Prospect Info: 2023 WJC Thread

[Devs3cups]

It's the most wonderful time of the year again! With the 2023 World Junior Championship under 2 weeks away in Halifax/Moncton, I thought that starting a thread for games/discussions would be appropriate.

Here are our prospects participating for their respective countries as well as their stats throughout the tournament:

Player​	Games Played​	Goals​	Assists​	Points​	Tournament over​
Luke Hughes (4th O., 2021 Draft), USA	7​	4​	1​	5​	Yes​
Seamus Casey (46th O., 2022 Draft), USA	0​	0​	0​	0​	Yes​
Šimon Nemec (2nd O., 2022 Draft), Slovakia	5​	1​	4​	5​	Yes​
Topias Vilén (129th O., 2021 Draft), Finland	5​	0​	1​	1​	Yes​
Petr Hauser (141st O., 2022 Draft), Czechia	7​	3​	1​	4​	Yes​

Medal​	Team​
Gold​	​
Silver​	​
Bronze​	​

2023 WJC rosters:

Group A:

Canada
Sweden
Czechia
Germany
Austria

Group B:

USA
Finland
Switzerland
Slovakia
Latvia


2023 WJC schedule and scores:

Monday, Dec. 26
Finland (2) vs. Switzerland (3) (OT) (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Sweden (11) vs. Austria (0) (Halifax), 1:30 p.m. ET
Latvia (2) vs. USA (5) (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Czechia (5) vs. Canada (2) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m ET

Tuesday, Dec. 27
Finland (5) vs. Slovakia (2) (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Germany (0) vs. Sweden (1) (Halifax), 1:30 p.m. ET
Switzerland (3) vs. Latvia (2) (SO) (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Austria (0) vs. Czechia (9) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m ET

Wednesday, Dec. 28
Slovakia (6) vs. USA (3) (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Canada (11) vs. Germany (2) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, Dec. 29
Latvia (0) vs. Finland (3) (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Sweden (3) vs. Czechia (2) (OT) (Halifax), 1:30 p.m ET
USA (5) vs. Switzerland (1) (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Austria (0) vs. Canada (11) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET

Friday, Dec. 30
Slovakia (3) vs. Latvia (0) (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Germany (4) vs. Austria (2) (Halifax), 4:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Dec. 31
Switzerland (4) vs. Slovakia (3) (SO) (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Czechia (8) vs. Germany (1) (Halifax), 1:30 p.m. ET
USA (6) vs. Finland (2) (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Canada (5) vs. Sweden (1) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET

Monday, Jan. 2
Relegation Round - Latvia (5) vs. Austria (2) (Halifax), 9:30 a.m. ET
Finland (2) vs. Sweden (3) (Moncton), 11:00 a.m. ET
Czechia (9) vs. Switzerland (1) (Halifax), 1:30 p.m. ET
USA (11) vs. Germany (1) (Moncton), 4:00 p.m. ET
Canada (4) vs. Slovakia (3) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Jan. 4
Relegation Round - Latvia (4) vs. Austria (2) (Halifax), 10:00 a.m. ET
Czechia (2) vs. Sweden (1) (OT) (Halifax), 2:30 p.m. ET
USA (2) vs. Canada (6) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET


Thursday, Jan. 5
Relegation Round - Latvia vs. Austria (Halifax), 10:00 a.m. ET
Bronze Medal Game: USA (8) vs. Sweden (7) (OT) (Halifax), 2:30 p.m. ET
Gold Medal Game: Czechia (2) vs. Canada (3) (OT) (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET


*The schedule will be updated in the final stages.

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[Captain3rdLine]

It's the most wonderful time of the year again! With the 2023 World Junior Championship under 2 weeks away in Halifax/Moncton, I thought that starting a thread for games/discussions would be appropriate.

Here are our prospects participating/still in selection camps for their respective countries:


Luke Hughes (4th O., 2021 Draft), USA

Seamus Casey (46th O., 2022 Draft), USA

Šimon Nemec (2nd O., 2022 Draft), Slovakia

Topias Vilén (129th O., 2021 Draft), Finland

Petr Hauser (141st O., 2022 Draft), Czechia


*The list will be updated once rosters are finalized if there are any changes.



2023 WJC rosters:

Group A:

Canada
Sweden
Czechia
Germany
Austria

Group B:

USA
Finland
Switzerland
Slovakia
Latvia


2023 WJC schedule:

Monday, Dec. 26
Finland vs. Switzerland (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Sweden vs. Austria (Halifax), 1:30 p.m. ET
Latvia vs. USA (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Czechia vs. Canada (Halifax), 6:30 p.m ET

Tuesday, Dec. 27
Finland vs. Slovakia (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Germany vs. Sweden (Halifax), 1:30 p.m. ET
Switzerland vs. Latvia (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Austria vs. Czechia (Halifax), 6:30 p.m ET

Wednesday, Dec. 28
Slovakia vs. USA (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Canada vs. Germany (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, Dec. 29
Latvia vs. Finland (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Sweden vs. Czechia (Halifax), 1:30 p.m ET
USA vs. Switzerland (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Austria vs. Canada (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET

Friday, Dec. 30
Slovakia vs. Lativa (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Germany vs. Austria (Halifax), 4:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Dec. 31
Switzerland vs. Slovakia (Moncton), 11 a.m. ET
Czechia vs. Germany (Halifax), 1:30 p.m. ET
USA vs. Finland (Moncton), 4 p.m. ET
Canada vs. Sweden (Halifax), 6:30 p.m. ET

Monday, Jan. 2*

QF's

Wednesday, Jan. 4 (Halifax)*

SF's

Thursday, Jan. 5 (Halifax)*

Medals


*The schedule will be updated in the final stages.

Future of our D on display. Hopefully Casey makes it and plays too.

 

[FooteBahl]

Did Tyler Brennan get cut already?

 

[tailfins]

Did Tyler Brennan get cut already?

Yes

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Did Tyler Brennan get cut already?

Played one game and let in like 5 goals on 15 shots or something like that. So ya. Good way to get cut.

 

[Devs3cups]

Luke on the cover of THN’s 2023 WJC Preview! Would’ve liked Nemec instead of Kemell maybe, but it’s whatever lol!

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

What about the character recon?

 

[Devs3cups]

What about the character recon?

Awesome! I’ll post that in the Luke thread!

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Would be cool if Vilen gets the C for Finland

Oh and Nemec for Slovakia.

Imagine they’ll both get letters. Would be cool if we had 3 defensmen wearing C’s in the tournament.

 

[Devils090]

Canada’s top line is insane, idk how they don’t win gold

 

[Lou is God]

Played one game and let in like 5 goals on 15 shots or something like that. So ya. Good way to get cut.

He's also been struggling of late (I'm guessing), his save% is .887 but he started the year with it in the .930s.

Was really looking forward to him playing in WJCs, at one point he was speculated to be Canada's #1 goalie. A bit disappointing.

 

[Brodeur]

Couple pre-tournament warmup games Wednesday on NHL Network:

2:30pm EST: USA/Sweden
6:30pm EST: Canada/Slovakia

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Vilen playing in pre-tournament right now vs Canada.

 

[Blackjack]

Seamus Casey #3

 

[Forge]

Vilen playing in pre-tournament right now vs Canada.

I'm intrigued by him

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Vilen PP1 and PK1 for Finland right now

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Blackjack]

Schedule: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship Schedule | Moncton, N.B. & Halifax, N.S.

Times are listed in AST. If you’re like “what the f*** is AST”? Don’t worry, I wondered the same thing and I googled it. Somehow, there are time zones East of EST. Right now you’re like “do these people live in the ocean”? Don’t get me started. Just subtract an hour from each start to to get the true, non-ridiculous start time. So that 12:00 tilt between Switzerland and Finland? 11:00 AM!

12:00 SUI-FIN
2:30 AUT-SWE
5:00 USA-LAT
7:30 CAN-CZE

 

[Buggsy]

Schedule: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship Schedule | Moncton, N.B. & Halifax, N.S.

Times are listed in AST. If you’re like “what the f*** is AST”? Don’t worry, I wondered the same thing and I googled it. Somehow, there are time zones East of EST. Right now you’re like “do these people live in the ocean”? Don’t get me started. Just subtract an hour from each start to to get the true, non-ridiculous start time. So that 12:00 tilt between Switzerland and Finland? 11:00 AM!

12:00 SUI-FIN
2:30 AUT-SWE
5:00 USA-LAT
7:30 CAN-CZE

Is your Canadian/ North American geography so bad that you didn't know about Atlantic Canada?

We live far east of eastern US haha.

Atlantic Canada (NB, PEI, NS) is AST. Newfoundland has its own time zone, NST which is half an hour forward of ASR, or 1.5 hours ahead of EST.

The more you know

 

[Ripshot 43]

Schedule: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship Schedule | Moncton, N.B. & Halifax, N.S.

Times are listed in AST. If you’re like “what the f*** is AST”? Don’t worry, I wondered the same thing and I googled it. Somehow, there are time zones East of EST. Right now you’re like “do these people live in the ocean”? Don’t get me started. Just subtract an hour from each start to to get the true, non-ridiculous start time. So that 12:00 tilt between Switzerland and Finland? 11:00 AM!

12:00 SUI-FIN
2:30 AUT-SWE
5:00 USA-LAT
7:30 CAN-CZE

All the while you’ve neglected to tell us what station they are airing on. My vote is for the BTN or otherwise known as the Bermuda Triangle Network.

 

[Blackjack]

Is your Canadian/ North American geography so bad that you didn't know about Atlantic Canada?

We live far east of eastern US haha.

Atlantic Canada (NB, PEI, NS) is AST. Newfoundland has its own time zone, NST which is half an hour forward of ASR, or 1.5 hours ahead of EST.

The more you know

Yeah okay buddy, you go East you get to the boardwalk, you get some funnel cake and you get to the ocean, that’s how it works.

 

[Buggsy]

All the while you’ve neglected to tell us what station they are airing on. My vote is for the BTN or otherwise known as the Bermuda Triangle Network.

For us Canadians, it's TSN. Do you guys get that or is there a channel that shows TSN for you guys ?

 

[Devs3cups]

Schedule: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship Schedule | Moncton, N.B. & Halifax, N.S.

Times are listed in AST. If you’re like “what the f*** is AST”? Don’t worry, I wondered the same thing and I googled it. Somehow, there are time zones East of EST. Right now you’re like “do these people live in the ocean”? Don’t get me started. Just subtract an hour from each start to to get the true, non-ridiculous start time. So that 12:00 tilt between Switzerland and Finland? 11:00 AM!

12:00 SUI-FIN
2:30 AUT-SWE
5:00 USA-LAT
7:30 CAN-CZE

Schedule with Eastern time is in the OP!

 

[Lou is God]

For us Canadians, it's TSN. Do you guys get that or is there a channel that shows TSN for you guys ?

I haven't checked but I assume for us the games will be on NHL Network as they have been in the past.

 

[Blackjack]

Schedule with Eastern time is in the OP!

“Click to read more”

No sir!!