Photo courtesy of the IIHF It was a light schedule for the U18s on day three with Canada playing Latvia and Finland taking on the Czech Republic. In predictable fashion, Canada handled its business beating the Latvian team 4-2 but was it ever close as the Canadians avoid the scare. The Finns and [...]
Team Ässät Pori (U20) Birth 2003-05-08, Pori, FIN Position D Shoots R Height 181 cm / 5’11’’ Weight 78 kg / 172 lbs Brief scouting report Heimosalmi is a versatile, offensive-minded two-way defender. He moves the puck well, possesses a good vision, and has really good puck skills. While he doesn’t have the [...]
Photo courtesy of FinnishJuniorHockey.com Samu Tuomaala is a skilled, goal-scoring winger who loves to shoot. The young Finn has been a hot topic around the scouting world as he presents an intriguing offensive skill set that combines flash and finish. He has one of the better wrist shots in the draft with [...]
Photo Courtesy of IIHF.com Not too long ago, Aatu Räty was perceived as the top player in the 2021 NHL Draft. While he was never looked at as a McDavid or Matthews caliber player, he was nevertheless considered the best player in his age group. When the 2020-21 season rolled around, however, he [...]
Photo courtesy of http://www.leijonat.fi/ By Eetu Siltanen The best U18 players of Finland (excluded Liiga players) gathered to play two intrasquad games in Vierumäki at the start of February and it was really interesting. Both of the games needed overtime and the first one even went to a shootout. I wanted [...]
Photo courtesy of Leijonat.fi Finland has now held two under-20 training camps – one in July in Vierumäki and the other one in August in Imatra. They played two games during each camp, and I was fortunate enough to attend all four games live. They played intrasquad games in Vierumäki but they [...]
I did my first projection of Team Finland for the World Juniors about a month ago (link). But because we got some new information from the U20 Four Nations tournament that was played in Helsinki about a week ago, I figured I’d share my updated projection now. This time, I also included my projection [...]
This past weekend, Helsinki hosted a U20 Four Nations tournament. Since it’s only a four-hour trip for me, I decided to hop on a train and spend my weekend there. Well, at least most of it. I watched the Friday games on video and then watched the Saturday and Sunday games live. This [...]
The 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship tournament will be played in Czech Republic. It starts on December 26th, 2019 and the gold medals will be handed to the champions on January 5th, 2020. Here is my early projection of what Team Finland – the reigning champions – could look like in that tournament. [...]
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be releasing a lot of consensus rankings. First off, Peter Harling is putting together a fantasy hockey ranking of the 2019 NHL Draft. If you’re not familiar with the concept, here’s one from a year ago: Fantasy Hockey Ranking The 2018 NHL Entry Draft. This is a great [...]
