Blackwood Mackenzie
Clara Damian
Comesso Drew
Daccord Joey
Daws Nico
Dostal Lukas
Fowler Jacob
Gajan Adam
Gardner Evan
Greaves Jet
Gustavsson Filip
Hildeby Dennis
Hofer Joel
Hrabal Michael
Ingram Connor
Kahkonen Kaapo
Kokko Niklas
Lankinen Kevin
Merzlikins Elvis
Montembault Samuel
Mrazek Petr
Portillo Erik
Primeau Cayden
Saarinen Kim
Samsonov Ilya
Schmid Akira
Stolarz Anthony
Tarasov Daniil
Vejmelka Karel
Vinni Eemil
Wallstedt Jesper
Woll Joseph
F
Bedard Connor
Beniers Matty
Bjorkstrand Oliver
Bratt Jesper
But Daniil
Catton Berkly
Celebrini Macklin
Chinakhov Yegor
Cowan Easton
Crouse Lawson
Dach Kirby
Doan Josh
Domi Max
Dufour William
Dvorsky Dalibor
Edstrom David
Evangelista Luke
Fisker Molgaard Oscar
Garland Conor
Gaucher Nathan
Gauthier Cutter
Gauthier Ethan
Goyette David
Greene Ryan
Hage Michael
Hagel Brandon
Holmstrom Simon
Howard Isaac
Kaliyev Arthur
Kartye Tye
Knies Matthew
Lucius Chaz
Mangiapane Andrew
McCann Jared
Mercer Dawson
Miettinen Julius
Minten Fraser
Musty Quentin
Novak Tommy
Nyman Jani
Raty Aatu
Rehkopf Carson
Reichel Lukas
Robertson Nick
Roy Nicolas
Sale Edouard
Sherangovich Yegor
Stenberg Otto
Stramel Charlie
Strome Dylan
Tolvanen Eeli
Tomasino Philip
Villeneuve Nathan
Voronkov Dmitry
Wood Matthew
Wright Shane
D
Bertucci Tristan
Casey Seamus
Ceulemans Corson
Chychrun Jakob
Cormier Lukas
Dunn Vince
Durzi Sean
Evans Ryker
Faber Brock
Freij Alfons
Gavrikov Vladislav
Harley Thomas
Heinola Ville
Hughes Luke
Kesselring Michael
Kiviharju Aron
Korczak Keadan
LaCombe Jackson
Liljegren Timothy
Lundkvist Nils
Luneau Tristan
Mateychuk Denton
Matheson Mike
Mews Henry
Miromanov Daniil
Molendyk Tanner
Moser Janis
Mukhamadullin Shakir
Niemela Topi
Pickering Owen
Rinzel Sam
Romanov Alex
Simashev Dmitri
Thompson Jack
Vlasic Alex
Willander Tom
Yakemchuk Carter
This is what happens when Macklin plays. A 5 point performance by Celebrini (2024 Draft eligible) seals a Canadian double digit pounding of the Latvians. Not much to say about this game, these are the kinds of mean nothing games for the big teams in the tournament. It is as close to a guaranteed win as you can get, and that is exactly the performance Canada put forth.
While the score itself did not change the bar for the Canadians, we did see some great individual performances that can lead to momentum throughout the short tournament. Yes, multiple things can be true at once. Let's start off negative here, I am a canucks fan if you didn’t know, it's in my nature. Matthew Poitras (BOS, 2022 2nd), the lone NHL player for the Canadians scored but overall did not shine. His line did not have puck possession time like they did against the Fins, and eventually the trio of Matthew Savoie (BUF, 2022 1st), Easton Cowan (TOR, 2023 1st), and the aforementioned Poitras were broken up in favor of some higher quality drivers. The reigning QMJHL MVP Jordan Dumais (CBJ 2022, 3rd) also did not impress, looking out of place as lines were juggled later into the game. While I cannot foresee Poitras being the 13th forward due to his NHL experience, look for Dumais to be on the outside looking in as we have seen some other players step up.
While I’ve spoken enough about Celebrini, I think my 3 stars outside of him would be Matthew Wood (NSH, 2023 1st), Connor Geekie (ARI, 2022 1st) and Carson Rehkopf (SEA, 2023 2nd). All 3 were electric and put up multi-point games in the victory. Look for them to feature more heavily as the tournament runs on, especially beside MVP Mac.
Across the Tournament:
Slovakia continues to roll with a 3-0 shutout versus the Swiss, Gajan (CHI, 2023 2nd) is scary good and can steal games here. The Slovaks are scary, and a NYE matchup with the Americans will determine their fate in the group.
Czechia pounds Norway 8-1 in a routine victory, highlighted by dueling hat tricks for Kulich (BUF, 2022 1st) and Sale (SEA, 2023 1st).
Germany does the impossible and upsets Finland, backed by strong overall defensive play and 2 goals from Veit Oswald (2024 Draft eligible). This complicates things in group A. We know first place is likely to be Canada or Sweden, but there is now a likely scenario where Finland can finish 4th in the group.
"Unstoppable Rangers Defy the Sting to Secure Explosive 3rd Consecutive Victory – a Remarkable Start to the New Season!"
The Kitchener Rangers extended their unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory over the Sarnia Sting on Wednesday night. Although the Rangers took some time to register their first shot on net, Adrian Misaljevic capitalized on his opportunity and scored to give Kitchener a 1-0 lead. Carson Rehkopf provided the assist, continuing his point streak in all three of the Rangers’ games.
The score remained 1-0…
"Unstoppable Rangers Defy the Sting to Secure Explosive 3rd Consecutive Victory – a Remarkable Start to the New Season!"
The Kitchener Rangers extended their unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory over the Sarnia Sting on Wednesday night. Although the Rangers took some time to register their first shot on net, Adrian Misaljevic capitalized on his opportunity and scored to give Kitchener a 1-0 lead. Carson Rehkopf provided the assist, continuing his point streak in all three of the Rangers’ games.
The score remained 1-0…
"Unstoppable Rangers Defy the Sting to Secure Explosive 3rd Consecutive Victory – a Remarkable Start to the New Season!"
The Kitchener Rangers extended their unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory over the Sarnia Sting on Wednesday night. Although the Rangers took some time to register their first shot on net, Adrian Misaljevic capitalized on his opportunity and scored to give Kitchener a 1-0 lead. Carson Rehkopf provided the assist, continuing his point streak in all three of the Rangers’ games.
The score remained 1-0…
it's the most wonderful time of the year! they ran the same practice twice with two different groups this morning, which was nice because i only had to figure the drills out once. first group featured david goyette, tyson jugnauth, ty nelson, and eduard sale; second group featured berkly catton, jagger firkus, carson rehkopf, and lukas dragicevic. observations:
each group had three goalies but visa vedenpaa was in both, maybe because he is the best. his pads say CLIQUE really big which made me think of that photo from last year with all our blonde goalies.
ty nelson is clearly a leader in this group, he's talking to everyone and the coaches relied on him to go first in drills.
one advantage of the double practice is i got to focus on the defense group first when ty nelson was on the ice, and then the forwards in the second practice when berkly catton was there. they mysteriously put one forward with each defense group even though it was clearly a defense-specific drill (catch a puck up the wall, take two shots from the blueline, then switch and defend in front of the net). wonder if that means jakub fibigr and caden price are swiss army knives, or did they just draw the short straws this morning?
tyson jugnauth looked better than last year but i still don't think he has an nhl future. other standouts in the first group included goyette and lleyton roed.
we invited an enormous swedish d-man named VIKING GUSTAFFSON who plays at northern michigan. i love him already and i hope we get to keep him.
carson rehkopf hit the ice with the biggest smile on his face and it made me love him. he and jagger firkus looked good together.
jagger firkus filling the net up like it's a bucket. so many good shots.
new boy berkly catton was clearly very nervous to start. he messed up the first drill and lost a few pucks before he settled in. his skating is absolutely gorgeous to watch, great edges and cutbacks. he also had a couple very slick takeaways.
the forward-specific drill started with two players in the slot who had to race for a puck at the boards and try to pass it to a teammate down the wall, and it was such a great way to see who's got jump and who can win a board battle and who can make a pass under pressure. especially notable was berkly catton (5'11, 167, skill guy) decisively winning the board battle over our guy from everett julius miettinen (6'3, 201, netfront presence).
dragicevic seems kind of wild, in a fun way. there were a couple of times when he was more physical than the drills maybe called for. he's super fun to watch, and he also had the prettiest goal in the shootout.
after the second session, berkly catton and jagger firkus stayed out setting up tip shots for each other. i am theorizing that there's a little whl clique going on and jagger is the queen bee.
i am sad that we invited berkly's friend clarke caswell to camp but he did not skate!