The U18 Worlds are officially here! Eight countries are participating, including Canada, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, United States, Russia, France, and Switzerland. The tournament ends on January 15th and the tournament is played in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Make sure to show your support for the young women representing your country!
The link to the schedule and game stream is below: http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/schedule/league_instance/36715?subseason=262270&_ga=1.177536550.2050341723.1451104635 The roster for the 2016 All Star Game in Nashville is set! The game will be played on January 31st at 5 pm ET (NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports). This year, the game includes a 3-on-3 tournament and the Eastern Conference teams and the Western Conference teams will also play each other in 20 minute games before the best of the East and the West faces off in the final game. The new format is designed to get fans more involved and excited for the game this year. Here are the teams that were decided today:
Metropolitan Forwards: Nicklas Backstrom (Washington) Claude Giroux (Philadelphia) Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh) Alex Ovechkin (Washington) Brandon Saad (Columbus) John Tavares (New York Islanders) Defencemen: Justin Faulk (Carolina) Kris Letang (Pittsburgh) Ryan McDonagh (New York Rangers) Goalies: Braden Holtby (Washington) Cory Schneider (New Jersey) Coach: Barry Trotz (Washington) Atlantic Forwards: Patrice Bergeron (Boston) Jaromir Jagr (Florida) Leo Komarov (Toronto) Dylan Larkin (Detroit) Ryan O’Reilly (Buffalo) Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay) Defencemen: Aaron Ekblad (Florida) Erik Karlsson (Ottawa) P.K. Subban (Montréal) Goalies: Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay) Roberto Luongo (Florida) Coach: Gerald Gallant (Florida) Central Forwards: Jamie Benn (Dallas) Matt Duchene (Colorado) Patrick Kane (Chicago) Tyler Seguin (Dallas) Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis) Jonathan Toews (Chicago) Defencemen: Dustin Byfuglien (Winnipeg) Roman Josi (Nashville) Shea Weber (Nashville) Goalies: Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota) Pekka Rinne (Nashville) Coach: Lindy Ruff Pacific Forwards: Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary) Taylor Hall (Edmonton) Joe Pavelski (San Jose) Corey Perry (Anaheim) John Scott (Arizona) Daniel Sedin (Vancouver) Defencemen: Brent Burns (San Jose) Drew Doughty (Los Angeles) Mark Giordano (Calgary) Goalies: John Gibson (Anaheim) Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles) Coach: Darryl Sutter (Los Angeles)
Scores:
United States 8 Sweden 3 FINLAND 4 Russia 3 Congratulations to the United States on winning bronze in their game against Sweden. Great job to Russia on giving it their all today and winning silver. Massive congratulations to Finland in winning the tournament in their home country! Thank you for keeping up with the World Juniors and get ready for Montréal and Toronto to host them next year! "It's unbelievable that the arena is sold out on a Monday, when the puck drops at 4pm." -Kasperi Kapanen, Team Finland
Monday, 1/4: Semi-finals
Sweden vs. Finland (8:30 am ET) Russia vs. United States (1 pm ET) Scores: Finland 2 Sweden 1 Russia 2 United States 1 The Gold Medal game will be Finland vs. Russia tomorrow. The Bronze Medal game will be United States vs. Sweden. Schedule: Bronze Medal Game (9 am ET) Gold Medal Game (1 pm ET) Congratulations to Switzerland on their 6-2 win today! The relegation games end now with Switzerland winning 2 out of the scheduled 3 games. Switzerland will compete next year and Belarus will have to fight again to return to the Juniors next year. Best of luck to Belarus in their journey after the Juniors!
“I’m here to collect experiences. I’m not a leader, but I’m here to play and to show what I can, get experience and have fun. It’s not good how the tournament has gone for us, but we have to make the best out of the situation.” -Nico Hischier, Team Switzerland Sunday, 1/3:
Belarus vs. Switzerland (5 am ET)* Scores: Switzerland 5 Belarus 1 Sweden 6 Slovakia 0 Finland 6 Canada 5 United States 7 Czech Republic 0 Russia 4 Denmark 3 *Game 2 of Relegation; If Switzerland wins, the series is over and they will compete next year. "We knew that the Swedes have a good team. We wanted to give of their best and this match to win what unfortunately, we did not. In the championship, we played well against a difficult opponent and we were able to win the most important game against Belarus, which brought us to the quarterfinals." -Ernest Bokros, Team Slovakia, Coach |
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