The round-robin of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (U18) have wrapped up. The semi-finals will be played on Friday. Below is a quick round up of the group standings, the overall medal leaders in the history of the U18 tournament, the top-5 goalies and the top-10 skaters in the entire tournament.
BRECLAV GROUP
|
|
Wins |
Losses |
OT Wins |
OT Losses |
|
USA |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Czech Republic |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Finland |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Switzerland |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
BRATISLAVA GROUP
|
|
Wins |
Losses |
OT Wins |
OT Losses |
|
Sweden |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Russia |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Canada |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Slovakia |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
Canada left their fate in the hands of the Russia and Slovakia game on Wednesday, Canada was cheering for the Slovakians to upset the Russians, but The Big Red Machine won 5-2 over the Slovaks.
This year is the first year in the history of the Ivan Hlinka tournament that Canada has not made it to the semi-finals. In 2003 and 2007 they lost their semi-final games to finish fourth, which is the only two years they haven't won a medal since the tournament began in 1991. The world is catching up to the talented Canadians, it is very impressive and exciting to see the competition level climbing from this, the Under-18 level, as well as the juniors, worlds and professional levels.
The Medal leaders show that Canada has been dominant, but missing out playing for a medal will sting quite a bit for this young group of kids.
|
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Medals |
|
Canada |
20 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
Russia/Soviet Union |
3 |
4 |
7 |
14 |
|
USA |
1 |
8 |
3 |
12 |
|
Sweden |
1 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
|
Czech Republic |
0 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
Finland |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Slovakia |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Japan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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The schedule for Friday looks like this:
|
7th Place Game |
Slovakia |
vs |
Switzerland |
8:00am ET |
|
5th Place Game |
Canada |
vs |
Finland |
9:30am ET |
|
Semi-final |
USA |
vs |
Russia |
11:30am ET |
|
Semi-final |
Czech Republic |
vs |
Sweden |
1:00pm ET |
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As for the three round-robin games played by each team, here are the top-5 goalies (ranked by Save Percentage, SV%) and the top-10 skaters in points.
|
Goalies |
|
GP |
Shots |
Saves |
SV% |
GAA |
|
Art'om Melinkov |
RUS |
2 |
76 |
73 |
.961 |
1.50 |
|
Michael Dipietro |
CAN |
2 |
52 |
49 |
.942 |
1.51 |
|
Olle Eriksson Ek |
SWE |
2 |
71 |
66 |
.930 |
2.50 |
|
Ian Scott |
CAN |
1 |
25 |
23 |
.920 |
1.88 |
|
Arvid Soderblom |
SWE |
1 |
36 |
33 |
.917 |
3.00 |
|
Skaters |
|
GP |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
PIM |
|
Sasha Chimelewski |
USA |
3 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
|
Michael Pastujov |
USA |
3 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
|
Sami Moilanen |
FIN |
3 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
|
Martin Nečas |
CZE |
3 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
|
Linus Nyman |
FIN |
3 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
|
Maxime Comtois |
CAN |
3 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
Ryan Poehling |
USA |
3 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
Filip Krivos̆ík |
SVK |
3 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
Ostap Safin |
CZE |
3 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
Klim Kostin |
RUS |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
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Paul Zwambag
@zwambag