hell thought it's a good idea to play U20 ice hockey world championship tournament in Edmonton?? I've had to stay up until 4 am for 3 nights and last night I got up at 4:15 to watch a game

I'm so tired I'm glad the tournament is over after this night, I could finally sleep more than 5 hours

[liigainenglish]

Jesse Puljujärvi interviewed on the Ari Vallin Show

Ari Vallin, the former player and six time Liiga champion, now turned into hockey TV-personality, visited Kärpät’s Jesse Puljujärvi in Oulu for an interview.

ABOUT THE U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS Pulju, Sebastian Aho and Patrik Laine were hyped all around Finland after the championship win. That attention didn’t affect Pulju as he says the games provided him with enough confidence for rest of the season.

LEAVING TO EDMONTON With how the season in Kärpät had went and having the confidence he had, it was clear that he’d join Oilers for the next season, especially due to having such high draft number. If he could do something different now it would be learning English. In the end it was all the small things that caused him to leave the team. He does appreciate the time spent in North America and how it developed him as a person, but now he is back home to find his footing in hockey again.

SPEAKING ENGLISH The skill got better in Edmonton and now with having several foreigners on the team (Canadian, Czechs, Slovakians and a Swede), he has realized he can also do jokes in English and be part of the conversation.

PLAYING IN KÄRPÄT He makes it clear that when he joined Kärpät in August, the thought in his mind was to stay with the team for the entire season and go far in the playoffs with them. He thinks playing big minutes and for entire season is going to be a good thing with the eye on returning to NHL later.

He has learned to be more consistent with the minutes he gets and it’s very important for his game in general. He also appreciates the coach Mikko Manner for pushing him and putting attention of what he needs to develop in. One of those things being defensive play and giving the coach some trust that he can be put on the ice in any situation.

PLAYING IN TEAM FINLAND He has been able to see that the level of play is different in international games and what things to improve in his play.

RETURNING TO NHL When asked whether he’d leave immediately back to NHL after next summer, he actually says he’d rather look what the situation at the moment is. If he feels like everything in the past season have gone well enough and is on with a high confidence level, then sure. But he will trust his own instinct and have patience upon his return.

[stones-and-water]

10, 19, 26, 31, 36, 48? :)

10.   Have you ever met famous person? Who?

I know several German ice hockey players, as my brother played when he was a kid/teenager. My aunt was in the finswimming nationalteam. Ski jumpers/ Nordic combiners during competitions, around town and at the airport – also biathletes at the airport. I was volunteer during the ice hockey U18 World Championships in Germany 2011 and was on  the ice for the best player ceremony a few times. DTM drivers during the autographsession last year at Hockenheim And I was twice flying with the Finnish U20 ice hockey nationlteam, hence I have autographs of nearly all of the team. Including Mikael Granlund

19.   What are you excited for?

One of my closest friends is coming on Sunday for a whole week!

26.   Last movie you watched?

High Speed! Free! Starting Days

31.   Dogs or cats?

Definitively cats!

36.   Is it better to work at a job that you love or a job that pays well?

I‘m an early childhood practitioner/nursery school teacher/kindergardener (I don‘t know the correct English term as the systems a too different. Erzieherin in German). So I do have a job you have to love to do it and you don‘t get payed good enough. But I would always say a job you love. Your mental health is important!

48.   What is your favourite music genre?

I don‘t actually have one….

Thanks  for asking :)